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PBS and Saima Mohsin's Heart-Wrenching Story on Young Victims of the Flood
September 7, 2010 1 min. read

Per usual, the PBS Newshour with Jim Lehrer has provided, far and away, the best reportage on the flood in Pakistan.  Working with Saima Mohsin of the English-language channel Dawn News, the Newshour has aired some of the most arresting stories on Pakistan’s crisis.  The piece you will find below is no different. Mohsin lays […]

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Tragedy in Karachi
September 16, 2009 5 min. read

Tragedy stuck Karachi Pakistan the other day when about 20 women died from suffocation while attempting to collect wheat flour that was distributed by a charity. It isn’t the only time that poor Pakistanis have died tragically, but this one is especially awful because it started with very good intentions. Because the price of flour […]

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