The dryness of the winter spell is finally succumbing to the welcome thaw of a new summer here in Karachi. Carts of dry fruits are morphing into carts of fresh fruit as the season of mangoes beckons from afar and the weather turns warmer and pleasant. Seems Rabi ul awal has also arrived which can

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Its cold, almost too cold today in Karachi, its the 8th of muharram and already they have started sealing off the roads for the processions that will take place on the 9th and the 10th in which thousands of members of the Shi’ite community will wear black clothes and mourn. I could not help but

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