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1 week ago |
scroll.in | Zofeen Ebrahim
Ustad Nadeem Baksh, a classical singer from Afghanistan, paid Pakistani police a bribe to avoid deportation after law enforcement raided his home in the city of Rawalpindi. But he worries the bribe of 50,000 rupees, or about $175, has only bought the family of 14 a limited amount of time.
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3 weeks ago |
context.news | Zofeen Ebrahim
What’s the context? Among the hundreds of thousands who face deportation in Pakistan, musicians fear imprisonment, violence or death in Afghanistan. Thousands of Afghans face expulsion from Pakistan from April 1Musicians fear return after Taliban bans musicMore than 85,000 Afghans have left the country since 2023KARACHI - Ustad Nadeem Baksh, a classical singer from Afghanistan, paid Pakistani police a bribe to avoid deportation after law enforcement raided his home in the city of Rawalpindi.
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3 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Zofeen Ebrahim
A cardboard sign reading “Electrician available” hangs outside a house in the Karachi neighbourhood of Shah Latif Town. The name and phone number of a man, along with his expertise in repairing sewing machines and water pumps is listed underneath. In reality, the electrician is 30-year-old Nazia Seher. The phone number belongs to her husband, Mohammad Rehan.
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1 month ago |
context.news | Zofeen Ebrahim
What’s the context? Squeezed on all sides: facing hostility from three nations, this Afghan journalist feels trapped and fears for her future. KARACHI - First she fled the Taliban in fear of her life. Next Najeeba Zaman - a pioneering journalist and talk show host - had to hide out at home in neighbouring Pakistan, under a new threat of deportation.
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1 month ago |
dawn.com | Zofeen Ebrahim
CHAUDHRY Bashir Arain, a trader from Khairpur, exports over 99 per cent of his dried dates to India via Dubai. Delivery takes up to 40 days. The long-winded route for Pakistani chhuaras to India via Dubai started in February 2019 after the Pulwama attack, following which India suspended trade with Pakistan, revoking its Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status and imposing a 200pc duty. That year, two events halted the small trade that had been ongoing.
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