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...Haroun and the Sea of Stories (winner of a Writers' Guild award), in 1990 while in hiding after the fatwa. During this period he also published Imaginary Homelands, a collection of essays and criticism, and his first (and so far only) collection of stories, East, West. IRFAN AHMAD KHAN Karachi, Pakistan...
...Pakistani Prime Minister has been kicked out in midterm. While the move is ominous for the fate of democracy, Leghari had other danger signals to consider. In the past few weeks, protests by the country's main Islamic party had torn into major cities, including Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi. The cry in the streets was corruption. And in Pakistan the figure most often paired with that word is Asif Ali Zardari, Bhutto's husband and the Minister of Investment. On Tuesday, Zardari had been detained, and at one point Bhutto was reportedly under military surveillance...
Catastrophes like this will continue to happen no matter how stringent the security measures are. Anyone can be the next victim. So just pray before takeoff and touchdown that everyone reaches his or her destination safely. That's all we people can do. ARSHAD ALTAF Karachi Via E-mail...
AFTER NINE MONTHS OF THE O.J. SAGA, one thing seems perfectly clear: juries do not decide whether the accused is innocent or guilty. They vote on which side has better lawyers. AZAM JAMIL, Karachi Via E-mail...
DIED. AGHA HASAN ABEDI, 73, founder of the Bank of Credit & Commerce International; of heart failure; in Karachi, Pakistan. Allegations of criminality brought down the once-powerful B.C.C.I. in 1991. Subsequently, Abedi, accused of perpetrating the largest financial fraud in history, was indicted for theft and other charges in the U.S., but Pakistan refused to extradite...