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...simple raid to roust some "illegal settlers." On March 27 Tsadiqui Hussain, the lean and weary police chief of Faisalabad, Pakistan, was told by superiors that his officers were needed for some routine arrests. Hussain didn't think much of it. Faisalabad, in the center of Punjab province, is a humming mill town, and illegal immigrants are always turning up there in search of work. But shortly after midnight, some unexpected visitors came striding into Hussain's colonial-era office. They were members of Pakistani military intelligence, accompanied by American CIA and FBI personnel wearing bulletproof vests. This was hardly...
...immigrant from the Western Indian state of Punjab, Gill has been living in Boston for 20 years. He used to own a Hancock Street eatery called New England Daily, New York Style...
...marrying Khar, Fakhra ascended into one of the most recognizable families in the country. Khar's father, Ghulam Mustafa Khar, is a major landowner and property is still the primary source of power and wealth in Pakistan. The Khars rule their area of Punjab province as feudal lords. Mustafa Khar was once dubbed the "Lion of the Punjab" after a massive election victory, and served as the Chief Minister and Governor of the province in the 1970s. Son Bilal treated his new, second wife as a possession, and beat her severely when she displeased him. When she abandoned...
...anyone could empathize with Fakhra, it was Durrani. She was the sixth wife of the Lion of the Punjab. She helped raise Bilal Khar, Fakhra's husband, and, at age 36, the younger Khar still refers to her as "Mummy." Durrani detailed her life with the Khars in a 1991 autobiography called My Feudal Lord, and it is a hair-raising tale. The elder Khar beat Durrani, kidnapped their children, had a rip-roaring affair with her youngest sister and once forced Durrani to strip naked when she disobeyed his orders. Domestic abuse is routinely swept under the carpet...
...demolition crew. Harry Taylor, the general manager, wouldn't say whether they would rebuild, but didn't sound optimistic. "We had some fantastic years here," he said, in the tone of a man about to retire. Sajaad Waris isn't going anywhere. He owns the gleaming, marble-walled Punjab Halal Meat store across the street, where mutton neck goes for $2.28 per kg. He's incensed at the rioters' thuggery and their attack on their own neighborhood, where he has built up his business for 30 years. He's thinking of organizing other Asian businesses to support the looted white...