November 2021
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Browncast: Ambassador Kamran Shafi on Benazir, Nawaz Sharif, Military Rule, etc
Omar Ali talks to Kamran Shafi, a former army officer, columnist, Benazir Bhutto’s press secretary and ambassador to Cuba, about Benazir, Nawaz Sharif and military rule, with a voice-message postscript…
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Browncast: Peter Nimitz
In this BrownCast episode, Akshar and Razib Khan chat with the Twitter historian Peter Nimitz about obscure tribes, the Indus Valley and other historical tangents; the post gives no further…
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Major Amin; a few words on Pakistan, Afghanistan and China
Omar Ali’s update interview with Major Amin on Pakistan, Afghanistan and China, redone in a more sober tone at the Major’s request after a first take in which he expressed…
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Book Review: Rivals by Dr Saad Shafqat
Omar Ali’s review, first written for India Today, of Saad Shafqat’s novel Rivals, about Karachi doctors competing for a department chairmanship. He finds it a fun read that avoids poverty…
