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350 Pakistanis were on doomed boat, interior minister confirms

Published in Dawn on June 24, 2023 ISLAMABAD: After days of speculation over the total number of Pakistanis on the boat that capsized off southern Greece, the interior minister on Friday confirmed at least 350 passengers were from Pakistan. Speaking in the National Assembly, Rana Sanaullah said as per the information received so far, over 300 citizens […]

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Why educated Pakistanis are voting with their feet

By Kazim Alam Published in Dawn on June 21, 2023 KARACHI: Novelist Mohsin Hamid was taken aback by the fact that his co-passengers on a recent connecting flight from Istanbul to Bologna, a city in northern Italy, included about 30 people from Lahore, predominantly young men going to Europe apparently as labourers. The author of acclaimed novels[…]