Sunday, 25 August 2013

Invisible Pakistanis: Neither here nor there

Burmes­e Muslim­s who migrat­ed to the countr­y decade­s ago are still not recogn­ised as Pakist­anis.  A Burmese Muslim woman.
KARACHI:  “I’ve been in this country for over 30 years,” says Muhammad* quietly, speaking with the articulate poise of a man schooled at a convent in Rangoon, Myanmar. “And yet, I am still not a Pakistani citizen.”
Muhammad is not alone. Following the year 1962, Pakistan’s sprawling urban centres were freshly

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