Fri, January 27, 2012

Postcard from Pakistan: Raising Funds through Photographs

Posted 1 year, 2 months ago

There isn’t a week that goes by without news that there has been more death and destruction in the form of suicide bombings or targeted sectarian violence.

The bomb blast in Karachi on Thursday was the latest in a series in the city that have attacked sufi shrines, and Shiite processions. It…

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The Worst Floods in a Century Wreak Death and Destruction Across Pakistan

Posted 1 year, 5 months ago

Number of people dead: 1600 and counting

Number of people affected: 20 million and counting (or one in nine Pakistanis)

There are no words. The United Nations announced that this catastrophe has affected more people than the Asian Tsunami of 2004, the south asian earthquake in 2005 and the…

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Pakistan’s Lethal Monsoon

Posted 1 year, 6 months ago

If you have ever flown into Islamabad airport in the middle of the monsoon the final minutes before those wheels hit the runway are agonizing. You’re lucky if you see the ground until seconds before you land, let alone the surrounding Margalla Hills (the foothills of the Himalayas)….

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