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Introducing uncertainty to all systems. Old school journalist. Bylines in @Dawn_com, The News, Daily Times, @newhumanitarian.
Jul 28, 2018 9 tweets 2 min read
Wondering about PPP’s loss in Lyari, a constituency where bhuttos received unconditional love for decades? What did jiyalas get in return? BB’s public wedding, peoples aman committee, endless cycle of poverty, drugs, gangwar, baba ladla, uzair baloch, rehman dakait, sania naz. For most Pakistanis, lyari – aka desi bronx – is ‘not safe to go to’. But for Bhuttos it was the perfect backdrop for their political aspirations – providing sweat, blood and tears on tap.For all their utility and love, Lyari walas were easily dispensable. Forgotten by each govt.