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Fire Ravages Karachi’s Gul Plaza, Killing at Least 23 as Response Is Criticized — Static01.nyt.com

Fire Ravages Karachi’s Gul Plaza, Killing at Least 23 as Response Is Criticized

A fire tore through the Gul Plaza shopping mall in downtown Karachi over the weekend, leaving at least 23 people dead and dozens more missing, officials said. The blaze burned through one of the city’s busiest wholesale marketplaces and reduced the building to a blackened shell. Rescue teams said

Pakistani deportations threaten Peshawar’s community of exiled Afghan musicians — Static01.nyt.com

Pakistani deportations threaten Peshawar’s community of exiled Afghan musicians

Peshawar’s long-standing role as a refuge for Afghan musicians is at risk as the Pakistani government pursues a wave of deportations that has already forced out about a million Afghans since last year, the report says. The city has hosted generations of artists who fled Soviet invasion, civil war