Sangat Review 24-Feb-2017
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– سوانحی خاکہ- بتوں کی طرح ٹانگیں آلتی پالتی مارے – ذِکر نازک خیالاں – The Marina by Zia Mohyeddin (on Ijaz Batalvi) The first time I saw Ijaz Batalvi was when he came to my uncle’s house in Model Town to visit my cousin, Daud Rahbar. He was tall and lithe and dressed like Errol Flynn; a cravat instead of a tie, the shirt collar mounted firmly on the lapels of his brown serge jacket, and a matching pair of corduroy trousers. He looked debonair. What’s more, he showed no signs of being overawed by the presence of my uncle, Daud Rahbar’s father, whose baleful look could wither any brash young man. Dangerous Fictions The writer Mohammed Hanif probes for truth in Pakistan. By Dexter Filkins One recent afternoon, the writer Mohammed Hanif climbed out of his car at the Benazir Bhutto Martyr Park, in Karachi. Hanif, who is fifty, has a square jaw that juts from a square head, and he walks with the easy stride of a fighter pilot, which he once was.
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