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    Liberal Pakistanis Reclaim 'Shrinking Space' For Expression At Karachi Lit Fest

    The annual, Oxford University Press-produced literature festival showcases books, music and open debate of Pakistan's problems.
    by Diaa Hadid Feb 13, 2018 4 minutes
    Attendees peruse the books available at last weekend's Karachi Literary Festival.

    Men and women were piling in to a panel at a recent book festival in Pakistani city Karachi, but a speaker was late. "In a country which is infamous for missing persons," the moderator, Javed Jabbar, announced, "we have a missing speaker."

    "Khuda na khasta," Jabbar added, "God forbid" in Urdu — "it is not due to the reason why people sometimes disappear from Pakistan."

    Jabbar, a prominent writer, was referring to the disappeared — shorthand for thousands of Pakistanis taken over the years by plain-clothed men who activists say are linked to intelligence services, some never to return. Their numbers include of Pakistan's military.

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