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20 years later Habib Jalib can still get dozens to stand up

KARACHI: When he would recite ‘Dastoor’ at the Mochi Gate, the mesmerized crowd would shout ‘main nahin manta, main nahin janta’ along with him. Almost three decades later, at the 5th Karachi Literature Festival, Habib Jalib’s daughter Tahira had a similar impact on the audience when she finished reading her father’s masterpiece.  The silence that […]

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