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Awab Alvi
Dr Awab Alvi is a Pakistani dentist practicing in Karachi.  He blogs on Teeth Maestro at http://www.teeth.pk/blog
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Misbah Naqvi
August 30 2010

Escaping The Flood - A Story from Pakistan

by Muhammad Zahoor, Acumen Fund Fellow 2010 It was July 25th, and I was on my way back home to Lower Dir in the Swat valley. Lush green rice fields and shiny clean newly constructed restaurants and huts along the right bank of River Swat were an enriching and peaceful sight. After a challenging five years period of terrorism, militancy, and consequent displacement of a ...
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Rabia Ahmed
August 23 2010

Until It Hurts: A Love Letter to Pakistan

A few hours ago, I found my father sitting at the dinner table, counting. When I asked, what he was counting, he mutedly replied “Bete, during this week, 63 years ago, my family crossed the border to Pakistan.” I had heard this story hundreds of times before, from my grandmother, my uncle, but usually from my dad. It was a journey etched into his mind, into his bones. It ...
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Jacqueline Novogratz
September 07 2010

Pakistan Needs More Servant Leadership

Posted by Acumen Fund CEO Jacqueline Novogratz on The Huffington Post. I'm in the office of Dr. Sono, one of Pakistan's most extraordinary social entrepreneurs. Born a Hindu Dalit or "untouchable," he has worked for his country since his youth and emerged as one of the most important grassroots leaders in Sindh. He runs the Sindh Rural Support Organization, a nonprofit ...
January 01 2011

Rebuilding the Nation, One House at a time

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