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All the News Fit to Sing

An interview with the man behind Pakistan’s musical news cartoons

By Ayesha Akram Dec 9, 2009 at 04:14 PM

American coverage of Pakistan tends not to focus on its role as a media laboratory, but a sudden growth of... More

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