Amar Guriro

Text and Photos by: Amar Guriro | Published: December 26, 2010 KARACHI It would come as a great shock to enthusiasts of colonial era heritage sites to see political graffiti on the 150-year-old historical building of the NJV (Narayan Jagannath Vaidya) High School. Slogans of different political parties are chalked and spray painted on the walls and pillars of the main façade of this wonderful building at the MA Jinnah…

*AcinetobActer Invades ICU, CCU, CICU, and NICU *Patients become infected during treatment, prolonging their stay and putting them at risk of contracting other diseases *Exorbitant amounts charged from those left mourning the loss of their departed ones By Amar Guriro KARACHI MUNIBA*, a young employee of the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), had her 8-year-old father admitted to the hospital earlier this month for cardiac surgery. The man was promised…

* Names of historical roads, places being replaced with those of slain MQM men *The MQM Saddar Town Administration alone has changed 400 names of places, roads and streets during 2007-2010 Text and Photo by Amar Guriro The Saddar Town Municipal Administration (TMA) is replacing the names of colonial era names of roads, streets and places located in the downtown with those of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) workers, who were…

Text and Photo by Amar Guriro KARACHI The management of the Aga Khan University Hospital’s (AKUH) catering service has deeply offended the sentiments of the Sindhis by using one of the most respected piece of Sindhi culture, the ajrak, as a uniform for their staff. They are also using the ajrak as a tablecloth. The Sindhi intellectuals of the city have expressed their annoyance over the issue and said that…