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Karachi Vice by Samira Shackle: Ep 3 - Zille and Safdar

Karachi Vice by Samira Shackle

Ep 3 - Zille and Safdar

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Samira Shackle introduces  Zille, a crime reporter, and Safdar remembers a deadly shift.

On Samira Shackle's journey through Karachi we meet hardened crime reporter, Zille. Meanwhile, the ambulance driver, Safdar remembers a deadly shift. Vineeta Rishi reads.

On Samira Shackle's fast paced journey through Karachi's streets we are about to meet Zille, a crime reporter drawn magnetically to the pull of the scoop.  Meanwhile, Safdar the ambulance driver remembers a deadly shift.  Along with the danger of their working lives, both men have one other thing in common, families who worry about their sons, and long for them to marry. Vineeta Rishi reads.

Samira Shackle tells the story of Pakistan's largest city in the company of those who live out their daily lives against the backdrop of corruption, and deadly gang violence.  The first is Safdar the ambulance driver, who is compelled to help those in need. There is Parveen, a teacher and activist with a powerful sense of right wrong, and also Siraj, a map maker. By marking out the neighbourhoods where the poorest live, he gives them a tool to lay claim to their lands and access mains electricity and water. Lastly, there is Zille, a hardened crime reporter, who is driven to get every scoop that he can, and is rarely short of work in this crime ridden city until events take a frightening turn. Samira is a British journalist who writes on politics, terrorism and gender with a focus on the Indian subcontinent. 

Abridged by Penny Leicester
Picture credit - Owen Kean 
Produced by Elizabeth Allard

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