Pakistan is just like India, except when it’s just like Afghanistan. (Has anyone else noticed how we seem to have geographically shifted from being a side-thought of the subcontinent to a major player in the Greater Middle East? Is this progress?)

kaash:

“How to Write about Pakistan” by Mohsin Hamid, Mohammed Hanif, Daniyal Mueenuddin and Kamila Shamsie for Granta