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Sameer Dossani

Sameer Dossani is director of the 50 Years Is Enough Network, a global economic justice NGO based in Washington, DC.

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Power and Patronage

Only a dead nation remembers its heroes when they die. Real nations respect them when they are alive. ―Abdul Ghaffar Khan The assassination of Benazir Bhutto on December 27, 2007 sparked outrage and mourning, not least in the Western media. Exhibiting the overstated piety one might expect upon the

Sameer Dossani • 9 min read