To Live & Die in Karachi

Spiritual healer Jan Mohammed Alis Mushkan cleanses a group of women with his mystic powers
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Spiritual healer Jan Mohammed Alis Mushkan cleanses a group of women with his mystic powers. A Sheedi—a descendant of the African slaves brought over by the British in the 18th century—Mushkan's powers hark back to an earlier, more cosmopolitan era of Karachi's past and owe more to ancient tribalism than Islamic fundamentalism

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