In an excerpt from his new book, Instant City, NPR host Steve Inskeep travels to the massive, messy, violent city at the heart of understanding Pakistan today—and explores the events leading up to a day that tore it apart.
Steve Inskeep is co-host of NPR’s Morning Edition and author of Instant City: Life and Death in Karachi.
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