Pakistan, one of the most populous countries, is living in the future. The year is 2083, and on August 14, its citizens will observe Independence Day, which once commemorated the 1947 Partition of India. Now it’s a reminder of the civil war that broke out in the 2040s, which divided the urban landscape into New Pakistan —“a walled haven”— and the impoverished Old…
Meral Jamal
Meral Jamal is an independent journalist originally from the United Arab Emirates and now based in Nunavut.