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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Shah Meer Baloch in Larkana

‘A revolution is coming’: Pakistani artist says floods must be catalyst for change

Artist Zulfikar Ali Bhutto sews an Indus River dolphin into a textile work.
Artist Zulfikar Ali Bhutto sews an Indus River dolphin into a textile work. Photograph: Shah Meer Baloch/The Guardian

A Pakistani artist whose work centres on the Indus River delta, its wildlife and the climate crisis has told of his return to his home village and seeing the devastation its swollen waters had brought.

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who is named after his grandfather, the former prime minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, said he met people fearful for what the future may bring and heard the sound of houses collapsing into the water.

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