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Abid Hussain

‘An hour from hell’: Surviving six bullets in a Pakistan bus attack

Shah Bulbul, left, Bibi Roshan, Arsalan, in his father's lap, and Umaima [Courtesy of Shah Bulbul]

Islamabad, Pakistan — On a bitterly cold December morning at 10am, Shah Bulbul loaded his two suitcases on a bus, and, along with his wife, Bibi Roshan, and two children Umaima and Arsalan, bid adieu to his hometown of Ghizer in northern Pakistan.

They were about to undertake a 30-hour journey to Karachi, the country’s largest city situated in the southern province of Sindh, with the hope of restarting their lives.

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