Haandi, Manhattan, midnightIt was a summer Tuesday evening at Haandi, and 20-somethings drifted in for a midnight snack of pakora. Mr. Khan ate lamb karahi as he watched Geo News on the TV overhead. Mr. Sharif had been under investigation after the so-called Panama Papers leaked last year, revealing that three of his children bought luxury apartments in London using offshore shell companies. Between forkfuls of lamb, Mr. Khan said, “They take money from our country, take it out of the country, live in another country, and as a people we are poor, poor, poor, poor.”Seven days a week, Mr. Khan drives his cab, from 5 p.m. to around 2 a.m. The week before, on a bright Friday afternoon, double-parked black cars clogged Coney Island Avenue during prayer at Makki Masjid.

Source: New York Times November 09, 2017 18:45 UTC