Pakistan’s war on ‘wizards’


Aiysha, a spiritual healer who opposes new government regulation, in Lahore, Pakistan. Spiritual practitioners fear legislation that imposes prison time for vaguely defined occult services could cast a wide net. — Saiyna Bashir/The New York Times

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