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“Hard Luck Hank” series author Steven Campbell. Photo by Bondo Wyszpolski
A self-made writer and his hard luck hero
In another galaxy with Hermosa Beach resident Steven Campbell
by Bondo Wyszpolski
So what happens when you’re the highest paid computer programmer in your company and you get laid off because, well, you’re the highest paid programmer on the payroll and these days new hires are getting cheaper by the dozen? If you’re Steven Campbell you wrap up the novel you’ve been working on, and a few years later you’ve completed seven sequels and then some. Thousands sold, and all profitable. But Campbell’s approach to writing fiction has had its own unique trajectory and so let’s follow it… all the way into a distant galaxy.
SHC seeks Sindh govt’s reply on twin islands controversy
Directs concrete measures be taken to protect mangroves
PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI:
A two-member bench of the Sindh High Court, comprising Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Amjad Ali Sahito, gave the provincial government till April 29 to submit its reply on a plea pertaining to handing over the control of Sindh s islands to the federal government.
The provincial government s lawyer, advocate Shaharyar Mahar informed the court that the presidentially promulgated Pakistan Islands Development Authority (PIDA) Ordinance had lapsed.
However, the court observed that the issue now was about mangroves. Why has the Sindh government not submitted its reply as yet, inquired the bench.
SHC stays razing of Haleem’s farmhouses
Issues contempt of court notices to Sindh chief secretary, other parties
Haleem Adil Shaikh. PHOTO: Haleem Adil Shaikh
KARACHI:
The Sindh High Court issued on Friday an interim stay order against the demolition of farm houses owned by opposition leader in the Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh in a contempt plea relating to the matter. The court also issued contempt of court notices to the Sindh chief secretary and other parties.
At the hearing, counsel for the petitioner, advocate Shamsul Islam, contended that the demolition of the properties by the Sindh government was an act of revenge and that the provincial had wrongly interpreted the Supreme Court s order on the matter.