In November last year, a Swedish woman stood in front of a dominantly Swedish audience in Stockholm urging them to vote in favour of a presentation about a ‘dying language’ they had probably never heard of.
She is Carina Jahani,...
It was nighttime. All of the family had gathered necessary items for the journey and waiting outside the house in Quetta’s Patel Housing Society on Saryab Road. Inside, Siddiq Baluch sat in his office, typing the news of his...
A literature cannot acquire an accurate place in the history unless it has some audacious personalities to promote it. Definitely, every literature that flourished was not a miracle, or rather it flourished by dint of the sincere and due...
THE reading room at the Sayad Hashmi Reference Library in Malir. Students and young writers frequent the library during the week to read books on history and politics and look at archives.—Fahim Siddiqi / White Star
IN the 90s, Prof...
Early life and Education:
Today, the streets of Lyari might be known as the hub of gangsters, drug and weapon smugglers, but decades ago, it was the center of international footballers and boxers. In the same narrow and filthy streets...
Nali is a picnic point nearly 50 kilometers north of Turbat city. On various occasions, the residents of Turbat and nearby villages visit Nali for enjoying with their beloved ones. The way of Nali, too, leads to Zamuran and...
She loves rain. Each time it rains, she wets herself, running outside the yawn, loud. She befriends rain. For, it is her sole company. When rain…
“What if it does not rain, granny?” interrupted Sichkan’s granddaughter, Bichkand.
“Hmm… very fast, Bichhoo,”...
The renowned historical graves of Chokundi located at Suni Shoraan, Hub Choki, Lasbela, Malir Balochistan. Some of the graves by Chokundi are spotted in few areas of Sindh such as Karachi, Haiderabad, Meer Pur Sakaro, Sonda, Gajjo, Tharbia, Dadoo...
It’s the first-ever comprehensive profile of prominent Baloch leader, Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, written by Sajid Hussain.
Despite his scandalous politics, Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti is the most talked-about person in Baloch society. With his twirling moustache, keenly trimmed beard,...
Life is beautiful and unpredictable. It becomes more pulchritudinous when you give your best to it. It becomes the best when you be yourself. The fact cannot be denied that you get life just once, sadly, some people remain...
