The Baloch society has witnessed some heart-touching love stories which can even make the coldest of people cry. One of those admirable love stories is that of Hani and Shay Mureed. Shay Mureed was the son of Shay Mubarak and Hani was the only daughter of Meer Deenar. Both of them were cousins and also […]
Balochistan’s failing education system
Education is the basic need for the development of any society and a lack of it causes backwardness, ignorance and among various other problems. The basic purpose of education is to instill the idea of being good and making everyone look good among the learners. Balochistan is the largest province of Pakistan geographically, covering 45% […]
Ghost schools of Balochistan
AQ Peeri, a high school student in village Hirronk, describes how his teacher T. Ali enters the class with his cell phone in hand. Fifteen minutes later, he sits down and starts a short conversation with one student. His mobile phone rings again and he goes outside to attend it. He comes back after five […]
Spark of hope
Once upon a time there was a young girl, Zara. She was very talented but lacked confidence. She was afraid of facing audience. No one paid any attention to her and her fear kept growing stronger. Only Iqra, her close friend, supported her. One day, a new teacher named Munaj came to Zara’s class. On […]
A dog’s unfulfilled wishes
I am one of the various creatures of God. I am a dog and my name is Bliky. I heard that I was adopted by Tajuk for a short period of time and then he threw me out of his home. Since then I have been living at Guleen’s home. I eat something here and […]
The ‘dreamy’ willow
The dreamy willow – I haven’t seen it myself. But it is said that a long time ago in Gwadar, there was a willow near a huge shrine. The shrine still exists but we can’t find the willow anywhere. When I asked about the willow, I got three different answers about it. Some said there […]
Me, my thoughts and my destination
I was on the way of approaching my destination. Yet, my thoughts had crowded my head. When I reached the place, my thoughts were still present, but my destination had moved further away. I returned to my track and started fleeing in mischief. Once again, I reached my destination, but this time, my thoughts were […]
How to see you?
I was a stranger in that city too. Though I had made good terms with everybody there, I still felt as if they didn’t know me, and neither did I. The family I was staying with had never had an encounter with me before, but I had seen them in my dream earlier. The evening […]
Refugees
There is a road in front of our field in the backyard where some cars pass by. Inside the cars, you can see Pathans sitting with their families. The cars went towards the West. Whenever my son saw them, he would ask me, “Dad, who are they and where are they going?” I didn’t have […]
The truth about the many little princesses in our society
After having read the book, ‘A Little Princess’ by Frances Hodgson Burnett, I feel blessed to be around so many little princesses I can actually accredit to the title. The book revolves around a girl, Sara, whose mother had passed away upon her birth. Her father was an army officer in India. The book was […]