Story: Memory of the Ruin / By Maryam Jilani
Maryam Jilani The darkness had enveloped everything and the convulsing grip of land was pulling her down. Somehow, she still wished it all to be her imagination: the throbbing mud-covered feet, the bleeding wound on her arm, and the drenching sweat sticking the green choli tightly to her body. Despite all, the wishful thinking was […]
Cow and a Goat / Adiba Anwar
By Adiba Anwar Poetry of Allama Iqbal for children adopted story. Once there was a cow in a verdant pasture filled with the pleasant fragrance of Spring. Brooks of blue and sweat water flow there with pride. Around was surrounded by countless trees of pomegranate and pipal. And the sounds of birds and cool breezes […]
ONCE IN A WHILE AN APPROACH OF KINDNESS AND LOVE | BY NABIHA ABRAR
NABIHA ABRAR It feels fantastic to experience an approach of kindness and love, once in a while. For a human heart is made that way I guess; it appreciates the beauty of genuine care within. “Assalam U Alaikum, Mama.” Here in Quetta, I’ve gotten used to a couple of things that seemed funny just a […]
Urban flooding | Chaudhry Muhammad Latif
By Chaudhry Muhammad Latif Recent climate resultant flooding in Pakistan has given a wakeup call to harness natural blessing of rain water to tackle simultaneously probable drought in 2025 and urban flooding to avoid human catastrophe in the future. It has been felt advisable to adopt ground water recharge wells technology as a national policy […]
Floodings | Callousness, chaos, and confusion | MI Mazhar
In the midst of all the callousness, chaos, and confusion Pakistan needs leadership that could sail this country through one of the worst public health crises. Over 75% of districts in Sindh province are still flooded – and many roads are underwater, the BBC has recently reported. However, Pakistan’s political leadership and notoriously wealthy families […]
Meeting with a Mayor/ Muhadsa Naqvi
Muhadsa Naqvi Today I had a wonderful meeting today with the Mayor Daniel Johnson of City of Lewiston ID, USA. As part of his Interview, I asked him different questions and one question was: Imagine you become the President of US, how will you try to solve the issue of Kashmir? And he was very […]
When zest is a myth/ Written by: Asma Hamza
Author : Asma Hamza I’m bidding farewell to the zest in me. I pack my giddiness, my chortle, my blazing spark and go to live in the shadows. Do you want to know why? Here it goes. A plethora of randomness ahead. Age is NOT just a number. It isn’t. It just isn’t. It is […]
Saving every drop of rain water | select better option | By Chaudhry Muhammad Latif
Chaudhry Muhammad Latif TREE plantation is an annual ceremonial exercise launched by the forest department of the government. The cooperation in this respect is sought from the resourceful and disciplined institution of Army, NGOs, students and scouts. The present government went beyond and undertook tsunami of 10 billion trees.The fact remains that no tree can […]
Vendetta written by Asma Hamza
Asma Hamza Dear remains,They fed me blood instead of water.They strutted!They were never appreciative of the legion blessings and abhorred preserving any. However, their lackadaisical consumption drained me entirely.I was never loved. I never stood a chance, did I? So it only made sense to grant what they practically begged for.An oxygen-depleted Earth, sterile soil, and […]
The Unusual Fall by Asma Hamza
Asma Hamza The third consecutive fall in this vacation house in Moscow wasn’t much different.High on the hog, the only void Vselovod had in his preferential tiresome life was affection.Loneliness had always been seated before him, welcoming him as he’d mount his bogey; in each of his life’s rendezvous. His billionaire father divorced his mother […]
