Zorain Nizamani

Balochistan Blues

Oh, my beautiful land of the Baloch, what have they done to you? Your sights are to be beheld; your colours are to be embraced. Your waters are sweeter than honey, your deserts are magic. What have they done to you? Even the poor live happily in you, they smile, they dance and they sing. Every night, children sleep under ...

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No honour

Zahir Jaffer, Shah Nawaz Amir and all others who either killed, murdered or raped, rejoice! You just might be out soon. Now that your partner in crime (pun intended) is out, who knows, you might be able to have the Courts rule in your favor too! Thank God Jeffery Dahmer, Edmund Kemper or John Wayne Gacy weren’t born in Pakistan ...

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Sick city

A few weeks back, I wrote about how you should be thankful for your friends and your family and offering gratitude. However, this week, I observed something different amongst people so this will be about my observations. Everything that surrounds starts manipulating our minds and begins to influence us in a negative manner. Be it social media, lonely Instagram ‘influencers’, ...

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Wisdom of another psychopath

Another day, another woman brutally murdered in the federal capital. And this is just one of those cases which was reported. Imagine the number of women who die at the hands of mentally deranged men whose cases go unreported. Sarah Inam, an Economics major, who had seen the entire world, travelled to various countries, went to college in Canada, is ...

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This is it

This article does not and will not discuss anything political because politics, just like our politicians, is useless in Pakistan. So, stop reading if you’re looking for something political. However, if you are looking for something abstract and quite back and forth, keep reading. I know it may sound cliché and many people would have already told you this a ...

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Whatever remains

The idea of leaving behind all that you love, albeit temporarily, leaves behind a sour taste. You might be travelling to the best country in the world, but leaving behind your home really does test you as a human being. You can pretend to be the toughest being on earth but we, as humans, are creatures of emotion. We thrive ...

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Council of wolves and snakes

The entire country is hit by massive flooding. People have lost their homes, their families and their loved ones. But instead of consoling them and helping them relocate, some sages decided that this would be the right time to preach these flood-struck victims the importance of ‘rectifying your deeds’ and ‘seeking God’s forgiveness’. For a man who has lost everything, ...

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The butcher of Peshawar

Yes, I know a lot is happening on the political and economic front in the country for all of us to worry about. But all that is not what I find worth commenting upon. There’s something else which is way more important. Sohail, the accused, was a craftsman at a local embroidery shop in Peshawar. After work, he would change ...

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The man himself — Arshad Nadeem

Arshad Nadeem has been making rounds over the internet and all around the world for winning the gold medal in the Commonwealth Games and for breaking the record by crossing the 90m mark in javelin throw. Well-wishers globally have been congratulating him for his stellar performance and remarkable achievement. Ironically, various government departments and officials have also gone ahead and ...

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The orchestra of justice

No one cares about Article 63-A or its interpretation. There, I said it. I promise you, at least 99% of people don’t care what Article 63-A says, means, or how it should be interpreted. People do not care. Do you know what we really care about? A stable job, a stable income, lower exchange rates. We care about receiving quality ...

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