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Snowless winter depriving northern Pakistan of economic lifeline

Most parts of northern and northwestern Pakistan are still waiting for first snowfall of the season Pakistan has received lower than average snowfall over the past 3 years, Sardar Sarfraz -Pakistan Meteorological Department Rainfall in the country has been 92% and 80% less in December and January compared to the previous

Speak so that I may see you

I was sitting with my American friend when a 10 year old girl joined us. We didn’t know her before but she asked to join our company till her parents come. She was a lovely girl and being in the club there was no reason to decline her request. I just wondered if she would bear with us. To my surprise she was so friendly and talkative.

Guajarati is not a dying language, but….!

One of the main reasons for the decline of the Gujarati language usage in Pakistan is the state policies that have neglected promotion of the language The Gujarati language, spoken by the Gujarati community in Pakistan, is facing a critical situation. This language has a rich history and cultural significance, but the country’s

Visiting the Rabari in India’s Kutch: nomads on an ancient land

India’s nomadic pastoralists migrate for eight months a year, covering huge distances The animals are returning on a biblical scale, flooding into this green expanse, like grains of sand rushing into an hourglass. Water buffalo, camel caravans, herds of cows and goats swarm over the horizon towards me on these vast, stark plains

Lady Evelyn Cobbold: a woman against all odds

I was once scrolling down my Facebook account and then I stopped at a post. It was Ms. Yvonne Ridley’s photo of 20 Scottish Muslims on a mission to visit a lonely grave in the Highlands. There they prayed and remembered the deceased with due honor. I was intrigued by the fact that the very grave is up the mountains and it belongs to the