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Their Last Wish Was Milk!

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: Hungry and crying, their last wish was milk, and what happened next was the family of four ending their lives owing to the tyrannical system prevailing in Pakistan. Help was sought but it was simply not there.…

Hunger Drives To Suicide!

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad:They die each day and finally, when they are up to their very last limits, they snap and end their lives, including those of their loved ones, as they have reached the end of the road and there is no hope.…

When I Came to Pakistan

Ashleen Khan When I Came to Pakistan: When I was about to go to Pakistan and we were in the Los Angeles Airport, I was excited and happy, and when we were on the plane, I was really looking forward to quickly finishing the journey on the…

Surviving The Rain

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: Water is everywhere, and the rain in Lahore a few days ago washed away all the tall claims of the government’s past and present down the drain, leaving many dead. The water entered the low-lying residential…

Pakistan In 21st Century

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: This is 21 century, and it is Pakistan that holds many distinctive positions in the world. A nation of 220 million and over, offers a diverse climate with extreme temperatures, both high and low. It holds…

Wailing In The Wind

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: Her merchandise worth only a few thousand rupees, mostly unstitched cloth but authorities turned a deaf ear to the wailing orphan who in her early teens was a bread earner for the family in Larkana and the…

Resilient Survivors

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: Fearlessness and resilience is their characteristic, they have survived all death, disease, and hunger and have learned to live in the harshest of environment without giving up their quest. The future is…

Devotion Not Display!

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: It is hot and the temperature is soaring, and the bone-tired man sleeps in the feeding trough as, after serving them with fodder, he is too tired to find a spot to sleep. Eid is a few days away but…

Sea Silently Swallows Souls

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: Titan, a small submarine that made a route to the Titanic wreckage in the Atlantic Sea, has imploded, and all inmates on board are confirmed dead, including British Pakistani father and son duo Shahzada…

Bahistis Exist Even Today!

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: They are called ‘Bahistis’ and the closest translation to this word is ‘the one who resides in heaven’. Entrusted with the task of quenching their thirst, they were considered the life saviours in the past…