I had no sense of time in the first week after my wife's death. I had no sense of time. My mind was clogged and I felt numb, with no feelings whatsoev
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I really repented on our return to the devastated Swat Valley. No water supply, no electricity and no sustainable peace. And the worst of all was surp
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We had to get money on loan from some relatives during the kidney transplant of my wife. I was not like the rest of sub engineers who secure their thr
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We had to depend on the services of one or two men to work in our kitchen. So we used to call two Road collies to be on duty with us. Shortly, the Gov
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It was probably the first week September 2011. I received a call from Mr. Fazl-e Rabi Rahi, asking me to meet him in his office cum bookstore in Mingo
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My last three years of service were a continuation of my struggle to survive against all odds. The Contractors Mafia led by a local man, belonging to
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My second spell at Buner starting from November 1993, was not multi couloured as the previous one. I was now 50 years old, lost the charms and tastes
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One day, when I came to Divisional office, I was handed over my transfer order to C&W Division Chitral, replacing Sarfaraz who was transferred to
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Shangla was not declared as a District and was still a Sub Division of Swat. So in 1989/90, our Building Project Division Saidu Sharif was ordered to
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I had not yet fully settled in Highway Sub Division Saidu Sharif when I faced the same situation as in Buner. The local contractor started grumbling a
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