January 2005

Black partridges are a beautiful breed of wild birds. As the name suggests, they are black .. so are crows. But their beauty is distinguished by small patches of gold, red, and white in their feathers. The bird is mostly found in the mountains of the Frontier, Punjab, and Balochistan. . . . Read More

There is serious turmoil in Balochistan, irrespective of whether the rest of the country is willing to acknowledge it. The forgotten and at times mocked Baloch nationalist has quietly emerged from the shadow of sectarian and international terrorism to stake his own claim on the spoils of a system that is threatening to fall gradually but inevitably apart. . . . Read More