There was a time when #Peshawar had good book stores. The shift from those to eateries and boutiques is a sign of the shift from food for the mind to food and cover for the body. The systematic ruralisation of Peshawar and #Pakhtunkhwa does not seem to slow down.

Fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. You turn again, but the storm adjusts. Over and over you play this out, like some ominous dance with death just before dawn. Why? Because this storm isn't something that blew in from far away, something that has nothing to do with you. This storm is you. Something inside of you. So all you can do is give in to it, step right inside the storm, closing your eyes and plugging up your ears so the sand doesn't get in, and walk through it, step by step. -Haruki Murakami

بھٹو دور میں جب نیپ کے راہنماؤں کو حراست میں لیا گیا تو ایک ایسا شخص تھا جو بہت ہی خستہ حال تھا، اس کو گرفتار کر کے حیدرآباد جیل لایا گیا۔ جیلر نے اس پریشان حال شخص کو دیکھا اور کہا کہ اگر تم عبدالولی خان کے خلاف بیان لکھ کر دے دو تو ہم تم کو رہا کر دیں گے۔ ۱/۱