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Yaadein

Minaal Maan

Oct 19, 2020

Rivaj - Minaal Maan

His own parents had left him out on the street in a bloodied towel ... There was no future for people like him

Zeenat Hussain

Oct 9, 2020

The Honest Taxi Driver - Zeenat Hussain

Little did he know that this parcel was to seal the fate of a couple about to be married? The couple was Ammar and Shagufta. Ammar and Shag

Bassama Tanvir

Sep 21, 2020

The Sound Of The Airplanes - Bassama Tanvir

She can see it. She can see men dying, leaving the women behind. She can see women jumping in wells again. She can feel it. She can feel al

Perspective Mag

Sep 18, 2020

The Unborn Daughters - Bakhtawar Tayyab

Nita was on the cusp of screaming, she was hating every bit of her life, the thought of spending the rest of her years with her children’s m

Perspective Mag

Aug 30, 2020

Raani - Minaal Maan

She thought about her room back at home, haunted with the memories of terror-filled nights, of her mother whom she might come to forgive one

Perspective Mag

Aug 30, 2020

The Story of How Darkness Came to Be

In this world, there was a great, scary sea snake that lived in the deepest and darkest parts of the ocean. He had a daughter who married in

Naughty Girl and the Jungle (retold by Faryal Q. Khan)

Perspective Mag

Aug 30, 2020

Naughty Girl and the Jungle (retold by Faryal Q. Khan)

She finds her sister’s shoe near one of the trees and decides to follow the path. The small sister keeps giggling and keeps running deeper a

Yaadein - Billy Blue Bell by May Thomas (retold by Sophie Thomas)

Perspective Mag

Aug 30, 2020

Yaadein - Billy Blue Bell by May Thomas (retold by Sophie Thomas)

Billy Bluebell rolled over in his matchstick bed, stretched his legs and pushed back the hanky he used as a blanket. But he quickly noticed

The Phantom Tune Of A Piano - Areej Akhtar

Perspective Mag

Aug 30, 2020

The Phantom Tune Of A Piano - Areej Akhtar

He looks very much like his mother, although, I think his cheekbones are slightly higher than Nila’s were. I think, I can’t say for sure, si

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Rivaj - Minaal Maan

The Honest Taxi Driver - Zeenat Hussain

The Sound Of The Airplanes - Bassama Tanvir

The Unborn Daughters - Bakhtawar Tayyab

Raani - Minaal Maan

The Story of How Darkness Came to Be

Naughty Girl and the Jungle (retold by Faryal Q. Khan)

Yaadein - Billy Blue Bell by May Thomas (retold by Sophie Thomas)

The Phantom Tune Of A Piano - Areej Akhtar