‘The Young Engineer’ and Sibte Hasan
Habib Khan, Quetta: We had met Syed Sibte Hasan by chance. It so happened that we were roaming the corridors of a business center in Karachi’s “Qamar House”, and noticed
Amir Timur and the Battle of Stalingrad
Habib Khan from Quetta: Amir Timur (aka Tamerlane) allegedly learned perseverance from an ant. According to legends, and the school curriculum, Timur observed an ant repeatedly trying to climb a
Habib Khan: Woman of the Book
I had traveled to Dalbandin which is some 200 km west of Noshkay, in December of 1970, when I was still in Grade 10, and the National Assembly elections had
Habib Khan: There is No Free Lunch
Engr. Habib Khan from Quetta: This story is from a “walknic,” which of course is not an addition to the English dictionary but a combination of two word “walk” and
A Tale of Two Football Matches
by Engr. Habib Khan from Quetta: In my youth days, I happened to be in Central Ukraine during the Soviet era, and was fascinated by the immensity of their sports
‘Hostage On a Truck’-by Habib Khan
“Cushtum as they still call the place, though the actual checkpoint has since moved.” Engr. Habib Khan from Quetta: 1973 had proved to be a devastating year for Balochistan. The
‘Nasim Gul Sahib’ -By Habib Khan
Engr. Habib Khan writes from Quetta: In the mid nineties, when the drug dealers started to make Hub their hub, I decided to hire a chowkidar and was introduced to
‘Siri Paye’-by Habib Khan
Habib Khan from Quetta: I had been to the Kaghan valley twice in the nineties and the first time in 1993 when we hired a jeep from Shogran to Naran,