Hazaran Rahim Dad

Hazaran is a Balochistan-based feature story writer. She holds an MA in English Literature from the University of Karachi. Her work builds on lives of Baloch amidst war, violence, enforced disappearance and extrajudicial killings in Pakistan.

2 articles published

POLITICS

The Odyssey of “Nako” Mayar and his Family

I had heard of “Nako” (Uncle) Mayar, who was looking for his missing son and to write his story I had to travel to the village Gilli in Tehsil Buleda. Buleda Tehsil is a peripheral region in an already peripheral province of Balochistan surrounded by mountains on all sides. It is located about 45 to…

ByHazaran Rahim DadMarch 8, 20250Comments

POLITICS Poetry

‘Your Madness Carries the Weight of Centuries’

As a Baloch child growing up in Balochistan, the years 2009, 2010, and beyond remain engraved in memory—memories that can never be erased. I often ask myself: how do the events of 2009 and years beyond, those that consumed lives, drowned memories, and silenced voices, continue to haunt us? Who can claim how a child's…

ByHazaran Rahim DadFebruary 17, 20250Comments