Sameer Mehrab
Sameer Mehrab is a writer and co-founder of Balochistan Times. He often depicts Balochistan's socio-political dilemmas in his fiction and poetry. He is based in Canada.
The Shepherd, The Greek and The Colonel
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used...
The role of law in Baloch-Pakistan conflict
Why ask the Baloch to follow Pakistan’s constitution, when the state itself disregards its laws in punishing the Baloch for not following Pakistan’s constitution?
The...
In the loving memory of uncle Noor Ahmad
Karima called me while on her way to the Pearson airport, Toronto. She was heading to Montreal for the hearing of her asylum case...
Here I am
Saddened but not broken
Shackled but not hindered
I fell from your blows,
Harsh and continuous,
I fell but not subdued
My gaze still upwards
Aspiring for the sun
I heard...
انسانی تاریخئے سرا گونڈێن چمشانکے
اشی ءِ مزنیں بہرے تاج بلوچ ءَ چہ سمیر محراب ءِ انگریزی نبشتانک ءَ رجانک کُتگ۔
آ کجام بود اِنت کہ ما انسانءَ را چہ...
I’ll meet you some day
I always believed
I'll meet you some day
Like old friends
Or former lovers
Bumping into one another
In strange countries
At ordinary cafes
Where you were not supposed to go
Where...
A brief history of humankind
The march of history is long and mysterious in many ways. In the last 150,000 years, our species has evolved much from an ape-like...
The day we left
The day we left
We left a full moon behind
On a pitch-black sky
Highlighting the farthest stars and the whole Milky Way and beyond
Sprinkled over the...
Shadows on the wall
When the king is dead
When the fire is lit
When the skies are bloodshot red
The clown will dance
A dance of the dead
Sowing seeds with as many...
The children of Aleppo
Death is no longer a horror
Life is
Life which is dragged around the streets of Aleppo
Eyes wide open
Half dead, half alive
Half awake, half asleep
In times when...
