“One of the guards took his suitcase and he ran towards his parents, his mother broke into tears and father hugged him with the grace of a proud tribal man.”

— Zeeshan Ahmed Khan

“With a heavy heart, he sat on a carriage and ignited his expensive imported pipe as they left for home.”

— Zeeshan Ahmed Khan

“In the mountainous geographical location, winters are the time when beasts come out of their caves for hunting.”

— Zeeshan Ahmed Khan

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Zeeshan Ahmed Khan

Zeeshan Khan was born in the city of Quetta Balochistan in 1994. Being brought up as a product of his environment, he ran the streets of a beautiful but troubled city and experienced things that mo…

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