Background interviews with traders and locals based in Makran suggest there are still hundreds of Zambad drivers stuck at Pakistan-Iran border. Photo by Saher Baloch/File
QUETTA/GWADAR: In the initial days of Ramazan, I was on a trip to the Pakistan-Iran border region, amid the soaring temperatures. There was not a single vehicle I could hire to return to Quetta. This is why I had to hitch a ride on a blue Zambad vehicle (a pickup truck) filled with oil canisters our journey of over 300km was through katcha and dusty roads.
Due to the tough journey, I was not fasting while both the driver of the Zambad vehicle and its cleaner were fasting. There were three bottles wrapped up in wet cloth to keep the water relatively cool. In the middle of the journey, the harsh weather forced the driver to break his fast, by drinking from one of the bottles. He had not taken anything at Sehri apart from a few sips of water from one of the bottles at the border. “The Almighty will forgive me f
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Karachi
January 3, 2021
The emergence of differences among the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s local ranks over the party ticket’s allocation for the PS-88 by-election has affected the party’s intensified efforts to snatch the constituency from the jaws of the Pakistan People’s Party, analysts said.
The PTI has issued a ticket to Jansher Junejo as its candidate for the PS-88 by-election. The PTI’s decision has angered the party’s district president for Malir rural Qadir Bakhsh Kalmati and other office-bearers “for not being consulted” on the process of awarding the ticket.
Kalmati is an influential political figure in the constituency and a strong aspirant for the ticket. However, the PTI has preferred to give tickets to Junejo, a leader who has served in various positions in the party.