Before the Valley Drowns opens discussion on Balochistan's climate realities

FGP, in collaboration with the MHMWG Secretariat Balochistan, held the provincial launch of Shafqat Aziz Mallick's novelette Before the Valley Drowns in Quetta.

The discussion

The gathering connected climate and policy fiction with discussion of the province's frontline environmental and social realities. Provincial representatives, development partners, civil society and media attended. The author described the book's focus on lived experience, while speakers highlighted the role of literature in bringing human concerns into policy discussion. FGP's publishing contribution was acknowledged through a message from Muhammad Anwar.