Ayesha binte Rashid

24/08/2026

16/08/2026

I told him I'd be back, that he'd go to his new home soon. He didn't. He died after weeks of trying to heal from a maggot wound that destroyed his mouth.

I hadn't even named him yet.

I barely sat with him for a minute. I was in a rush, had to go to another clinic. I could have given him more time. I didn't. But the clinic staff looked after him and I'm trying to convince myself that was enough.

This was his story: he lived. And then he died. Once, he had a mother's love. But then he was mostly alone. And no matter how much the world punished him for being born, he always accepted love with grace.

I'm sorry I couldn't do more. Go in ease.

09/08/2026

Because in a city where rescuers beg people to adopt local dogs only to be met with rejection, someone chose to produce more dogs so you could do a plank next to one.

Breedism gives value to certain dogs over others. It says local dogs aren't worth a home. Not pretty enough for the reel. Your class runs on that logic.

If this were about spending a morning near a dog, any dog would do. A mutt. A street pup. A shelter dog that actually needs the company.

Selecting for Huskies and Shih Tzus means the animal is chosen as an aesthetic and status object keyed to consumer fashion, not as an animal. The puppy has standing only as a prop for human wellness and a good reel.

Follow where these puppies come from. They're bred to meet market demand for breeds, and that market is inherently exploitative and abusive. You don't have to take my word for how it treats animals. Walk through any pet market in this city and look. Behind every "cute" puppy is a mother kept pregnant, again and again, in conditions you wouldn't defend for a second if you actually saw them.

"But my breeder treats their dogs well." Doesn't matter. You're not just buying one dog. You're buying into the market. Every rupee spent on a breed puppy is an instruction to that market: make more. The demand is the problem. One unabusive seller doesn't fix the machine you just paid to keep running.

That's the cruelty. You just don't see it, because it happens before the puppy reaches the mat.

Nobody has to be a villain for this to be cruel. The market for a cute, feel-good, puppy-in-your-lap experience will always produce animals to fill it, then lose interest in them when they stop being small and photogenic. That surplus doesn't disappear. It lands in rescues and shelter homes.

A dog was bred to be there, while the ones already here were turned away. The wholesome veneer of your reel is laundering this very real harm in the background.

06/08/2026

Casper was the first animal I hand raised and bottle fed. He was a day old when he came to me so he never got the immunity and strength that his mother's milk would have given him.

He was a delicate baby, my Casper. Every few days, he'd start fading. Puppies and kittens need to be fed every two hours. So I'd stay up through the night, watching Shameless on my tablet while feeding him.

On the nights he'd start fading, I'd lay next to his carton on the bathroom floor, drifting in and out of sleep. Scared to go to bed in case he'd die while I was away.

And boy did he love me back. He loved me with a completeness that I think few humans get to experience in this life. Even on his last night, nearly a year after he came to me, he lay on my bed staring at me with intense adoration.

He died because of a routine neutering surgery but, more accurately, because of the incompetence of his vet. In the weeks after, I used to think it was such a waste. All those sleepless nights, moving through the days like an exhausted zombie. What was the point of all that when he didn't even make it to a year?

I know now of course, what the point was. It was all the puppies and kittens that came after him. Every time I get out of bed to prepare milk for an animal, I think of my Casper. Of everything he taught me and how much he loved me.

In 16 days, it will be two years since he died. It's a broody time for me, this time of the year. He hangs over my shoulder, watching me as I go about life with a hole the shape of him in my heart. I feel a heightened awareness of him. Like he's here, just beyond my reach.

I wonder how long I'll carry him with me. Lying in bed when I'm 90, immobile and senile. I wonder if even then he will come to me randomly, in waves of grief and regret.

20/05/2026

Puray Pakistan mein kutton ka qatal ho raha hai. Aur iss mein hum sab ka haat hai kiunke hum apne ghar mein sirf naslee kuttay rakhna chaahte hain.

Jis din hum Huskies aur Labradors ki jagah desi kuttay ghar lana shuru karein ge, tab hee hum inhein bachaa sakein ge. Kiunke sarkon par yeh kabhi mehfooz nahi ho sakte.

14/05/2026

Watch till the end to see what a little love and care can do.

When I met Ollie, he was heartbroken.

I took him from a family who claimed to have found him in this state. Whether that's true or not, one thing is clear: Ollie was let down by the humans around him. Badly.

His injuries are most likely from an accident, so he was probably dumped on the road and hit by a vehicle.

With that gaping wound and damaged eyes, he was probably wandering around blindly on the roads and no one thought to help him. Till this one family picked him up and waited days before getting him to a doctor.

He's been with me less than two weeks and this is what he's like now. His wound is shrinking. He can even see a bit. But best of all, he's gone from being a broken little dog to being a joyful little puppy.

I didn't even do anything. I just held him, and told him I loved him. At the end of the day, that's all he needed. For someone to see his pain and care about it.

If you'd like to support me in helping animals like Ollie, please donate. I'm perpetually in debt to vet clinics and every amount helps. Donation details in the pinned comment.
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Jab mein pehli baar Ollie se mili, uski udaasi dekh kar mujhe laga keh woh andar se bilkul toot chukka hai.

Jis family se meine Ollie liya tha, unka kehna hai keh yeh unhein iss hi haal mein mila tha. Mujhe nahi pata iss mein kitni sachai hai. Magar ek baat bilkul saaf hai. Ollie ke ird gird jo insaan thay, un ke dillon mein koi rehem nahi tha.

Uski chottein shayad kisi accident ki wajah se hain. Lagta hai kisi ne use road pe chor diya tha aur phir gaari ne usse takar maari.

Woh iss haal mein sarkon par andha ghoom raha tha aur ek insaan ne ruk ke uski madad na ki.

Ollie ko mere saath abhi 2 haftay bhi nai huay hain magar uska zakham bilkul chota sa reh gaya hai aur usko thora thora nazar bhi aana shuru hogaya hai. Aur saath saath uski udaasi bhi khatam hogai hai. Aaj woh ek khush mizaaj aur pyaar se bhara hua bacha hai.

Mein ne kuch khaas nahi kiya. Bus usse dher sara pyaar diya. Bas yehi chahiye tha use. Koi jo uski takleef dekhe aur uski parwah kare.

Agar aap Ollie jaise janwaron ki khidmat mein mera saath dena chahte hain toh please donate karein. Donation ki details pinned comment mein hain.

19/01/2026

Murtaza Wahab says that only 20 people from Clifton and DHA want an end to dog culling.

Last night, over forty people joined us from all over Karachi: Lyari, Liaquatabad, Korangi and more. Our purpose is simple: stop dog culling and eradicate rabies.

Caring about animal lives is not elitest. Socioeconomic class and locality have nothing to do with compassion and empathy. It is elitest to suggest they do.

People all over Karachi understand what our "leaders" can't seem to: the continued existence of rabies is a systemic failure that can we can thank our government for. And culling dogs only makes the problem worse.

17/01/2026

Mayor Karachi ko lagta hai keh puray shehr mein sirf 20 logon ko kutton ka khyal hai. Time aagaya hai yeh dekhaane ka keh humari taadad hazaaron mein hai!

Karachi, SHOW UP.

02/01/2026

Aaj kal, Times of Karachi Jamaat-e-Islami se paise khaa kar gali ke kutton ke khilaaf jhooti khabrein phaila raha hai.

In khabron ka hamesha ek hi format hota hai: gali ke kutton ke stock image ke saath kutton ke kaatne ke aise daaway jinka koi saboot nahi hota. Na zakhmi logon ki tasveerein hoti hain, na hamlon ki CCTV footage, aur na hi koi medical report.

Lekin hamare paas saboot hai. Iss story mein woh daawa kar rahe hain ke ek madrassah ke bahar maujood kutton ne talaba par hamla kiya hai. Jabke hamare paas ek video hai jis mein is hee madrassah ke talaba ek sote hue kutte par bila-waja hamla kar rahe hain.

Agar unke daaway sach bhi hon, toh shayad agar madrassah apne talaba ko gali ke kutton ke saath sulaah-rehmi se pesh aana sikhaye, to woh kutte in badtameez bachon par hamla na karein.
These days, Times of Karachi has been taking money from Jamaat-e-Islami to spread disinformation against street dogs.

These street dogs follow the same pattern: a stock image of street dogs alongside unsubstantiated claims of dog attacks presented with no evidence. No pictures of injured people, no cctv footage of the attacks, not even a medical report.

But we have proof. In this story, they are claiming that dogs outside a madrassah have been attacking students. We have a video of students from this madrassah needlessly attacking a sleeping dog, without provocation.

Even if their claims are true, perhaps if the madrassah taught it's students to show kindness towards street dogs, they would not be so inclined to attack these brats?