Amid that chaos, I boarded an overcrowded train in Karachi and clung precariously to an outside handrail most of the way to Quetta.
وَلٰكِنْ رَغْمَ هٰذِهِ ٱلْأَوْضَاعِ ،‏ رَكِبْتُ قِطَارًا مُزْدَحِمًا فِي كَرَاتْشِي وَتَوَجَّهْتُ إِلَى تَعْيِينِي .‏