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A White Trail
A White Trail is a travelogue written by Pakistani journalist Haroon Khalid. This is Haroon Khalid's first book. Written in a third person narrative the book is a journey through various non-Muslim religious festivals celebrated in Pakistan. The book was been published by Westland Publication in 2013. The book is divided into five different sections, Hindu, Christian, Zoroastrian, Baha'i and Sikh, with each section exploring the religious festivals of the respective community.

It is an ethnography of the minorities in Pakistan that using oral history testimonies of members of the community creates a larger narrative of the social, economic and political conditions of the various religious minorities living in Pakistan. The book not only focuses on the persecution of these communities but also talks about instances where with the help of local Muslim activists members of the religious minorities were able to revive religious traditions. For readers unacquainted with the different religions discussed in the course of the book, it provides an introduction to the religions and its folk legends.

The author talks about various national and international events that form important events for different religious communities living in Pakistan. Talking about the Hindu community, the author discusses the impact of Partition of British India and the destruction of Babri mosque in Ayodhya. For the Sikh community the significance of the Khalistan movement in the 1980s is discussed. The impact of the Iranian revolution of 1979 is studied on the Pakistani Baha'i community.