The clustered cities of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province (KPK) resemble Wild West villages. They stretch out along the dusty smuggler’s roads that run into Pakistan from the Afghan mountains.

'Haraam' is an Islamic concept, which means sin, a breaking of rules, God's rules specifically. It is the opposite of 'halal'—following God's rule. But then, what does 'khor' mean 'Khor' comes to eat, ...