-strange smouldering timber are relatives
-distance filled with smoke
-closer they burn each other
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-lesson learnt from relatives experience is
-better are those who are strangers still
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-in this town who is ours
-enough is it not the day is passed
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-dear ones praised us thus
-no complaint remains against enemies such
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-brother sold brother for a half penny
-my nation is egyptian bazar like
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-beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder
-images etched in mind are considered beautiful
-either he was a born simpleton or acting one depended on his own judgement, namra was speaking non stop and inviting to celebrate their victory , also to make a plan for future because every time something dangerous happened same bluff can not be called, this time it did work out well , but should he not have some self defense training , because the wicked can attack any time anywhere, in case jimmy were not drunk and not out of his normal senses he would never have accepted the bluff , in that case situation could have been worse
-maiz when agreed he would definitely talk to his uncle for help, his mother softly and more encouraged continued to persuade him, her eyes lit up with lights of thousand lamps of hope, where as he got himself busy in mental gymnastics , his phone rang ,the screen showed anonymous number , it was namra calling , in such tones that he became nervous, she knew perfectly who it was who had saved her last evening in the gazal night function, but he was feeling rather low in comparison before her subjected to inferiority complex, she seemed to understand his condition and changed her tones to more informal and warm and friendly
-she said softly to her son to once at least go meet his younger uncle , because only he could now help them , when he had sat for his law exams prior to that his fees was deposited by them selling her gold ear rings she was given in her marriage as dowry, would his uncle not remember that and be grateful and repay them back in their time of need
-maiz noticed namra was not frightened , nor was any trace of fear in her eyes as she have a backlash to jimmy she would call attention to the society "s management what he did, jimmy was drunk with the wine of arrogance , his father:s wealth and position was enough to get him what he desired , girls of his choice were merely a throw away material, boys gathered round him tagging themselves for more attention, namra was bold and clever and she was impossible trophy to get , he was losing his nerve and senses
-maiz reached outside to see namra was caught in the trap, she was being pulled and dragged by drunk jimmy alias jamal aldin who was abusive and trying to harm her, one thing good about the situation was jimmy was unable to use his full strength , he was unable to balance himself , a small outside help on time could make a lot of difference, withoit showing himself up maiz could save her, he in a corner usinh his mobile on line police siren alerted the scene and the girl using her pointed shes hit one and with her heavy bag she hit the other and managed to escape and ran back towards the gazal nite venue where the management and the crowd would shield her , if she went out she was under direct attack, she was no fool
-maiz saw namra go out of the gazal nite , then maiz saw and heard as the lights dimmed a male voice speaking to someone giving instructions to follow the cheap over rated woman out and surround her , she was alone and it was right time because there was not going to be anyone out to save her , all busy within in the function, maiz understood the threat that lay and was directed towards the unaware woman
-gazal nite was arranged in a hotel, maiz was the manager and arranger, he was very happy to be there, his boys from his department found some excuse or the other and slipped out of sight,
-maiz was quite surprised to find namra also was one in the gaal group, she always surprised him, specially appearing in places unexpectedly ,
-he heard her speaking in hushed tones he could hear on the mikes , she was telling someone on the phone she would call back,
-she [icked up her bag and left the hall , maiz followed her out
-gullu finally was satisfied by qafil"s explanation and invited him home and meet the gang, but qafil refused because he was now dead to them all, he must become invisible and stay out of sight , he could not afford to take the risk of staying with them, but he had half his share in the bag gullu carried and if he dared change his mind or chose to cheat him and if he failed to send his share on time at the given address qafil will go and meet shaffu and confess all he admitted
-gullu cautiously asked qafil if anyone knew of his trick that could get them more fortunes , thinking long and wide qafil said his mother and sister knew of it because when his father was alive he used to spend lots of time with yoga practitioners and other sages with strange powers , father began teaching his son when he was small but mother always protested as a result he could not learn the whole thing properly and perfectly as an expert his father was, but it was enough for them to fool more , the gang did not know of it and he was thankful his father had succeeded in passing him some of his talent and skill though there was no other property he inherited from him
-gullu knew shaffu was gone for good, he from his inner pocket pulled out a water bottle and took a swig, then he sprinkled some on qafil's dead body which shuddered and came to life and sat up, both hugged and embraced each other, laughing and happy at their own good luck, this was amazing, from where did qafil learn this weird trick of looking dead, gasping and taking deep long breaths at once to fill up his lungs with air qafil answered gullu's querry , it was from his father that he learnt the trick of falling dead
-shaffu stood in a shocked state of mind, , in the dark he could not observe the facial expressions on gullu"s face, or he would have noticed what satanic meaningful smiles in his eyes and on his lips lingered, it was the moment of decision, all evidence was going against shaffu and he had to give in to the other:s demands and get out of the scene as soon as possible, in future more opportunities will present themselves, he agreed and gullu picked up the bag and allowed him to escape, shaffu started the car and drove off, the sound was heard fading out in the distance
-when shaffu showed his gratitude , gullu explained that he was no do gooder, he did not practise good and kind deeds for nothing, it was a simple plain deal with shaffu, a matter of give and take, for his support he will take the whole bag and not share it with him for burying the dead , it was clean and honestly reasonable bargain
-gullu then using his pocket torch looked around, it was a godforsaken abandoned place long forgotten and hopefully for hundred more ages no body will come there, speaking to shaffu he continued this was the perfect place to bury the dead, if and when someone ever dug the area and found the bones and skeleton it would be too late to find out who killed who, , this statement satisfied shaffu who looked drained out and bloodless white
-shaffu let the bag be put between them and he was about to open it when the others held out his hand stopping him , to first listen to them, their tone was rather harsh, the division will be done according to the other two this time, because in the past shaffu always took the lion"s share and licked the cream allowing the watery diluted left over remains for them, shaffu heard him out and asked the other growling if he also wanted to join his partner,
-today all three of them were very happy,, unexpectedly their little effort brought them a profitable windfall, they had chosen the old barn to meet and distribute the loot,, they had also a very old but functionable car they used to reach their venue, the dusky silence was rapidly increasing,, increasing with it was the cold temperature , the three sat there on the dru straw as if they were as comfortable like kings in their royal thrones,, settled down to begin the show, one of them holding the bag patted it announcing it was going to change their luck, so they were ready to divide the contents between them
-shafaqat was raised by his uncle and aunt, he grew up looking more of a afro than an asian, for short his name was shaffu, one day his aunt asked him to get something he obediently left promising to return within minutes but he had other plans in his mind, he caught the super fast train to kerachi believing he will have many life opportunities waiting for him there, which all proved him wrong , by late night shaffu did not return and the aunt began cursing his dead parents and picked up a fight with the uncle to have such a man in the family
-holding shafaqat rajya bibi came out from the baba:s chamber , she would do every thing to change her only son"s destiny, she will keep on praying all the time, the world will know there was someone who with the power of her prayers helped her son ro dissolve the line of murder in his palm, but what is fated is fated for ever, because fate can never be changed , next morning rajya bibi went to get kitchen stuff from the market leaving her only son with her paralyzed husband home a speeding truck hit her and she died on the spot, life did not permit her to pray for her son"s betterment even once
-the baba having made his prediction became sad, as if he could not hold back his tongue and feeling sorry for it, but the arrow had been shot,, hearing this prediction rajya bibi"s life was defeated, was it ever possible to change the fate, the all powerful had written fate on all that was created was it not really possible to make changes in the writings, , prayers, only prayers could unfold manifold multitudes of power to change the destiny sighed the baba
-what shah baba had announced looking at the tiny little palm of the new born infant , rajya bibi became so worried which line was going to make trouble for her child, the baba had continued still analyzing the lines there was a line of murder , years had passed but it still held the same influence in his life , that he would at least kill one person
-bhabhi beghum arrived , her dialogue delivery was loud and dramatic , affective and hurting, if she had known her daughter was being tied to such a family who would not take care of her, who were so uncaring and hypocrites she would never have given away her daughter there, shaman opened her mouth to retaliate but a scowl in time on sadya"s face sent her into a silent mode, sadya explained god was watching over them, they were innocent, at least bhabhi beghum must sit down and let them all discuss what the problem was, she had always treated bhabhi beghum"s daughter as her own , collapsing in the sofa because how long could she lift her heavy weight, but she flung sadya"s friendly hand on her shoulder, accusing her of ill treating her daughter married to imran
-this was her daily routine for past three years since imran got married, once or twice she had spoken in a strict tone to discipline his wife but it was inviting hell on herself, thankfully shaman had gone to college and imran to work, imran had like his friend"s sister and wanted to marry her, but it was sadya beghum who persuaded to to good to her sister in law to life her burden and bring the burden to her home
-sadya fonished her namaz and then read her holy quran before coming out to find it was time for fajar, she reversed and reached shaman who was still sleeping , pulling her sheet from over her sadya asked her to get up, shaman rubbing her eyes , sadya quickly went to the kitchen and looked in the direction of her son"s room, she sighed, imran was married and his mother fed him still
-come summer scorching burning heat , juices from fruit and greens dry up, sweat and dust contaminate everything around, one gets feverish without any reason, in such climate along with summer also arrives nature's gift to tackle heat, --the fruity falsa, good for heart, liver and kidney, regulates digestion and one finds it easily and feels better consuming it
-when the lid of the dishes in the main dastarkhwan is opened the aroma and special thrill fills the air, if not hungry one begins to crave for the food served before them, the colours and cooking smells make everyone hungry , it is the proper method of cooking, mixing of spices and south asian style of adding ghee to their cuisines that brings out the expected special affects, correct ratio of oils and good quality ghee is compulsory to get the right colour in quality foods
-she was stunned to see him in aunty"s house, her head began to spin, vision faded from eyes, her body lost all energy and she became listless , her limbs stopped functioning, she desperately wished for some magic cap that she could wear and disappear from sight, cold sweat began to wet her whole body, she cursed the moment she decided to come here, though her mother in law had not even persuaded her, saira aunty was not their relative or friend , her casual mention made up her mind she had to have to go to her house
-she had decided to cook for children who came home by one for lunch, today they had not even taken their lunch boxes , now should she cook for her own kids or entertain rafya apa and her children, so she would speak with hoeny pouring from her words that apa could cook herself what she and her children liked but apa also in even sweeter tones turn down her suggestion and ask her to cook because whatever she would serve her children loved having it, a kind of silent rage rose in her , she could not cope with this any more
-why is life so impossible specially the married life so difficult to live with in laws, life becomes a drag and she also was getting dragged, since her husband rang up that rafya apa was coming she was fuming and scathing
-why this rafya apa did not quietly settle down in he r house and family, to be an only son the husband has to take care of all his sisters and all the nuisance value is shifted on the wife sisters after marriage also claim their right on their brothers and before marriage also the brothers have to get them properly wedded and have to spend on them
-zabuan asked alyan if he would really have married rafya , but he was never asked so how could he refuse, he smiled, but he also never accepted , his wish was to make his mom happy, he was ready to obey her wishes for her satisfaction that s all, but the accident had occurred and mom changed her mind, he was ready to argue that one day she would have given her consent , he would have waited for her to agree, was it not disgusting that mom would have agreed to rafya as he had waited , that was very mean waiting for others to understand what was not said
-he stopped driving his car at a point that he had already planned to stop, there he in the main gutter junction he threw the gloves, revolver and the ornaments in it, then he drove off back to the gambling club,, he had become extremely nervous and began worrying if someone in the neighbourhood might have seen him, or if any of his neighbours at that time was wide awake watching him,, it was so dangerous,, what if someone heard the shot and followed him, , if someone recognized him when he came out of the house, he debated with his inner self that killing someone was not like doing maths that if the sum total was wrong it could be rectified and done again,
-stepping into his bedroom he made sure all the windows were shut and curtains drawn, then he switched the light on to see his wife beautifully dressed sleeping ine bed looking attractive,, george pointing his revolver at maggie's heart took aim and shot,, his wife without a sound was dead on the spot, then he arranged the sheet on her as if she must have tried to get up hearing some sound , pulling out the diamond ring from her finger he turned the ornament box on the dressing table down , picking up the selected valuable pieces he stuffed his pockets
--driving the car he kept the speed not more than twenty five
miles per hour, because he did not want to draw any unwanted
attention drawn towards him on this crucial and important time , then driving on and not stopping he pulled out a
plastic bundle out from under the seat that held his revolver,,
he opened the packet still his hand gloves were on his
hands, stopping his car some distance away from his house he
covered the rest of the path walking very fast, the night
was very dark and past mid night late enough to reach his own
house, which he found was draped in darkness as the streets
were also drowned in deep darkness
-he threw the cards on the table and left, the corridor he crossed was quite small distance leading to his room, in his rest room he quickly opened the door and bolted it and opening the side door he let himself be out in the street, if someone in his absence tried to enter his rest room it would be believed he was in occupying it, he took enough care to wear his gloves so his finger prints will not make any impression on the doors and placing a sliver between the lock remembering in time not to lock himself out,
-fardin started his bike and ayub stopped him , he had seen him leaving, he called out to wait, would he become a witness, what kind of a question it was, but fardin knew excatly what a witness was meant for, , grandmother had declared to set a quick date after asar for the wedding, of ayub and anoshey, , but all the family is going to witness and be happy to become a lawful witness why him, ayb explained simply not at home but in the daralaman where he would marry saba, will he become the witness of their nikah, what a bombshell
-last phase of ramzan almubarak was passing , iftari was brought from the market, the marble floor in the yard was covered with fallen tree leaves and bird feathers, the vase on the table remained untouched and empty of flowers , he kept gazing towards the kitchen sitting in his chair from the window,, he asked his brother if he really had left her at dara aman, how much she had loved fardin like a brother , but this was final , they had decided never to speak on this matter again
-shopping for eid in the family was on its climax, also ayub was getting engaged to anoshey and excitement was in the air doubled ,, dadi wanted the wedding to take place and all the girls were ready to go to the market,zehra appa wanted the girls to get her some green henna , fardin had come to a decision he would look for her in all the daralaman and he would give her some gifts for eid
-when she opened the main door she was shocked to see not ayub but fardin on the driving seat and with him were father and unckes all come home , what an odd time to come, fardin smiled and explained her it was war, they were frightened from her like she was afraid of them all, it meant a battle to win ayub and defeat others,
-but how could she fight a war without properly equipped with arms, she was unarmed and it was no war,, she began to cry, her heart was devoid of all emotions and her life was also empty , ,her eyes had expressed fardin she liked his brother ayub,, fardin advised her to speak her heart out clearly with ayub , after all it was a serious matter, she was stunned , how could fardin know of her inner feelings for ayub, was he a astrologer?
-for some unknown reason her heart was disturbed and she could not focus on anything foe long, so she came to sit in the veranda after offering her asar namaz,, during the holy month of ramzan al mubarak all family slept this time home, ayub and fardin still working ,sitting idle on the wooden cot thinking nothing in particular she thought of nothing when her reverie was shattered by the door bell that sounded more like loud noise at that time, who could be this at this time, slipping on her chappals she walked towards the front door,, she heard a vehicle that sounded like ayub"s fearing it must be ayub come home sick she quickly opened the door
-truth is an ornament that decorates mankind
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-lie is stifling
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-beauty is desire of eyes
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-love is supportive
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-merriment cheers up life journey
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-shores are the lops of the sea
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-river is trickling tear of mountains
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-good neighbour is a friend in need
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-life can be sweeter than honey and bitter than poison
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-books are children"s companions
-she spontaneously asked him what was he doing these days
-gulrez picking up a sandwich uncaringly replied he was doing a job , then glancing at her he found her eyes scrutinizing him doubtfully, he continued he would never tell a lie to her , it was a marketing job , he was seen everywhere because of his job , then he asked her to take something , then handing her a sandwich himself and then asking what was she there for regarding nisha and ruby, it would take lots of time seeing the girls and proposals that suited him , marriage was very far off aim, she was leaving him with his sandwiches to tell him later how things were unfolding, she declined him to drop her home or anywhere ,she smiled she could go alone home, she needed some time but she was already decided because she wanted nisha and ruby to settle down , but the problem was gulrez was getting himself involved
-selfish friends are cloudy shadows who never show up on time to support you
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-always muster courage to accept your mistake no matter how much humiliation it brings, always accept your fate no matter what it holds
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-remember you are located in the divine heart of the rasool when sinning sorrows you and joy is found in doing good
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-a disciple wanted the hazrat to guide him
-if you want a friend , almighty is enough
-of you want work , prayer will be enough
-if that is not all for you then hell is enough
-and what is wrong about this proposal asked ammi
-everything is wrong she said, kamal did not dare to ask her directly because she never encouraged him, he was at least three years her junior and this was like arm twisting her, when she was not expecting this and not ready for it,
-ammi elaborated perhaps he liked her enough to want her as his life partner
-but she remarked if they had a choice and the right to decide ammi must refuse and reject kamal and his proposal
-with every passing day shamir was proving himself indispensable, was he really and truly worth it or did he craft a spider web round khushnasib to catch her in his trap, no matter what it was , all that he said did happen to manifest, first the rents from the shops , then other facilities , for roshan ammi arrived with comforts a part time maid , that was not all, their portion along with their room was given them back, which shamor had taken , now shamir's house was built and he was ready to move into his new house soon, more over khushnasib"s younger uncle was showing interest in getting her admission and asked her every day how was it going, shamir like a wizard waved his hands before any one and showed them the reflections of their inner dreams unsaid in his open palms
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-you not for this earth, nor for the skies
- entire world at your feet, not you meant for the world
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-many promises are made by the full moon
-listen dear, you also get ready to compete
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-lies were all promises but i trusted them all
-whose words were big and loud ,
-heart hidden covered
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-if now sleep comes , no knowledge do i have
-life has taught a lesson , no more to learn remains
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-lost you have all interest in life
-when impossible life becomes stay so always
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-god is forgotten in miseries of day to day life
- only bread is remembered, bread giver is forgotten
-one reason why we fail in life is
-what we wish is absolutely different from others
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-smouldering i stay in my room for ages
-if windows are opened , whole universe will be set ablaze
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-whose character"s parameters are set high
-i have seen them very closely
-illuminated where are lamps of culture and tradition
-amazing such homes are looming in dark
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-if tears are over rated , dampen your heart with water
-let the world believe how much love we had
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-it is known you shall not come
-dust unto dust we will become before you know of it
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-not a single couplet was salebale yet it happened
-all the expensive items in house got sold
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-when the whole body was burnt, heart too must have burnt
-what intent you have poking the ashes now
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-a thousand tries you have excuted yet
-before time and more than destined is never acheived
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-from life a glass bangle broken off
-the wrist will show sings of wearing it once
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-faridi opened the newspaper and spread it out before him, a four columned red head lines attracted his eye, that made him jump , he rubbed his eyes and looked again, the headline remained the same and unchanged,, attched with it were pictures of four , he began reading and did not stop till he had finished, it all, the news was about last night gang war between two rival gangs smugglers of drugs , both killed each other's men with home made explosives and gama and ali meher were also mentioned as dead
-that man asked them to wait , in hushed tones they spoke, there was a shadow crossing the yard , it took two more minutes and then the path was clear, following him they all reached behind the blacksmith's iron workshop, they could see two men sitting on an old sofa inside made of rexine, some chairs besides it and a back door locked , taj bali had cropped hair all white , all his hair turned grey and eyes blood red
-faridi accompanied the boy and came out of the room , crossing the entire length of the yard in the dark he felt he was being watched by many pairs of eyes, reaching the end of the row of rooms the last room was where faridi was shown in , the whole room was empty of furnishings except a floor matting and one small cot placed in a corner by the wall , it was clean and the boy once again took the sheet and tidied it up the bed looking at faridi he left , faridi heard in the silence of the night a horse neigh , that sounded so strage shattering the peace of the silent air, he lay down staring a the ceiling and debated with his innser self about ali meher who said he was a decent man and earned an honest living,
-sayed tells faridi to go to bed quietly and sleep well , not to peep through windows or order any waiter ,, not to worry much about anything at all , when he will return he will get lunch till then he must take care and be invisible, faridi laughed and was ready to rest, and when sayed did return he was surprised faridi was really fast asleep , food was brought and as they ate he explained there was one man waiting for faridi and who kept waiting for his prey for a couple of hours making enquiries at the counter and from waiters , but they all showed their pathetic faces denying any knowledge of faridi
-silent was air
-no shadow also seen
-in that town nobody was there
-like us
-accused of the crime i did not commit
-i was punished for someone's
- heart not broken
-how long she stood watching
-the empty space in the skies
-alyan stepped into the room thinking so many thoughts and then looking for her all around he reached the terrace where she was alone,
-greeting her with a good evening a customary pleasantry he stood next to her , she also turned to look at him and then turned her gaze back to continue staring into the deep space in the skies
