from previous...

....her hungry soul and thirsty eyes wanted to explore more , to discover more  treasures , she wanted to unpack more  bags and see for herself  what beauties  they contained  but she checked herself  , what if she was not able to correctly pack them back then the owner of them all will come to know of it

from previous...

....some  expensive  sweaters shawls  and woolens were neatly packed in transparent  plastic  bags because  it was not the right season to use them , more traditional  style  tights leggings and long delicate veils added romance  to the beauty of the clothes,  one could  see with open eyes a princess of sorts  walking  towards them dressed up in those fairy tale dresses 

page 146...

....several embroidered suits hanging in the cabinets,  readymade  spectacular  branded  of various quality materials  from  silks to chiffon to chignon   and others  , colorful   sarees displayed  a wide range of  selection beaded and  sequined  in gold and silver  and diamante  certainly came from very expensive stores 

from previous...

....bina placed a breakfast tray before sandas , a breakfast she had specially made for her daughter, Mustafa uncle had left  before nine, bina beghum couldn't sleep a wink all night , chandni was not there and  must be scared all alone,  eating her breakfast  sandas refused to go home, some days  were  needed to  get rid off the  grandmother's  influence,  bina beghum sighed just then footsteps  descending the stairs were heard, someone entering the room greeted them and so did bina beghum,  unaware of hasn and sandas reactions  she introduced them,  her daughter sandas, uncle Mustaf, s son hasn

from previous...

....at that very moment  stood up bina aunty, zaki,s father asked where was she going,  zaki,s tongue slipped and he said she must be going to give her Thanksgiving,  she looked at him in sheer surprise and his father looked at him with  blood shot eyes enraged,  zaki tried to recover  and  explained perhaps it was time to offer namaz, his father in his deep authoritative voice  explained  in that house hold members were very particular and punctual  to pray namaz , and untimely  on odd times  nothing was done,  saki felt offended,  

from previous...

....zaki slowly turned his head to see the whole  scenario,  men were now discussing politics and the lady of the house had tears of joy in her eyes, naturally  he thought  a son in law like him  to them was a matter of great pride good fortune and  it called for a  Thanksgiving 

page 139....

.....when zaki saw where  his dear  father had  brought him his heart began to dance, he was u unstoppable  but he sat there like an innocent lamb  with huge  doe like eyes watching nina aunty and  uncle  who were in a state of shock  and  thrill to know from his father zaki was being presented to them s their future prospective  son in law  if they agreed zaki and his father would  be most fortunate 

from previous...

....sandas was surprised to see the mobile phone,  she turned it round and round  to remember whose 2as it, hasn had deliberately left it there to have a reason to contact her, she answered the phone,  haan on line said he had forgotten his phone  there and chandni shrugging left her alone and went out of the room 

from previous...

....sandas , where is your  cell phone  asked chandni 

..it was by her side she showed it , then whose phone was ringing in  the drawing room,  they both walked up to the next room to check, under a cushion on the sofa a phone was discovered  gone silent after incessant  ringing  and that was ringing  again not giving up,  unknown  phone  it was

from previous...

Hasn heard his grandfather  in absolute silence,  now he too regretted his own mistakes like his dead mother,  he rectified his mistakes by going  back to complete his education, I com, b.com , masters and more and then he began looking for a suitable job when he met her 

from previous...

....grandfather continued telling hasn his mother regretted  soon after her mistake,  she suffered from cancer and  on her death bed wrote a will  her estranged husband should be invited to live  in her house with hasn her son , at least the child wouldn't be left orphaned 

from previous...

....he listened as his grandfather spoke telling him his mother's marriage worked just two years , his father was a good man but his old letters were found by her   he tried his best to explain but she was a stubborn fool and she broke up and returned 

from previous...

....bella appa was  zaki,s mother just emerged from the bath refreshed , a wet towel wrapped around her head and little droplets of water  falling off , her eyes and face a d her self  were trying very hard to suppress a  merry laugh as zaki and chandni quarreled,  zaki teased her and she  gave him all kinds of names he deserved 

from previous...

....bella apoa invited chandni to sit down  , saki felt his mind was hyper and tongue tickling and he spoke up  naturally  it was Hakim sent by badri bua  , apparently  it was not for his love she was there with the casserole,  chandni  turned to appa complaining  that zaki  deliberately  refused to tell her where his mother was 

from previous...

....chandni  stepped into the lobby praying  zaki would not be  there, the rooms were blinded and she couldn't see for some moments  because she had walked  in the sun, her ears heard a taunting welcome,  her eyes adjusted by then and she saw zaki sitting in a sofa, she noisily  dumped the  casserole  on a table and asked where was  bella appa, zaki  was equally  rude and impolite  and said she didn't report him where she was, at that moment  appeared appa from the bath with her head covered in a wet towel, zaki was trying to see what was in the casserole,  chandni  explained  bua had sent them halim 

from previous...

....badri bus  noisily  banged the pan lid giving  instructions to chandni who was already upset having  an unpleasant  episode with sandas  to go quickly to the  Hakim master's  house and hand him this and rush back double  quick , chandni  had no choice but to obey    , her rude encounter with zaki also was hanging  heavy on her  mind, she reached the hakim master's  house, 

page 119...

....there is no  distant  point that can't  come closer 

....anger is a monster that swallows future  benefits 

....when  one realizes death is the ultimate  finality  he makes progress  faster

....never underestimate  the suze of anything  or an insignificant  straw may fall into  your eyes

....blessed is he who works less and earns more and is right

....stay away from the mean and they shall be  at peace 

Mingle more often with the good for the shall benefit in their company 

from previous...

....he looked  at the identity card  picture  of the woman  sandals wiqar and recalled  his friend  once comment  no body  is as ugly  as he is shown in rarest cases  of the wanted  nor as beautiful as one tries to appear  on his  face book  profile 

from previous...

....sabdas quickly  finished  picking up her things scattered around,  she knew she was taking a wrong  turn  walking  out from the  wrong  side,  she didn't want to  be caught  and made to pay for  his broken  phone,  she rushed out to escape from  that ugly  situation,  he shook his  head and walked towards the  shelf where he saw an identity card,  it belonged to the same woman who just had given superb performance on her abusive skills,  sandals wiqar

from previous...

....sandas screamed at the man  , was he blind, couldn't he see her standing there, he was walking  forward and looking backwards  perhaps he had parked his bike in some wrong  place   , his phone was held to his ear as he walked and talked before the hit  , she was sitting  on the floor  gathering her scattered  mess, the man stopped  and argued she had to pay for his damaged broken  cell phone,  it was her fault  that she was trying to exit from the entrance 

page 118...

....it was not  her fault,  one shoulder bag hanging on one side  , one held in her other hand , a pouch with her money and stationary  in it, it was all that man,s  fault  who appeared like a wild storm and  directly hit her, all her books and bags and the contents in her pouch scattered around  from  here to there in a huge radius  because  after paying  for her books she had forgotten to  zip  them back, darkness  before her spinning  head  showed her bright starry vision,  she was thankful she forgot her cell phone home  or would be picking up  its shattered  pieces 

from previous...

....the older man interviewing  zaka asked  rather horrified  if he really thought  he was called  to fill up a comedian's  vacancy,  if not then what was the meaning of giving  such answers, saki lowered his head and explained  he was there to make a world record of  rejections  in interviews 

from previous...

....sayad explained he was smiling because he was reminded of parrots,  no , he didn't  keep  parrots but simply sometimes  he remembered  parrots  anyway , if he had any experience,  of course alhumdolila, his attitude and  style  and manner was  attracting  attention,  what experience  he was asked,  sayyed explained  he had a lot of experience of eating and sleeping,  anytime  as much as he could  get to eat and sleep  he can happily  do it

ek tera sath...

....sayadzakalhasan, he repeated the name  loud,  his eyes looked at him from behind his glasses on his nose,  now his gaze turned  to x ray scan his  documents   ,he  on his side  began  watching  him , amazing resemblance  of his nose  of a parrot,  if the tip of his nose  under the spectacles  was painted red he would  by god look a parrot,  sayad began smiling  at his own imagination  and the older man lifted his head just then 

from previous...

Shah sawar was  sohrab Khan's  closest ally,   both stood facing each other in the old ruins outside  their village  where he was sent to hide  from the rival  tribes of the village,  sohrab  was in a compromising  position  , he had got many jobs done  by this man but this time  they were in trouble,  whole  village  had seen this man on the  site, sohrab  could silence his own clan but the damages were done  to the rival tribe  and they were inconsolable  and not for sale  , shah swear was guilty and  it showed  on his face 

from previous...

....namra  bumped into  lala who was walking  right before her  and suddenly  stopped,  saying sorry  she also lifted her head like lala  to see him smiling like a close friend  dressed in black  salwar and black matching  shirt with stiff  high  collars  , a brown charmlet  tied on his golden  skin , he waved at her warmly, his eyes arrogant,  namra  came  closer to lala and whispered into her ear she had told her so

from previous...

....short of money  makes one lose heart

.....darkness  hides water of life

...Farah tahur ..multan

....from sulking to breaking point

....will you  keep up if  you are called 

...hara qureshi

....when  man believes only in his creator  and no body  else  , He then stops  disappointing  the believer and accepts  their  prayers 

...mumtaz khanam

page 113...

....he was leaving for office  and suddenly remembered to tell his mother who was doing the dishes in the kitchen  he would  return home  soon  because  nani was not  well,  mother  dumped her  work  unfinished  in the sink and came out  questioning him  he seemed  to know  all about what was happening in  nanu,s  family,  it was shaw's who rang him up he explained,  mother  also  cleared  up her point  lala bibi will never  get  interested in him

from previous...

....sohrab ali looked startled  , feeling bad   , rather sorry for the damages  done,  he promised the SHO he would later pay a visit to his neighbor  to console  him and also give him some  help in kind, the police officer said that was not the point,  people had seen his man on the spot and suspect  his hand in the  whole thing,, trying to read his face  the officer continued  his man shahsawar was present  during  the  fire,  sohrab  Khan  s  voice ringing with sincerity  explained shahsawar was gone to  town  to run errands , now it was the officer's turn to look confused

from previous....

....a man hurriedly  approached him to inform him  the police was outside   sohrab ali raising his hand stopped him from speaking,  the police  vehicle stopped  at the  entrance and  the SHO stepped in flanked by  his two  juniors  , customarily  greetings were exchanged,  sohrab ali asked  the reason for the police  being there so early in the morning   , The SHO leaning forward asked him if he knew last night shahbaz khan,a standing  ripe crop fields  were burnt down 

page 111...

.....the dawn that descended on the  village was extremely  bright, habds of golden light  painted all that was visible golden, everything was  shining    ,such sunshine in winters  fills up  energy  in all life,  

..sohrab ali sat in his camp surrounded with people come to seek his  advice,  he was their wise  guide and sat on a courtyard knitted cot others on the ground mat  woven with bamboo  leaves

from previous...

....namra  called gul lala  who was  lost in herself    , namra was the only girl around  who could make friends with  gul lala  for gul did not  allow anyone to  mix  with her  and come  close,  it was either  namra ,s innocence or her  politeness  that  gul liked and  became  her friend,  namra asked her if  zaya ali Khan was her cousin   , gul explained she didn't  know him  nor did she know anyone  by  that name,, they looked  through the window  he was surrounded with  many and was all smiles  ,  his dimple  drawing  attention 

from previous...

....gul lala sat  on the steps in the  corridor watching admiringly  the man  clad in casuals ,  her perfect classy complexion  and chisseled  features  gave her a  lost  goddess  appearance,  her burning garnet  cheeks and silver white  skin was  worthy of  appreciation   , he happened to look in her direction and  his gaze  was locked, mesmerized he walked towards her, a hush fell  ,she quickly stood up  ready to flee but on the last minute her pen dropped down,  she bent to pick it up and saw his Peshawari chappals  and his feet, she stood up he was still staring  at her , he spoke  directly to her  to utter  something.. all gathered  in the  lawn began whispering 

page 110...

....sitting  in the physics department  lawn  at that moment  all eyes turned  admiringly  towards  maya ali khan who owned a most impressive  personality  , clad in white salwar suit with a casual shawl hanging  on his shoulders  he definitely  looked  center of  attention,  he smiled  because  he knew  what magic his presence  created,  the dimple  on his right cheek a little  higher was deeper and many a female  hearts throbbed  just looking at it  and  one of them was  gul lala,s

from previous...

....agha asked aqra what was her  response,  she smiled  meaningfully  , didn't he know what she  would say,  she so far had not spoken a word  to her parents  but she will, if they didn't  agree to her choice  she had just  two  options left,  first to elope  with agha  , second  to swallow  poison 

from previous...

....this was the first time aqra had called him, he was always  riding  high on his  winged   horse on winds, he took her  ivory hands in his as she began  her opening lines that mother had begun to consider she was,  he blankly  asked  what about  , about her marriage  she explained,  he suddenly  dropped her hands,  

page 108...

.....agha reached  aura and asked what was suchi an emergency  he was called so urgently   she chewing  her bubble gum sat on the bike and said she would tell him all in great detail  when they reached the turn by the river  behind her college,  reaching there she kept on chewing  as he  came to sit with her on the grass leaning against the jamin tree waiting for her to  speak  , it seemed a long time looking at her chewing  and he  asked if she was there on picnic 

from previous...

....boy..what actors you like 

Girl...Katrina,  abhishek akshay

Boy ...  o m g ,  me too and  singer 

Girl...asha  lata, kishor  Kumar   udit  narayan 

Boy...omg...me too and cricketers?

Girl..ganguli, tendulkar

Boy..omg...me  too and  politicians?

Girl...Gandhi   modified

Boy...screaming..OMG

from previous....

.... mother of Muhammad said  she didn't want to raise her son as  the guest woman  wanted,  it was rightly a business hub and merchants  hotspot  , true that her husband was a merchant of  sorts and  this too was correct  if her son grew up as a merchant  they would  become  wealthy  but the business hotspot was also a global  meeting  point for the scuentists, looking  lovingly at her  newborn  she  declared she would educate him well

from previous....

.....the guest woman  expressed her feelings  to the lady of the house  since her husband's unexpected  unnatural  death  her life had nothing left to see forward  to, now that she was blessed with a  son  she had a strong motive to live,  it was just a matter of  few more years and her son will be grown up to take care of her,  may the lord grant him courage,  health and  a long life 

Mother  said from that moment onwards she was  wiping out her personal identity  clean and shall be known as  mother of Muhammad 

from previous...

....the visiting woman and the new mother  were same age, , looking at the boy just born the guest was overwhelmed, what a beautiful  dusky complexion  bright shiny eyes and  glowing  face he had, a comment escaped  from  her lips  to  keep the child safe from evil,  she asked  the mother if she had given the infant any name,  new mother explained  she had always  like her husband  wanted to name  their boy Muhammed, so he was Muhammed  bin ahmed

page 183....

....on the eastern  coastline  av most active   cultural  native  hub  was buzzing with  noisy customers  buyers sellers and  one  woman  dressed  in a high fashion outfit  of that time  looking around  interestedly  walked into a plain  simple cottage  directly into the bedroom , her confidence and satisfaction  showed as if  she  was quite familiar with the  house, in the room a pale looking woman  sat up whom the newly  arrived  greeted  , giving  her best wishes and compliments for having a newborn,  the lady in cot also welcomed her greeting her 

Pari.....

....mummy , do fairies  fly as you always say

....ofcourse  dear son

....but  ashi aunty dies not fly

....son, she us not a fairy 

....then why does daddy say  my lovely fairy  has come  when you are not home 

gazal...

.....believe in truth so truth can be told 

....that was simply a mistake 

....punishing oneself  trying oneself 

....they were so  joyous 

....Laughing  full of life

....wept  they on their condition 

...,simply time passing by

....all around was time  mighty 

....showing off its might

...,the victim  killed was

.....himself  to be  blamed  simply 

....who can know the fate 

....its already pre written 

.....saviour  turns   weak

....when supporters  are gone

....blessed is he who is  protected 

....taken care of simply 

...,I am dead 

....who killed me is not clear 

....when it happened 

....Where it happened 

....Simply you were not there

....received  is a piece of paper 

....How can I say it's a letter

....starting with...dearest unfaithful 

....it ends  simply there 

izzat ya paisa....

...tell your close friends you have no money and you are not respected

Tell them you have  lots of money and you are sought after 

Now what can one do ...save respect  or money? 

beloved of poets...

....moon faced

...starry eyes

....reptilian  tresses

....petal lips

....flaming cheeks

....pearly teeth

....long neck

....doe like 

....shapely waist 

...frilly lashes

strange are the ways of the world...

....odd isn't it the married  want divorce,  the unmarried want to get married,  the children want to quickly grow up, the grown ups desire to become children again,  the working  compliant  of their  seniors  and the unemployed  seek jobs, the ordinary  wish to  become wealthy,  the wealthy  praying for some  ordinary moments 

from previous...

....law of  attraction ..

...robbers  become masters 

...to become instant rich Barry an old woman  half dead

...tips to old men ..tease young girls only who would  not  believe  it it was you

....quickly book vacant  burial site  or it will taken 

....homeless  are advised to move  into empty prison  cells  where food is free

ijazat....

....a surgeon  prepared  his patient  in the operation theater  telling him only one out of five  survived this type of surgery  and what would he like to say  , the patient on the operation  bed said he wanted permission to leave 

from previous...

....the couple from Hyderabad  wanted the lawyer to see dilawar and  fight his case, dilawar was a worker in Abdullah's  father's  glass bangles  factory  for twenty years and very close to his father   for twenty years  and then suddenly one day he left the factory,  father lived one more year and died,  during that one  last year of his life father  did his best to  call dilawar  back but he didn't , he was not related,  not family  but on humanitarian grounds  the couple  contacted  him to see him

from previous...

.....Abdullah  was a forty year businessman  from Hyderabad  come with his wife  nazish, he was polite and refused to have tea or cold drinks  the lawyer offered him because he had come from another city,  he sold glass bangles speciality  of Hyderabad 

from previous...

.... the secretary  came in to inform the lawyer a couple  from Hyderabad  was there in the waiting lobby without appointment  and will not  go back because  they had a hearing  soon and needed his help, if someone  didn't turn up on time  they could be  given that slot  

page 140...

....in  a lawyer's profession  one gets to  see all sorts of clients,  sometimes  it becomes difficult  to take up their cases,  the lawyer has to make a decision  in a moment or a day or a year,  the following  is a story of  such a client  the lawyer took thirty six hours to consider  it

from previous....

.....the message was sent from the same  unknown number  that read  he was being sent the clip to alert him if in future he ever uploaded dirty pictures of girls ,his this clip will  be safely  kept in the archives  ro go viral on the web the next time he misbehaved, he can endlessly  explain others it was a photoshop , he was not the only person who could   upload  videos, they were  saviors  not  enemies if the society 

from previous....

....he was  confused and uncomfortable and uncertain  and didn't know what to do when he received a text message on his cell phone,  he quickly checked it was from the same  mysterious  woman anita, it read she was sending a video  he must watch, within seconds  he was playing the video  and his  condition  was  of a man whose life was  just shaken out of him, now he realized  why there were no clothes on him when he had woken up 

rim Jim...

....rain is said to be  blessing from nature

...sometimes  it turns  problematic 

....rains are mainly in monsoons

....when it rains  is a disaster

When it doesn't  is also dusaster

....overcast is  the dark pitch  night

....o lord my dignity and wealth is  surrendered to you 

....home leaks and there is a visitor

....soaked  is  selfrespect  in soiled waters

from previous...

....anita sipping her hot coffe asked if faisal  had cookies , therexwere salted and chocolate  cookies , with hot coffee chocolate ones  taste better, he got them chocolate cookies and they  munching cookies and having their coffee  began  talking,  warming his sister was in the last phase of  her medical course,  faisal was doing his A level  in commerce 

from previous...

....he told anita's his father  naushad sur still loved his mother  so much ,  he celebrated her birthdays  every year in the same room with Harmon fauzal and himself,  faisal,  handed her a dress he took out from his mother's wardrobe,.

Though her anniversary  is  arranged in typical  traditional fashion,  then he screamed  making anita  jump up with fright , he had forgotten the coffee burning on the stove 

from previous...

....anira looking around  spoke in a casual manner  it felt  there had been  celebrated a birthday party  in the room, faisal said  plainly she was absolutely right,  it was twenty seventh  December  that day and three days ago on the twenty fourth  December  they had celebrated  their mom,s birthday,  

Anita's said but his mother died four years ago and birthdays  are celebrated of the living  not the dead

For the dead anniversaries are arranged 

poori sunita...

....a husband  in a good  mood speaking to his wife expressed  how much he loved her, 

She too responded  she could fight the world for him

He lovingly  teased she only fought with  him 

..the wife explained  he was her whole world 

from previous...

....he asked one word ....yes...?...the word implied who was she, why was she there, what did she want, who was she looking for, why did she press the door bell,  she turned to directly look into his eyes and asked  if it was  sir naushad,s house,  he said it was his house  but his father was not home 

from previous...

....he opened the small  door inside the main gate to find a most beautiful woman standing there looking  worried,  holding her shoulder bag with the straps tied tight round her waist like a  seat belt, he had never before in his eighteen years of life  seen  such a beauty, heart tickling,  heart warming  

from previous...

....he was still thinking  when the door bell  was heard the second time,  he left the comfortable bed , his laptop on the bed to reach the main entrance,  certain  his friends taussig, sherjil and karman could not be  there for if they had to  they definitely  would message him  first

from previous...

....dusk was descending softly,  his friends were to reach at eight,  the four of them were to dine together and  his plans were to order  their  food online , hevhad  taken the responsibility to get the hot movies  saved, he was in those  dusky  moments  following his plans,  suddenly his focus was shattered  by the  sound of main entrance  bell, he lifted his eyes towards the wall clock,  it was merely six , it could not be  them, his friends were  to arrive at eight 

sawaa ser...

....he was  relaxing  in bed with his  lap top  his eyes fixed on the screen  and fingers on the keyboard, just a few minutes before he  had downloaded  unconventional movies,  now he was copying those two English lifeless movies on the u s b, it was not often that he was all alone in the house, this was one such day, so he invited  his three like minded friends to watch the sensational movie on the l e d

from previous...

....Carlos  was leaving  to get the money,  sam was staying back,  she was tied up tightly ,  Carlos instructed sam to stay alert and  use his revolver if necessary,  opal insisted  he relaxed her  knots a bit , he thought for a full moment and released her , Carlos was already gone  and promised to return within an hour 

from previous...

....the kidnappers  were angry  , why did she tell her father they were four and a woman,  opal explained  she was helping  them out,  her father would  now take them more seriously  , the bigger the gang  the more dangerous they are,  if the police  chased them they will  easily escape because  the police will be looking for  four  member  gang  including a woman 

from previous...

....opal began speaking to her father on the phone,  in a manner that was frightened,  telling him there were four in the kidnappers gang , including one woman,  , that he must pay the ransom asked or the female  would  kill her, then sighed painfully before she hung up, from the booth she emerged smiling at the kidnapper  

from previous...

....opal  said if the kidnappers  phoned her father and told him they were aware of the walt and  that he didn't pay taxes and then demanded a handsome ransom and not give him enough time till next morning  she would feel better, he can't go to the police  for he was escaping  paying his  state revenues 

from previous....

....opal explained  she hared her father for being  so indifferent to her mother who always wanted him by her side and eloped with someone else she found,  she was unhappy  that mother  left her and  father  said he doted on her but the reality was ge loved his wealth and  lived  to accumulate  more wealth 

from previous...

....the kidnappers were frightening and  asked her if she was scheming something  she would regret, opal explained  fifty thousand was a small amount for  her wealthy father,  they kept a safe in the house , father  did not  pay the taxes and all the profits were  kept in the walt,  fifty thousand was meagre  and he didn't have to go to the bank to get it , at least the ransom  money for her  should be increased to one lakh  or she would be offended 

from previous...

.....opal  opens her eyes  and says hello to her kidnappers,  she asks if she was kept hostage,  ifvthey were going to phone her father  and how much , the kidnappers  threatened her it was none of her business,  they were professionals and knew what to do, she was safe and tied to a chair, she explained  if they wanted to be dead it was their choice 

from previous...

....opal  hears  full conversation  between her kidnappers who were planning to demand  fifty thousand dollars from her father  and give him four hours  to get the ransom,  because  for them it was a huge amount and they were considering  father will wait till morning  to arrange the money from the bank

from previous...

....opal was a young  clever  girl,  in love with fred , her father  a wealthy businessman rejected  fred as a prospective suitor for her and refuses to finance their marriage and honeymoon,   she couldn't elope  or  shall be stripped off  of her inheritance,  decided to  see fred  and chears her father  saying she was attending a late night  party  of her  friend  

from previous...

....when  she regained her senses she felt weak and felt she was in a hospital bed,  strong smell of  chloroform  still lingered on her face,  she overheard the same two voices  she had heard before  she  fell unconscious  speaking  if the car was tucked away  safely in  the back lane by the storehouse  not to be found before next day, if fifty thousand dollars was the right amount to demand from her father as ransom 

from previous...

....opal didn't want to openly  defy Ralph,  nor did she want to leave  fred, but if she  eloped Ralph could disown her,  she would lose all  that wealth and inheritance, her dream of  global traveling and  comfortable living  would end abruptly  besides her father  will break off  all ties 

from previous....

.....opal was madly in love with fred , she had secretly planned  her marriage with him and knew her father had enough money to pay for them  to go around the world enjoying their honeymoon,  but  after meeting fred Ralph  decided  fred was a good for nothing man,  not suitable for his  only daughter,  he stopped them from dating anymore,  opal  was not  allowed to see fred  so she  made excuses to see fred and spend time with him  on the beach

from previous...

....opal  informed her father Ralph she was attending her friend  Monica's  birthday party  at six in the evening and would not  be  back before eleven,  Ralph adored his only  child her daughter  opal whom he lovingly called peanut,  by six she got ready and left for  fred, s , the party was an 3xcuse  would end by eight, fred was her boyfriend and she dreamed of marrying him

shatir dimagh...

....opal was just twenty five and her round soft face looked quite wonderfully attractive,  she opened her wardrobe  humming a native  folk song  , her suits were hanging neatly in the wardrobe  shelves, she chose a black skirt and a velvet  blouse  that completed the outfit, a clear shining  pearl  string  always  highlighted  her appearance for the English  rarely  possess  that flawless skin

from previous...

....hus heart sank, he was  being  taken to  some  remote  place,  rascals they were   carrying him away to some unknown location  perhaps  abroad,  he was pushed  and sat in a seat, he  patted around blindfolded  his seat was  like  that in a tight cabin,, someone  spoke on a wireless phone  and the noise that followed  was certainly  of a chopper engine  starting 

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....he rightly  had guessed he was now standing outside the old building  that had silent dark  closed corridors  , there must be cars waiting for them to drive  them to their next destination,  but he was instead made to climb up  a few steps  like in a  ship or a chopoer

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....after walking for some  long distance  in the same  direction less blindfolded  mabber he breathed fresh air, the sound of wind,  he was guided  and turned to  walk now on hard stony surface,, he climbed down ren steps to stand touching semi  soft soil  under his feet,   listening  and smelling intently  he speculated he was  before  some  vintage  building 

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....his blindfolded steps  were touching  nit solid ground,  it was not a floor  , somewhat  rough in places and rather soft and  uneven,  on one  time it was a slope,  his senses  alerted him he was walking within  a closed  enclosure, like passing  through  a silent  corridor  without any opening 

from previous....

....he thought unhappily why things happened the way she feared they  would,  grandma had invited a family  for laila's  marriage proposal,  the lady turned out to be a neighbor  of theirs  in the past , who  exposed the manner of sabin getting married to artaza,  grandmother was about to reject them and sent them  away but at that very moment  laila arrived early home 

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.... baryal felt the weight  of the man,s head  he was resting on his shoulder,  he starred the bike  instructing him to  sit right or if he rolled down he would not be able to  break his fall, he said when the main road ended to take  left road leading to his farm house,  the huge gates  were impressive,  he was asked to stay there for the night,  it was late and lonely and dangerous for him to ride back home but his mother was waiting for him and he left without another word, no introductions  were made no questions asked,  yet a meaningful  bonding had  developed 

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.....with support  the young man sat up shaken,  he explained he lived  in a near by  farm house,  he didn't even touch  liquor,  he was in a taxi and given some thing,  he checked his pockets,  they were empty,  baryal also never took that turn  and always  took a different route but being a short cut and in a hurry to reach home  and past midnight  he and the injured man both were stuck there, 

from previous....

....baryal observed the man o the ground  was unable to get up, he was injured and unconscious,  his own bike had rolled down the side of the road but not damaged  just slightly  bruised and peeled off  , down the road side were fields  and water  lanes  dug out  with water running through them  making a cuo from his hands he brought water and sprinkled on the the unconscious man  a few times    and he came  through,  baryal  changed his mind  about the victim,  thinking  he was a spoiled child of a wealthy family,  drunk  and  fallen 

from previous...

.... he checked the boy who was unconscious,  in his twenties he was injured, he quickly realized it must be the highway robbers  , these days  so many robbers  in groups were  attacking travellers,  the young man must have fought va back  and was injured and dumped there on the road 

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.....he was late to return homewards, from shacez,a house he emerged after mid night,he knew  mother was waiting for him to come back home, she must be still awake,  he took off on his bike , speeding  up he forgot to slow down on the next turn, realizing his mistake  when he tried to brake  on seeing a  motionless  body in the middle of the road he flew up with the bike  and was badly thrown down  smashing himself painfully 

from previous....

....he was zayakhan  and she an ethereal beauty  clad in simple  silk dress , was it possible she was there because her father  sold her away, her shocked reaction   didn't  become her , it was a world  not for the naive  , women  there were professionals  and emotions  and sentiments and sincerity  was  clearly outdated  vocabulary 

from previous....

....it was a  massive room , the gigantic sized bed  was thickly covered with  freshly scented rose petals,  his breath was perfumed with  the fragrance,  his mind was  strangely intoxicated,  ot sure if it was the  affect of the air or the drink he had had on his arrival,  suddenly he heard the hanging bead strings sing  as a woman  touched them to  step into  the  room,  

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.....amma emerged from her asar namaz  and seeing  sabin called her to listen,  holding hands they came in,  they sat down in the cot together,  sabin  was confused and asked what was the matter, amma began speaking  razia had come,  razia khala was their neighbor who frequently visited them  with matrimonial  proposals, 

from previous...

....he was happy with his new job, he was to take care of both the office and the site,  very rapidly he got the hang of  construction work and management,  the day was not very far when he would present the world with his  dream project  of his style of hotel,  

from previous...

....she was against  his doing a regular job after completing his studies,  she wanted he should make his career by investing in his own business and  bartel didn't agree with her , he was not  foolish  to invest  his money in any project without  finding out  its nuisances,  he was  not in a hurry to regret at leisure,  

from previous...

....picking up his bike keys he called out to his mom  he was going  towards  shavez his friend  a gold medalist yet without a job , naturally  he will return  after dinner  out at his place,  man thinks  its  corruption  that the best  of brains  remain  jobless  but pointing towards the skies mother  explained  her point it was all  a play  of destiny 

from previous...

....sikander was  running  a couple of businesses  with his daughter Aman  who took care of the site and projects,,  she had expertise  in her field of selecting  machinery  and getting  things done and making  huge profits,  she had a team hand picked  by her side

muhabbet lafz hy lekin....

.....zarina begum stood at the main entrance waiting for the two of them  to return  late after dusk, Hamza explained he had informed her before leaving  ,as he parked his bike under the jamin tree , kiara silently  stepped into  the house as zarina  beghum  followed her in

from previous...

.....the ugly incident happened in the past was now almost a forgotten case,  haji one day arrived  at zalikha, s place  after ages, though she 2as forgiven and  forgotten but for the sake of  their children's  happiness  she had come,    sge even  believed  times had changed  and her life had seen a decline  , that must have been  the result of  zalikha ,s   curse

from previous,..

....elder baji once upon a time  admired zalikha, s home decor and skills  but now  baji,s husband's  business  graph was  showing remarkable progress,  the chart of  orders they were getting  was only  shooting  up up up, baji would visit zalikha, s  place  with  new clothes shoppers, shoes  ornaments  and totally  ignore  them , itvwas not their progress  but indifferent  attitude  that was hurting 

from previous...

..... zalikha  explained  all that was hers was her husband's  too, if he ever needed her gold he could sell it  off and use the money  for their future,  he prayed he would  never  need depend upon  others  , he was self sufficient 

from previous...

.....zalikha asked  nafis  sahib if the wedding ring he gave her was not fake, he was taken aback by this  sudden and unexpected query after so many years of their marriage,  what made her ask that, who told her so, her tone was casual  , she seemed apparently busy , but a pang of pain  was  keeping her quuet

from previous...

.... what exactly is life, a test oddly enough  that gives tests first and teaches lessons later, some points are learnt by heart , others just ignored and given up, yet others  deeply  etched into  the system never to be  forgotten  for life

from previous...

.....nafisi sagib asked zalikha begum to forgive and forget the incident that was troubling her for years , she was being stubborn  , she explained she could forget it only when she is dead not before that,  he left  her and she  began  scratching the  dust from the  past  incident  if  cleared and brought up  the whole family would  become a laughingstock,  whole episode  was memorised  by heart  by every one 

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....zalikha was so beautiful hardworking  efficient  , but her one thing that made her so unpopular was her stubbornness and  her tongue,  she stopped speaking to her sister in law  , she had announced  she will never again in her lifetime would seak to her or meet her, the whole family followed her decision and  avoided the  girl of the family,  till the girl asked for  forgiveness from zalikha who without meeting her declared she had forgiven her, but as expected she never met nor spoke to her sister in law  

from previous...

.....years ago when  zalikha  lived with her in laws for some reason  she   had  stopped speaking to her elder sister in law  and the whole family also  did the same, if zalikha  was not speaking to the elder girl  of the family  the whole family  was with zalikha, s decision  

from previous...

....the youngest daughter  worried herself out, her mother zalikha had heard only her brother's  story and reacted so strongly  what if she over reacted to her love story, zalikha, s behavior  depended entirely upon  their past life events, 

from previous...

....nafisi moved out with his wife and children to  another place,  tired  of family  frictions  rising in grandmother's  house,  with the grace of god he  got his own house built and that was a license  for  zalikha  to take full charge  of her home,  whereas not bad, she was not argumentative,  she was not bad mannered , whereas bot lazy, she was not inefficient  , their life was moving on