lakeerein

...both of them stared at her  incredibly that she had to repeat herself...I am Amina rayaz aldin come to stay here in my father's house 

Did he invite you  asked neelofer  who had quickly gotten over the surprise 

Invited,  there was an undertone  added deliberately to  make it more meaningful 

Your father  the question was rephrase with another  manner 

No

Then

I am Amina rayaz aldin come to stay in my father's house  and this time  she chewed her words  emphasizing on each word 

You ring up abba  suggested Taya putting the morsel  aside,  he wasn't hungry anymore 

Amina stepped forward away from the main door,  she came to sit down on the wooden decorated diwan and put down on the floor her shoulder bag 

Neelofer stood by the dining table  and Taya sat in a dining chair   glared at her  with hatred anger and irritation at her bold attitude of reaching the main door,  to open it, to declare she was there to stay 

page 240

...sayyad khan was doubly associated with kamran mirza, he was  his  friend as well as his colleague  too,  kamran was in the trading company  on the marketing section  both were  absolutely compatible  and   in times of trouble  sayyad remembered kamran naturally,  kamran s residence was on the way  to sayyad  s , when sayyad was  going to  meet his  boss in his cabin  he had met kamran  who was  going home,  if only sayyad had known  what a bombshell was to fall on him  he would have certainly stopped  kamran,  , but what will be will be and nothing can change it,  people  remember it as coincidence 

Sayyad rang up  kamran,  on the first count the phone was picked,  sayyad asked  if had reached home 

Of course,  he was  at home  speaking with him on the phone,  was  sayyad stuck in the office 

In a strange tone sayyad spoke he was not in the office but   storm in life had entered 

Dear friend what such has happened 

page 65

....what happened,  who rang the door bell 

Asked marya surprised  looking at  ranya  circling around the main door  rather worried,  ranya was as if  jolted out of her spell and stopped  to tell her Arshad bhai just went out and she was waiting for him to come back explained ranya hiding her tears,  marya  was amazed  what was she saying 

Where did Arshad go, Asked marya startled,  

Javed uncle had come  and he went along,  ranya lowered her eyes 

Why, now marya  s face stiffened 

Arsalan  isn't back since he left early morning  , they are gone looking for him,  ranya broke down into tears,  marya checked herself who was about to say something 

What use is getting involved into others  matters 

Ranya looked up at marya  complainingly

Marya shaking her head turned to go to her room  instead  but she remained disturbed,  she began babbling she had no reason to worry  for others 

maqtool jazbey

... the  eid moon  had appeared  , eid means  celebrating life,  people  were  full of energy excitement and  enthusiasm  every man woman  young and all ages  faces shone  happily,  the visitor of eid moon  doubled the joy in emotional weight volume,  so that night was to be  a moonlit night  , the night  of staying awake  celebrating  the moon  

Those who  breathed freedom were absolutely happy  but  the  inmates of the central jail were also  actively involved in celebrating  the festival even if they couldn't be with their loved ones together  yet  it would be a pity to waste the moment of happiness 

They had learnt to live together like a family  and  sayyad khan was one of them,  a loner amongst the crowd,  distant and silent,  content with himself,  he sat  watching the sunset from his cell  when some men  approached him,  khadar enthusiastically explained it was  eid day,  of course sayyad knew it his tone was serious and manner somber,  he had  heard  the eid moon had been seen 

from previous

....next morning the storm subsided  , but it was  constantly snowing,  the  temperatures were  freezing below  minus,  whole  town was  under the seige of surrounding  winds, , Lenny ordered their breakfast from the nearby restaurant  which was home delivered,  , Oscar had no rations stored  because he ate outside in restaurants,  after the breakfast was over she asked Oscar to go the police station  that he instantly refused,  Lenny became thoughtful,  he had  before getting married had  broken up,  what else  was expected from him in the future 

Lenny walked out from the flat and  headed towards the taxi stand  and chose a taxi,  giving the driver  instructions to go to the police station,  as she had expected he was overcharging  the fare, her limited resources were rapidly  lessening  now she had  to use her security  amount  kept in the bank  for emergency purposes,  there was no other option 

Taxi moved towards the police station,  taking her seat in the back in the taxi  Lenny changed her mind to marry Oscar 

page 225

....next morning both woke up rather late,  Lenny prepared the breakfast  unhappily,  the blizzard was still  active outside,  television channels were  appealing  in sign language to stay alert and stay home,  , next few days were to experience more blizzards,  all depended on the cloud formations,  , the weather could change with the change in cloud formation,  Lenny was relieved,   the three of them were restricted to their rooms  and she needed time to find solutions and figure out what she wanted in life,  she received a message from Oscar,  he wanted to meet her,  ally was sitting with Lenny and read the message  , he began tapping his fingers and meaningfully looking at her commented on the message and the sender,  she should meet Oscar  who was longing for her and  the blizzard was stopping them from seeing each other,  ally said he didn't want to stop her,  smiled Lenny and messaged Oscar she would meet him at diamond restaurant at two  but if the storm  turned  terrific she won't be able to get to the restaurant,   after sending the message she looked out of the flat  window  and  trembled,  visibility was zero,  nothing was visible,  , snow  sheets had  covered everything,   but she was decided she was meeting him, something began brewing inside her mind 

sanwali si muhabbet

...arsalan  outside his house  was present in the  wide street  washing and rubbing his new  shining bike  singing loudly,   when marya returning  home  carrying the freshly bought vegetables  saw him  dressed in rolled up jeans half  sleeved  red  t shirt  looking  handsome fair and glowing 

Dear, aren't you not  scared of decent and sweet children of the locality  who are sometimes forced to get out from their home for shopping  and   youngsters like you who were born just yesterday  sing songs  of the past Era before their birth  like  great singers  spirit  has entered them 

Fair complexion   of arsalan  and his loud singing  had somehow  sent  shivers  down  her spine  and this  down the spine spirit  shivers turned  into  lighting cracking directly upon him,  soaked  into the surf foam  arsalan  was jerked out of his   scenario,  he looked up at marya 

Sorry baji, I couldn't see you come he explained innocently,  marya  unlocked her door and  gave him a tired look 

Or would you have showered flowers asked marya rather irritably

page 42

....one summer afternoon  the main gate was heard banging,  I am opened the door after  some noisy hustle  inability returned,  fauzya asked who was there 

A woman  not exactly a beggar but she asked for a glass of water,  I handed her one glass of water  she drank it and  kissed my forehead and  gave me lots of blessings and left 

Fauzya advised her son to be not so  complacent and such people are  ready to attack and get into the houses 

He argued she didn't seem that kind of species he looked rather satisfied with his job done well  , his voice was  quite firm  , he trusted himself,  in fact ammi you too should meet her because there is something  in her that pulls you 

Fauzya  s head began spinning with  worrying tales of  tricksters  doing  things to work on their  wicked plans 

A month later the  same thing happened again,   this time  he informed auza before giving the woman water,  when  she gave him her blessings and left  aiza   found it unbelievable  but true 

 Blood   is thicker than anything  and attracts its same kind 

They decided to move elsewhere 

page 223

...there was a snowstorm outside the flat  yet the traffic on the roads was as  routine,  everyone was busy  celebrating Christmas,  now it wasn't clear if it was  her  suspicion or reality  but when she entered the taxi  she felt on the nearby  bar entrance  stood alley,  he too like  Oscar got himself drunk,  no reason he would follow her,  he had left her for good,  Lenny ignored it thinking  all was fine  and merely her imagination,  she got down from the taxi and  got into her flat 

Winter was harsh and extremely cold,  the snowstorm  had frozen everything  , she saw several vehicles   frozen to roads  on the way , their engines  frozen,  she quickly  turned the heaters in the two of the rooms  on before  changing,  thedoorbellrang,  , shecouldn'thaveheardthedoorknocking butthe doorbell lightedup thered alertingbulb in her rooms,  she got  it someonewasat thedoorm shelookedatthewatch,  it was two past midnight,  who couldbethat,  shewasn'tmuchsurprised,  nobodyslept on Christmas nights, 

pussopesh

...the twenty five year old Lenny  was not just mute and  deaf but also not good to look at, nobody looked at her twice,  in this world of men she remained lonely and unaided,  she needed social security and support very much,  she couldn't go on all her life in bitterness and deprivation,  three years ago she took up a  clerical job in a school for the physically challenged,  she had long association with the institute,  she was educated there,  she met Oscar  after joining the institute as a clerk,  he was also  deaf and mute, the two of them communicated   in sign language,  they were acquainted for three years and became quite  emotionally close friends,  Oscar liked Lenny very much but never got  time to express himself,  on Saturdays he would go shopping for the entire week,  on Sundays holidays he spent the day cleaning up his flat,  doing the laundry and stayed home,  therefore he never got  enough spare time to share his feelings with her,  he feared she might reject him,  she was a headstrong  serious type of strict woman 

page 203

.... it was  past midnight one of clock,  that meant  officially  the nineteenth   date was starting,  jasam had   slept  wholeheartedly  wholesome  sleep that's why now he could not  shut his eyes , there was no trace of sleep  residual in his wide awake eyes,  he decided to go outside  his hotel room , the  hotel  complex was fantastic  and had a dream like quality,  fruit and flowering trees grew around  a central lush green  garden,  the most   attractive  sight in the hotel was it's  sheer blue water pool,  this wonderfully blue water pool was so big a bridge was  built above it to reach across,  that hour of late night  fuzzy lights reflected in the blue pool  felt heavenly,  jasim sat down at a table,  looking at the  lights  He pondered over his  problems,  the last phase of night  the pool  remained  secluded,  the air was casting a spell as he sat alone  .he gestured a uniformed waiter  who came to stand by him speaking in perfect English in Arabic  accent,  jasim asked him if he was a Saudi man,  the waiter Khalil was an Egyptian,  but both nationals speak  fluent Arabic  with  very slight  differences in accent only a native can identify 

dahar

....Thomas stood before him 

Thank God you're well and alive jasam , did you get yourself drunk last night  that you are  still in bed with a hangover,  I have already  been to your shut door  knocked  several times before going back 

Thanks Mr Thomas for showing concern on my behalf  said  jasam sighing deep  , just for your information I don't drink,  the  reason I slept like a dead log was not drinking but  sheer exhaustion 

I understand he nodded Jacky told me last night with some Michael you had a fight,  that's why I was so  worried for you what if Michael  succeeded in fulfilling the threat he gave you,  Thomas  left his  sentence  incomplete  , the unsaid was quite clear,  jasam picked up the thread of conversation from there  explaining he never bothered about such threats 

page 154

....they were strange  days and nights,   mixed with  disappointment  was  a fear , harim knew that,  it was known   adi was somewhere around  but  wasn't showing up after that  quarrel  nor did he try to to contact them,  anyway  her mind was on constant  alert , the media was still active and following harim and her family,  one day the door bell rang  , mother was sleeping  , harim reached the door and asked who was there,  a lady reporter stood there outside the door ready with her cameraman,  the reporter first apologized for disturbing harim  but they needed to take some time  to talk to her mother,  , without opening the door harim rudely  explained her mother wasn't well and was resting,  harim  told asifa sahib not to disturb them in this matter,  whatever they wanted to discuss and disclose they already had  and nothing more was there to talk about 

The lady reporter  gently said her  case was already  in the court not yet settled,  harim  flared up she knew it her case was in the court and will remain there forever but  reporters like her  encase and commercialize  court cases,  reporters reach everywhere  sniffing 

ek glass ki pyas

....aiza was resting  one summer  sizzling afternoon  listening to the  next door gate being banged for fifteen minutes,  definitely it was  someone  stubborn natured  come there,  she forced herself to get up , the next door people lived on rent, these tenants had left some days ago , , a young  sickly poor woman stood there looking miserable  carrying an infant in her arms,  the heat was  burning her,  she  unhappily leaped forward towards  aiza

Where is amna baji ?

Oh she was transferred to another place 

The young miserable woman was about to  break into tears 

Aiza was a soft gentle  considerate  creature  and  gestured her to come in, , offered her cold water to drink,  gave her food and  tea , this was  aiza and fauzya s first meeting 

page 21

....the mood in the school staff room was apparently changed,  a couple of teachers had left,  new replacements had joined a male teacher also had given in his resignation,  nobody had  filled that vacan, a lot of extra burden  was shifted 9n Aruba,  for a while her free periods were  keeping her occupied,  she came out from the staff room to the corridor where miss Maha  a newly appointed teacher was busy talking on the phone...dear you won't believe it,  he is exactly  a look alike of Imran ashram, same dimple,  she laughed merrily,  Aruba  was crossing  the corridor walking towards her classroom,  the young teacher Maha had hardly joined a month ago  lowered her voice , mobiles were not allowed on disciplinarian  rules except  on free periods and   the  break,  Aruba reached the classroom  with  some  thoughts  in her mind , there was a class test today,  outwardly she was  monitoring  but her mind was definitely elsewhere,  Kashif s would be mom in law  s words were disturbing her , she had  visited them yesterday  just a casual surprise and  declared  straightforwardly  she would give her daughter  only after Aruba was married off 

page 154

...harim returned home to sit for long hours inside her cloed room  lost in thoughts,  her ears still  resonated with Umar  s   words  he had  uttered  somehow  with his eyes shut...harim  please never leave me alone,  life won't be possible without you,  she sobbed softly,  she was  a ruined personality,  what could she give anyone anyway  with nothing  she had,  she reverered  Umar  with  all her mind and heart,  he had built an incredible  place in her mind  and she also knew  where did she stand in life,  she began thinking  what if his love  she had  received in her past  years life would have been completely different for her,  perhaps in that case  the man  asif also could not have entered her life  to whom she  had  got engaged,  who just  fled away  when he saw what her situation and  condition was,  he never came back for her,  only recently she and  Aruba  got the breaking news  he  had got married 

taaq

....the thick forest was  becoming dark and  mysterious  as the  evening  descended,  they silently kept walking forward,  the dry leaves  making a  crunchy  rustle beneath them,  they carried  their  luggage and   food   on their shoulders  and had entered the forest some time ago 

What do you say  how far  do we have to go 

Asked Jackson breaking the silence,  brown haired  brown eyed thin and lean Jackson looked quite exhausted 

No idea, but certainly we will reach there soon,  because the information we were given   describes we are almost near our destination explained Gerald  who was   playing with his  bag , all others remained silent,  all were absolutely  dead tired  by now,  they chose to focus on walking  instead of using their energy on speaking,  they took a turn and Cameron in the lead stopped 

What happened Cameron,  why did you stop,  what are you staring at, David second in line speaking came near him and also halted because he too saw  it, there was a woman,  strange  woman dressed in black gown,  she sat there with her head lowered 

page 123

....if the whole world was blind  you never would care to have  good looks , expensive possessions  and  style 

,

Destiny is like a needle  clutched in our fist carefully  lest it fell down in the sand or at night  

,

,we  ask  from almighty endlessly but offer  nothing  and that too carefully counted 

.

Birds can't pick up their  young fallen off from their nests  and you can't  manage your own life 

.

Be aware of the facts and always  stay updated  but   keep the facts to yourself 

.

Life does not  fulfill ali your wishes yet many more  unasked for  things are granted 

jangbaaz

....then he too leaped towards the window  and  he  watching him  slide aside,  the window opened  outside,  he clutching the outside wall  cautiously  moved towards the kitchen  window  lest that mysterious man  was alerted by  any noise 

The rain had slowed down to constant drizzle but  not,  same      stopped altogether , same  weather  continued  cloudy dark sky during the day  before  the night quietly settled in,   it was going to rain again wholeheartedly,  it was getting darker  as the evening  unrolled  , he  looked around with his heart beating loudly  a jeep was  visible  near the farmhouse,  he was completely taken aback,  , this  meant  there was another  additional  problem,  it was a police jeep  with  its headlights turned off, four men jumped out from the vehicle,  there was one tall strong built  silhouette of a man  too who seemed from his  uniform and  physique  a police officer  only  , the other three his  assistants  for sure,  one of them was an elderly man in plain clothes  , he was holding a torch  throwing it's light now and then here and there,  the kitchen window was rather closer to the  vicinity,  it was    a little difficult to hear them from where he was  standing 

page 95

...javed faruqi was a plain ordinary man  , but he had lived a life of  honest living,  he had spent all his life  earning   honest decent  bread and fed his family,  he died five years before this incident,  he had just two daughters  sadta and rabya, sadya joined a traders company  after completing her graduation,  rabya never liked  studying and dropped out from matric,  sadta had taken up the job during her father's lifetime,  she was ten years older to rabya, , she  couldn't let ber father  work so hard alone,  she was a sensitive and  responsible woman,  within a couple of years the entire household responsibility was  taken care of by her,  khan biradar trading company   office was located at I I chanriigarh road, the company  imported groceries from abroad,  burden increased  on her shoulders  after her father's death,  she had learned to handle things except rabya who was absolutely out of control,  she wanted rabya to complete her studies to be able to  provide for herself 

page 19

....before this arooba had never  tried to go deep into this matter,  nor did she  value  it's importance but now she suddenly turned so observant  watching every expression and smile,  each crease on the faces and scowls, after  the meal she simply  wanted to stretch her tired self and relax,  for quite some time her  after dinner   sleep was  forgotten,  she stood up to go back home,  khala  became worried,  how could she go all alone by herself,  wait  mannu will drop you home,  but she insisted she was used to going home alone everyday,  today also she would follow the same regimen,  she plainly explained,  munir  offered to escort her to the bus stop wanting to be with her even if it was to be just for a few minutes 

What kind of feeling it was   , the emotional  presence  that had a strong impact on you,  their footsteps  sounds and,  their soft gentle  awareness,   the face  partly hidden behind the veil, their appearance  sending a pleasure   vibes a meaningful silence  surrounding them,  the caressing  breeze touching the admiring  glances  , how  magical that moment becomes saturated with desire 

tajarbagah

....experience  whether  pleasant or unpleasant  is inevitable,  every experience   teaches a new lesson,  experiences   are meant only to teach and learn from life,  so never  try to avoid  experiencing new experiences in life  good or bad,  these experiences only give you  more understanding and add more  meaning to life 

After this short  preface  I will come to the main point,  this story  revolver round two sisters  who live in Karachi,  sadya and rabya, , Sadya was ten years older to  rabya, , life circumstances  had   shifted the  blame murder of rabya on her, , the narrator is the writer  lawyer who took up her case   , one fine morning  he finished his breakfast  and was ready to leave for the court  when the land-line phone  began ringing,  , alhumdolilla, he recognized  badar sahib both cheerfully  exchanged greetings,  badar sahib was a happy go lucky type of a man,  he was quick to  laugh and  enjoy  any situation,  but he was trustworthy  and interesting person, 

He began explaining   by asking what was the date that day,  it was first of January,  in a most serious of tones  badar sahib  praised his memory,  the lawyer didn't understand what was the matter,  badar sahib slowly  unfolded his point,  wasn't it true that his lawyer friend  once a year  took up a genuine case for free  , a golden rule he practiced for years , so it was the year s first day, the  day had not begun  and  a case was  arrived,  someone anonymously was helping  a female accused  and was ready to pay fifty percent because of his  poor financial condition,  if the accused knew of it she would  refuse to cooperate and then badar sahib and  the lawyer friend  must  divide the expenses between them,   the lawyer couldn't resist to  see  them  all fir himself 

jadugarni

...sheriff  irik  Johnson  stopped his car before the general merchandise store and stepped inside the store,  he headed towards the boy  sitting on the wooden stage  cutting through the crowd making way for himself,  the boy took a sipped from the beer bottle and appeared quite  relaxed, 

Irik said he believed the boy still had not got the job

Right,  nobody  gave him any job the young man sipping the beer said,  taking off his hat irik sat down beside the young man on the stage and enquired how were his parents 

They are all well,  do you care for a beer

Yes,  I could  , perhaps a better job waits for you,  you could be taken into the sheriff department on training program 

You seem so right there,  but  staying in the army I worked for the police,  I was the last man on the earth to walk around holding a gun

Irik laughed,  last week  I saw you were with a girl 

We were just talking 

I thought otherwise  you  were  gone   beyond talking 

Empty pocket  doesn't allow  anything more besides  clean talking 

Sighing deep irik promised him his best help 

page 62

...sending off the royal  convoy  towards Milwaukee azam khan was left alone standing  by a tree  worried,  scared he looked around  to perhaps  find  an answer to his problems,  he kept  standing there for a while  in the hope of seeking some  important  idea  then he walked towards his home 

To Jafar the slave  azam khan was  a son and  he asked him what was troubling him,  what was on his  mind  today 

In turn  azam khan  looked at the old man and said he had a strange strong  feeling of something bad was going to happen,  the day had  presented him an impossible  test  that required lots of sacrifices 

Jafar  was ever ready to offer his life also,  there was no need to be  so unhappy all he had to do was to  give him command absolutely  true Jafar only could  help  azam spoke  azam  firmly,  so Jafar must  immediately leave for barahampur  with  a letter  from azam khan for khan jahan , do not  stop mid way anywhere  because the royal  chase is   after it, you have to reach before the royal   chase,  azam khan   quickly and most  expertly  explained the situation,  so hurry up every minute counts,  don't miss out  even a moment,  it's urgent,  speaking rapidly  he pressed the shoulder of the old slave  who felt the touch and  became  more sentimental,   he asked him to write the letter  meantime he would make arrangements for the journey 

Karzar ulfat

...Jafar noticed how worried  Adam khan looked  and asked him   dear Master what is the matter  you look so depressed,  Jafar was  azam khan s father's   slave,  , Alam khan  was raised by Jafar and to him  he was  most  beloved and dear 

I think what ever is going to happen is not quite right  explained  azam khan  worriedly 

What is about to happen Master do tell  something about this 

Don't you know where the royal qasid is sent by shahjahan

Of course it's public knowledge so what about that,  messenger is sent  for  good interest 

No, Jafar you won't understand it,  it's for not good intent

What exactly  does it mean master,  asked the confused slave,  Jafar smiled meaningfully   and added  that the master should rejoice   because  special guests were  arriving from malva Barranquilla included in the group was to be a beauty 

Jafar was aware of azam khan  s condition,  he was  his  confidant  after all azam khan  was raised by Jafar,  a really  lovely vision of a beautiful woman  settled in  azam khan  s mind,  she was aziza the beautiful daughter of hakim  khan jahan of malva

tamasha gah alam

....sheikh waris  bought a prime location  piece of land at a throw away price and quickly got  a boundary wall built around it, buying the plot was merely a formality,  it was  a colony surrounded by  mountains,  the colony residents had  gifted him the  plot  , the tycoon recently had returned home from abroad and he chose Islamabad  to develop  his dreams  for his future  generations,  he had  carefully   surveyed all the  pros and cons  before  selecting the colony spot, his vision  had  included   sparsely  located villages  estates, hills and mountains,  forest lands,  ravines and open grasslands,  , people who once came  never returned  and settled down happily,  the retired and their families also found  the  place  enchanted them, , it was  not the  city of Islamabad but nevertheless   city of talisman  near Islamabad,  an office  was opened by the property dealers  in a posh sector  where electricity water gas and all other provisions were available  and  started their  business from a  poverty stricken  village  nestled amidst the natural beauty 

page 26

...neelam  reached the restaurant  in  her car,  she had told her parents she was  visiting a friend's place,  too glad to  be seeing  shakib so  often,  though  these were  work related  meetings  she really enjoyed his company,  she  reached  before the  fixed time,  shakib  reached  just on time,  she had selected  a restaurant  where   very few  customers  came and was quite  secluded 

Sir, you are so punctual,  I arrived just a few minutes before you,   she asked what was the matter  that he  wanted to  meet her so urgently 

He gestured to call a waiter  and ordered tea  , neelam  eagerly waited  for him to  elaborate, he explained  the  point was how to  make amazing speak out  what keeps him  tied to Amar, I thought of discussing this issue with you  because you have interest in reading  detective stories  and  have almost become one of the problem solving detective yourself 

Sge agreed she had the  germ of detective in her the reason she liked  spy and detective novels,  she was  following  Amar ever since she saw the American smuggler in his cabin and was trying to find a way to get inside the cabin 

page 15

....it was an absolutely fantastic three storey building,  children from  nursery to matric  were there,  Aruba was in the secondary section,  after the assembly she followed the children to their classroom,  handling  back to back  classes  , climbing upstairs and downstairs  was quite tiring and she would  blow up by the  end  of the day,   most of the time   the staff was not spared even after the school was over,  they were kept busy  and not free to go 

Today also there was a school meeting to attend after school,  it was urgent,  the agenda was  child abuse, a male teacher  in a private school  tried to molest a girl student of ninth grade,  who informed her parents of the  incident,  the worried parents  spoke to the school management  before  posting a video on the YouTube  that went viral,  the investigation  was  still  going on when the male teacher  denied the charges and  said  he was  being  harrassed,  the charges were  made up , two more girls came forward  that the  culprit teacher did try to take advantage of the girls  , the girls were scared into silence,  now that the video had gone viral they  were  supporting the  cause,  the principal had called the meeting and Aruba  was to be present 

muntzar naye raston ke

...in the veranda in a corner  bright eyed children sat singing  nazm  melodically,  first  namu jan recited in a specific manner followed by them all in a chorus,  Grey haired  pepper and salt  brown  mustached  master sahib alias mamu jan recited the last couplet of the nazm 

Nothing in this world is mirrored 

nobody is bad in the nature's factory 

Mamu , sir, we saw a squirrel yesterday,  that was very near to our wall,  it had a thick furry tail  absolutely like  Aruba appi s ponytail,  the  naughty  hadi rolled his  round fat eyes  and quickly completed his  sentence,   mamu jan  reacted  by a roaring guffaw,  Aruba appi glared at him  in turn 

Wao, admirable  similarity  between   tresses of Aruba and  a squirrel s tail,  munir almost  choked  on his tea , coughing  he placed tge tea mug aside,  he pulled out his handkerchief out from his pocket to first wipe his face  then  wiped the stains of spilled tea from his shirt 

page 11

....get aside all of you, he  instructed enraged,  someone from the nearby  car also got down   , everyone began  telling him what had happened,  , that person spoke to shakib but he couldn't hear a word of it because his mobile was  ringing and he had to attend it  because it was his mother calling 

Yes mummy

What happened son

Mother's  nervous  voice  was  heard, 

The gate keeper just informed me  you were  stabbed

That's right  but no need to worry,  the attacker fled away in a jeep, I chased him and definitely would have caught him but  if the signal had not turned red, he has escaped and  it seems  impossible to catch him ever , don't worry,  I am just going to the nearest hospital for a minor check up 

It was  a serious injury but  shakib consoled his mother  untruthful

Public gathered were busy gossiping  the signal turned green,  shakib  moved his car forward  fast,  on that  specific road  there were too many turns ahead and  the  jeep could have taken  any turn  and turned to disappear out of sight,  his  opinion was absolutely right,  the jeep had   just  vanished,  he  headed towards the nearby clinic