page 29

....a few days she silently waited for him,  then she  returned to blogging and updating  her channels,  hayat didn't have enough courage to hand over his  earnings to her, , merhrussa  would sulk scowl and become silent  thinking  at least hanya was  getting a good life,  annoyed he would  turn off her channels  , he threw  hus money  on useless  expenses 

This remained invisible unseen yet  perceived scare to her 

She would wait a few more days before demanding her payment,  hayat  again would  cool her off 

She was  surprised at the  men  of dancing girls,   they tolerated all humiliation because   they used the  money on themselves  deprived the women of their earnings to push them into the same business,  she was shocked  to glimpse  traces of this nature in hayat

She was still working  but was hurt for not getting the control of her earnings the freedom to use it as she wanted,  she was given her salary,  she wasn't going to build a palace  for herself with that much  but  didn't she have the right to  keep the dirty money of her hard work , she wished  if only hayat had kept her dignity,  if only  the holy words I accept I do I do  were not broken,  if only  he had as a man  protected the trust and weight  of those words  that are supposed to be maintained   in the nikah

page 229

....did you note down the  car number 

No,  I didn't think of that  but it was a grey car,  Aruba didn't  get time to catch the number of the speeding car   so she shook her head nor did she see how many people were inside  and how did they look 

Sardar nodded his agreement  , she ought not to worry at all,  he assured her he would catch them  whoever they were 

She refused to go home alone,  if only he dropped her there,  sge requested him , she was quite nervous,  it was absolutely new  experience  that left her shaking   , horrible thoughts  surrounded her , she was doing her best to get her mind clear,   but the mind  was not working 

Let me call the driver,  he will drive your car home,  I will drop you myself,  he  asked her to come along 

Then sardar drove her home in his car,  he rang up his driver to reach the spot  and turned to look at her  whose  face was still white  with sheer fear

Safdar sighed and declared their dinner was to be canceled  or should it

She still wanted to go for the dinner together  because she felt safe  in his company,  he smiled and nodded  his response,  the driver  had arrived 

It was around eight fifteen at night m both safdar and Aruba sat in a brand restaurant looking at each other,  the food still wasn't served  at the table,  she was dressed in salwar kamiz and wore light makeup , her hair  loosely  hanging over her shoulders,  they had just arrived,  he had picked her up from her house,  all the way to the restaurant he was quite alert and observing if some car was following them,  he couldn't detect any  to suspect it

How is your business doing  she asked him 

With a smile he promptly  answered it was doing fine 

Khali hath

....ariba  iftikhar Ahmed  holding her shopping bags emerged from the market  and began walking towards the parking  where her car was parked,   she was clad in blue jeans trousers and light blue shirt,  joggers 9n her feet,  reaching her car she opened the back seat door,  kept the bags on the seat,  shut the door and  took control of the steering wheel,  before she could  start her car and drive off  her cell phone inside her hand bag shrilly  drew her attention,  she pulled out the phone and checked  who was calling,  it was her fiance  sardar 

Hello honey  answering the call she spoke  in a most  attractive manner 

Dear where are you  a male voice  spoke on the phone 

I was shopping in the market  she explained,  now I am just driving back,  why do you ask,  are you missing me, her voice turned  sauce

Simply wanted to ask about the dinner,  could we have dinner together tonight 

from previous

..yes, I had  asked about it he spoke nodding his head, , this strange  incident  had mentally shaken me  and no satisfactory  response  did I get from the reception,  all that they said was that there was a call from  a certain  abdulrehman for me  , permission from me was taken before transferring that call to my room,  this abdulrehman  spoke to me about  what   they had no knowledge of it, , but the hotel management did ask me  if I was feeling alright  and I did my best to answer them as casually as possible  , then  he had gone to his room 

It seems the phone caller  wanted you to leave your room and get outside  but why did this man  lie to you  he became quite serious,  it can't be explained  right now   but hopefully  in near future  the  reality will  be revealed, certainly the caller  abdulrehman  succeeded in his motive, the lawyer  released a deep sigh  and added  so after this unpleasant  experience you returned to your room and ordered  two glasses of Luke warm  milk  , then what happened 

Roughly ten minutes later the room service   arrived with two glasses of warm milk,  the accused  explained  he picked up one glass and handed it to noorin  and took the other himself m it was  hardly warm enough,  instead of sipping it slowly we just  poured  it in one   long sip ,  a few minutes later his head felt heavy,  noorin  moaned with  sheer stomach  pain  before he could grasp the situation and react  he fell unconscious,  he didn't know what happened to Norrington  he was  unconscious  , hus mind became black and blank  , there he stopped  and ended his version with a shudder 

Manzil murad

...before him another  lawyer was handling the case,  eight months passed  but no progress was made,  , then through a common  contact  the case was handed him , going through the details he got interested  in it,  and for the sake of long time friendship he decided to  take up the matter,  the client  was accused of  one and half murder,  

Now all the readers must be  thinking what is meant by one and half murder,  you are right in a way,  this term was invented  for a specific purpose  to describe a certain case

 Usually   murders are categorized as single  double or multiple  types  but here  a murder of another type is explained 

It was a complicated  case of one and half type,  his client quasar Salim was a reporter,  the newspaper  owner hashmi was specially  generous to him  but  after this incident he withdrew  showering favors on him,  

page 165

....kanzal was an image of personified purity,  her beauty was overwhelming,  she was spectacular and breathtakingly outshining in her bridal,  poised and looking enchanting waiting for her wizard her life companion her lord surrounded in enraptured perfumes,  surrounded with flower petals,  her long veil covered her face,   emotions  throbbing dream filled eyes decorated  her soul,  someone entered the room,  who else could it be except her groom wizard, sge couldn't see who was it through the veil,  she shrunk and tightly braced herself 

Kanzal, this was the voice she could identify  amongst millions of voices,  she quickly glanced up, Bilal stood there right before her,  

page 163

...two passengerson a bus  introduced themselves,  one said he was a shayar

The other turned his face on him and said he was deaf

..

Doctor giving  prescription  to the patient,   take two spoons in the morning,  two in the afternoon,  two in the evening and two at night 

Patient horrified pleaded to lessen the number of spoons,  he didn't have so many at home 

.

A student  always studied  sitting before a long mirror 

His younger sister asked the reason  , 

The boy explained the three reasons 

First he was revising  instantly 

Second he could keep an eye on himself 

Third it was like combined studies 

doraha

....for God's sake Bilal,  do something  before my abbu ammi  get me married off to someone else  , she looked at him pleadingly,  including Kashif bhai and  Salma bhabhi,  she was grumpy 

Bilal held her pretty  soft plump hand in his  , he looked fondly at her and whispered  she must trust him completely,  he won't let anything to happen  to make them unhappy,  he was just waiting for baba to give his consent,  he would  send him  to  meet her family as quickly as possible 

When is your father returning from America,  she was about to break into tears 

Very soon  his tone was  confident and reassuring

But  how long  roughly is this when going to come she stressed on her  point 

Dear didn't I tell you it was a business trip,  such trips do take  time 

Whether it's a business tour or trip  , he isn't  showing any signs of coming back,  she slipped her hand  out from his grip and spoke in mock annoyance 

Come on darling,  try to understand,  business matters  are complicated  

Then speak to uncle on phone 

Dear,  personal matters are discussed better between people when they are together 

I fear what if baba has already given his word to someone else 

from previous

...next morning  Anwar siddiqui  at the bus stop  patted mirza  Jamal  on his shoulder saying yesterday  what a  furore was happening before his house,  it was his habit to tell others about them  that they already knew,  even uniformed men were present,  questioning  people about  the murder of the Postman  illyas  answered  Jamal mirza , but it was not clear what was the Postman doing in the play ground

Anwar siddiqui  nodded  thoughtfully he really found it strange there was something wrong 

What made you suspicious 

He was  quite close to the Postman , he was certain  that the Postman didn't  distribute the post  on the first round 

Smiling sarcastically mirza said  he was absolutely wrong  as Sherlock Holmes,  in fact he had cleared  all the post and completed his full round,  police has already  verified and confirmed it, his khakhi official bag was  found empty  there wasn't any letter in it

No doctor Watson  it is impossible,  rubberband can't  deceive 

Entire colony received the letters my dear friend siddiqui 

Anwar spoke rather matter of factly thinking aloud 

But it can't happen  that one  suddenly overcomes his chronic old habits 

You have a point there,  can you explain in detail complete  thing 

page 27

...both meherussa and  hatat  planned a trip to the north,   packing and videos were  going on together,  she commented all the suits had the same style,  she made a face as she packed them,  , those  ladies jeans sent by well dress company  keep them too, , suggested Hayao,  but the shirts are too short 

In the north  all types of dresses  are trendy  he explained carelessly 

She obediently kept all her bew jeans and shirt tops in her  travel bag,  hanya was already  used to dress up in modern fashion 

nafsayati

....both of them were rather   weird when it came to their  behavior and nature,  their friendship was  also  strange,  the long bus  commuted,  eleven c , both   of them used to get aboard the same bus from the starting point  together,  at seven thirty morning time 

At departure the bus would crawl slowly dragging itself towards its destination  ,  passengers  helplessly  would  beat and bang the body of the bus that would  haltingly  move as the passengers  in a hurry  got anxious to reach their duties and businesses   , the  passengers would  engage themselves in small talks  with each other to release their tension 

Now let's come to the point  how we're they both odd, Jamal mirza  forty  plus always dressed in bright colorful clothes,  brown pair of boots,  unironed  sharp blue shirt , either white or pale  salwar   or bright colored,  socks of two different colors  he would  arrive,  his motto was  clothes are worn for a reason  colors don't matter 

from previous

....the taxi service  representative  tried to contact coral villas on a sudden idea that cropped up in his mind,  meantime  the pickup point  showed by the driver  the address and location were traced, the  owner  and his contact  numbers and other details were found,  talal husni the name  of the owner  of the address  should be contacted first  he thought before the police arrived,  he knew talal husni was a famous  high Court senior judge 

Sir I am speaking from the private car company  office,  a few minutes ago  a taxi from the company picked up a ride from your house,  the office man opened  an introductory  line when  husni spoke,  the name of the passenger is Nisha saba  , destination  time apartments,  there is urgent  information that I would like to share with you 

Is everything okay  officer,  husni  s voice sounded  worried,  Nisha saba is my  special guest,  I can't hear  anything  bad about her

It's not about good or bad,  nothing is predictable at this point,  the company man frankly explained the situation,  that the taxi driver was stopped by a fake police officer  on pretext of   checking his license he was commanded to get out of the car and the taxi was driven away by two other unknown people  and a biker came and picked up the fake police man 

All the taxi drivers are trained and law abiding and from the tracking system the  taxi is located,  to reach them  we need to call the police  so I thought of informing you  first,  if they were merely  car robbers the passenger would have been dumped,  in that case  our customer Nisha saba  your  special guest would have contacted you  but this didn't happen 

page 142

...on the pretext of checking the papers  the traffic police man took  taxi driver aside  and  it was during that time  two men high jacked  the taxi with the passenger,  the taxi driver  spoke to the police officer someone was driving away his taxi,  he asked him for his help,  the passenger was also  inside,  it was a serious matter 

You just hold these documents,  we shall look into the case later,  the officer  handed the driver his license and other papers,  that moment a bike stopped by the police man,  who  was ready to leave,  the taxi driver appealed he wasn't doing the right thing,  he would report him , the police man  uttered dirty foul words as he flung the papers on his face,  the bike left , the driver quickly understood they all were  together  in  stealing his vehicle with the passenger m , his mind was actively working  properly m the taxi he was driving  belonged to a famous truck company,  he immediately rang up his company and informed them of the situation,  the officer listened to him carefully and then asked him if the GPS  tracking system was on 

Yes sir,  I always  turn it in on during the ride 

Very good 

Where exactly did this happen 

From what location was the passenger picked up by you 

from previous

....two touring sales men met after a long time one of them  moaning  said it pra most defeating day , people were rude rebuked and scolded,  some were abusive,  others scowled frowned and yet others shut their doors to him , several others  roared and growled  but he couldn't sell a thing,  

The other door to door salesman asked what was he selling 

Books on how to be polite 

page 107

...a woman   complained to her husband  that she was surprised  how before marriage he used to  admire her saying she was his whole world 

Husband cut her off statement  quickly adding  when he thought her his whole world he was not well versant of geography now ge was an expert who had excellent experience and knowledge of different worlds 

from previous

..... there rose a mournful uproar in babu mian  s house,  mother fell nearly dead, neighbors gathered,  women  tried to help  shajayat  s mother   and sprayed water on her face,  men  surrounded the grief stricken father,  two elderly men  held johar and  gave him instructions what he was to do next,  he had to be strong  and support his old parents and    endure  his brother's   death,  life goes on with or without endurance 

Shajayat  was  buried,  his funeral over johar began thinking what job should he take up,, luckily   he was given his brother's  job and he joined as a police constable 

The first time he saw himself in the mirror  in uniform he spoke to his reflection    to promise to keep  his  brother's  dignity,  to work honestly  but he found it was next to impossible to stay honest in this job,  on every step he was presented with new challenges,  he was posted to a certain police station where the incharge was a sub inspector who was known  as raja who was  dashing and  infamous for  accepting bribes,  he couldn't get along well with johar because  johar couldn't  catch  prey , there was just one person abbas head constable  who  encouraged  johar and admired him for his  honesty 

from previous

....it didn't take long to reach the medical store on bicycle,  there it was a  scene of chaos,  the air was filled with smoke,  police and firebrigade   surrounded the whole place,  thick fat  water was pouring 

Shekhu screamed  johar  and entered the burning  inferno,  two police men tried to stop him but failed,  an ambulance  owned by a welfare organization stood there,  the  workers were  busy working  rapidly,  the injured were  carried out on the stretchers to the ambulance,  by chance johar  took a glimpse of his brother  on the stretcher,  who was alive but perhaps injured 

Shekhu screamed johar and started running beside him as he was taken away 

Johar  ...spoke shajayat  in an inaudible voice,  the two men  pulling the stretcher asked  them if they were friends 

We are brothers  answered johar emotions choking him, his funky nature suddenly left him , shajayat  s etes were half closed,  he spoke haltingly  that now johar must become more serious  , because  this was a major turning point in his life,  entire burden of responsibilities were  shifting onto his shoulders,  he must take care of their old parents 

page 90

...babu mian s house wasn't  poor but  it was rather well off,, his wife was not well,  two  grown up sons,  one with more serious sober nature   was shajayat, the other was more fun loving,  he was not interested in education but playing cricket,  both brothers were just  one year  apart therefore the younger called his elder by his name,  both had cleared their matric,  both were together in their first year college because  the elder had failed  fir his interest in cricket  more,  shehzad was seriously  looking for a job , he wanted to join night classes  if he got a job,  he was betrothed  , , hus conscience did not allow him to get married  until he got a job and was self reliant  and financially sound,  johar had found a girl razia in college and was  determined to pursue  his own  romance  , he was a carefree  and uncaring of his career 

One day shajayat entered the house  cheerfully,  he was selected  as a constable in the police department,  hus parents were  delighted,  johar also  expressed his joy 

In the evening at five  johar wax putting on his shoes in the  veranda,  his hat was  placed beside him,  shehzad entered the veranda and handed johar an envelope  saying  he wished to inform his betrothed about his job so johar was to deliver the envelope at her place 

Both brothers  frequented the girl's house  and after  their marriage was fixed shajayat  stopped visiting her 

from previous

....hello Ronald 

He had thought sge would start quickly but she waited  till the meal was over and then she burst  out,  she was banging her head against a hard brick wall , computer programming was difficult and there was nobody else to help her,  she was feeling hopeless,  there was an interview to attend,  she broke into tears,  

Her tears melted him, he wanted to help her, 

Catherine,  he said  he knew she didn't  believe in such things  but it was possible to get things done with the crystal he possessed,  it had proved extremely lucky for him,  , taking off tge crystal from around his neck he placed it into her delicate hands,  he instantly noticed a change in her attitude,  she brightened up and looked cheerful 

She thought that crystal couldn't help anyone,  she was hesitant but her eyes were glued  on the crystal 

He  raised his eye brows,  couldn't she  at least give it a try 

She dully nodded her head 

And remember the results will start appearing  same day 

khush qismat

...around his neck  swung tge crystal  when he stabbed his partner Samuel  with a knife straight into his heart,  he felt a deep sensation of freedom,  

This is true  personally he wasn't against Samuel  nor was there any other reason of deadly animosity,  for six years they were business partners and smoothly  running  good fortunes,  it was a successful venture but soon enough  Thomas began  embezzling  he decided to take care of him 

Thomas was his seventh victim in the past few weeks,  , he prided in his killing his prey, he was a serial killer,  , he found pleasure in playing with  his victim's blood,  for instance last time he deliberately left his blood stained footprints , it was so exciting,  leaving his finger prints blood stained, challenging the police department to track him down  but  the detectives failed to find him  he was Ronald darling 

page 81

...where is Glenn right now 

He is at home  unconscious  spoke Ruth,  after badly beating her up he fell down  drunk on the floor,  she picked up the car keys  and reached them, perhaps he still lay unconscious there on the floor 

Just you take care of  Ruth  said Marley  looking at his friend,  he didn't mean to trouble him and he would be back soon, it's okay jp responded   nonchalantly,  don't worry  I am here with Ruth  take your time,  she is safe with me,  he paused for a moment before  sighing deeply,  then  added sensationally,  Marley wherever you are going  whatever your purpose is finish your task 

Marley  nodded and left the house,  his pickup truck stood between  jp s truck and Ruth s coupe  car, he climbed up his truck and  drove off stormily to reach  the damp musty small cottage where lived Ruth a miserable life with Glenn 

Marley  parked his truck on one side and  reached the entrance door and knocked hard also  pressed the door bell and banged the door constantly but no sound of any activity was  heard so finally he gave a push with his shoulder  on the third try the  door gave in and succumbed to his force,  next  moment he was inside 

aks mazi

...in a large hall room  owners of dairy farms  were  urgently   gathered for an important meeting,  around twelve people were present there,  not a single person was seen with an expression of satisfaction on his face,   first of all the outside weather second the  temperature of the gathering  s  mind was increasing and and rapidly rising,  distributors  had brought this situation down on the owners of the dairy industry,  they were forced to call for this urgent meeting  to find some suitable  solution in their favor 

This happened seventy seven years ago so there is no need to focus on the quantity  quality and the price of the milk,  in March nineteen  forty seven in new Orleans in Louisiana America  milk distributors demanded  from the  dairy owners for forty five plus litres  for seventy five cents , from six to fivedollars , it wasn'ta big issue,   , the protest started from  new Orleans and like forest fire   enveloped entire Louisiana,  the members gathered in the hall appeared extremely stressed  and  annoyance fir the milk distributors,  they felt it was  a conspiracy  to steal  the morsel from their children's mouth  to deprive them of food and to destroy them  completely 

himaqatein

...it is said the best comedian is he who can laugh at himself because laughing at  oneself is quite difficult and not funny  , laughing on others is hilarious and easy,  today we shall  discuss  our stupidity in writing  , opponents can  use them against us , thankfully  we have  crossed the marriageable age or nobody would  invite us  to cheer them up

Life is a common  stage for all, the successful and the unsuccessful all get equal chance to perform,  not that we comedians have none right to defend  ourselves  because  besides comedy  we couldn't  make it big

We are not champions  on the list , it is actually futile  and useless to speak of our failures  and  stupidity because Islamabad is self aware on this subject matter thoroughly,  big people have big stories of failures and stupidity  with dramatic  after affects , small people make small mistakes  according to their  size of status  untimely  uncolored ineffective shapeless 

Just that if such experiences are reminiscent  during idle hours   they bring  unexpected smiles  and making someone  happy is a kind deed indeed  next to godliness 

page 15

.... hayat was gone already one and half months,  all the money was spent  , the gold ear rings had gotten,  starvation  continued   humiliation  and  taunts   showered besides it, , now it was Mehran s turn to get ganged on the cross,  not a single dry roti was received   that she could swallow with the humiliation and insults  thrown at her by her in-laws,  during the night she slept on  the thought of Hayat  

Two months later he came back  with his hollow empty self,  nit a penny  on him,  he had not eaten  for a while,

  he had worked for a month at a shop ,  earned a pair of shoppers and was ready to leave for Islamabad 

Mehrma shot up like an arrow  and folded her  hands before him  pleading him nit to leave her she would be content with daily single dry roti, staying together  was more important than going away to make a living,  he would find  small  jobs  around  

You are the one who doesn't let me do anything,  he smirked  her responsibility  from him 

from previous

...what is this  he asked Murad

On weekends  shits are given  and on Tuesdays too he  spoke  simply 

What for 

A worker on his left explained  brother  the sand we work with is no normal sand , , , deadly games are released from it, for protection  injections are given to the workers 

He couldn't  digest it but he remained silent and didn't argue,  his sixth sense  alerted him of   imminent danger,  after some thought he agreed to  let them give him a shot

Whole day with other  same age group of workers he worked hard seiving tge yellow sand and picking up yellow  pieces,  meals were served  on time during the day  and night,  all the workers returned to their  living compound,  followed by gossip entertainment and  aimless  loafing , he realized  none of them was aware of their whereabouts in Lahore  and if it was really Lahore,  no glimpse of Imran  was seen so far  yet Murad  was  certain he must be  well wherever he was 

By next   afternoon all went off well  enough,  then he felt fever was gripping  slowly on him,  he shared his discomfort with master  gayash,  he was expecting and  waiting for something like this to happen and  immediately called his  mute foreman,  he was taken through a clean corridor to a place  somewhat  like a hospital  , fifteen beds fir patients were  arranged,  two beds were already occupied by workers  one of them hardly seventeen 

page 15

...next morning  after  same informal breakfast  consisting of paratha and  omelets in  the hall they reached the work place,  there were some twenty two middle aged workers ,  this was also a big hall,  he was surprised to see a pile of yellow colored   sand , apparently just unloaded , , several  strainers were  also kept on its side , all the workers  in a semi circle  sat down  by the side of the  yellow sand pile, 

His friend Murad began to explain  how they had to  start the work stepwise  giving a demo,  all the yellow sand was sifted through the seive  leaving some pieces on the mesh, Murad explained  the pieces were  more yellow and were to be picked up and kept separately  in special  containers specially allotted for them, he pointed towards  large glass jars 

It is quite an easy task  Murad like  domestic women   pick out  little   bits of dirt out from  lentils  but do tell us what exactly are these  tiny pieces  size of mustard seeds so yellow 

You talk too much,  as if your ancestors were police men, why do you need to know all the details,  just do your work and slip the money in your pockets I  swear if it wasn't  for  my younger daughter's marriage  I would have stayed there doing that jib fir several more months 

Zeini khuda

....anaab got down from the vehicle  hung her long strapped bag on her shoulder and gestured sara to come along,  both of them crossed the road  to stand  outside h p l , alert security guard opened the glass door from inside,   she took her checkbook out from the bag and moved towards the  cashier on the counter  and asked him to tell her the amount  in her account 

The good looking cashier busily asked the account number 

Forty eighty ..anaab uttered the last four digits 

Get your I d card checked 

She was putting her signatures and the  date on the check on the glass table,  she took the card out from the  outer pocket of the bag  and handed it over,  she turned the check  to put two more signatures on the other side,  Sara came close and said give me thirteen thousand,  within a couple of days I shall return it 

It's okay,  take twenty  anaab also  whispered 

Forty eight rupees  said the bank worker

What,  exclaimed  anaab  shocked,  she couldn't believe her ears 

Ma'am,  Forty eight rupees are in the account,  you can check it for yourself,  he  moved the screen towards her 

from previous

....returning home  the first thing he did was to ring up his  close friend inspector Zahir  and  gave him the car number  noted by him  of the blue  van,  within  ten minutes  Zahir called him back , the number   wasn't of a station van but of a Suzuki  Mehran,  the first  thought  flashed I mind was  it was a fake number  but Imran  suspected  something more,  it was a four digit  number plate,  the third number  because  it was either  five  or six  , so it wasn't  an easy job as earlier they had believed it,  it was definitely going to take  a lot of running  to find the blue van 

They were helpless  and  couldn't  reach the  four  labourers, , he looked at Imran  meaningful  , today  he certainly had  successfully proved  himself as an excellent lip reader, it's really like magic , it was  a soundproof  airtight  all shut vehicle and from a outside  from a distance  in a traffic jam  you managed to catch what was she saying  so accurately 

Imran declared  with a finality he possessed  several amazing skills  

qatil masiha

....this story  started  in s most strange manner,  it was a foggy morning,  Imran was accompanying him, , one of the resident  of Imran  s  neighborhood  an old man was admitted in the hospital,  they were going  to see him, , reaching the main road they got stuck in the  traffic,  long lines of vehicles  stood unmoving,  , they both sighed briefly  to cool off their helplessness,  , that day another  of  strange  thing unfolded  , , Imran could  expertly  ip read people  talking,  he had several times  exhibited his skill in the past,  , perhaps fir some readers it is a new term,  lip reading isn't a fictional or imaginary   word,  it is a modern  technique,  , one learns to watch people carefully  speaking  but the voices are not carried  to the lip reader but  what is being spoken is  understood,  how one speaks,  his way of talking and  body language  perfectly conveys his conversation,  it's not easy  but  still  there are lots of people deeply interested in learning this art of lip reading,   many of them became expert   masters of lip reading  and   thrilled  tgeir audiences 

So we were speaking of Imran junior,  vehicles were  stuck in a traffic jam,  some feet away from their  vehicle  stood a new model of blue  station van , all it's windows were shut, a pretty  golden blond  stylish  and wealthy sat in the back  seat perhaps she was in her early thirties,  she was  speaking to the driver, , Imran  casually looked at her, Imran silently  gestured him not to disturb,  meantime the blue van crawled  a bit forward,  Imran  in a dazed  way  turned to him and said  the fashionable lady was  speaking about a murder,  he was lip reading 

page 193

...they  cling on to stories  for life 

Because  all is lost  nothing  survive

.

They are most egotistical  and 

We have burned our boats   untied

.

Spontaneous smile is missing on lips 

Something definitely  is hidden a mind

. 

You fear  soaking in rain and 

Look at my house built on tides

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This mirror shows just the face 

Why are you shying off disturbed pace

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This time again  topic was half said 

Gazing fixedly  in the oblivion  dazed 

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It's merely a habit not a necessity 

Holding the begging bowl upside down finitely

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Otherwise friendly are we not

What  is hiding inside your sleeve 

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....I will find out more about this app when I am free  to check  from where were the groceries  bought online,  she was praising  that all the things were of very good quality, it's better for me too  , I can  comfortably  get groceries online instead of going out of my comfort zone to the super stores  tiring myself out,  her hands were working  as fast as her mind , she  even  sorted out her matters as she worked and talked  , she finished her kitchen work  and  put the meat on the grill to soften  it before  sitting down with her laptop  to attend to her office work,  it was quite satisfying,  she thought  just a little bit trouble from  babar , then she  got so engrossed in her work  this problem also erased from her mind  busy with office work,  two hours later  she stopped to take a break,  she  observed babar still wasn't back,  she went  to look for shah zen , hus session had just ended  and second session was  starting in between  he git a few minutes to make a call 

She  dialed babar  s number,  on the other end no signal  no power  message was  given,  this wasn't usual,  frowns appeared on her worried forehead,  she began  thinking of other ways to contact him,  his number was saved in her mobile,   but would it be  right to contact him 

Mamma  give me the mobile,  my next class is on  the call , shah zen  began making a noise before she could come to any conclusion 

Perhaps  their battery is low  from all night use and  forgot to put it on the charger 

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.... cartons of oil and evaporated  butter , lentils rice  wheat flour packets,  spices and other groceries for daily routine use  he was picking up from the store and arranging inside the car dikky,  the storage space was  almost  full, , his wife  amara standing in the porch was watching him  silently,  just  a couple of days ago  she had spent  several hours  shopping  them , hoping   it would suffice two months,   because it was troublesome and quite tiring  to go out shopping frequently for small things,  besides  fear of corona  was  there,  both as a couple  worried about their children  s health and wellness,  they avoided  outside  contact  and were very cautious  , they  would online  and telephonically  speak to their  relatives and friends,  they had learnt  it by heart to stay safe  they must avoid direct  outside contact 

Sorry,  I realize  your precious time is invested on this shopping  but  I can't  delay it any more 

It's okay,  I know how important it is , as a  good wife she supported her husband's decisions 

Midnight phone call was  followed by his all night tossing and turning,  he passed the sleepless night somehow,  every time she opened her eyes she saw him wide awake,  now  at fajar he was ready to leave with  a full dikky full of groceries, among other things he had carefully kept a fluffed up envelope in his pocket 

What time will you be back 

I won't take long,  I will have my breakfast at home with children