Page 26 pakiza anchal

  Slight sound made him turn to look at her dressed in banarasi sari with matching necklace  and make up  decorated  against the doir  , her intense annoyance radiated from distance , he turned vack to the cabinet searching for his things ,  his  unconcerned  attitude   irritated her

You are nit ready already

Why, where are we supposed to be going

He pulled out his favourite shirt

Are you really that naive  , your brother is getting married today

But i have already explained yesterday i am not at all interested in participating in this wedding

Page 39 huma urdu digest

 ....basiro  completed her graduation followed by b, ed and got a government job as a teacher, parents were natives of rawalpindi, her parents in kaw liked basiro for their elder son , when ayaz  got a secure job they  sent marriage proposal , at that time basiro s parents were alive , they accepted the marriage aluance , the marriage remained  pending for over two years, ayaz in the meantime  got a better jib abroad , when he came on leave his marriage preparations were  on the swing , basiro was married and after marriage shifted to lahore from pindi, she took   leave from her job , resigning from her good government job would be foolish, ayaz was to return to his homeland after earning enough abroad, his future plans  were to  go into business  and stay with his family but only basiro  knew what she was going through , money was easy to get but to get real genuine warmth from close relationship was difficult

Doosra admi

 Basira was extremely distressed that night , little azaz who had arrived just recently into the world   , not forty days old  lay beside her cosily  motionless staring fuxedly up at the ceiling not sleeping not wailing just silent , basiro was frightened it had never happened before  little azaz either cried ir slept peacefully

But that night  he would simply  not shutting his eyes, his gaze glued to the ceiling was surprising and worrying her , that small infant ought to spend time mostly sleeping or crying awake but he was not  normal  and seemed to stare incessantly up at the ceiling

Mother woke up to find basiro  awake and sitting up

What happened asked mother

Amma  , little munna is not his usual self today

, he did not cry nir slept all night , he refused milk , he is just staring up, his eyes not  not turning away from the ceiling, basiro was scared  perhaps it was  black magic  or spirits shadow casting a spell on him

Neeli ankhein

 ...when he regained consciousness, he found himself in hus room in his own bed, he looked around , it was certainly his room but he was tied up  with strings , the room was dark  it was nit possible to see clearly , a few minutes passed and the lights were turned on , the first face he saw was of his wife  her face was towards him, tge first question he asked was where was he  and nasira answered with a laugh

Surprising you are here after several dats and left your memory behind   to them  who had kept you hostage

Who were they he asked another question

You should be knowing that better  or police will find it when they are caught, why they kidnapped you why was she asked for ransom to ley tou live she looked at him with strange eyes  and kept on staring at him

Are you telling me a story i was kidnapped by someone and you were required to pay ransom , he directly looked into her etes for the first time , there was sheer surprise  , and you believed them 

Nasira  broke into a laughter pure and loud 

Akhri safar

 When  it was time to get rid of her husband nikole started  looking for answers online like she would buy a pet  for  herself, it was not really a big task but it was not easy either, she despararely scanned sites for the person she needed, naturally finding a killer  and getting his services is a very delicate matter, more delicate than keeping a personal shopper

First of all getting her husband killed was unlawful , for such unlawful criminal activities caution and secrecy was imperative  even when using the dark web to advertise  it , she had read about the dark web on elin s paperback book  when he was gone for his medical check up , she was there waiting for him in the car , elin was always frantic  worried  about his health , a casual sneeze would make him scared , he would rush to see a doctor  imagining serious problems like cancer or brain tumour to return to tell nikole the doctor says it was just seasonal , nikole lost all hope of his being dead  of any  disease

Page 21 huma urdu digest

 ....she took one step forward and spoke , drop your weapons, surrender to law , look i am alive , your gulbano  is alive , love never dies , everytime  mahnoor is on the verge of ruin gulbano appears to protect her, tell me will you earn honestly, throw away the weapons, gulbano will feel at peace 

His grip on the rifle loosened and  it. Crashed down on the floor, in those intense moments of truth  mahnoor was nit tgere, gulbano was speaking to him , zarawar khan think think  again  if you dont surrender mahnoor will not marry nadir you cooperate and she gets married, she will be dead , your gulbano will die one more time

Zarawar screamed noooo, gulbano is calling me pleading for love and mercyand life , mahnoor you shall marry nadir as i adorn handcuffs

Taking long strides he reached the window to declared in a loud rumble i am surrendering, i will come out but first   this  marriage must take place, he looked at mahnoor affectionately , call a qazi you also join us here to witness the nikah of tge young couple

Page 17 pakiza anchal

 ...the big lock hanging on the gate mocked him, his bad mood worsened , he stood watching it fir a while  then taking  a deep breath took a  right turn into the lane

Who is there with that the door was opened , oh its you anis bhai , she was ignited with pure joy , please come in  she showed him in , ammi look anis bhai is here , she was shouting on top of her voice  

Aslamwalekum chachi jan how are you

Walekum aslam  i am fine son come sit here , you look so tired  , on shakila s observation sanbal also  noticed that, he was exhausted

Right chachi , i was out of the house  from early morning there were three interviews i attended , i left early without eating , i returned home just now but its locked and ammi is not home

Sanbal go quick to the kitchen shabnam will make hot fresh chapatis, bring food for bhai

Aml. Pakiza anchal

 ...he and his closest friend  arshad decided to test what they had read recently  that the real friend is he who tells you of your faults

Then you both must have imorived a lot 

I cant say that we imoroved because we have not spoken fir five years after that

Wo ek daricha kiran

 ...sanbal, it was ammi calling for the third time

Yes ammi, she answered turning her face towards the kitchen  before turning to glue her eyes back on the tekevision screen 

This time shakila came to stand literally on her head  and gave a slap on her head announcing her presence

Ammi sge groaned looking at her with her hand rubbing her head

You dont ammi me , hiw many times did i call you , come on get up quick , do the dishes in the sink , get ready its time for abbu to return home

Just one miment, the movie is ending  ,  she was back to watching the scene , shakila  glanced at the scene , salman khan was  fighting with super human strength alone with the ten men surrounding him

Isabgol pakiza anchal

 Isabgol is a traditional health care fibre rich plant based  seeds taken  to  stay healthy, a gentle laxative ,  to stay hydrated more water should be taken with it, it helps  locate  indigestion in the intestines and remives blockages  without being  digested itself by the acids

Tanhaìi

 ...deep was the  sorrow of isolation

I was river  river river  alone

Unable to control singke tide

I played with the deadly storms

Tiny iota of isolation

That stuck along 

Left was i alone by friends and known

Only loneliness accompanied

Dried up the brancges of happiness

Blossomed sorrow  s bloom

Prayers filled  isolation complete

Fear of gid alone existed

Surrendering my soul to the ultimate

It was river of  absolute patience

Defeated was isolation

Transformed was isolation to blessing

Divine settled inside my heart

That i was looking fir outside

That loneliness was my paradise

I am  alone absolutely alone