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

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They are most egotistical  and 

We have burned our boats   untied

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Spontaneous smile is missing on lips 

Something definitely  is hidden a mind

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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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page 191

....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 

page 189

.... 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 

from previous

....during the next week Danny      moved into a rented flat some distance away from Langley Virginia,  telephone was installed and a car  drove him around to and from the agency,  he rang up the fishing camp and gave them his new address and phone number for any emergency  situation,  

A few days later  he visited  Sam Green  a companion in his flat,  he worked in the detective department,  conversationally  the topic of previous agents and agencies names rose up,  specially the ones who were  suspended,  some two hundred fifty  of them were  discussed  , most if them turned against the agency,  present director was the deputy director then , Danny explained some of the  seniors were still  working in the agency  and only he has the access to the classified information he is leaking