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...that is why i have decided  to speak with you spoke shabana looking at him hopefully , please do tell me what to do next in this situation 

Sheraz  became  thoughtful , a few minutes later he asked  if she could show him the relevant dicuments of the plot  because her claim was that she  had all the documents safe with her

Of course, why not , she stood up  to get the important documents  and disappeared inside the house 

They had finished their   breakfast but were still  there talking  about small matters , two minutes later shabana returned holding the files , sheraz carefully  went through the papers  and spoke seriously

Madam these documents are your strength and the  strongest weapon to protect you,  keep them   safe   they are more precious than your life 

I am taking good care of them for over two years   she explained to the lawyer

khudnumai

...he was at home comfirtably percged in his couch watching football match  when his landline  shrilly rang up, though he owns mobile phones yet he trust the old fashioned technology more because its established  and more reliable

Picking up the receiver he announced  private detective  bob right speaking

On the other end it was familiar cooper, what made you call at this ungidly hour, from where did you get this number

I have got all your damn numbers, we need your service

Glad to hear that, i am shutting off , he growled

Just a moment , just hear me out first, there someone is murdered

Now the detective s all senses were put on high alert, where are you  just now 

At curse graves farmers vinery, we found a dead body here

You know i dont work for you, as long as the chuef himself does not phone me up i enjoy my leave watching football match

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..ashar had two sisters and one more brother, sisters were older followed by hafuz and ashar was the youngest of them all , they all were married and settled, hafiz lived in the upper portion with his wife and children, ashar occupied the  lower portion with his mother and wife rashida, they were still childless after two years of marriage

   Ashar s father had died three years.  ago , hafiz worked. In a company and gave allowance to his mother , though he had limited resources, ashar also worked in a company  bigger than his brother s and was handsomely paid  and he had taken complete charge of the entire household 

Rashida was ashar s khala s daughter , this was his mother s choice , he was simply biding his time , he had a personal dream of having a  rich beautiful fair wife possibly a foreigner and  migrate abroad to lead a luxuriously comfortable life

sunhari mauqa

...the airport  entrance was overcrowded with people  waiting there for  their loved ones arrivals, some held flowers bouquets farlands ir nothing at all, amidst them all also was present ashar who was watching  every oassenger emerge  from the airport exit specially the girls very carefully, suzin  his girl friend from america was expected, naturally he was there to receive her, he held a picture and expectantly looked at the females  coming out from the  airport , he would look frequently at the picture to confirm his doubts  before checking  back  but his girlfriend suzin was not among them ,  though several foreigner femal  travelers  had crossed before him , his face was a mask of confusion

Suzin , where are you, he mumbked to himself , at that very moment his gaze fell on a woman walking right behind two men , her hands clutched a tag  in english letters ashar hamid, reaching the  stairs she raised the tag  and started looking around

His imoatience was visible, he was stunned to see the woman holding the  poster with his name, just to make sure he again looked at the picture, he finally consented it was her, out of shape bidy, short, large protruding paunch, apoarently she was obese

gazal --wasim bareily

...incredible that i have protected  myself

Its impossible to remain safe in this world

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Tell him who questions the existence of love

There before you is kept  mir s diwan

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Lest your beloved  goes back from the door

That remains  forever open is your fear

.

.nobody shares. his tales of woe  

Who all are gathered around you listening to you

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You are merely a passer by  not   for life

I know it already  ever since i met you

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What drifted away  with time 

Never returns  to knock the open doors

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...rehan  decided   he needed to work hard  more to progress in life , he had the same rights like other irdinary  citizens to right to work so he could  promote his business network , , the result of his  reiky survey was simple  that it was more dangerous  to  break into single person s houses , because many a times the house accommodated more than one people , for which he suddenly  found himself  difficult to tackle , it was not as easy to shut  them up in bathrooms ,  burglary became more impossible in such  unexoected crowded  houses

He thought to promote hus business he must make a proper gang , it would help him rob bigger houses shops and even banks  , the gang could cover up mire area , after dividing the loot the amount  was still  worth  it  bigger in percentage than robbing small houses, , the  dangers were also divided  equally 

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 ...sheraz lodhi  had checked in  shabana guest house on third october  thursday, on the fourth october shabana goes to see her lawyer to his office  and on the fifth october saturday  room number five was vacated at noon , sherazi moved into room number five from his room number one, muzaffer had helped him in this shifting 

There were  just  three on the guest house staff , they were abdul, naseer and muzaffer, sheraz had cultivated  amiable raport with all of them but muzzaffer  was  very close to him ,  sherazi had a knack of keeping his boys happy and they were willing to serve him happily for a price , sherazi was there for a purpose and needed the staff to cooperate with him  but it was imperative to earn their trust  first