page 109

....is Albert found out  asked Paul  his face full of scars and burns made him look  frightening 

Oh yes  answered  Tony 

So finally after seven years h the run ahe was caught way  man is caught,  but the good thing is he didn't tell anything to the police , it's surprising actually  because he had threatened leaving the gang  he would  confess to the police and destroy the gang  but what made him  remain silent,  perhaps he wants to rejoin  our gang  spoke Paul as Tony nodded 

Paul had a big gang of snuggling  money laundering murders and  all sorts of illegal  crimes  under his expert supervision,  on some point his closest  man Albert had left him , it happened seven years ago,  such a long time had elapsed  Albert had given threats of destroying them but nothing really happened  yet  Paul always  stayed prepared  because they were  partners in crime  Albert knew all his  secrets 

angoothi

....is that really true someone is  watching me  thought Albert rather  surprised and worried,  but why would someone  keep an eye on me , why should  someone  anyone be watching me,  several questions rose inside his disturbed mind 

Albert was an advertising manager in a company,  he was married two years ago  but his marriage was a complete failure,  seven months of marriage ended in a divorce,  he lived alone in his flat,  he would start his day by making breakfast for himself,  going to office,   coming back to cook his dinner,  his routine was simple enough nothing to watch  him for 

He told himself  he was leading an ordinary life  , what was this happening  different from  expected,  and what for,  Albert  s mind was engrossed  as he lay sprawling on his long chair,  perhaps his estranged  ex wife was scheming  some mischief,  it could be probably so  but he argued  cutting off his own doubts  that after divorce and before divorce  he had not been involved in anything  that she would have to watch his life  every minute so minutely 

That he was being followed  he had suddenly realized a few days ago,  he was home after work  made coffee as usual and sat down near the window in his large chair,  he was startled to spot a person  clad in black,  black trousers,  black jacket  standing there  before him in the ground   watching his window , he quickly disappeared  amidst the children playing in the ground  when he was seen

from previous

....when Lawrence reached home  Jina was already fast asleep,  he also lay down to sleep, next morning at breakfast he spoke about greesha  he had met at the bar,  Jina didn't show any interest  or curiosity,  he became silent 

Greesha and Lawrence began seeing each other frequently,  every time she met him she  showered praises and admiration  on him , she was apparently aware  of his attributes,  he was getting tired of her 

Once more one night  greesha  expressed her inner feelings  thoroughly  verbally 

Lawrence what's there that you find  in Jina  , why don't you leave her

I have several times before told you  let me tell you once again  in case of separation  seventy percent of business shares have to be returned 

Can't you give her a divorce  and also keep the shares without losing them 

She can  claim her shares lawfully  , what  else law is required to do 

If sge remains alive only then can she claim her legal rights 

Lawrence was shaken  by greesha  s words,  he carefully looked at her,  he couldn't have ever thought of that,  it was definitely probable 

khufya mission

....Lawrence sat with greenhouse in the bar  watching her closely,  she still hadn't spoken anything  about what was it she wanted,  before  meeting him she had strictly  instructed him to reach the place  on time  all alone,  she had something very important to discuss,  Gresham was his wife  Jina s friend,  Jina had introduced them  , he didn't like her at the first glance,  thereafter several more occasions they found seeing each other,  Lawrence was also a face reader, he was quite an expert and accurate therefore  in his mind  her character sketch was imprinted,  his mind  said greenhouse was a greedy selfish woman  ready to do anything to get ber way  , even  ready to take any extreme step 

He shared his feelings  about greenhouse with Jina his wife  , but Jina had smiled  and simply  spoke  greenhouse was a most wonderful person 

page 93

...tell the whole story

I am introducing you to  him who  phoned me  to tell you hus story,  it's better you hear him out firsthand,  but he wants to see you inside closed room only  to keep it secret  and doesn't want audiences 

They reached the trailer side , outside the screen door there stood two wooden steps,  Andrew climbed on one of them knocked at the door,  a few minutes later the was opened,  they stepped inside,  the door was shut after them 

The trailer room was faintly lit , the low ceiling was damp and patchy,  seemingly the signs of leaking,  the walls were  built of  scarred  blemished wooden planks,  the floor was cracking  evenly everywhere,  there was a tiny makeshift  kitchen in a corner,  a corridor from there lead to the bedroom,  behind them were the bathroom, a very old unit

darazdast

....private detective  wali Kosta dodging  a truck  reached  Brazil Avenue  and  on great  speed  took his car to the fifty floor  office tower  by the sky bay 

On the first floor  was situated a snack joint  the most expensive  business place in Miami,  usually  wali didn't eat at such places,  so when  immigration attorney   Alice ardon invited him at the last moment fir lunch  he immediately  canceled his own  reservation at the subway and walked towards her 

Wali stepped into the restaurant   furnished  with expensive  furniture arranged tastefully,  Miami is Latin American  business hub,  Brazil Avenue  its pride  and farman that platform where the powerful and the  influential personalities  arrived  to negotiate  new ventures 

Wali spotted  Alice sitting in a corner  at a small table,  he moved purposefully towards her  and sat down opposite her

It wasn't an important table  but that was the only  thing  to be grateful for,  she had recently  solved an immigration case  and for that she had received a handsome   commission,  she was celebrating her success  and wali was invited 

page 61

....after speaking with Suleman Badr hashmi  waniqa was called for an audition,  shah Murad  accompanied  her on audition,  he gave his daughter  some last moment tips to stay confident,  she was enthusiastic yet slightly   apprehensive,  her audition was successful and sge was selected for a side role  of a mischievous younger sister of the heroine in a serial,  she was quite happy,  the producer handed her the script to read out her lines, and shah Murad eager and impatient read the  whole script himself before her, 

Shah Murad  suggested to his daughter  waniqa to refuse to accept the role 

Why she asked 

In this character  there is no scope to perform,  it is just a filler , drama  can do without this  character,  in this showbiz  world   first entry is most important  and must make a lasting impact 

wahi rastey wahi manzilein

....for aniqa it was an odd situation  unexpected  unthought of,  she remained silent for a while and then said  sir I will ask my father 

Where  is your father  I mean  what does he do  ask  sulman Badr hashmi 

..sir , he is an editor of a magazine,  he also worked as a film director 

Really,   the producer  was startled 

Yes sir 

Can you tell us his name 

Shah Murad 

Oh he   is a  famous name  in the film industry , I have seen many of his movies,  it means you inherited  your father's  talent of acting 

He wasn't an actor but a director sir

TV producer  smiled  deliberately,, madam  nobody is better actor than tge director himself 

page 14

....two months had passed,   third also , , , she couldn't remember anything of his face  except his eyes and that he was in a wheelchair,   , today  in a long luxury car Mrs zulfar had arrived with a  marriage proposition 

Are you scared of getting married  , don't you worry,  nobody is going to give their consent,  people are extremely shameless  to bring marriage proposal of their  crippled son, asking had also thought the same   looking  at the other standing there by the window 

No I am not at all worried,  second time  she had whispered to herself,  what if she was really  married to to him  , the  mesmerizing pair if eyes  ,  she found on were so captivating   , what if she found herself helplessly  taken over,  she saw images of his eyes everywhere  on the walls   in the corners wherever she looked,  the  same  reflection of eyes  that had seeped into her mind silently three months ago 

So what if that man is  crippled  , he is mentally  agile,  they were extremely wealthy,  they must have spent lots on his treatment,  but is looks  he will remain crippled for life,  

How could she say hus eyes were brilliant and intelligent 

Eyes don't lie 

page 55

...I didn't understand  sir  he spoke  surprised 

Let me explain  spoke sergeant Eric,  he then started giving instructions to David  by tomorrow  all the details  should be before me , get to work right now,  drop me first at Mrs brown  s house and then  go away,  take my car, I will catch a taxi back home  from there,   I want to check it out if the dead body is already sent for the postmortem David nodded 

He dropped  the sergeant at Mrs brown s  bungalow,  Eric once again was inside the house,  as  expected  routine  was done  , bodies were taken away for postmortem,  he stayed in the bungalow fir some time  asking questions  about Elizabeth  from miss lorin and the security 

Next morning he reached the office quite late,  he called David  from the police station  

You were absolutely right David dragged a chair smiling  and sat down 

So you have found out something 

Of course  mire than I had  expected 

Good you have really worked hard on it

page 53

...a rather tall  and attractive woman opened the door,   she asked  looking surprised  , what do you want   , 

I am sergeant  Eric and this is officer  David,  3e are here to investigate  Mr Romeo  for a murder case,  his voice was gentle 

What do you want to ask my husband about the murder,  what has my husband got to do with it,  her voice was worried  and anxious 

Madam  it's better you called your husband  we will interrogate him  in your presence  by the way what is your name  , asked the sergeant  in his  professional manner  yet gentle 

I am jacklyn,  you can ask Romeo anything,  I m sure he  has nothing to do with this  he is not this kind of a man that police follow him to interrogate him, there is definitely something wrong  she stood aside  lett the sergeant and the investigating officer walk past her into the room,  they sat down in the drawing room  sge walked towards one side  perhaps to inform Romeo that the police was there waiting to ask questions 

She returned dew minutes later  with a handsome attractive man , his head was still damp  as if he just had had his shower, the sergeant    thought  jacklyn was absolutely right  her husband Romeo was having a bath

maharrak

...elli Jackson was forty  or around it , his hairline was receding rapidly , he was  useless  self centered man,  spectacles on hus soft blue eyes,  hus dressing sense  impeccable immaculate,  hus attire was perfect nit because hus job demanded it but it was hus personal  choice 

When people showed interest in him Jackson would  become surprised  he knew he wasn't  a handsome attractive man  nor a celebrity famous and popular  yet he really liked being admired,  basically he was a loner

from previous

....so what your concern  about this 

 I have no problem just that the boss was overly  annoyed  with me,  I was asked to leave the job  perhaps  within a couple of days I have to go,  she spoke looking at ajaz , he was surprised  and asked  in raspy  tone  but why  does he know about us  our relationship 

Yes ge knows all about us and  I am blamed for not being sincere enough in my job that I  neglect my duties and meet you frequently on the job, boss believes  I am a  traitor  she spoke  confidently 

Ajaz  had   imagined all sorts of things  unnecessarily  he became silent for a while before asking her to really give up her company job,, sge didn't have to worry about working anywhere  anymore  , he would give her the amount equal to her salary 

But sge couldn't  they were not married 

from previous

....ajaz was quite disappointed,  for two days saharsh had not let him contact her , she didn't pick up his calls nor did she ring him up,  what was happening  he thought,  he had  believed she would     stick to him closer  until  the new bulgow  was  bers , when this bulgow  was just an idea  he had all this chain reaction n mind  , he had even  thought of several excuses  to make her stay with him longer  but saharsh didn't react as he wanted to she was uncaring  of him  , he feared perhaps sge knew the truth behind the bungalow  , he enquired if all was well  with saharsh and her family,  he was told she was regularly going to work,  as usual  she on her way back  spent some  time relaxing in the park,  all was fine with her life

Evening was  casting long dar shadows when he phoned her , she instantly answered the phone,  then he asked  eagerly impatiently,  where have you been all this time,  no calls  no contact  are you doing well 

Yess all is well  at this end  just worried about mama, she sighed long 

What happened to mama 

 I disclosed    about our marriage 

I had just started to open the conversation  and 

He cut her short  I had specifically asked you to keep silent   on this matter  and  everything would have become fine  but you have spoiled it all

page 17

.... in the last phase of the night  saharsh stood by her window in her room looking out  , before her was the street lights casting  light on the   vacant  road  disappearing in the distant dark , it was a frozen scene  sge herself also was rooted  to the spot,  for quite long sge was there thinking,  her mind hyper active  and confused,  sge was unable to take a decision,  she was frightened of herself,  she was decided  she would avenge her mother's  cruelty but she was falling weak , ajaz hadn't changed a bit , same tone,  same style  same love and passion  in fact  he was showing more craziness  , perhaps he was aware of  losing her , the moment she appeared  before him  she   simply melted away  ,she feared she would definitely lose the game,   what after that,  the anxious thoughts gave her shivers 

page 255

.....reaching home he informed husnara about his new job,  he showed her the letter , she was extremely happy  , she immediately phoned gunny to thank her

That night  it rained  accompanied with  lightning and thunderstorms,  it became pleasant and cool , the aur was chill , his  small bedroom turned  divine  with cool  incoming drifts,  husnara  s attractions  seemed heavenly  in that  paradise bedroom  filled with pleasantly  blowing  cool winds after the rainfall 

Long before he was married to husnara he had decided not to increase the size of his family until he could afford to provide for them,  

At fajar be woke up to recite hus prayers , he got ready before coming to sit down in the lounge,  he was to leave  for  sakran times as field worker as sahani

muhabbet khwab ummid

...in a dimly lit up room   one night in early winter  , the steaming hot tea cup placed near the window  , autumn sun  spilled the landscape van gogh   blue flowers  a girl  six year old in a pool water of which was so pure and refreshing  nestled amidst  canopies of trees she sat her feet in water

Your phone is ringing 

Her maid brought her her bag, inside it the vell was still ringing,  her first reaction was like a   quill filled with ink ready and eager to scribble m honey s first moment was exactly  like that impatient  , sending the little girl inside she stuck her mobile to her ear listening  and walking  beside the pool

No, all are well,  thankfully  you know  how scared I was

Amma wasn't informed  because I know  sge would never  give permission for home tuitions 

page 15

....that evening saharsh as usual left  her home to go to the park,  outside  chilling  drifts welcomed her , such weather was quite rare for the natives,  pleasant  surroundings and beautiful scenery also failed to uplift her mood,  neither  the chilling  winds nor the  pleasant refreshing air could  give her the experience of  , nor the trees  nor flowers nor the winter air could drawr  her attention,  she was  confused,  unable to  settle  for anything , her destiny was unacceptable,  she was disturbed,  ajaz was constantly  messaging her, she wasn't answering,  his messages were completely ignored,  each message  provoked her to take revenge from shaukat  father of ajaz, , something was restricting ber , this moment also she was moving steadily  thinking of revenge,  suddenly she heard a car halt behind her, , she heard someone's footsteps  approaching,  before she could stop and turn around to see who was it the footsteps started walking  beside her , she had recognized him by his personal perfume,  her heart began racing,  she wasn't  prepared at all  right now fir ajaz s arrival 

Gazal

...all signs on the way to the destination are in sight 

Wherever  the vision is  caravans are on the move

Sometimes  they are remembered like lost happiness 

It feels like being in a spring garden 

Protecting  drenched birds 

Several  attributes  the trees have 

Perhaps they  also love old things 

For many ages birds live I trees

In search of peace  one is ready to go to any level 

Unaware  peace resides only at home 

Mutual trust  courtesies  love and care 

All are active on  the road of love 

Problems we don't want to sort out 

Find them  nestled amidst  buts and ifs confused 

If our vessel sinks it would seem 

Whole sea is sinking all the boats 

They have reached their destination kanwal

Certain of being lifelong companions 

page 286

....who  are you  , come forward or I shoot, sge screamed at once,  her tone filled with rage and also  annoyance,  he quickly thought of something  and stretching his hands up 8n the air  emerged  to stand  before her 

Who are you sge fumed looking at him furious, her  black eyes shone with ruthless  mirth and surprise 

He faltered  pleading  not to be  shot down,  he invented  an excuse  he was a lost traveler,  he was hiding  because he was scared of that crocodile, he faked a scary  look 

Why didn't you  save my partner 

 She was very intently  watching him , she came four steps closer to him  , her rifle was pointed towards him 

I just told you I was frightened,  he  spoke falsely  trying to sound  truthful  , I had never before seen a crocodile that size 

Are you alone 

Yes

What's your name 

Pritam

 He answered  untruthfully

Get out from the boat and get lost quickly 

 You are a coward 

 

shishey ka bal

...exiting the airport  heart of saharsh started  thumping  fast , as if using all it's strength to pump  up,  it was impossible to control  her heart,  apparently she sat peacefully   in the back seat  but she was disturbed  mentally,  the driver was driving  in silence,  the glasses of the windows were closed and no sound  was heard from outside,   the scenes  were  changing  quickly before her sight,  for the first time  she felt her heart wasn't hers anymore,  it all happened  all of a sudden,  three days ago  this was the way  , the company driver drove her to the airport,  she was confident to get many  business deals  abroad for her company  , then she wasn't aware  on her return she won't be her natural self 

 Three days ago she was sent to Dubai  to sttend  a business meeting    , , she held  an  important position in the marketing section  , amazing Ahmed also was present in this meeting,  she had only heard of him a lot in the  business community but seeing him for the first time,  he turned out to be a  quite  a handsome person,  all of them were accommodated in the same hotel,  all the  members  were freely  mixing with each other discussing  business matters 

On her return  she met him at the airport  in the lounge,  faces were familiar now  , he stood up smiling,   unwillingly  she  walked towards him 

khulasa ishq jadid

.... incredible  is almighty,  outside extremely  hot  and inside the lift  amazing  cool , so  interesting  , the observation  escaped from his mouth,  his  hand watch was showing  the time  quarter past nine  in the morning, just before getting onto this lift he was slightly surprised  , the building was at least  sixty years old    and there was only one lift  and it was so wonderfully  cool , though the building itself was dilapidated but the lift was quite modern  and useful,  the lift  from inside was quite attractive  shining mirrors  were on all the four sides, lit up by  a pale light , a digital  screen  was also there  displaying  tge temperature inside the lift,  eighteen degree  centigrade,  incredible  my lord  comparing  tge heat outside  the inner temperature was certainly  showing winters had arrived,  he wished he could stay on forever in the lift  going up and down 

sarchal

...aster stopped at flat number a , , his gloved hand pressed the door bell,  tilting his head at a specific angle he strained to hear the voices rising within,  someone was playing the piano  expertly,  listening more intently he recognized the tune,  aster stood there listening just about half a minute,  scowling  profusely he once again pressed the door bell,  this time the  doorbell shrilly  rang for rather a long time inside the flat   and suddenly the piano  music stopped,  tge  silence was quickly filled with a woman's voice calling out for someone,  probably sge was calling another woman,  waiting fir a little while more aster pressed the door bell the third time,  he was not accustomed to waiting at people's doorsteps,  finally when the door was opened  he showed his annoyance by pushing  the person aside before stepping inside,  the female domestic maid nervously stood aside  and confusedly  bowed   aster glanced at her casually  before walking past her 

Which room is she in

First room on the right your excellency 

Aster took off his gloves ahat and handed them to the maid

Exactly then  the door of the first room on the right opened 

page 15

....meal was over , he gathered the empty dishes,  shut the kitchen door,  passing  from  abba jan  s room  door he heard him coughing,  perhaps he was still awake,  abba jan  he softly called gently knocking on the door 

Wali come on in 

He stepped inside,   you aren't asleep,  are you well  he asked worriedly 

Yes  I am well  did you speak to the munshi

Yes , today I spoke with him  some customers are interested  but  they are not giving full amount 

I want to sell the piece of land  as soon as possible  to use the amount  to buy chaudhary ashfaq s  house,  it's a nice place  his tone was  stressful 

Don't you worry abba ,  selling   the land will fetch  enough to buy that house,  I have spoken to his secretary  , for the time being  chaudhary is in the uk  to see his son,  we are ready  to pay him the advance token money on his return  and God willing  the rest of it will also be arranged 

from previous

...his income wasn't much but  because he was single  free from  family responsibilities  life was good,  he spent more than seventy thousand  within  minutes  to show off , Latifah was to have a wonderful  month  and he was to drag  on, if only he wasn't reckless , who was that woman,  was it really important to know anything about her,  what if he would have   found  out all about her  , what  use that information would be  to anyone else  and him 

 Reckless curiosity is born  like  unwanted love , love doesn't let one lead his life  properly,  curiosity also keeps  one  restless 

His mind was completely obsessed by that unholy  idea  and all night  he found himself  thinking only of  her

He had he   carefully pondered over this new point  not leaving any  point  untouched,  his doubts were  becoming stronger about sakya  because  he knew  Rashid s wife was rather  fat and heavy

page 205

... he enjoys the nights,   because nights are enjoyable,  he usually tells him friends  there is no substitute to  nighttime , dark silence  moonlight highlights  the the moon and  dimly shimmering  distant stars , dozing sleepy trees  vacant streets,  empty roads,  drowsy  homes  and all remains undisturbed by the rail passing  somewhere along   sonorous whistling snoringly , rhythm of iron wheels  grinding the metalic tracks,  besides all this  somewhere else  nearby or in distance  vehicles  noisily   growling  engines grilling   sounds so enjoyable only at night  but the same  sounds  give tension during the daytime,  perhaps  nighttime is the special time to find beauty in life and surroundings,  unimaginable  creative ideas crop up at night mind becomes clear and sees life from different new angles  that you can never  think of during stressful daytime,  unbelievable but true people  find themselves buried under  heavy work during the daytime  but nighttime has wonderful    experiences to offer  they are not aware of,  such sights  unfold during the charasnatic nighttime  and very few care to observe them  , many people  die without knowing it that all the troubles of life they have worked on during daytime  had their antidotes  in the peaceful atmosphere of nighttime 

page 175

....they were three childhood friends,  they were together till matric,  thereafter their ways  split into three different directions,  javed and sherbaz  headed towards cities,  saraj stayed back in the same town,  he cleared his b com and got a low grade job in a bank , soon after he got married,  he became father of two 

He wasn't satisfied with life,  it was a hand to mouth   life  fir him and his family,  there was no scope of progress,  he wanted  better and financially more successful lifestyle but frugal salary was strangulating hus dreams and desires,  he also noticed  the conditions  worse than his of people around  , he would  gratefully  accept his  small salaried job that was providing him and his family  his daily food,  fifteen years later he happened to meet javed,  javed had a most turbulent life  full of challenges  and now was back , he gad given up his higher studies  in the city , to earn money he had become a salesman  and  remained a petty part time worker  all these years 

page 173

....sultanpur was  situated in  the northern  hilly area of the country,   slopes were entirely covered with evergreen  trees  presenting a most  wonderful sight,  hotel mountain view stood by the  road  in this hilly terrai,  the hotel was surrounded   with trees ànd cosily nestled amidst natural forests  giving   a comfortable boarding lodging  to the passing  travelers 

Right next to the hotel was a narrow lane  leading to the city some two hundred miles away  ending  in the valley  on the disappearing hilltops,  because  it was not easily accessible  the natives gad moved out to live in the city 

Sultan pur consisted  of  valleys  full of life  a compact market  a few hotels,  mobile network was good

That afternoon  most of the mountain view hotel  tables were  vacant,  an elderly man at the reception was dozing,  a few customers occupied a couple of tables,  the air was filled with cigarette smoke and  soft whispers

page 163

....I have a daughter  I want  her to get married  and settle down   before my life ends,  nobody is more suitable than you,  he explained 

  He has never before seen roshni in this  light , in fact he couldn't even remember her face  how did she look  

  This is a statement of your decency  chacha said  because I know you so well I brought my daughter with me,  he gestured to wasif  who stood up to walk towards the inner rooms  as the chosen groom waited 

Few minutes later wasif  entered the drawing room with a rather tall and dark girl,  the ordinary looking girl had nothing  in her personality to draw attention  specially of any man 

Come on inside  chacha spoke inviting wasif and the girl 

The groom was selected  he tried to  decline the proposal  but  chacha was a shrewd man of the world and waved off his  refual saying it was sharia law, chacha left with wasif leaving the two  alone together in the drawing room 

He for the first time lifted his eyes to look at the girl 

She was  certainly dark but very attractive,  her big etes were beautiful and prominent 

Say something he started  the conversation 

She was playing with the hem  of her dupatta  her etes lowered 

What about, sge looked up

Anything  about yourself or as something about me  any doubts about future  Anything  his voice was very low

I know so much about you  that even you don't know about yourself 

page 12

... ,look outside,  new year has  arrived with  new colors,    fantastic and flawless , thus color remains always in , all the brands  use this to highlight their products  , dresses,  jewelry,  makeup,  , in a way  this becomes the  color of the year , and  the color of this year is reddish maroon,  she shifted the mobile to the other side 

are you listening  what I mean,  reddish maroon,  and I plan to  appear in reddish maroon sgarara in mahi  s Henna  function , now your suggestion is needed here  whether  silver or gold lining  will look good 

What , golden 

I also believe it should be golden to bring out the reddish maroon   to its rich  get up , I have already selected a neck design from the net ,   golden fancy buttons in row,  so now you come along with me to the bano bazaar,   a huge variety of buttons are available there 

khudkashi

...he is asif, he had only one brother  wasif , first their father died  later their mother also left for the heavenly abode,  his grandfather had two sons,  his father was the elder son  and razwan chacha younger,  they owned  lands in the village,  but razwan chacha  moved to the city during  grandfather's life time,  he  opened a factory there,  his father  chose a life in the village  and became active in local politics,  grandfather was already established  in  the province in the assembly  , but father  rose higher and entered  the national political assembly 

Dada kept on changing parties during every election,  father was totally different from grandfather and was a loyalist to hus party , he was pressed to change his loyalty but he knew better  his own father wasn't respected  for  his  not staying  with one party , father  was ashamed of grandfather for losing credibility,  father was labeled  the son of  unstable  container 

Dada  s argument was he joined the ruling parties because he wanted to serve  the people,   power was priority 

Father's  priority was   the working people   who were the real wealth  of the nation, to distribute a small percentage  amongst them

weekend

Namaste 🙏 

I don't watch  videos uselessly  anymore 

Had my morning butterfly pea tea 

Saturday is one of routine 

Buying online 

Because  it's the best option that fits well into my  current schedule 

Malls 

Superstores 

Vintage old-fashioned shops with their owners sitting on the wooden platforms 

All are not easy to reach 

Crowded 

No parking 

Ola Uber one sided rides

Three wheelers slow

Roads bumpy

Private car owners unknown 

Women driving alone 

Men drive without families 

Children bike or hike

Ahmeq qatil

...Mr Cameron Richard  died of poison,  postmortem reports had arrived,  inspector southi  informed the congregation present in the room,  all of them were  family members of dead Cameron,  his wife Mariana  , his eldest son Shelly,  his wife Cathy,   second son John   his wife saira daughter Jonah,  everyone was in mourning  listening to the inspector  , their faces sad and sorrowful,  the inspector gave them the detailed explanation   with assurance   the killer will be  caught  soon enough 

Daddy  had no feud  spoke Shelly  his voice was  low 

It's really shocking  father was murdered,  there was no reason   rubbed his eyes John 

Police will find out that  all you family  please stay calm and cooperate with us  declared  southi  closing the file and handed it to his  assistant 

What cooperation  asked Shelly 

Mr Richard was found dead in his own bedroom,  in his own house  speaking   he carefully looked at everyone sitting in the room   and left his statement  incomplete 

Inspector  finish your  statement  spoke  Jonah  daughter  of the victim  tearfully,  her face and nose red

chaupat raj

...it seems nothing has changed nor ever will,  he had   heard it from his elders fools don't need any reason to poke their nose in  others affairs,  the whole world  changes but fools don't,  they enjoy picking up arguments on small matters,   bringing others down to their own level  and trying to win the  battle  n the  the  times of yore   it was a common  practice  and acceptable but in this progressive  modern world   the briadminded  find  street brawls  weird and uncivilized 

After this  preface  he comes to the  main story 

It was a pleasant morning  in spring,  he reached his police station   punctually as was his daily routine,  at least a group of twelve  persons  were waiting fir him  in the  corridor,  a couple of men were visibly injured,  one was  bleeding profusely,   the constable  informed him there was a fight between  two sides

Malik sahib had already noticed   it and the constable confirmed it,  he had himself  dragged them to the police station,  Rashid on his way to the police station  witnessed the brawl and  brought them  with him m he intervened  and the villagers helped him  ,  much damage was done  to both,  

Who are the men and women  with them,  what about them he asked  the inspector 

Most of them are passengers of the tonga 

from previous

...year 2020

Russia  vladi vast ok

  The night was spreading out itself,  winters quickly  shut down  tge city  and it would   become secluded,  residents of Vladivostok   closed  themselves inside 

Joshua landed on the terrace of the highest  super store  , he carefully from there surveyed the entire city,  he was followed by his men , they had become more strong and bigger,  their wings were more powerful,  his passionate dream was to rule the world  with his two hundred  genetically modified men , he decided to  increase his army 

He got down from the roof top of the super store and entered the store,  there wasn't much rush inside the store,  suddenly a cashier happened to glance at the horrifying figure entering the store,  the poor cashier froze terrified,  the woman  at the counter  making bills standing before him followed his gaze  , scared  to death she began screaming,  hearing her screaming  others  were drawn to look in her direction  and were lead to  see the  horrifying presence  of unidentifiable figure,  every one was stunned and  hysterical  running to exit  from where  Joshua type creatures were  pouring into the store 

umera Ahmed awesome

Enjoying reading  ab e hayat  a sequel to pir e qamil  by umera Ahmed of zindgi gulzar hy fame

my story

morning tea

Morning  tea with cyber  I sit watching  outdoors,  I saw someone  throwing  biscuits to my labrador in the patio,  I quickly put my empty cup down  on the small tray and rushed to confront the culprit who was an elderly man  scattering grain to the chirpy birds on the entry wall of tbe society lawn on the other side of the parked cars , I folded my hands in polite namaste,  introducing myself as resident  jyotsna Pathania single aging live alone , I asked him his name and failed to catch it, he argued marie biscuits  are not sweet enough he had three Rottweilers he knew better,  he noticed my dog always sitting there by the gate so he pitied him, I explained he is waiting for someone to walk him

routine

My routine  is watching the world go by  , the view from my  lobby  shows me  people walking  on the street  , bikers  noisily  driving past, scooters, three wheelers, cars of every unimaginable shape and size  silently  at great speed  whizzing past, for a few  consecutive days  an electric  slim vehicle  new upgrade version of three wheeler constantly  would stop at my gate , nobody was seen getting in nobody got out,  one evening  I was watering my potted plants  and this electric vehicle stopped and the driver walked out to  reach  a neighbor   several houses away,  I was still busy pruning when he came back  to noiselesly drive away,  I asked what were his charges,  he was a supplier  didn't take passengers 

A few days later I ordered home delivery fruit from a shop and this electric vehicle delivered me the fruit  , there are mostly two options of payment  , online or cash on delivery,  online again is prepaid or post paid

I handed him the cash  , for the fruit  and for balance he was short of money  , he had bigger denominations  

Two months  passed  again  I was busy in my potted garden  the electric carrier stopped the man  made eye contact  , graciously he offered me his telephone number  , he dictated it as I keep my mobile on me I obediently punched his number  gratefully,  he didn't return my leftover balance  but it was good to see another familiar stranger  again

page 110

...Andrew and Sophia were dropped before Sophia's flat , she quickly  climbed up the stairs,  he was with her,  Andrew was trying to tell her something but sge gestured him to remain silent,  reaching her flat sge checked all rooms  and picking up one bag sge carried it to her bedroom 

    Will you explain where have you been  and what's going on,  I thought you were  seeing  Harry,  even your parents didn't know of your  activities  and where is Harry,  he hasn't been to his apartment for two years  and what's the  army connection with all, this,  Andrew   shot a round of   questions 

   First of all  promise  me you will keep it secret , she spoke  unzipping the bag , she was now packing up her cameras and other recording equipment 

  What are you doing,  why don't you explain Andrew plucked a camera from her hands 

   Alright then listen carefully,  our government is working on a special mutant gene formula  , the experiment went wrong,  the vaccine  was given to the army   and it is gone out of control  now antidote  to it is   being  researched,  she explained  briefly 

   Oh so the situation is quite dangerous and impossible,  why aren't they  all killed,  where are you taking this bag of equipment,  he was irritated by her noisy hustle  

  They can't be killed  because  weapons are not working on them  and I am not going alone you are coming along 

murder

... eyes of the  s h o were shut,  cigarette   pressed between lips and legs stretched out,  his fingers of both hands tapping  on the table,  his chair  was pushed a bit backwards to accommodate his paunch,  there was a bottle without label under the table,  a wine glass resting next to the unlabeled  drink,  the bottle contained  red liquid half filled,  perhaps  it was honey,  because it was a police station it was certainly honey and nothing else 

Suddenly the phone bell rang shrilly  in a parrot  s sound,  the attitude  of fun from the  s h o jamshed s style  quickly changed,  that  air and mood of fun was the result of the honey and  nothing to do in office,  constantly shrieking phone  was disturbing,  scowls appeared on his face,  cigarette was crushed into the ashtray,  he glared at the  noisy phone  and a few undesirable undescribable words escaped from his lips,  modify swinging his hand he picked up the phone,   within one minute tge he shut down the call,  he was stripped of his  enjoyment and the fun mood , he was  blabbering 

He called out roughly   hey you  chaprassi sitting there outside 

Yes sir,  the peon stood before him 

Where is inspector shakil

In his room 

Send him here

A few minutes later  shakil was there  

Who is Ronald 

Footballer sir, very popular and world famous 

page 85

....oh yes 

Are you aware that she entered the  industry through someone in the underworld 

Everyone knows that 

Actually now it is important for every female worker in this industry to keep  a weapon to protect herself,  you too ought to,  I think  maybe many others are armed  , 

You are saying that because of kamran  got murdered 

Right,  these days  self defense is the only safest security factor,  shoiba has personal contacts in the underworld,  that is certain,  probably shoiba herself has  illegal weapons on her unlawfully , , you can ask her to provide you with one unlicensed revolver,  don't worry about its price at all because I shall pay  for it 

As you please 

When you receive the revolver I will be present,  you will introduce me to that person    , give my fake identity,  I shall  appear  with a face mask  , he won't know me as shaima

Excuse me madam,  do you have some specific scheme in your mind 

from previous

...it's not easy to maintain relationships,  it's demanding  and sacrifices of personal interests  is  important  for the happiness of the loved ones one must be forgiving  and sincere,  whole life is spent  to build up  trust,  a little bit if uncaring  attitude  spoils every relationship,  almighty disapproves of  the uncaring  people 

Pain of the  wrong doer  who breaks trust  has to be buried  silently in the depths of the mind to strengthen the string of relationships  but it is not appropriated by everyone  , but only by the very correct 

page 83

..everything in this world  shatters  when smashed  

.except man who  becomes experienced  after he stumbles and is smashed 

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Society doesn't accept  sinful activity easily  that's why  they are taught spirituality to become strong  and know what is sin 

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The battle of good and evil is consistent and constant  

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People don't change they are just exposed 

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Consequences are the result of actions , the righteous remains unshakable 

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Remember if you never failed you never really  did your best

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.perfection is conditional 

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from previous

....are you mad or something like that 

I don't have spare time to useless talk she spoke abruptly  I have  a prior appointment  fixed with mustard ware , I hope he proves a good attorney 

Mac kept staring at her unblinking  Gloria  s voice was ice , he was reminded of the shoes at their first meeting 

If you refuse to return my credentials  this is my last option to report you to the police and other authorities,  her tone was deadly icey 

Mac s  eyes widened  with sheer surprise,  you will  make  a complaint against me 

Yes , certainly  and  if you don't return my papers  stricter action will be taken,  lawyers can cheat and be dishonest but you have crossed all limits of decency 

Akhari tohfa

...he began  washing his blood stained  hands with soap and water   that  started flowing down the washbasin in pink foam fluffy

At that moment hus mind was filled with only  the thought of the first kiss that sparked off his relationship  with burning desire 

That moment  that emotion soft warm breath  was enough to lose himself  it was enrapturing 

Before this  he had never experienced such  enchanting  fire pass through his veins 

He could easily  think of this magical moment anytime anywhere  because it entirely soaked him into its  intoxicating  sensuality  , he enjoyed savoring 

from previous

...a young man was trying to say something  nervously and shyly before a Seth sahib  

Sir it's,....ike...this,,...

Smiled the Seth sahib and said he had understood what he was saying  you want to marry my daughter anila 

 You have my permission and consent 

It's not that  added the young man  mustering courage,  I need a loan of fifty thousand from you 

What exclaimed the Seth sahib  a loan of fifty thousand,  he was furious  screaming and said was he mad , I don't even know who are you  and you expect me to give you a loan 

page 51

....two  young men  friends completed their  modern education and   joined  multinational  company,  jobs were great,  their boss gave a party and all the staff was invited,  wanting to know  the interest of the staff in literature  the boss asked  one of the young men  what is your opinion about omar khayyam 

Sir, it's a great place  but I personally prefer going to KFC  answered the young man  enthusiastically 

The boss looked at him  disagreeably and turned to speak with others 

Returning home after the party was over the other friend rebuked the first one  you fool if you didn't know about omar khayyam  you should have changed the topic  instead of boldly giving wrong answer you idiot omar khayyam is not a   name of restaurant  it's a perfume 

page 39

...husnara s newly found courage  made her decision for her 

She would give divorce to shah Murad  Anita was her messenger 

Papa , mamma says she is leaving home 

Where he was startled 

Anita returned with the reply from mother that is none of your business 

Why not 

Husnara  made  her entry here

i want a divorce I have made my decision 

Is this your decision 

I want a divorce 

He gaped at her not really understanding,  do you even know what are you saying 

Absolutely 

What about our children 

Divorce  is what I want her tone was decisive  

Never  he spoke  in a tone of finality 

I am leaving anyway 

You fool

Don't dare teach me  lessons on intelligence  I have decided to separate from you 

Children will not go with you 

Husnara called all the four children by name  and they all came to stand before her

It was an incredibly distressing evening 

page 39

...he who has  clarity and presence of mind  is bestowed with knowledge  power  and wisdom 

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A sharp mind  is  an active mind 

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Insight  is  a foresight  full of enriching  experiences in every life moment 

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All evidence  is openly present around  , only  the seeker finds them because  they are guided through  their investigative mind  and others are not interested 

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Speak the truth to  stay positive 

Help the needy sincerely 

Do your duty honestly 

Respect your teacher 

Take care of your parents 

page 35

....do you have any idea what all  women have to go through  when they step into the world of movies 

But I am not eloping  I am your legally wedded wife  husnara was  ready with her reply 

Yes of course that's why I will never like to see you   embracing  unknown male strangers,  or getting close to men and cling and dance or tolerate  the makeup man  touch you,  will you let others come close to you  will you like that  and remember it I have seen many a heroines  packing up after just one film, all the girls are dumped and forgotten forever  nobody cares  , you aren't just my wife but also a descendent  of a cultured family,  you are definitely decent and nice,  you are expected to retain the respect and reputation of us all 

from previous

....I don't want anything 

First of all I have to tell atrat something  but what 

Just tell him  husna wants to marry him,  too cool, how easily you have said that,  atrat is a  man with  a solid background,  he won't even notice  us

Why not 

In good families  girls are disciplined  unlike you they will never speak up their mind  specially  about their choice of groom 

I think he is a decent cultured man so I will  go with him,  let's see what happens 

Alright as you please 

Alamara spoke to her husband  ,  he replied  ask your sister  she will jump up three foot high 

But why 

Because both are not equals,  age wise  shah Murad is  quite old and   his looks are may God bless his soul 

But it's his decency,   that day the poor man didn't even  glance once  at any woman 

Definitely  his decency is unsurpassed 

Man should always be decent 

He doesn't even have a house of his own 

So what,  wife and children will  push him to build one 

page 29

...shah Murad  and husn Ara were branded odd couple,  both  were   nit equal  nit compatible  not  made for each other,  husn Ara was exceptionally beautiful  and shah Murad  exactly  opposite  of what good looking means,  she was well dressed well groomed  and  properly presentable  , he was uncaring of his appearance,  she believed   their wealth and status  influenced others,  his belief was their brains intellect and qualities  attracted others,  sge was liberal  he was conservative  therefore  both  were  absolutely different from each other in all aspects,   yet they were life partners and  parents of four,  though  their thinking and vision  were not same 

Shah Murad was a highly educated  and aristocratic person  most courteous and decent,  find of movies from his childhood,  his father was a strict man,  he tried to stop him from   going into that line of glamor,  he would  even  physically  slap and box his ears, shah Murad rebelled and reached  the city of movies  and  sighed , he began doing small petty jobs,  he then turned his attention towards the directors m hardwork and his intelligence   made him a director  , his luck was  with him  , his first movie  became a super hit,   movies for his direction  started pouring in  , in a few years ge was an established famous director  sought-after and rich 

wahi rastey wahi manzilein

...it was  a most depressing evening  , frightening and strange,  such sights were unpleasant experiences,  on one such depressing evening  she had  witnessed her parents  getting separated  and going their own way,  perhaps their ways were already different from each others  but were tied up together  helplessly  because of their common interests,  they lived together like  rail tracks  running side by side  but never  really connected 

Depressing  frightening  dusky evenings  were like  hooded reptiles ready to  attack,  posing dangers but quietly rolled up , these evenings  were  heavily  etched on her mind  as scary,  sge couldn't remember if she had ever  laughed out openly  after that 

Who is going with me,  husnara was asking vaguely looking at the four of them,  shah Murad  cursed his fate and showed  annoyance on her ugliness,  he rebelled by screaming and shouting,  husnara decided to leave him home alone and go out by herself 

Anita was the eldest of the four   most favorite of mother  quickly  leaped forward to cling to mother 

page 21

....why do you  call that criminal  colonel 

Because he looks like one,  elderly  cropped haircut,  always  an eyeglass  on his one eye,  even when he doesn't wear the eyeglass  he constantly  presses his eyes to convey  wordlessly  Bob  winked  explaining  the gesturing  of  the colonel  

Don't try to get overclever  Elia shyly smiling spoke  you don't look nice  doing that 

So what  the colonel also looks ugly  laughed  Bob 

But he is a confident man  but just by this one  gesture he can easily stand out in a crowd 

You really mean he is a confident  fraud   he us a confidence trickster  and ribbed someone  of his  diamonds worth billions asked Elia 

No , tge idiot  in his life fir the first time  instead of using his head used  wrong means  explained Bob 

Did he kill someone  she shuddered did he stab or cut the throat  , she looked at Tommy  still listening  to the zkull music,  ber gaze turned towards Bob who was shaking his head 

No nothing  that painful end  happened to anyone 

Then what exactly has happened she was not totally captivated by the  suspense of this case 

chhutti the holiday

....Christmas was just three days away, families were seen   celebrating  Christmas  in a festive mood  in London,  streets were crowded,  the rush and  pressure of their    moving together  was pressing them  helpless,  on the shops waves of customers  stampeding each other's grabbed  items on sale 

, Oxford Street super stores were horribly  congested, sunset was round the corner  yet the stores were   surrounded with  people  outside,  light spilling windows  casted darkness outside  and  puffs of soft fresh snow was falling,  Christmas hymns were  playing on the speakers,  inside the stores  the halls were tightly packed with  people  who desperately wanted to buy  gifts fir their loved ones  pushing  and shoving  others to reach  their  favorite  items,  it was an incredible  flood of colors and lights 

from previous

...this is the world of internet  spoke Irfan,  whatever amount I have  earned you can easily  check it out in  the royal courts  of Google  the emperor of internet if I am wrong   you may behead  the culprit  in me 

I don't doubt your intentions  sir, replied  ejaz quickly  I have already checked  out everything before  reaching here 

Irfan asked then what is troubling you,  your fees is nit too high  three thousand  Durham  equals to simply  ninety thousand rupees 

Your  calculations are absolutely correct  Irfan  explained  slightly shaking his head,  when foreign currency is exchanged to local  rupees  it becomes a huge amount in pkr, right now  Durham is  defined  but just imagine  instead of Durham  dollars  euros and crypto currency  are involved 

bebak

....seeing the condition of  raja  rani prepared five cc hormonal injection and gave him the shot , free from this task she rang up her family doctor  and spoke to him   nervously 

Doctor sahib  I am fazilrani 

Yes madam  he asked  urgently  is everything alright,  you sound  so worried,  

Raja sahib isn't well at all 

What happened 

I don't know  sge spoke  anxiously,  he is simply slipping out 

What's wrong with him  doctor's  voice was serious  just tell me all about hus symptoms and condition 

First he said he was ravenous  rani explained,,his whole body was shivering,  he was also sweating  those  flushes of cold sweat  kept him weak , he turned  very pake , his heart beat  increased,  his vision blurred  by the time I returned with his food tray  he had collapsed on his bed

Oh my God did you check his sugar,  all these are symptoms  mentioned  related to low glucose level 

Yes I did quickly check his sugar level 

What was the  reading on the meter 

Twenty 

Oh this is too low,  raja sahib is a patient of glycemia 

madava

....after  a long  time he was putting his foot on the ground of his motherland,  so many  changes  had taken place   on illuminations,  it was a city of lights,  eight years is a long time,  unfortunately he had spent these eight years in a jail in emirates,   though he was absolutely innocent and nit guilty 

When ejaz was sent to prison he was thirty,  now he was thirty eight,  but he looked fifty,  prison life had  completely broken him down physically  mentally  and  in spirit too, his positivity and spirituality were negatively affected  ,  it was Irfan siddiqui  was behind  all this happening 

Thinking of  Irfan  his throat  choked on something bitter , he was  virtually   set on fire of hatred  his mind  sent sparks of  revenge,  he would never forgive him  never,  how could he after all  Irfan was the person  who stole his vest time of life from him , his precious youth  , it was a  devilishly  dishonest  trap

 He quickly controlled himself m this wasn't the right moment ejaz to  become furious,   he thought to himself , he must  keep his mind and  emotions   in restraint,  to  teach  Irfan a lesson he must  be patient  so that  Irfan will never again break anyone's trust by fraud and learn and remember the lesson to the end of his life 

winds and mosquitoes

..an emergency meeting was  quickly  arranged by the  mosquito clan  in  the garden , the agenda was  their survival,   everytime the wind started blowing the mosquitoes had to evacuate the area

They decided to take the matter to the judge  hazrat Suleman,  the  mosquitoes  approached the hazrat and presented their problem , the winds blew them away , 

The hazrat listened to their  problems and  explained  the accused should be present in the courts and only when both sides  have said  their  side of the story  can he  decide 

The wind was called,  the blowing wind arrived and the mosquito clan  flew away  because the presence of the wind blowing  is the  retreat of mosquitoes 

The case of the mosquitoes vs wind remains  unsolved , both can never face each other 

page 157

...my wife is murdered  and perhaps  the house is also robbed,  his answer  c made the officer  sit upright  straight  all that  boredom of his was ended  , he spoke sharply 

What do you mean by perhaps,  something has happened in your house   for  certain and you are speaking vaguely  , you haven't yourself killed your wife  have you   , why are you  confirmed certain of her murder and uncertain of the robbery  why do you doubt it

I saw my wife's dead body with my own open eyes  therefore ger death is confirmed  , robbery is suspected because of the scattered things around but I didn't  try to  check  if cash and jewelry  are stolen or not he explained  confusedly

Weren't you present there at the time of  this happening his eyes watching him  carefully 

No sir I was on my night shift duty , only when I returned home in the morning did I come to know of it,  for the first time his eyes filled with deep emotions  fleetingly,  he was one of those who never showed their emotions and always held their tears in check 

Pighaltey rishtey

... this time  when  the  van driver  pressed the horn  as if he just forgot to lift his hand back,  the sharp  and harsh sound of the horn  visibly  was irritable  all the  residents   for whose children the van had arrived remained unaffected 

The driver himself was impatient 

Wait a minute uncle,  let me get down  and I will  ring the door bell,  we have a very important paper today  the eleven year sitting  in the front seat with the driver requested tge fuming driver who was ready to drive off

Alright  be quick then 

 I have to complete  my regular round and pick up other children also  every time  I reach late  both the school management and  the parents of children  blame only me

page 130

....now what do you want from me 

I only want to locate rukhsana he pleaded  I am in double danger

How so the lawyer  asked 

Of course he explained  on one side  rukhsana is mysteriously missing  is extremely  worrying  on the other side her brothers doubt me 

Her parents died long ago  her father  nawab ali Muhammad was a gold merchant  , they had a big shop in Lahore  on temple road  nawab jewellers,  after their father died  her brothers  took over their family business,  nawab Muhammad was five years elder to rukhsana  and she was three years older to nawab  Ahmed,  sge was their only sister,  the lawyer knew  several facts  already  the other  facts he came to know after taking the case 

What are they suspecting you of  , Malik sahib asked  his gaze fixed on the face of the chaudhary 

He  explained the brothers of rukhsana  believed he gad a hand I mysterious her disappearance   and that  Laila was his accomplice  and he was faking everything,  he was also threatened  

Right, this was really    not good for him  the lawyer became serious  but asked him his opinion 

It was a simple  question  with a    light tone 

He asked  what opinion  about what 

I mean  he asked  stressing each word  are you really involved in her mysterious  disappearance 

He became nervous  what are you saying why would he   do that he was really madly in love with the chaudharine

Thruster marriage  they  became estranged  it was temporary  but in reality they were   together he couldn't even think of harming her

rah guzar

....Asad was moving  forward towards his destination steadily and  with speed, summer heat was killing  and suffocating,  everyone was waiting impatiently for  monsoon  to arrive quickly  but it was still a week  away,  this  burning  sizzling heat is  only  removed by rain falls  therefore  rainy season  is eagerly awaited  

In those days he was posted at gujarawala  police station,  he clearly remembered it was the tenth of July  morning,  he was routine busy in his desk job when a constable   informed him  , Malik sahib  the chaudhary  sahib is here to see you 

This was constable  Nawaz hasin  a local of gujarawala  

He asked him  Nawaz which chaudhary are you referring to  , because  that areas is full of chaudharies , gt road crosses through  gujarawala  starting from Lahore to end at rawalpindi,  this stretch  on both sides  is    lined up with factories and mills  and  is a hub of manufacturers,  its an industrial area  seven decades have passed but gujarawala is still a  traders and  manufacturers  district 

page 119

....put some  slogans in a beaker  mix them well with promises,  add brubeß and  corruption  in proportion  pour acids to  soften them into the mixture  and cook  it on someone's  fire of life problems  and  the product   is ready   it's a perfect candidate you can   use in elections  either independently or  with a supporting party 

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.is it possible  in this modern life  that a mother in law and daughter in law  can happily live together  ever after 

Of course  if the senior is  deaf and junior mute

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.a boy  wrote a passionate love letter  in his own blood to a medical student  

The following day sge handed him  an envelope  it read b positive 

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Woman to the shop keeper,,how much for the broken eggs 

Fifty rupees a dozen 

And the whole eggs 

Ninety 

Give me  freshly broken  whole eggs a dozen 

doosri muhabbet

....editor mahin qureshi contacted Zahir on his cell phone,  the bell was ringing  , fir quite some time he waited for the call to be  answered  but then it was not received,  he pursed his lips and screwed his  scowling  eyebrows,  he was in his office  then  so he put down his cell phone on the table  , thinking  something he stretched his hand towards the telephone set and  punched the number of Shahin advertising company 

His hopes were answered on the first ring  the call was received 

Hello sgahin advertising  may I help you  a pleasant  decent female voice asked 

I want to speak with Zahir sahib 

The meeting is over I will connect you ,,would you like to introduce yourself  sir 

Yes of course I am  mahin qureshi from shena jalrarang

I see please stay online 

A little bit later  a serious  tone asked him to speak 

Sir did you recognize me I am mahin 

Certainly  keep talking,   his manner  business like  this was the owner of the Shahin advertising company  Zahir afaqi

page 42

....sheza was sitting in bed at night  playing games on her lap top,  her phone beeped , she turned to pick it up , there was a message from shah zeb,  asking her to submit his leave in the morning in the office he was going home 

Why what for are you going home,  you recently  came back from home,  sheza texted him

Some important work  his reply was short 

What sort of work  she typed and sent the message 

It is some matter and please stop messaging me, last time fauza had seen your message,  what a chaos rose,  it's final don't text me ever again,  I will come  and  explain everything 

Sgeza read him and became  completely confused 

How can he speak to me like this she couldn't believe  it was really happening 

But shah zeb  what has happened 

Again you messaged me

Don't message at all nit even single time,  his answer was annoyed 

Why not I will   I will  whenever I like  she was stubborn 

Shut up

do bol

....where were you yesterday,  I sent several messages and called up so many times  you never replied to any calls and messages 

Sgeza paused for a moment  to breathe  , shah zeb  lifted his eyes to look at her,  his face expressed he was slightly  exasperated 

What happened  are you  worried or upset about something,  sgeza forgot her argument and showed her concern for him 

So kind of you  to remember I too can get upset 

Was he teasing or sarcastic she couldn't know 

Should I take it as a taunt  she looked at him annoyed and asked 

No, don't worry about that at all  for the time being  at least  spoke shah zeb  busily picking up the papers kept before him 

Shah zeb  you are very rude,  sge became angry 

What's rude about picking up papers,  his hand stopped moving as he turned to look at her  , all she could do was stare back at him  rudely 

Sgeza for heavens sake leave me alone for now,  I must put this file on sir s table right now,  more pending tasks are waiting let's talk later  in fact after office hours 

chabi

...it was one hour past midnight,  everyone was getting out from the  subway station,  destination was city hills , it was a project of small township,  tallest man Harry was the last to emerge 

Cap on his head  close coat  and a hidden knife inside his coat,  he always carried these three things on him,  he never wanted to lose a chance,  it could be tonight  or  weeks could pass before he got a chance,  he always  found a chance  when  he  passed through without being noticed by the night watchman,  he didn't want to spoil it in a hurry 

Harry had a flaw less plan , the key to the plan was patience,   three years had passed with marry, it was just  a matter of a few more  days weeks  or months,  marry was doing a part time job,  she gave her weekly salaries to Harry,  he was also  earning  a good amount  but he spent most of it on himself 

farebkar

...he moved to New York in 1958 and  got used to  seeing new things,  real life celebrities,  suddenly coming across  television show artists from his weekly favorites,  life was completely changed  and he himself became big 

Is this the same I think he is I think he is a goanese answered Richie 

Oh yes, that is Harvey 

His  manner was absolutely  ordinary  and simple  , his own  voice rose with surprise 

What is he doing here 

Passing time  I guess 

He was a regular here before becoming famous 

Harvey Albert a regular customer at New roses 

Why don't someone tell me 

It's an emotional  shock to me 

It wasn't that important  besides  he again shrugged  

You have been here just a month  It's not necessary to tell you everything 

He dropped the idea of carrying on the conversation with his chef  and walked towards the booth 

deher

...when  jasim opened his eyes he found he was  in the  midst of an incredible place some part was desert  some patches  forest  other areas  lush green 

The first thing he felt  was somewhere  lying  on something hard and rough he twas urned right his knees  pressed into his stomach,  he tried to  move  and  cried out in sheer pain,  a sharp pain shot through his left side,  his hand  unintentionally touched the spot   and a flash of  lightning  passed through his mind  and he remembered  what had happened 

Jasim remembered clearly  he was with Olga aboard a cruise ship,  third October morning  Olga and he after breakfast   went on the deck,  both were  deeply engrossed in discussing their private matters  seriously,  one rascal  tried to flirt  with her , Olga did not know who the man was , Jasim tried to overlook  the incident and ignore the mischief maker but the  intruder stubbornly  refused to move away,  finally  Jasim had to fulfill  the rascal s wish to fight  like Bruce Lee soon enough  jasim got the spirit of Bruce Lee out of the rascal s nostrils,  the defeated sinister   man quickly  shot three times at Jasim,  Jasim tried all his best to save himself from being hit but one  bullet pierced his left leg and got stuck in there, he touched his  injured leg  and felt  it was tied up in bandages 

from previous

...DNA reports revealed the body found in garden view society was of kalshom , it was  late evening at seven and the four of them  sat huddled  together discussing the case 

I have a feeling  Adnan or the two girls must have another mobile,  without a mobile  it's impossible to move around in these days,  Danish  spoke up 

No sim is registered in their names m probably they use unregistered Sims explained  jawad

We should get their dara  dump 

Right I agree, if any of the three have another mobile through geophysics technology data dump can be used to locate them danish   supported jawad

Hashim here talk to cyber cell get data dump  of three days ago

page 62

Danish, what exactly do you want to say 

Probably  both  fauzya and Adnan together  robbed the bank , some meddling  they did  and ran away  , they played a game  by kidnapping  nursing and killed her   and then burned her body , then the ring  locket and wrist watch was  found on her and the police was milead into thinking it was fauzya  s ashes, they thought  police will go on an endless  chase of finding  the nonexistent killer of not dead fauzya  , and both fauzya and Adnan would be having  the best  of times of their lives 

To give it a flawless finish a scapegoat was wanted  , they found nursing,  he said he was certain it was nurin  and not fauzya dead and burnt to a heap of ashes 

DNA reports arrived  m hawad read it very carefully,  it wasn't fauzya  s 

Hashim asked  does that mean it was nurin 

Now they needed  nurin s parents  d n a fir testing  they were called they still were in town,  Danish  phoned them  and gave them the address  to reach quickly 

Within twenty minutes they were  before Danish 

I think  we should  pay a visit  at the green bank to see the manager to find out what Adnan and fauzya have been up to , jawad left for the green bank 

aisa bhi hota hy

....there lived a hakim sahib who decided to serve the backward  areas with his knowledge of herbal remedies,  he climbed up and down the hills and when the sun set he reached a cottage to spend the night m the host asked curious if his name was hakim or he was really a medicine man the hakim pumped up his lungs and claimed to be one of the best around,  he was led to see an ailing woman  , the hakim gave her some  medicine and she died,  the natives surrounded the hakim in rage and  as punishment he was given the task of digging the grave of the dead woman,  the hakim spend the next whole day digging the grave in the hard rocky hill by the evening he was exhausted 

Next day he reached another village and was asked to look at a sick man , the hakim said  of course he would readily  see the patient but the natives must dig the grave themselves 

page 30

.... it was some  unknown  hour at night  when  aisha  banged  the door of sanbal  s bedroom,  he quickly  got out of bed  to open the door where ammi stood crying 

Hurry up bring the car round  your father  gad a heart stroke,  her voice was shaking,  he rushed outside  , father was rushed to the emergency  cardio ward ,  it was the first day of his life  when he gad reached the hospital alone with his father,  his elder brother used to    take up all the family  responsibilities  who was just a month ago was transferred  after that all his responsibilities were shifted onto sanbal  s shoulders,   waiting in the hospital  he prayed for his father's life  and   dropped the idea of going abroad  for studies,  he gad suddenly realized old parents needed  their children with them in their last days as much as the children needed  them in their early stages,  they need  to taken care of  , , the decision made that night totally changed  sanbal  s life forever 

dhul

.... the moment  she  regained consciousness  she lost her senses,  she was all alone in a dark room, the room was lit dimly by a dim  bulb she was sitting in a chair she wanted to stand up but wasn't able to,   she was tightly tied up to the  chair  , her arms and legs  tied to the arms and legs of the chair 

She pressed her mind  how and when she reached here , a few minutes later she remembered it all  she was devastated,  at that moment the door opened  a shadow of a male  was nearing her 

Who are you she stuttered 

Your death,  he began  strangulating her life out , she did her best to save herself   but she succumbed  her soul left her body  she had failed 

It was a dry hot July day  , the time was  seven  in the morning ,  inspector jawad was  having muffins with tea , he had reached his office  before time  quite early,  his wife was gone with children to spend  summer vacation  at his in laws place 

page 51

..,.carry became suspicious , last night she gad felt dahlia was trying to   switch off  Martha's torch lights,  but if  the old man had already stumbled down from the railing   he couldn't have  prevented their line of sight  they should have seen  twin lights 

Stunned sge was rooted to the spot,  her mind hyper active  tried to sort out things,   half hour before Martha left for her walk  incessant rain gad started,  the flowers were pelted and fallen down  so why couldn't  the torch lights be  seen , sge increased her brain power to double check on the  events   , she realized  the distant  lights beyond the green lake  appeared    unusually far apart,  , was that the reason  those distant lights were not reflected in the lake outside her property,  if the lights were   far away  it meant the man  holding the torch was  rather tall,  the  torch light was above   the line of being reflected,  reflection was directly  below it , Martha couldn't take her dog out for a walk that night,  this man was her husband 

Carry  s heart was pounding insanely,  her mind  gripped  in unthinkable  scares 

page 37

... just one day later the residents of the apartment building learned  there was going to  be movie shooting in the  building's garden, the opening scene  would be  a wedding scene and almas was playing the main role,   it wasn't  a surprise for them that sge was in the lead role but what came as a surprise was another resident  Raza ali was the hero of the movie  everyone was excited about the shooting  and the atmosphere  charged with  anticipation and thrill 

Two days later tge film unit reached the shooting spot , tgey began fixing up lights according to their plans  all around in the garden,  a wedding stage was placed for the bride and tge groom  in the opening scenes  

Almas  s apartment was turned into a makeup room,  all cosmetics were  brought there 

Minai  wasn't liking it at all,  firstly her working in movies  secondly  the nan whom he had humiliated was going to be in the male lead role against her

Minai wasn't ready to give his consent  but tge residents were in the majority  and pressed   minai to  allow them  

Residents in majority wanted to see the film shooting in their block but then  everyone couldn't be fitted inside , they were to remain out if cabut faridi faridi  came up with a bright idea  tge residents could appear during the shooting on camera  as wedding guests 

suragh

...

suragh

...carry grey could see the world go by, her cottage was located on an isle  facing the  lake  a river flowed down westward  the green waters  reflected the greenery surrounding the lake,  tall trees stood by its sides,  the distant view was directly  out of sight but it was clearly reflected in the green lake,  the  road that circled entire landscape  lead to the general store , one old berry tree that still stood around ,  a street that turned a corner,  roses growing in profusion  in wilderness  covered part of the  bridge 

People walked their dogs  , some people  walking towards the store to get groceries,  she could see  just the natives  during off seasons 

Carry believed  do your own business  live and let live,  she was a non interfering person,   she became  blessedly aware of her location when her knees failed her and  an exercise bike was given her , forced to work  her legs  , she tried her best to escape her physiotherapist  but  quickly she discovered  joint problems  if once settled in they  are painfully settled for life , she didn't want to be crippled for life,  she became active,  she obediently  followed his instructions of doing her bike exercises three times a day  for fifteen minutes  in the beginning  to  stretch  her timings to half hour 

Carry  s neighbor Gloria worked in a local pub

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...a robber was using a piece of wire to unlock the door of a house  , after some effort he managed to open the door,  right at that moment the owner of the house also reached there,  seeing him the robber became nervous,  he was ready to sprint but the owner put his hand on his shoulder and assured him he was thankful because he had lost the key 

from previous

...little one found a picture of abbu  in his early youth,  he carried it carefully to ammi and asked whose picture it was 

Ammi  affectionately spoke it was abbu s picture 

Really,  the little one  asked in surprise  then who is that wrinkled  bald man who lives with us 

anmol rishta

....psychiatrist to patient,,,, how did you reach this point 

patient....I married a widow,  she already had a young girl  , my father married that girl,   so that girl became my mother,  a daughter was born to them  I was the new-born daughter's  granny's husband so she became my granddaughter,  my son became his grandmother's brother and I my son's  nephew my father my son in law  my son  his grandfather's  brother in law  and...

The psychiatrist  screamed just shut up you are driving me crazy 

page 25

....zoha got down from the college van and crossed the street  and reached the other side,  where basic stood waiting for her with his car,  zoha had called him,  she was to go to with him to the fair hall , there was a shoot for tiktok ,she without any hesitation she boldly opened the door and sat down in the front passenger seat,  basically quickly started the car and turned towards the main road,  sge frequently  bunked classes to go on driving with him , she was not at all bothered  about her parents,  she was  aware that nobody was interested in her going out with him ,  the most they could do to her was show their  annoyance,  her attitude had become   uncaring,  they were driving on the main road  suddenly her glance happened to fall on   the signboard of a shop  , a wedding card on display reminded her of  pareshe, she decided to speak about oaresge with basic

Basicm why didn't you respond to my messages yesterday,   sge asked Saucony

What message  he looked at her in sheer surprise 

The message I sent to pareshe for help,  she  turned the car  air conditioner  to high

That was risky,  I would suggest you too stay out of this 

page 23

...more  radiant than stars and moon it was 

So  ethereal  that enquired  all celestial  beings 

Where is that  enchanting face that lights up entire world 

I would get away from his  embrace 

His slow drawl    would simply say 

Dear stay safe 

His whole being from head to toe magic 

Incredible  unbelievable  wonderful 

Setting in my breaths

Listening to lovers tales

But never saying it's your romance 

Killed my love

He who resides in my breaths

Mesmer lover is tearing apart

As if heart is scooped out

But he is my  majnu

Whose all world I was 

If his  thoughts arise  it feels 

He is speaking softly again 

Dear stay safe take care 

Forever  take care 

from previous

....rest of the day  almas  spent teaching  baby and then thinking about  minai whose wife gave him a divorce  and whose daughter was murdered in the flat,  police still was trying to solve the case,   she wondered when did all this happen  , almas had forgotten to find out the details from  him 

She was feeling sorry for minai, how  he managed to  hide his  sorrows behind his smile,  finally he burst out emotionally  before her people say the dead never come back  but he was certain tabanda shall come back to him one day,  his love for her will  bring her back  to him from wherever sge gad gone 

It was  a sentimental statement of an unhappy unfortunate father  but almas couldn't  tell him  sentiments don't help anyone 

She had supper with baby  in a restaurant  and on her return she met minai 

Dear girl wherever have you been 

To have supper in a restaurant 

I realized  as an afterthought  about your supper,  I didn't see any kitchenware with you,  I had come to invite you to have your meal with me

But you have   sent away the cook

Minai smiled gently  and explained he cooked  for himself,  minai  extended the invite to have their morning   breakfast at his place  instead of at a restaurant