We left the place while praying. The screens of our cell phones were saying that it was 1:30 am. Our throats were dried of fear and the owl of dreads was striking our skulls. We were just staring each other and the trees were seeming just like running behind the scene out of the wind screen.
It was a spine chilling night of November, 27. Raheel’s car speedometer was shivering between 76 and 70 km scales, we were on Malir Cant road. The shadows of trees seemed us to be ghost.
We were coming back from the wedding ceremony of our class mate. The ceremony was still going on, but we two left earlier due to the precarious law and order situation prevailing in the city.
Due to the weekend, the plan was to stay at raheel’s home the whole night. We were near Malir Check post, when Raheel slowed down the car. I asked him in the shaky ascent “why did you decelerate the car, whats wrong? Don’t you think that we can be victim of deathly accident in such a horrible scene with no one around us.” He lit a cigarette and pointed out side …
My eyes followed his finger and I felt like a dot of light is glowing .. Indicator of a vehicle was telling the story of its malfunction. “Should we check what’s wrong with the car out side, he asked me. “Dude its bit risky, we have money, wrist watches and your car is expensive too. So do what ever but with all precautions … “Come yar God is Great,” he muttered and stopped the car near that Mehran car.
Two youngsters were standing there and seemed trying to trace out the fault leaning into the bonnet.
What’s wrong pal? Raheel with a helping intention asked. “Dude our car ditched us and there is no mechanic available here, please help us.” With these words he put pistol on Raheel’s chest and ordered me to come out of car. I just visualized my dead body lying in that creepy area of Malir.” Turn your head towards car and empty your pockets.
It was now clear that we were trapped so we silently handed over the money and watches. The man turned and moved to his Mehran. Suddenly Raheel asked a weird question “ Yar what will you get from all this wallet which just contains 4 to 8 thousands collectively and wrist watches cost not more than Rs1,000.
I started cursing my friend for this right question at wrong place. “I prayed for our lives and car’s safety.
One of them harshly responded get lost or should I put the bullets in your chest? Please forgive us he just asked randomly, I begged.
” No no tell me dude whats wrong if I asked this,” Raheel forced him to speak bravely “ Oh my GOD whats wrong with this empty head raheel “ I desparately thought.
What you are going to do if I tell you man? Come on and tell me?” robber questioned back.
“Nothing dude I am a journalist and will report all this if you circumstance compelled you to do all this, otherwise if you are doing this for fun and thrill then leave and ignore please.”
“Oh damn … it 2 o clock now we are far away from home with two robbers and raheel’s is demanding what ..uhh?
I was so much anxious to leave the place and my friend was desperate to get his answers. “What you said thrill ???
“I have done masters in mathematics with flying colors and wandered for govt. job for two years. I was asked to give 5 lak for a job with a salary package of 12, 000 is this thrill?? And for private job I don’t have much experience? Earning by home tuitions is not enough to run home kitchen. My father died of cancer my sister crossing 32 and still un-married because I don have money for her dowry. Is this thrill?? He just blasted on us??
Now listen I am doing all of this for money and more to take revenge from this selfish society, these ‘butchers’ holding the reins of the county and this rotten system deserved a blood shed to slaughtered it that no one can rob the dreams of youth like me. I will be continuing to do the same to snatch my rights till I die go and tell the government that soon they will have to pay more for all they have done to me and people like me …
These were his last words and then he fled. Was he right to snatch his ‘rights’ like ROBIN HOOD did. What do you think?
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