Price hike was a concern of retired serviceman of Pakistan Army Mr. Tariq Mehmood when he called me on my cell phone twice after imposition of emergency in Pakistan, I assured him I am going to write about it on groundreport.com, when he specifically demanded that his concern shall be mentioned on this particular website, yesterday evening I had a long walk along with a canal surrounded by lush green gardens to meet this ex servicemen of Pakistan Army who is still loyal to Musharaf and has great love for USA, his brother is married to an Austrailian lady, she is a highly qualified lady a post graduate degree holder in chemistry, lives with her husband in Kohat and sometimes in Islamabad, wear decent Pakistani dresses and observes all the niceties of Pakistani culture. She is his brother’s second wife.
While walking alongside canal looking at water flowing in it with great pace and calmness, finally I had reached the spot where I usually meet Mr. Tariq Mehmood, he is an owner of medical store, being a retired person from Pakistan Army medical core, he is keeping himself busy while providing basic treatment to the dwellers of this suburban locality. He was looking quite excited and confident, during conversation he has told me, in near by Mal Mandi area selling and buying business of animals is at boom today, after imposition of emergency fear of terrorists is evaporated too many customers are their in the market. But please mention this on groundreport.com that black marketers are hiding essential commodities to sell it on higher prices government of Pakistan shall take stern action against them to bring the prices down and then people will definitely support President Parvez Musharf, price hike is compelling the low income groups to starve.
I laughingly told him that new law about journalists in Pakistan is implemented, any writing which does not match the criteria of President Parvez Musharaf, can push the writer in jail for three years term, and right now I am not aware of the details about this new law, so I am quite careful in writing concerns of the people. Meanwhile he had switched on his radio set on which Muhtarima Benazir Bhutto, Mr. Nawaz Sharif and Syed Iftikhar Hussain Gailani was expressing their views in Urdu service of Voice of America, regarding imposition of emergency rule in Pakistan. While ending up our discussion Mr. Tariq Mehmood had once again stressed his point, mention my concern specifically on groundreport.com, I told him that I’ll do it, on the way back home I was just thinking about the magic of Rachel Sterne, her intellect and beauty has captured the world, in far flung areas of Pakistan not only people know about her website but they stress upon writers to specifically mention their concerns on it.
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Abdur Raziq