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Children of the Streets

Ather Naqvi April 23, 2008

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#4 Posted by Diesel on April 25, 2008 11:35:32 pm
To

Chief of Army Staff

Rawalpindi.



From: Maj Retd Shamshad Ali Khan H

20-C Shahbaz Comercial Lane 1,

Phase 6 DHA Karachi.



Dear Sir,



I have decided to approach your good self in respect of a very serious situation being faced by retired officers. They are loosing there hard earned money to a criminal group of people sitting in Bacheki Nankana sahib. These people contact those officers who are in search of jobs and call them to Nankana sahib and deprive them of there entire assets.List of effected officers is attached they may be many more who have not reported their cases to concern authorities.Police Nab and ISI are aware of the issue but are not taking action against the culprits because it is believed that they have backing of some very powerful personality. I request you to arrest them through MI and retrieve the money looted by them. I am the last victim and deprived of 4 Lacs of Rs on 26th Feb, 2008. The brief descripition of the happening is given below.





The story started in the second week of January 08. An advertisement appeared in the Dawn for the employment of a Chief Security Officer in FWBL (First women Bank Limited).I am Sixty eight year of age and working in FWBL as Manager Security since last eleven years. I naturally thought that my job had come to an end.



As a strange coincident I received a call on my cell phone 0300-8291097 from Mr Chaudhry Abbas cell No 0300-9185488.He told me that Major Farooq (Retd) who was his good friend had recommended my name for the appointment as Manager administration with an Australian Oil Company and he belongs to Ali Group of Industries at Islamabad who are local agents of Australians. Since I could not place Major Farooq I ask him to give me time.



I then talked to Major Zahoor (Retd) who informed me that there was a Major Farooq in 25 cavalry who is now working in Gulf. On this information I accepted the offer and also because since my job was finishing. I thought almighty has opened another door for me.



In this respect I consulted all my friends and family members including Hasim Khan an Sharif-ul-Hassan, both belong to Oil and Gas industry. Sharif-ul-Hassan even talked to Chaudhry Abbas and informed me that he was not sure about the credentials of the Ali Group of Industries but there is no harm in going to Islamabad for an interview. All my other friends had also the same opinion. Even my female co- workers in the bank .



I booked a seat in Air Blue and informed Mr Abbas that I will be lending at Islamabad in 24 Feb,2008. He told me that I should come to Nankana sahib because the Manging Director Mian Azhar has reached there to inspect the Hotel project which Ali Industry managing. Abbas had earlier informed me that Ali Group is managing a 5 star.



I lended at Lahore Airport where a car was waiting for me which took me to Bucheki Nankana sahib and lodged (visiting card attached an annex A) me in rest house opposite to Ali Rice Industries was located.Ch Abbas came to welcomed me in the bed room and then requested me to come to the conference room for an interview with Mr Salahuddin General manager Ali Group of Industries. Salahudin interviewed me and selected me as General Manager Coordination at Karachi. He told me to wait for the Managing Director, till tomorrow who is the final authority for the employment.



On 25 Feb I was waiting along with Abbas for Mian Azhar in the conference room, where literature and maps related to Oil and Gas exploration were also placed. An old man with white beard entered the room who also want to meet Mian Azhar. Thereafter Salahudin entered the room and ask the old man that why he had come. He gave his purpose to that Salahudin answered that Mian Azhar is a busy man and he has no time to meet people with out appointment. The old man told him that he has come with an appointment and was interested in business with Mian Azhar. Salahudin asked him what sort of Business he wanted to do with him because Mian would like to know that. Haji Noor Muhammad the old man replied that he was interested to play race with Mian sahib and he had won Rs 20 Lacs 6 months ago. Salahudin remarked, ``so you have won to win 20 Lacs again`` how do you know that you will win again.You can also loose.He said no I will never loose. Salahudin then asked for his share.Oldman agreed to give him 50 %.



At this stage Salahudin turned to me and after reciting Kalams and God`s names he said since I was sitting there and Abbas was sitting with him therefore this 50% will be shared between 3 of us i.e Salahudin, Abbas and my self. I strongly reacted and said`` I have come for an interview and not to play a race and I am not going to accept any money at all. All three got together and told me that Mian sahib is a Multi Millionare and few Lacs does not matter to him and you must take this money and this is all fair.They kept on giving me arguments for half an hour. I was totally exhausted finally I agreed to take the money and give it to orphanage to Nankana sahib in their presence. After this deal Salahudin went out and came with Mian Azhar.Mian Azhar interviewd me and selected for the job with One Lac Rs as salary plus 50% house rent and a car at Karachi.



At this stage when he wanted to go out the oldman requested him to play race with him which I had never seen or heard in my life.



The old man took out a small box from his bag opened it and emptied red pebbles on the table. At this stage I was totally confused and did not know what they were doing. Azhar lost Rs 1 Lac to the old man. Azhar opened the briefcase which was full of currency and asked the old man to show 1 Lac on the table so that he can give him 1 Lac. The old man did that and Mian Azhar gave him a Lac Rs from his briefcase. In second game Azhar betted 20 lacs to which the old man did not agree because he did not have that much to show. Then Mian sahib gave him 48 hours to produce the money and show him against which Mian will give the betted amount to the oldman. For this deal the old man had to deposit his 2 Lacs with Mian Azhar, with a condition that if the old man failed to produce desired amount on the table after 48 hours. The 2 Lacs will be confiscated. The second game started after this deal. Mian Azhar lost 20 Lacs to the oldman and went away with 2 Lacs of Rs saying that after 48 hours the oldman should produce 18 Lacs because 2 Lacs are already with Mian Sahib and he will receive his 20 Lacs. There after the Mian left.



The old man then addressed Salahudin and said,`` I don’t have 18 Lacs and you help me out, Salahudin asked the old man that how much could he arrange. The old man agreed for 6 Lacs.Then Salahudin said ``I will arrange 6 Lacs Abbas will arrange 2 Lacs and Major Sahib if you can arrange please arrange 4 Lacs. I said I don’t have 4 Lacs I came here for an interview and not to participated in races. I have no money here and I cannot produce. All three of them again got together and started arguments and told me that we are not taking money from and the money was just to be shown to Mian sahib and you know that Mian sahib has lot of money. They pressured me so much that I lost control on my nerves and surrendered. They put me in a car and sent to Lahore so that I catch a flight to Karachi and come back with money on 26 Feb,08. While on road I decided to call my son in Karachi and asked him to send the Cheque book through First women bank to me. I came back to the rest house and informed Salahudin accordingly. Next day he sent me to Faisalabad form where I drew the cash and came back to Bucheki Nankana sahib. At about 1400 hours the old man also turned up with 6 lacs but Abbas came empty handed. Mian Azhar turned up 1500 hours and we sat in he same room. He was told by Salahudin that Noor Muhammad could not arrange 18 Lacs so myself and Major Sahib had help him and he can only show you 16 Lacs. Therefore take mercy on the old man and pay him 16 Lacs. Mian Azhar did not agree and cancelled the deal and confiscated Rs 2 Lacs. On this the Old man got very much worried and started praying that please do some thing and I cannot afford to loose 2 Lacs. On this Salahudin also requested to Mian Sahib to be mercyful to the old man. On this Mian Azhar said,� Ok you give me 16 Lacs and show me other 2 Lacs tomorrow but not here I am going to Karachi for a meeting with the delegation from Australia,�.And then addressed me and said,� You also go to Karachi now and you will get the appointment letter through TCS. Your meeting with the Australian is also important,�..

I was put in a car and sent to Lahore and finally reached Karachi at 2300 Hours on 26 Feb,08.

On 27 Feb in the evening Salahudin contacted me on my Cell phone and informed that he along with Mian Azhar were in Karachi, the old man is following with Rs 2 Lacs and you will get you money back. You will also meet the Australians once we finished the meeting with them. .On 29th in the evening I received a call from Mian Azhar at about 1800 hours that he needed my help and requested to send a mobile set (S 95) Nokia to Lahore for his wife through TCS self collection. At this stage I talked to Major General Mustafa (ISI) and I gave him the whole story how I had been cheated. I want his help in this respect.He told me to contact Brig Jamal (ISI) at Lahore.I talked to Major Zahoor and made a plan to apprehend Mr Rafiq the servant of Mian Azhar who would come to TCS to collect the set. Major Zahoor left Rawalpindi at 600 hours on Ist March (Saturday).I reached Lahore at 1200 hours the same day. Major Zahoor met Col Kayani who informed Zahoor that there was no need of sending mobile phone set because those people are sitting in Nankana sahib and no body can touch them. Because they have the backing of very strong personality. I met Col Kanayi at 1400 hours on Ist March who told me to contact Col Retd Latif in Pindi to get more details of the case. The story of Col Latif and eight others (list attached on Annex A) is so pathetic that I forgot about my case and decided to address this application to you because I feel that you will come up to help 9 victims who are retired officers and have been part of the army which you are commanding at the moment in way they are still part of the army.







To

Chief of Army Staff

Rawalpindi.



From: Maj Retd Shamshad Ali Khan

20-C Shahbaz Comercial Lane 1,

Phase 6 DHA Karachi.



Dear Sir,



I have decided to approach your good self in respect of a very serious situation being faced by retired officers. They are loosing there hard earned money to a criminal group of people sitting in Bacheki Nankana sahib. These people contact those officers who are in search of jobs and call them to Nankana sahib and deprive them of there entire assets.List of effected officers is attached they may be many more who have not reported their cases to concern authorities.Police Nab and ISI are aware of the issue but are not taking action against the culprits because it is believed that they have backing of some very powerful personality. I request you to arrest them through MI and retrieve the money looted by them. I am the last victim and deprived of 4 Lacs of Rs on 26th Feb, 2008. The brief descripition of the happening is given below.





The story started in the second week of January 08. An advertisement appeared in the Dawn for the employment of a Chief Security Officer in FWBL (First women Bank Limited).I am Sixty eight year of age and working in FWBL as Manager Security since last eleven years. I naturally thought that my job had come to an end.



As a strange coincident I received a call on my cell phone 0300-8291097 from Mr Chaudhry Abbas cell No 0300-9185488.He told me that Major Farooq (Retd) who was his good friend had recommended my name for the appointment as Manager administration with an Australian Oil Company and he belongs to Ali Group of Industries at Islamabad who are local agents of Australians. Since I could not place Major Farooq I ask him to give me time.



I then talked to Major Zahoor (Retd) who informed me that there was a Major Farooq in 25 cavalry who is now working in Gulf. On this information I accepted the offer and also because since my job was finishing. I thought almighty has opened another door for me.



In this respect I consulted all my friends and family members including Hasim Khan an Sharif-ul-Hassan, both belong to Oil and Gas industry. Sharif-ul-Hassan even talked to Chaudhry Abbas and informed me that he was not sure about the credentials of the Ali Group of Industries but there is no harm in going to Islamabad for an interview. All my other friends had also the same opinion. Even my female co- workers in the bank .



I booked a seat in Air Blue and informed Mr Abbas that I will be lending at Islamabad in 24 Feb,2008. He told me that I should come to Nankana sahib because the Manging Director Mian Azhar has reached there to inspect the Hotel project which Ali Industry managing. Abbas had earlier informed me that Ali Group is managing a 5 star.



I lended at Lahore Airport where a car was waiting for me which took me to Bucheki Nankana sahib and lodged (visiting card attached an annex A) me in rest house opposite to Ali Rice Industries was located.Ch Abbas came to welcomed me in the bed room and then requested me to come to the conference room for an interview with Mr Salahuddin General manager Ali Group of Industries. Salahudin interviewed me and selected me as General Manager Coordination at Karachi. He told me to wait for the Managing Director, till tomorrow who is the final authority for the employment.



On 25 Feb I was waiting along with Abbas for Mian Azhar in the conference room, where literature and maps related to Oil and Gas exploration were also placed. An old man with white beard entered the room who also want to meet Mian Azhar. Thereafter Salahudin entered the room and ask the old man that why he had come. He gave his purpose to that Salahudin answered that Mian Azhar is a busy man and he has no time to meet people with out appointment. The old man told him that he has come with an appointment and was interested in business with Mian Azhar. Salahudin asked him what sort of Business he wanted to do with him because Mian would like to know that. Haji Noor Muhammad the old man replied that he was interested to play race with Mian sahib and he had won Rs 20 Lacs 6 months ago. Salahudin remarked, ``so you have won to win 20 Lacs again`` how do you know that you will win again.You can also loose.He said no I will never loose. Salahudin then asked for his share.Oldman agreed to give him 50 %.



At this stage Salahudin turned to me and after reciting Kalams and God`s names he said since I was sitting there and Abbas was sitting with him therefore this 50% will be shared between 3 of us i.e Salahudin, Abbas and my self. I strongly reacted and said`` I have come for an interview and not to play a race and I am not going to accept any money at all. All three got together and told me that Mian sahib is a Multi Millionare and few Lacs does not matter to him and you must take this money and this is all fair.They kept on giving me arguments for half an hour. I was totally exhausted finally I agreed to take the money and give it to orphanage to Nankana sahib in their presence. After this deal Salahudin went out and came with Mian Azhar.Mian Azhar interviewd me and selected for the job with One Lac Rs as salary plus 50% house rent and a car at Karachi.



At this stage when he wanted to go out the oldman requested him to play race with him which I had never seen or heard in my life.



The old man took out a small box from his bag opened it and emptied red pebbles on the table. At this stage I was totally confused and did not know what they were doing. Azhar lost Rs 1 Lac to the old man. Azhar opened the briefcase which was full of currency and asked the old man to show 1 Lac on the table so that he can give him 1 Lac. The old man did that and Mian Azhar gave him a Lac Rs from his briefcase. In second game Azhar betted 20 lacs to which the old man did not agree because he did not have that much to show. Then Mian sahib gave him 48 hours to produce the money and show him against which Mian will give the betted amount to the oldman. For this deal the old man had to deposit his 2 Lacs with Mian Azhar, with a condition that if the old man failed to produce desired amount on the table after 48 hours. The 2 Lacs will be confiscated. The second game started after this deal. Mian Azhar lost 20 Lacs to the oldman and went away with 2 Lacs of Rs saying that after 48 hours the oldman should produce 18 Lacs because 2 Lacs are already with Mian Sahib and he will receive his 20 Lacs. There after the Mian left.



The old man then addressed Salahudin and said,`` I don’t have 18 Lacs and you help me out, Salahudin asked the old man that how much could he arrange. The old man agreed for 6 Lacs.Then Salahudin said ``I will arrange 6 Lacs Abbas will arrange 2 Lacs and Major Sahib if you can arrange please arrange 4 Lacs. I said I don’t have 4 Lacs I came here for an interview and not to participated in races. I have no money here and I cannot produce. All three of them again got together and started arguments and told me that we are not taking money from and the money was just to be shown to Mian sahib and you know that Mian sahib has lot of money. They pressured me so much that I lost control on my nerves and surrendered. They put me in a car and sent to Lahore so that I catch a flight to Karachi and come back with money on 26 Feb,08. While on road I decided to call my son in Karachi and asked him to send the Cheque book through First women bank to me. I came back to the rest house and informed Salahudin accordingly. Next day he sent me to Faisalabad form where I drew the cash and came back to Bucheki Nankana sahib. At about 1400 hours the old man also turned up with 6 lacs but Abbas came empty handed. Mian Azhar turned up 1500 hours and we sat in he same room. He was told by Salahudin that Noor Muhammad could not arrange 18 Lacs so myself and Major Sahib had help him and he can only show you 16 Lacs. Therefore take mercy on the old man and pay him 16 Lacs. Mian Azhar did not agree and cancelled the deal and confiscated Rs 2 Lacs. On this the Old man got very much worried and started praying that please do some thing and I cannot afford to loose 2 Lacs. On this Salahudin also requested to Mian Sahib to be mercyful to the old man. On this Mian Azhar said,� Ok you give me 16 Lacs and show me other 2 Lacs tomorrow but not here I am going to Karachi for a meeting with the delegation from Australia,�.And then addressed me and said,� You also go to Karachi now and you will get the appointment letter through TCS. Your meeting with the Australian is also important,�..

I was put in a car and sent to Lahore and finally reached Karachi at 2300 Hours on 26 Feb,08.

On 27 Feb in the evening Salahudin contacted me on my Cell phone and informed that he along with Mian Azhar were in Karachi, the old man is following with Rs 2 Lacs and you will get you money back. You will also meet the Australians once we finished the meeting with them. .On 29th in the evening I received a call from Mian Azhar at about 1800 hours that he needed my help and requested to send a mobile set (S 95) Nokia to Lahore for his wife through TCS self collection. At this stage I talked to Major General Mustafa (ISI) and I gave him the whole story how I had been cheated. I want his help in this respect.He told me to contact Brig Jamal (ISI) at Lahore.I talked to Major Zahoor and made a plan to apprehend Mr Rafiq the servant of Mian Azhar who would come to TCS to collect the set. Major Zahoor left Rawalpindi at 600 hours on Ist March (Saturday).I reached Lahore at 1200 hours the same day. Major Zahoor met Col Kayani who informed Zahoor that there was no need of sending mobile phone set because those people are sitting in Nankana sahib and no body can touch them. Because they have the backing of very strong personality. I met Col Kanayi at 1400 hours on Ist March who told me to contact Col Retd Latif in Pindi to get more details of the case. The story of Col Latif and eight others (list attached on Annex A) is so pathetic that I forgot about my case and decided to address this application to you because I feel that you will come up to help 9 victims who are retired officers and have been part of the army which you are commanding at the moment in way they are still part of the army.




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#3 Posted by ahmedmadani on April 25, 2008 6:13:45 pm
In all countries poor people people over produce. So many children for people. Even at age of 55s some men are cranking out babies as natural rythum and many women and daughters getting babies at same time.Then this man women produce so many children that some insensetive log call it as breeding. It is always dilema for man of concious if he does not help his brother who is is working as horse on stud farm do govt should encoutrage stud farms of poor people. Generally supply demand law works in world. Like in our country with 6th biggest awam numbers people have no value but western white people do not breed that fast so people have value. Like herd american cats and dogs are very demanding and very finicky. Good food they refuse to eat as it has less fat. They love even animals but they want to have good figure. When they do not eat they somes white master says you should be ashamed of refusing to eat look at Indian poor without food going hungry then they come to senses and eat and polish their plate and they leave to fun play ,while indian little boy goes to work in construction balancing 40kg earth on his head. If any way fertility can be controlled most most child abuse by parents in pakistan will reduce.
The condition may improve if one believes in God and miracles , otherwise same child abuse by parents
Good day.
I HAVE RESPECT FOR AUTHOR BUT HE DOES NOT SUGGEST SOLUTION DOES NOT BLAME IRRESPONSIBLE PARENTS CRANKING OUT CHILDREN AS THERE IS NO TOMORROW BUT GOVT, EASY WAY OUT AND CONCIOUS FEEL CLEAN.
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#2 Posted by kaptain on April 24, 2008 4:42:59 am
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Deep_Focus/Lets_fix_it_guys/articleshow/24561 67.cms

just to bring attention of what is missing from Pakistanis. Every field has to be addressed; and how it could not be?
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#1 Posted by kaptain on April 24, 2008 4:40:28 am
Nicely placed the sympathies of us all in words. But we as citizens shouldn't be relying on the higher ups.
Something has to be done.
For example, iFixers in India (unknown whether its the word of the movement referred here, can be Googled), volunteer to correct the ills collectively without Government intervention.
Same intent and streak is needed here too. Leadership would have to be made to born amongst us.
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