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Editing : Incident not happened to me yes forwarded! so please guys stop msging personaly otherwise will have to remove the post.Pakistani quam achai mei burai nikal leti hey! Bus hmara idara bdnamna ho jese idarey pr likha hay na k hm safe hen bhai i am not saying incident happened i said suspicious man was there!Please do do approve and spread it ! Aoa.Ladies plz be alert child trafficking is very common ..have just heard that this gang has entered Naheed supermarket, malls and hospitals .There is specific man with longhairs who comes daily in the evening in PECHS area near Noorani kabab house and guards / drivers they all lnow him but they cant do anything because of their safety as police is involved too with this man via bhata.Plz plz apne buchon ko khyala rkhen and as seen in naheed too.
Attention plz...
*incident 24 September *
Venue: *Supermarket located in PECHS - Karachi *

Today between 5:45-6:00pm when I entered Naheed Store, right near lift area near dates and dry fruits counter) I saw a man, with a juice bottle in hand and going towards counter
This man is no new for residents of PECHS. He is known for child trafficking and leads beggars group of girls.
He is tall, long streak hair, colored eyes and wear glasses.

It was a shocking experience finding him in a super market where women come with their kids to do grocery shopping.
This was yet not comprehended that I found another similar looking guy in basement area with no basket and or trolly and roaming freely there and looking at people with kids.
As soon as I saw him and he saw me observing him, he went away from there, behind the other shelves and was gone.
On 2nd floor another guy with streak hair was found with a juice bottle and roaming in children clothing section and was looking at people around than any item and when I being vigilant saw him and he noticed my observation, he also went away from there

Such people have now entered places women and kids visits often and normally move freely feeling secured. Which is now no more because of such people keeping an eye on them.
There is no possibility that management can keep track of every individual.. Ofcourse they will cooperate and can fill the security at certain limits but such people are now roaming freely.
The entire message is while we are at public places, please stay vigilant.. look after your kids and keep them close to you. Do needful by being vigilant. They are observing attitudes around so they can do their job freely.
Either pick pockets, kidnapping or even harassing .. just be alert!!

In no way there is any blame to supermarkets or malls. It’s together we need to combat such incidents by being alert.
Take care of yourself and kids please especially when you go out with kids.
Fwd as received

dikhā.ī diye yuuñ ki be-ḳhud kiyā
hameñ aap se bhī judā kar chale

دکھائی دیئے یوں کہ بے خود کیا
ہمیں آپ سے بھی جدا کر چلے

When I saw You (God) I lost all sense of self
I forgot my own identity

For those who remember the Smita Patil & the film Bazaar (1982), directed by Sagar Sarhadi, Lata Mangeshkar sang these verses to the unforgettable music of Khayyam. Interestingly, these verses are by Meer Taqi Meer!

Mir Muhammad Taqi Mir (February 1723 – 20 September 1810), also known as Mir Taqi Mir or Meer Taqi Meer, was an Urdu poet of the 18th century Mughal India, and one of the pioneers who gave shape to the Urdu language itself. He was one of the principal poets of the Delhi School of the Urdu ghazal and is often remembered as one of the best poets of the Urdu language. His takhallus (pen name) was Mir. He spent the latter part of his life in the court of Asaf-ud-Daulah in Lucknow.

To hear a recital and explanation of his couplets, please see these 2 videos by Joy of Urdu:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6IBD6Esd7A
https://www.facebook.com/joyofurdu/videos/2244978429049731/

The main source of information on Mir's life is his autobiography Zikr-e-Mir, which covers the period from his childhood to the beginning of his sojourn in Lucknow. However, it is said to conceal more than it reveals, with material that is undated or presented in no chronological sequence. Therefore, many of the 'true details' of Mir's life remain a matter of speculation.

Mir was born in Agra, India (then called Akbarabad and ruled by the Mughals) in August or February 1723. His grandfather had migrated from Hejaz to Hyderabad State, then to Akbarabad or Agra. His philosophy of life was formed primarily by his father, Mir Abdullah, a religious man with a large following, whose emphasis on the importance of love and the value of compassion remained with Mir throughout his life and imbued his poetry.

Mir's father died while the poet was in his teens. Mir left Agra for Delhi a few years after his father's death, to finish his education and also to find patrons who offered him financial support (Mir's many patrons and his relationship with them have been described by his translator C. M. Naim).

Some scholars consider two of Mir's masnavis (long narrative poems rhymed in couplets), Mu'amlat-e-ishq (The Stages of Love) and Khwab o Khyal-e Mir ("Mir's Vision"), written in the first person, as inspired by Mir's own early love affairs, but it is by no means clear how autobiographical these accounts of a poet's passionate love affair and descent into madness are. Especially, as Frances W. Pritchett points out, the austere portrait of Mir from these masnavis must be juxtaposed against the picture drawn by Andalib Shadani, whose inquiry suggests a very different poet, given to unabashed eroticism in his verse.

(Pritchett, Frances W. (1 September 1979). "Convention in the Classical Urdu Ghazal: The Case of Mir". Columbia.edu website)

Mir lived much of his life in Mughal Delhi. Kuchha Chelan, in Old Delhi was his address at that time. However, after Ahmad Shah Abdali's sack of Delhi each year starting 1748, he eventually moved to the court of Asaf-ud-Daulah in Lucknow, at the ruler's invitation. Distressed to witness the plundering of his beloved Delhi, he gave vent to his feelings through some of his couplets.

کیا بود و باش پوچھے ہو پورب کے ساکنو
ہم کو غریب جان کے ہنس ہنس پکار کے
دلّی جو ایک شہر تھا عالم میں انتخاب
رہتے تھے منتخب ہی جہاں روزگار کے
جس کو فلک نے لوٹ کے ویران کر دیا
ہم رہنے والے ہیں اسی اجڑے دیار کے

Mir migrated to Lucknow in 1782 and stayed there for the remainder of his life. Though he was given a kind welcome by Asaf-ud-Daulah, he found that he was considered old-fashioned by the courtiers of Lucknow (Mir, in turn, was contemptuous of the new Lucknow poetry, dismissing the poet Jur'at's work as merely 'kissing and cuddling'). Mir's relationships with his patron gradually grew strained, and he eventually severed his connections with the court. In his last years Mir was very isolated. His health failed, and the untimely deaths of his daughter, son and wife caused him great distress.

He died of a purgative overdose on Friday, 21 September 1810. The marker of his burial place was removed in modern times when railway tracks were built over his grave.

Mir's famous contemporary, also an Urdu poet of no inconsiderable repute, was Mirza Rafi Sauda. Mir Taqi Mir was often compared with the later day Urdu poet, Mirza Ghalib. Lovers of Urdu poetry often debate Mir's supremacy over Ghalib or vice versa. It may be noted that Ghalib himself acknowledged, through some of his couplets, that Mir was indeed a genius who deserved respect. Here are two couplets by Mirza Ghalib on this matter.

Reekhta ke tum hī ustād nahīṅ ho ğhālib
Kehte haiṅ agle zamāne meṅ koī mīr bhī thā

You are not the only master of Rekhta, Ghalib
They say there used to be a Mir in the past

—Mirza Ghalib
Ghalib apna yeh aqeeda hai baqaul-e-Nasikh
Aap bey behrah hai jo muataqid-e-Mir nahi

Ghalib! It's my belief in the words of Nasikh[11]
He that vows not on Mir, is himself unlearned!

—Mirza Ghalib
Ghalib and Zauq were contemporary rivals but both of them believed the superiority of Mir and also acknowledged Mir's superiority in their poetry.

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