A Pakistani Girl's Story

Thursday, Jan,1st

Oh my God ! You Won't believe what happened diary! Alhamdulilah! Everything is ok now and nobody got seriously injured and that jerk probably got what he deserved. So, it all started at exactly 12 am. I dozed off at around 11 30 pm but woke up with a jolt ! Because of the noises caused by fireworks which were happening in a nearby area just outside of our neighborhood and firing which was happening right next door !
Dhurr dhurr dhurr boom thusss dhurr
and then I heard an
''Ahhhhh'' !!
First thought that crossed my mind was, is that Ahsan who is hurt ?!! Because it sounded like a boy's scream.
I hurried up and went to his room with an speed of 200km/per hour.
he was sitting on his bed and it seemed like he had also just woken up ! He had confused expression on his face and he said to me ''was someone screaming ''? Instead of answering his question I hugged him so hard even he was shaking a little bit. Later he said he wasn't shaking but I know what I saw.
We went to Dadee amaa's room. Dadee amaa opened the door just as we were about to knock on her door.
I have never seen dadee amaa so scared! She was literally crying and when she saw us she hugged us so tight that we temporarily lost our ability to breath ! Dadee amaa said ,
''Alhamdulilah! You both are ok . I thought I heard someone's scream and I just had these horrid thoughts that something might have happened to you kids !'' We said that we also heard an ear piercing scream ! After a few minutes when we collected our selves then dadee amaa pressed a button on the remote which made the bell ring in chacha Raheem's quarter so that he can come and tell us what just happened.
He came and told us that our next door neighbor chacha Aslam's young son Hammad got shot accidentally by another neighbor chacha Kareem's son Moid.
We were horrified ! Hammad is just a little kid. He is probably 9 or 10 years old. Later this morning we came to know the whole story from chacha Raheem which was told to chacha Raheem by chacha Aslam's chowkidaar. Hammad went to see the fireworks on his roof or chath as we Sindhis call it and there he accidentally became target of the bullet. Moid who is just a year or two older than me was being a 'shoda' as usual and was doing 'hawai firing'. He just lost control or something of the huge rifle and the bullet went to chacha Aslam's roof and hit poor Hammad .
Moid is just one of those tough looking jerks who try to look all tough on the outside but are just scaredy little kittens on the inside.
Chacha Aslam took Hammad to the hospital and also called the police .
Thankfully the bullet just grazed Hammad's left upper arm. The police took Moid with him and we get to know that chacha Aslam is not going to press any charges since his kid is not seriously injured but Moid won't be able to use the rifle anymore because the rifle's licence will be canceled and oh his dad also said that he had heard more than enough complaints regarding Moid and will be sending him to a boarding school in Murree! So , that he can learn some manners and discipline.
I am just so happy ! Moid is such a bully and loves to bully little kids. He is a leader of some tough guy gang and his stupid gang take younger kids money. There is a huge ground in our neighborhood where the kids play and it is 'unofficially' run by Moid's gang. His gang charges entry fee to enter the ground. Kids are not only just aren't allowed to play for free but Moid and his gang always decides who was to be given a chance to do bowling and who was to be given a chance to do batting and they always selected their favorites. The other kids were just scared and didn't tell their parents about this injustice. I no longer played there because never really had much interest in cricket which is all that the kids play there but Ahsan who goes there regularly to play cricket was rejoiced to hear this news. We are hoping that without the leader the gang will just be dissolved or something.
Good riddance that's all I am going to say !
Oh another good news is that Baba is coming tomorrow. He called today and told us also he said that he has a big surprise for us. I wonder what the big surprise is ? Ahhh can hardly wait!!!!
That's all for today diary bye !
Oh and a happy new year !!

Note : hey guys. Hope you liked this chapter.
Peace and love.
P.S. Alhamdulilah is an Arabic word which means praise be to Allah(God). So, along with Sindhi and Urdu words I will be using some Arabic words too.
P.P.S. I forgot to mention earlier what does the word chacha mean . Basically it means uncle but here in Pakistan we call any elder chacha it's just a way to show respect for our elders. We call any stranger who is old chacha whether he is related to us or not.