Rave

By Shahid Rizvi

You?  You accuse me of heading a ‘Qabza’ group.  How dare you, who are you, President, Prime Minister, Agency man, A writer, A Journalist.  No Then, who are you.  A common man.  Go to hell or I will send you to hell.

Idiot, a common man. You do not know how to live. Do you want me to live like you?  An underdog! Who cares for you? Like you, who does not have Atta, rice, sugar No foodstuff, and no money to purchase?  You don’t have a Rupee to buy Aspirin for your suffering child. Like you who have no shelter, live in slums, no clean water. A victim of every Constable, Officer, Peon, and Clerk.  One who walks miles on foot to reach his office for duty.  No, my dear fools, no. Whatever, you may like to say – Qabza group or anything.  

I, like as an intelligent respectable Pakistani, live. I have gained through my wisdom.  I made intensive efforts to find out a plot with the hutment on it.  I paid my men to get it vacated with the least force.  I heavily paid for the document fabrication to the concerned officials of the concerned department. When the plot became legally mine, I sold it out.  My efforts and intellect and money were involved.  Small plots with small costs bigger plots with bigger costs.  All legal. I can now eject anybody from his own house, get documents transferred, fabricated in my name, and sell it. The owner’s complaint will go to waste.  I can even implicate him in a murder case if I want to.  But I have never done so. I show mercy to you and you blame me.  I have collected millions of rupees and I have served the nation with this money.  I have purchased the vast property which people occupy on rent and use it. I am an intellectual.  I have paid money to starve writers to write books showing my name on the Title.  I am a spiritual leader of a set created by my men and money.  I am not a politician, but I pay them when they are in need at the time of elections.  I have foreign exchange and I pay a cheque whenever Prime Ministers need donations!

I have links with high up give me tips to earn crores, which is certainly shared by them also. I am not a bureaucrat I am not a bureaucrat but do much better.  I serve the nation more, in a better way.  And you foolish common man, what you do. Nothing.  Pakistan was made for two classes – Qabza group and the common man.  In every work of life, there is a Qabza group – Urban and rural, land, drug, industry, trade, foodgrains, transport, religion, government offices, hospitals, education – wherever you go you will find Qabza group.  The economics and politics and all are run by the same Qabza group.  What? What did you say? Shame on me? Curse on Qabza group. You are a duffer.  

If we are cursed, then this country is cursed. “Shame on us but curse on you, the common man.”