ORDINARY PEOPLE QUOTES
WORD ON THE STREET
M Muhammad Fayaz, Fruit vendor F “ lost my job in a factory this “I y year as they were unable to pay u us and I had to start selling fruit fru in a push cart. We had hoped hop that the electricity shortage shortag would end this year and new businesses would flourish. Unfortunately, that did not happen and here I am.”
Bibi Ayesha, sha, Street child ld “I want to relive my y sister’s wedding! We wore new clothes, ate good e food and she looked beautiful.” l.”
IIltimaz Khan, Rickshaw driver “I had to pull out two of my children from sschool as the claim of free education did not materialise this year either. d That was my biggest loss.” Th
Nusrah Arbab, b, Fashion apparel buyerr “I could relive my birthday. I didn’t have to organise a thing and got to spend a lot of time with my family.” ”
WORD ON What the year 2013
Saeed Khan, Lecturer S “ “The killing of four members of the Bomb Disposal Unit in Peshawar B was heartbreaking. Why have w w we become so immune towards hu human and material loss?”
Hamid Khan, Tailor or “We were given hope thatt loadshedding would end and prices would go down once the new government was sworn in, but nothing has changed so far.” ”
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Uzma Ahmed, Pharmacist “I want to go back in time for the e historical tour I took in Paris with th my husband this year. Best part was that I left the kids at home.”
Zia S Sheikh, Retiree “Th year I had two life “This ch changing moments — I w want to forget about tthe day my younger b brother passed a away and I want to re relive the day my first gra grandson was born.”
Samina Niamat, Saleswoman n “I met the love of my life this year for one day. I never saw him again — I would like to relive thatt ” day again and again.”
Muhammad Fasial, Trader er “I managed to start my own business in 2013 afterr years of unemployment. Now, I hope that the law and order and power situation remains stable, so that business can flourish further.”
Umair Malik, Aspiring Entrepreneur “I broke up with a very annoying girlfriend this year. Can I relive t that day? Pure joy!”
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Mumtaz Qayum,, Domestic Help
“I would like to forget the day when my in-laws TEXT AND PHOTOS: MANAHYL KHAN, took away my three-HIDAYAT KHAN AND MUHAMMAD IRFAN ter year-old from me after DESIGN BY ASIF ALI ecidmy husband and I decided to split. I would love to relive the day he visited me five months later.”
Maham Khan, Student M “I found £900 in a cab this “ y year! Want to relive it again an and again.”
Yasir Khan, Doctor Ya Q Qurban Ahmed, Driver D “ like to relive the day “I’d my wife gave birth to our m ffourth son. We knew our fa family was complete.”
“ “The record turnout in the elections and a the new government in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa K was the most memorable m thing this year.”
T The writers are part of the reporting and editorial team at The Express Tribune DECEMBER 29-JANUARY 4 2013
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