Mohammed Ammar Bin Yaser
Karachi, 29th September: A group of non-partisan students of Mass Communication department organized a protest rally against, what they say, a harsh and biased verdict meted out to Dr. Aafia Siddiqui’s in US.
The rally was organized by Ahsan Raza Firdausi, a final year student, who enjoys a reputation of being the leader of the politically lazy students of MassComm department.
Ahsan Firdausi, popularly known as Ahsan Bhai, was seen all pumped up, desperate to flaunt the strength of what he called "the non-partisan majority."
To make the rally a success, he coaxed a junior into buying a brand-new mouth speaker, or Bhopoo, for the occasion that cost the kid a whopping Rs. 1200; collected Rs. 10 from students and brought a number chart papers and markers, and made placards.
Girls, with a reputation of good-handwriting, were seen in the lobby, busy scripting the spotless sheets with black markers in English and Urdu. They came up with razor-sharp catchphrases and slogans, condemning the gross injustice done to the daughter of Pakistan.
In the mean time, Ahsan Bhai was found actively stirring up the long-dead conscience of lazy students – pleading them to join the march and make a difference.
By noon, a total of seventeen students agreed to ‘make a difference’. They left the cool and the cozy shadow of the department building and came out under the scorching sun.
Following their leader, they went to the Silver Jubilee Gate, where a handful of bystander joined them. And the protest began.
A number of students spoke ad-lib on the occasion. And the majority peacefully held the placards.
Cognizant of the ever-possible ugly implications for raising his voice on a political issue in KU, Ahsan Bhai, made it a point to loudly declare on the Bhopoo that the rally was purely nonpartisan in nature and was in no way encouraged by any political party.
He, and other speakers who joined the rally on the way, urged responsible citizens to use ‘pressure-building’ tactics and force the government to take necessary steps to bring Dr. Aafia home.
The sun was so torturous that the reporter found it impossible to wait for the event to end. So he left in the middle of the protest, and was later informed that the protest ended peacefully and there was nothing worth reporting about the event further, so Ciao. - AP :P
the subtle humour you put in your post make it a fun read
ReplyDeleteLove how you have tried to incoroporate humor in your piece
ReplyDeleteI felt that "unpolitical" or "gher jaanibdaar" was another label. Just like other parties.
ReplyDeletehahahahaha you and a reporter?! grow up ammar :P
ReplyDeletebesides, i thoroughly enjoyed reading!
You "enjoyed" that was the point larki!!! By the way, I am one of the oldest reporters in the department :p :p
ReplyDeletelolzzz nice job reporter :P :)
ReplyDeletethe oldest reporter shud b more involved in these events :P he shud not make silly excuses to run away during them and he shud certainly not ask others wat happened after he left :P
ReplyDeleteyou know when you're reporting, you should come with titles as short and crispy as possible... just like the name of this blog...
ReplyDeleteyou seem to like Ahsan Bhai a lot... evident from your writing... a reporter should stay neutral no matter how humurous the piece may be...
I appreciate your observation Bilal. I'll keep in mind the points you raised when I post my next blog.Thanks for the comment.
ReplyDelete"razor-sharp catchphrases and slogans"
ReplyDeletelol
who was the kid that bought the bhoopo for 1200 =o
fun reading
Saad from ur class :P
ReplyDeleten wot were u doing in d mean time?? dnt say reporting...cuz u were passing comments on politically hard-working participants :P liked d piece, especially d topic u chose!
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