From Shangla to Islamabad a story of Father

Islamabad: Muhammad Rafque In the late sixties with short beard, looking very simple hardworking mountain man. He wears Pakhtuns traditional white cap wondering along with younger son in Sector F-10 Islamabad. They lost way.

In hands he holds tight, a plastic envelope, with few photo copies of domicile and certificates. He wants to recruit his son Sami-ullah in a government department but unaware from any process.

Rafque belong to a small village of Puran, subdivision tehsil of Shangla District Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. A district where world youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai, famous activist for human rights advocacy and education also belong too.

On August 12 Rafique Kaka came with hope to meet prime minister special adviser Amir Muqam. He went to Muqam house but unfortunately failed to meet. Rafque kaka spent Saturday night in Muqam house. The security guards told that he is away from home. His staff didn’t tell him Amir Muqam where about.

 On Saturday morning around 9:00 am, I was on the way to office for routine duty.  I met Rafque kaka accidently. He was mumbling. When i listen to him carefully he was talking to someone asking for Peshawar Adda. A place where he can find village Bus. Unwillingly he wants to go home.

 I start talking in Pashto. He turn back, breathes with relief and said to me in sweet rough accent Pashto, mostly speaks in Upper Dir, Swat and Shangla. To make him easy I introduce myself. He thanks God to find a pakhtun in city he don’t know anything.

He started telling me his story. “We are poor and serve Amir Muqam family for many years. My son Samiullah passes inter. To support family now he needs job. Amir Muqam is only source he can access can help to find a job for his son.”

He was belongs to a poor family. In very rainy days he supports his son to get education. When his son successfully passed Matric, the family didn’t afford tuition fee and even no money to buy new books. Due to financial problems kaka was against his education.

 Kaka said there is no job in my son fate. His family need food not education, in disappointment mood he said, now his son will work in Baluchistan Coal mine. A large number of coal mine labor belongs to Shangla. He was discourage and worried about family future.

In the mean time we reach to G-9 Markaz know as Karachi Company, where I guide sate him in121 no van that leads to Sabzi Mandi where he can find Bus to Mingora then to shangla. In mini Bus he was looking me carefully. Muttering in Pashto, I said goodbye to Kaka. After leaving Kaka I was thinking about his family, the future of Samiullah.

There are lots of flows in our system; most of the people in our country are unaware about their basic rights. They find solution of their problems from parliamentarian. From police stations, schools, hospitals, Gas, electricity, drinking water, roads and jobs from their MP’s.

In every election political demagogies foul thousands of Muhammad Rafique Kaka. There is dire need of awareness among the masses. Every citizen should be informing from basic rights. Instead of visiting political houses everyone should need to aware from every process. Parliamentarian must regulate laws and provide easy system to the citizen.