Tragically, the dream didn’t come true. The 45-year-old took the dream to his grave. He died with 19 others in Friday’s bomb explosion onboard the bus carrying government employees on Charsadda Road.
Rashid was a teacher at the Government High School City No. 4 Kakshal, in Peshawar. He had suffered serious injuries to his spinal cord when the same route bus was bombed on June 8, 2012.
He spent all his savings on the treatment of his wounds and ran into financial troubles.
“Today he had received a cheque for Rs100,000 in compensation. He was very happy. He said he would repay his debts,” his friend and colleague Jamal Nasir told The Express Tribune.
“Before boarding the bus, he ranged up his wife and told her that he would return home after depositing the money in a local bank.”
After running into financial troubles, Rashid had shifted his family to his native village of Umar Zai, in Charsadda, as he could not afford to keep them in Peshawar. He commuted between Charsadda and Peshawar daily, even though doctors had advised him against too much travelling.
Friday’s blast left his and many other families shattered.
Horrific scenes were witnessed at Peshawar’s main medical facility, the Lady Reading Hospital, where most of the causalities were brought. Friends and families of the victims were seen wailing and crying at the Accident and Emergency Department of the hospital.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 28th, 2013.
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What is "ranged up"? just need to run a simple spell checker for spelling & grammar mistakes
One of the most sad story I ever read. May his soul rest in peace.
Any brilliant statement by IK?He has an uncanny ability to rub salt into the wounds of the sufferers.
It had been happening all around the globe. For decades ( if not tracking centuries ).
Human life never had any value in the eyes of the terrorist.
Only difference is that now we Pakistanis get to realize this.
What the Boznians , the Palestinies , the Muslims of South East Asia , the Africans and many other unfortunate nations had been crying and cursing over for the last few decades , we get to have a taste of it now.
And the roots lie in the GLOBAL human greed for money , land and power . PROSPERITY they call it. DEVELOPED NATIONS they consider themselves to be.
We should pray for ALL THE PEOPLE who died like this. That is the least which we should do.