Ye taqreeban tees saal pehle ki baat hai, Al-Haaj Shameem ud Din behtayat wazeer tahsil Thul se rukn Sindh assembly, Sardar Sarki ki dawat par kisaanon ko malikana haqooq ke certificate dene Jacobabad gaye. Al-Haaj Sahab iss safar ka aehwal yun bayan karte hain: "Hum Jacobabad ke mazafati ilaqe ki janib gamzan thay. Doraan safar ek baar mud kar dekha to pichle mor par police mobile ruk chuki thi. Apni gari ke driver se kaha ke aahista ho jao' police mobile bohat peechay reh gayi hai. Sardar Sarki gari mein mere saath thay' kehne lagay 'Sain chale chalo, is sarak par us mor se agay police nahi aayegi. Yeh police aur dhaareyl (dacoit) ke group ka muahida hai." Jab hum ijtima gah pohanchay to kya dekhta hoon ke chhe saat sehatmand lambay tarrangay badi badi pagriyan bandhay log jin ke galon mein riflein latakay thay, kamar aur sine par goliyon ki beltain bandhi hui thi aur ajarkein kandhon par dhari thay, chalte hue agli saf tak aaye. Unhe dekh kar sare afsar aur moazzizin ihterama khare hogaye. Muntazimeen ne unhe agli saf mein bithaya. Mein ne Sardar Sarki se poocha ke yeh koi wadere ya sardar hain? Sardar Sahab ne bataya 'Yehi daaku (dhaareyl) hain. Aap se milne aaye hain.' Khane ke baad woh log stage par mujh se musafaha karke wapas apni nashistoon par beth gaye. Mein sochta raha gaya ke is ilaqe mein qanoon naam ki koi cheez hai ya nahi? Mujrim hamesha kyunkar hukoomat aur waziron par asar andaz hote hain, is silsile mein Al-Haaj ek mamooli ahlikaar ke tabadlay ki rudaad bayan karte hain. Tab woh wazir mahnat bhi thay. Kehte hain ke mukhtalif idaroon aur tanzeemon ki taraf se unhe shikayat mili ke baaz lebr inspector bilawaja apne ikhtiyaarat se tajawuz karte hain. Chuna cheh unhe takleef deh surat-e-haal ka samna karna parta hai. Is par unhone lebr inspectors ka ek ijlaas bulakar unhe samjhaaya ke woh durust tareeqe se kaam karein aur yeh jaan lein ke jahan se badboo uthayegi, wahi nazar jaegi aur giraft bhi hogi. Chand inspectors guzashta barah baras se ek hi ilaqe mein kaam kar rahe thay. Unhone hukm diya ke unhe kisi doosre ilaqe mein bhej diya jaaye. Un mein se ek inspector Mughal nami ahdad daar ilaqa SITE mein kaafi arse se tainaat tha. (Yeh Karachi ka sab se bada sanaati ilaqa hai) Jab unhone is ke tabadlay ka zikr kiya to secretary lebr ka kehna tha 'Sir! Aap usay na chheerein, yeh pahaar hain yeh apna tabadlay rukwa lein ge, aap ki aur meri baat bhi kharab hogi.' Al-Haaj Sahab ko lebr secretary ki baat sun kar taajub hua ke ek inspector itna taqatwar hosakta hai, iss se pura muhakma khofzada ho jaaye. Hatta ke muhakma iss ka tabadlay karne se gharizaan hai. Al-Haaj Sahab ne secretary se kaha 'Is ko ilaqa Meher mein bhejwa dijiye. Baad mein jo kuch hua, mein dekh loon ga aur muhakme ke waqar par koi aanch nahi aane doonga.' Lihaza fori tor par us ka transfer order jaari kar diya gaya. Inspector Mughal ko jis din parwana muntaqili mila, woh seedha Al-Haaj Sahab ke daftar aaya. Un ke secretary, Shah Mansoor Aalam ke samne jeb se kanga nikala aur balon mein phairte hue kaha 'Jitni deer mein, mein balon mein kanga karta hoon' utni deer mein mera transfer order cancel ho jaaye ga.' Phir nihayat raazdari se kaha ke wazir sahab ko keh den, yeh hukm waapas lein, mein unhe ek saal mein karor pati banadunga.'woh yeh bhool gaya tha ke har ek us ki tarah paisay ka yaar nahi aur us ka wasta alhaj sahib se pada tha jin ki eman dari ki misalain di jati thi. ek baar alhaj sahib ki diyanat dari ke mutaliq sabiq governor sindh, general (r) moinuddin hyder ne kaha tha ''mujhe is mulk mein sau eman dar afraad mil jayein to is mulk ki koiya palat doon. abhi tak ek aadmi mila hai woh hain alhaj shameemuddin.'' jab crore pati banane ki baat alhaj sahib ke notes mein lai gayi to unhone is inspector ko daftar se nikaal diya aur use muntazir kiya ke agar woh dobara yahan aaya to naukri se bhi haath dhona parega. us par woh peir patakta chala gaya. baad azan inspector ne un ke ilaqe ke har ek muslim league worker se sifarish karwai aur dabao dala ke us ka tabadla mansookh kar diya jaye. hatta ke wazir sahib ke driver ko television aur vc r dene ki peshkash ki takay woh alhaj sahib ko raazi karle. ek din raat ko bara bajay alhaj sahib ghar pohanchay to peer sahib manki shareef ko tashreef farma dekha. unhone mehmaan ko khush aamdeed kaha aur un ki chai waghera se tawadu ki. lekin is waqt alhaj ki hairat ki inteha nahi rahi jab doran guftagu peer sahib khare hogaye aur daman phela kar bole ''aaj mein aap se kuch mangne aya hoon.'' alhaj sahib ne qadarta sharmindgi mehsoos ki aur un ke ghutne chhokar kaha ke hukm kejiye. un ka khayal tha ke woh liberal ke sath sath wazir auqaf, zakat aur haj bhi hain la-hazashaayad. peer sahib kisi ko zakat ya mahkama auqaf mein zilaai ya soobai khatib lagwane ki baat karenge. magar unhone is ke baraks kaha ''aap moghal inspector ka tabadla na karein.'' alhaj shameemuddin yeh sun kar hairan rahe gaye. beharhal unhone kaha ke aap khair se islamabad tashreef le jaiye. mein insha'allah is maslay par ek do roz mein nazarsani karloonga. tab aap ko itla mil jaye gi chana cheh peer sahib duaain dete hue rukhsat hogaye. agle hi din alhaj sahib ko phir hairani aur pareshani ka samna karna pada. jab woh ghar pohanchay to markazi wazir auqaf, mister trin jin ka talluq balochistan se tha, un ke muntazir the. woh bhi is rashi inspector ki sifarish karne aaye the. alhaj sahib ne peer sahib ki tarah yaqeen dahi ke sath unhein bhi rukhsat kar diya. ab to sifarishon ka silsila daraaz hota chala gaya. is hi bare mein ba-asar afrad ke telephone bhi aaye. baqol alhaj sahib aisa maloom hota tha jaise is tabadlay ki wajah se siyasi aur samaji halqon mein bhonchal agaya ho. idhar is inspector ne mahkame se chhutti le li aur duty dene miliar nahi gaya. is rase kashi mein islamuddin sheikh ka phone aya. musawaf wafaq mein wazir the. un ke peer sahib pagara aur mohammad khan junejo wazir aala se zaati talluqat the (unhein baad mein wazarat se sabkadosh kar diya gaya). unhone nihayat kark dhaar awaz mein kaha ''alhaj! inspector ka tabadla mansookh kar do.'' alhaj sahib ne kaha ''mein yeh mamla dekh loonga.'' unhone nihayat badtameezi se kaha ''karta ya nahi ya mein phir koi aur tareeqa ikhtiyar karo?' alhaj sahib ne kaha ''abhi karta hoon, use mere paas bhej dein.'' thori dair baad jaise hi woh inspector daftar mein dakhil hua alhaj shameemuddin ne usay buri tarah danta, phatkaara aur apne amley se kaha ke foran secretary leبرko bulao takay is ko naukri se barkhast kiya jaye. yeh sunte hi inspector aah wazari karne laga. alhaj shameem ul deen kehne lage: "ab tumhari mulazmat yunhi bach sakti hai ke tumne jis jis se safarish karayi hai, usay phone karo aur kaho ke mera kaam wazir sahab ne kar diya aur mein khush hoon." is par inspector larzaan o tarsaan utha aur har safarshi ko phone kar ke darj bala jumlay dohraaye. baad azan woh apni duty per hazir ho gaya. yun alhaj sahab ki dileri o raast baazi ne ek be iman aur be qabu jan ko botul mein band kar diya.