Tera Naam - تیرا نام
عشق کی بیخدی سے کہاں جام اچھا ہے
دنیا کے ناموں میں فقط تیرا نام اچھا ہے
ہم تو مرتے بھی نہ تھے نہ جیتے تھے
پوچھا جو تم نے تو کہا حال اچھا ہے
چلتے ہوئے نہ سوچا کہ کانٹے ہونگے
توجو ہمسفر تھا سوچا خیال اچھا ہے
My Brother Munawer Ahmad Nadeem
It’s so hard to imagine a world without Bhai Jaan, and yet here we are. I feel like I’ve lost my father twice. He was always there, someone I could consult when facing tough decisions. He always stopped me from wavering. Every two weeks or so, he would call just to check on me… “Sab theek hai? Tum theek ho?” I would try to do the same, but he always had the upper hand. I’m trying to remember things about him that I can write down, and I realise that apart from some memories I know very little about him. He was eighteen years my senior, so I didn’t share a childhood with him the way my elder brother and sister did. He was righteous and firm on moral principles. If he thought you were wrong, he would tell you directly, but with sincerity. As for me, he guided me and often pointed out things to me like an elder should. I remember when I was in 3rd grade, Bhai Jaan used to have his coats hanging, and there was always a chocolate bar in one of the pockets. Every day I would eat it, but the ...
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