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We live in a country, where everyone talks about “right”. The rights of minorities, rights of women, rights of gays, rights of lesbians, rights of animals who get sacrificed in the name of faith, rights of thieves (do not take it political please), and even the rights of killers and terrorists (do not take this one international at all, beseech you!). But, there are one innocent, harmless, sweet species that no one talks about. No one talks about their rights. They are called “immortals”.
Oh, yeah! They exist in Pakistan, just like aliens, and feminists. Let’s not forget “55 rupay kay helicopter” either. But who are they? Do you have any idea? Well, they live among us. We watch them every day. And trust me they are famous. Way more famous than Nasir Khan Jan, and Next Cola, and Chitta Kukkad. Let’s see who they arrrreeee (you might never sleep after reading the rest).
5: The Angel (Mythical ones, not religious ones):
The angels are immortal, right? Yeah, we have one of our own. We don’t need Hollywood for that. Our angel had wings so large that they reached the castles of Hollywood. The Realm of Atlantic echoed with his songs. Still can’t recognize? Come on you! It’s Tahir Shah. ♩Angel Angel, ♪ I’m like an angel ♫ Mankind’s angel ♬Lonely for you. Don’t forget again.
4: The one cursed to act forever:
You must have heard about curses. Let’s take the Aroura for example. She was cursed to sleep forever. Some are cursed to be damned, forever. Some are cursed to live forever, like vampires. Just like that, there is one among us who is cursed to act forever. He was a stable boy. Once a beggar came to his door and asked for something to eat. He just parodied the beggar, and out of anger, the beggar cursed him to keep acting, for an eternity. He never seems to retire. We are all begging him to leave acting, but he won’t, because he can’t. The one and only, Humayun Saeed.
3: The human no bullet could kill:
He does not wear a bulletproof jacket. Not a shirt of carbon-fiber. He is not even bulletproof as Clark Kent was. He gets shot. Once I saw him taking… Let me count. No, I can’t count, he took like a hundred bullets straight into his chest. But not only he lived, but in the next scene, he was performing bhangra. The legend Shaan Shahid that is. *Respect* though.
2: The immortal politician:
There is a person who was many times believed to be dead, and the resurrected the next moment. But the truth is, he was just asleep. Because he can never die. All the people who were born the same year he did, are dead now. Rumors even say that when Muhammad Bin Qasim conquered Deebal, the first person our victor met, was that immortal politician and was forced to have a peg of Bhang. No one knows when he was born, for sure. The same thing could be said about if he will ever die? Or not? Well, he just congratulated Parhlo.com for sending their first satellite into space.
1: The dead who is undead who died but never died:
We have talked about immortals. But the most significant name in the books of immortality that has stirred the supernatural realms even after dying which was not actually dying. He lives in our streets, he haunts our homes, he leaves his bread for the wicked children, and he often walks in your clothes without letting you see that. According to our favorite exorcist, the Van Helsing among the Pindi-Boys, Sheikh Rasheed “he can be seen after twilight every evening, roaming through the slums of Sukkur”. Deep down in our hearts, we all know that he is “Zinda Hai”. I know you have guessed it. Let us not utter that name out loud.
Well now, you “know thy immortals” as you have read it. But, you will never be able to sleep again. They are going to come for you and haunt you, big time. Do not blame me, I warned you. Did I not?
