REPLY TO ABOVE

To,

The Advertiser No. 826333,

C/o The Times of Pakistan,

Islamabad.

Dear Sir,

With reference to your advertisement for a suitable bride I have the honour to send you the following details about my daughter:-

  1. Age—20 Years.
  2. Height—-5 Feet.
  3. Colour dark maroon very fair.
  4. Education—B.Sc.
  5. Caste—Sheikh Siddiqi
  6. Health Capsal good, never suffered from any disease.
  7. Employed in Allama Iqbal Institute of Arts getting Rs. 3,000/- a month.
  8. Brothers—three, one a bank manager, second a doctor, third a college professor.
  9. SIsters–two; married, one to a Civil Engineer; the other to a Major in the Army.
  10. Father—retired, getting a pension of Rs. 2500/- a month.
  11. We live in our own house at A / 222, Defence Colony, Lahore.

Should you feel inclined to proceed further in the matter, kindly send details about yourself along with a photo so that we can make up our minds.

Yours faithfully,

Rasheed Ahmed Siddiqi.

A SOFT WORD TURNETH AWAY WRATH

Dear Shehla,

Of all the girls that are so smart

There’s none like pretty Shehla;

She is the Darling of my heart,

And lives in our ally.

Why are you angry with me, Shehla? I have done nothing to offend you. My only guilt is that I love you. If you are angry with me because I love you, I confess my guilt. But I will continue to be guilty. Just because I can not help otherwise. If you also cannot help being angry with me then I will become your anger even. I would rather welcome a harsh word from you than no word at all. Darling, I love you. When can I come around and see you?

Yours forever,

Nazim.

REPLY TO ABOVE

To,

Box No. 25894,

C/o The Times of Pakistan,

Islamabad.

Dear Madam,

With reference to your advertisement I offer myself as a candidate for marriage and gie the following facts about myself:-

  1. Age–33 Years.
  2. A Punjabi youth—christan.
  3. Colour—very fair.
  4. Height—5’5″
  5. Education—M.Sc.
  6. Employment—Lecturer in Quaid-i-Azam College, Hyderabad, getting Rs. 45000/-
  7. The only child of my parents.
  8. Mother—dead.
  9. Father—Deputy Director of Agriculture, Punjab.
  10. Own landed property in the Punjab.
  11. Early marriage desired.

Further information, if desired, shall be sent and also a copy of photograph on response from your side. Kindly send your details, also a photograph now, if interested.

Yours faithfully,

Joseph Masih.

FROM A GIRL’S FATHER TO A BOY

Dear Mr. Nasir,

Please stop paying attentions to my daughter. I do not want to bring shame on my house and honour. I can never approve of your marriage with her. So why waste your time? I am sorry to say this but things have happened as they have. In all circumstances I advise you not to try to contact Huma again. It is unfortunate and it may cause you pain, but my mind is made up. Having discussed the position thoroughly with her, I have taken this first opportunity of giving you this wise warning. May I hope that you believe in ‘a word to the wise.’

Yours sincerely,

Zahid Ali.

WANTED YES OR NO

Dear Salma,

We have had long correspondence and also we have met several times but I have failed to get any positive repsonse from you so that I do not know at all where do I stand in the matter. Kindly let me know frankly whether you want to marry me or not?

Yours sincerely,

Wasim.

Dear Jafar,

I have waited patiently for your summer vacation. I have waited for three long months. Now I can wait no more. Sweet Jafar, I want to be with you all the time. Why don’t you see my parents immediately and talk things straightaway. I shall be there to support you. mummy is agreeable already.

Yours,

Razia.

REPLY TO ABOVE

Dear Wasim,

You have paid me the greatest tribute any girl can receive, and the least I can do is to give you my answer promptly and frankly. I am sorry, the answer is No. Please excuse me for having wasted your time and given you false hopes. Actually I did not know the answer myself. Only yesterday I came to the final decision that we cannot be happy in marriage due to irreconcilability between temperaments of both of us. We have too many sharp edges of character and I don’t think we shall be able to fit well into each other’s life. Please excuse me for having disappointed you.

Yours faithfully,

Salma.

NEITHER YES NOR NO

My Dear Niyaz,

Your letters have puzzled me greatly. I have written you long letters. I have poured out my heart to you but you are still an enigma to me. I don’t know whether you love me at all? Please be frank.

Yours eternally,

Gulnar.