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.

POSTNEMENT OF DECISION

Dear Sabir,

You have asked me to reply you you in Yes or No. I fear the question of marriage cannot be answered so simply and so quickly. You must agree that a woman must feel the ground on which she is required to tread before putting her foot down or up. I like you exceedingly. You know that perfectly well. But honestly speaking I do not know yet whether I love you. There is a gulf between loving and liking, also between loving and marrying. I like you but do not know whether I love you, still less whether I can marry you. So do not hurry up a yes-or no decision. The other side of the picture is that you may one day rise and find that I am not quite all you imagine now, and then you may end u in frustration. I should hate to see you hate a thing you look like a cat in the bag. Full knowledge of each other should precede a successful marriage. I know that this she didn’t-say-yes-she-didn’t-say-no business is unsatisfactory but there is no alternative to it. May I make a suggestion? Let’s go on writing to each other as before, and see how it works out in the near future. But no ties yet. If either of us meets anyone else, the other should not grudge. But do not think I have already met someone equal or superior to you. I haven’t met anyone as yet. If I do I’ll tell you at once. I expect you to do the same — for this is my risk as well as yours.

Yours sincerely,

Saira Bano.

Dear Sir,

I acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated: 23rdNov,2023 Please meet me personally to let me know what I can do for your social function.

Yours faithfully,

REPLY TO ABOVE NEGATIVE

Dear Mr. Shahid,

We are sorry to inform you that we are only interested in a lady teacher who can act as a governess of our children and you will not be able to fit our household.

Thanking you all the same.

Yours faithfully,

Nazar Mohammad.