Bashir wiped his spectacles. The cover read: (Pakistan Penal Code – Urdu Translation).
He laughed. "For forty years, I knew a thief is a thief. But now… I see the words. The government wrote down my paanch rules in black and white. So a judge in Islamabad must read the same words as a watchmaker in Multan." pakistan penal code in urdu
Bashir opened the book randomly. His finger trembled as he read (Section 378) in simple, flowing Urdu: "جو شخص بغیر رضامندی کے کسی کی ملکیت میں سے کوئی چیز ناجائز طور پر لے جائے، وہ چور کہلائے گا۔" (Whoever, without consent, dishonestly takes any movable property from another’s possession, is called a thief.) Bashir wiped his spectacles