Khuda Haafiz — Chapter 2 Agni Pariksha

It was then that Ammi Jan opened her eyes. She had been feigning unconsciousness. With a strength that defied her frail body, she grabbed the scalpel by its blade, cutting her own palm, and yanked it toward her—away from her throat, and deep into Rizwan’s wrist.

Sameer touched Nargis’s cheek. “Stay here. If I don’t come out in ten minutes, run. Khuda Haafiz .”

They crossed the border illegally, not as refugees this time, but as shadows. Karachi was a beast of humidity and noise. The hospital was a crumbling colonial building on the edge of Lyari, a place where even the police feared to tread. khuda haafiz chapter 2 agni pariksha

The room went silent. Sameer dropped his weapon. Blood dripped from his brow into his eyes, mixing with sweat.

“I know,” Sameer said. “But it’s your mother. We walk into the fire.” It was then that Ammi Jan opened her eyes

The name hit Sameer like a burning beam. Rizwan. The man who had wanted Nargis, who had set their world ablaze when they refused to bow. Now, he held the last thread of Nargis’s family.

He pushed the door open.

“We walked through the fire,” she said.