Tufail Aziz

"Kindness in the Shadows"

It was a cold November evening, and the streets of Karachi were unusually quiet. The drizzle had driven most people indoors, and the dim streetlights barely lit the cracked pavement. Ahmad, a university student, walked briskly with his backpack slung over one shoulder. He had stayed late in the library preparing for his final exams and had missed the last bus to his neighborhood. With only a few hundred rupees in his wallet, a taxi was out of the question.