 | No, we are not making this up. |
LAHORE: The start of any festival or public holiday seems to launch the youngsters of Lahore in a frenzy of gaiety. The holidays seem to bring hordes of boys who congregate at all hot spots of the city in search of the fairer sex.
| "Mahmoud, look! An ankle!" |
The girls, not to be outdone, dress themselves in attractive attire to leave the boys jelly-kneed and other ladies green with envy.
| "Holy moly, Achmed, she's a sultry wench! Go on, ask her out. Go on!" |
"Well... Okay... [Pause]... Damn! She turned me down!"
"Well, then, throw this acid in her face!" |
However this gathering of boys looking for the 'forbidden fruit' is a source of great concern to the whole nation. The boys' pursuit of girls at times ends up being annoying and degrading to the opposite sex.
| "Oh ick, Fatima, it's that Achmed again. He's such a loser, he can't even recite the Koran! If only Mahmoud would look at me, just once!" |
The act of eve teasing is widely condemned and considered a nuisance by the public. Mukarram Khan, a lawyer, said he and his family could not go out to shop because of eve teasers standing in every market where women shop, adding that sometimes, taking pride in their numbers, they would intentionally row with a male member of the family. Mr Khan while narrating an incident said a group of eve teasers upset his family in Defence Market and when he tried to stop them, some of the youngsters quarrelled with him and fled.
| "Jes' you wait, mister! I'm gonna go git my pa, and he has an AK!" |
Fatima Khan, an employee of Message Communication, said that the boys should respect the opposite sex, as morality demands it, adding that they should not be oblivious to the fact that they have families too. Ms Khan said parents play a pivotal role and should keep an eye on their children when it comes to going out with out reason.
| Especially since you can get stoned in Pakland. |
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