'A political empire, a forbidden love'
Hamdan Gillani, the only son of political leader Samreen Gillani, refuses to fall into the dirty world of politics, and instead fights against corruption, even if it's in the form of his own family. His mother...
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Empower: /ɪmˈpaʊə,ɛmˈpaʊə/
verb
give (someone) the authority or power to do something.
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Hamdan
"It didn't see climatic enough." I muttered. "I feel like she's still going to do something."
"She has been stripped off her powers, of all her authority. Whatever plan she had in place is void now because she has been dethroned." Papa patted my shoulder. "But don't worry, we will still take precautions, okay?"
"I hate this. I wanted her to come to the right path." Seerat Appi spoke softly.
"We tried, Appi. She just didn't want to." I shrugged. I glanced at my watch. "I'm going to go now. I have to take Nayab to the doctor."
We were going to finally confirm our baby's gender today, and although Mama had told me what it was, her word wasn't exactly reliable.
"Take care of her." Hadiqa Aunty told me. "Make sure she remains happy and relaxed nowadays. In Sha Allah, the stressful time in our lives is gone. I pray for nothing but happiness and good health for all of us now. Ameen."
"Ameen." I repeated.
And yet, it was hard to believe that we were all finally going to live peaceful lives.
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Samreen
I was taken to a solitary cell as I was such a high-profile political figure. With my dupatta draped around me, and covering my head, I tried to hide myself as much as possible.
"When a human starts to consider himself or herself as 'God', the end isn't too far." Hamdan had said to me. "And when Allah sees that the zulm has crossed all limits, then no human punishment or no legal punishment can even begin to compare to His wrath. Dado has raised us while reminding us of that repeatedly, considering that we were born in a family of politics."
I was this close to reaching my goal. I was going to be Prime Minister, and now it had all gone up in flames.
A sob escaped my dry lips as I realised that I had finally reached the concluding chapter of my career. I had dreamt that my career would end with my retirement in a beautiful villa abroad, after running successfully as a Prime Minister.
