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I was swiftly picked up by some MEN in BLACK whom i don't know when i tried to take a snap of of an old relic at the GRAND TRUNK road in Rawalpindi Saddar on Aug 20,2009. I did not know that by taking a simple snap i had jeopardized god forbid the national security or something like that. The officials were professional and my repeated requests of innocence fell on deaf ear. 

 They embarked upon a full scale investigation against me. First they decided to lock me up, however when i told that i was an Intern in the nearly located Central Bank of the country they decided to take me right to the office for verification. My embarrassment was beyond description when i was taken to the Incharge there with my fellow interns standing in amusement. However the In-charge flatly refused and didn't give any guaranty for me. 

 My captors were overjoyed and tried to impress me how powerful they were. Then they ask me whether i have any relative in the town to which i told about my brother who was working in the Government. One of the them was ordered by the his boss to go along with me right to my brother place of duty and make sure that I am not an enemy's agent. The guy took me on bike and after a while told me that he knew i am an innocent student, however according to him my misbehavior with him and his boss was causing me this trouble. After seeing the place of duty of my brother the guy didn't bother to meet him and asked me to wait. 

 After sometimes he came back with my cellphone however they erased the memory of it. It resulted loss of the pictures which we had taken the other day while on our official trip to a park in the capital.  wash my cell's memory card which caused my collections to go in air. 
MORAL: Keep your head and eyes down at your toes while walking past any Garrison area in Pakistan :)

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