05/11/2025
This closed shop belongs to a Hindu who, at the time of the Partition of India, left for India with great sorrow. Before leaving, he wept and told the people of the village, “I am leaving this shop with you as a trust I will return one day.”
In Loralai, Balochistan, this shop still stands locked with the same padlock that the Hindu himself fastened before his departure, taking the key with him to India. Seventy eight years have passed, yet the shop remains closed and untouched.
The landlord, who was a Pashtun, has also passed away. Before his death, he made a will to his children, instructing them never to break the lock, saying, “This shop is a trust belonging to a Hindu who promised to return. I gave him my word that the shop would remain closed until his return.”
Even today, the landlord’s descendants have never touched that lock, though they know well that the Hindu man is no longer alive. The shop now stands as a symbol of loyalty and trust a testament to the promise between a Hindu and a Muslim, and to the Pashtun’s steadfast honor in keeping his word.
Don't know its real or not, but thing seems to be true!