When I was working for Daily Ummat Karachi, my editor assigned me to cover condolence reference of the late General (r) Hamid Gul organised his friends and family members in Karachi's Steel Town. Believe me, only 12 people were there. As the event ended, I came to office..
...and filed a story that "Only 12 people attended the condolence reference of a famous retired General who recently passed away". The news editor came straight to the reporter desk and uttered the questions. "Why you filed this shit. Are you interested in work here....
He ordered "file the story again". However, I carefully read the story and refiled it to the news desk. A few moments later what had happened was unexpected and unacceptable.(This story next time). But the day next I was reading the story, "thousands of people attended the event"
Another thing worth mentioning here is that among the 12 who attended the condolence event, one was I and another was Ummat's news editor.
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