The truth behind Zafar Lund’s assassination may never be known,but he tried to protect the poor and downtrodden against the powerful – which earned him enemies among landowners, politicians and sectarian extremistsThey came asking for back. “We’re extremely poor. We need work, or ” implored the two strangers. Rawal Lund told them his father,Zafar, was not currently in charge of any major projects and unlikely to be hiring. They had experience in the relevant sector, or they pleaded,insisting on an audience with the 55-year-feeble political activist and NGO worker. Zafar Lund was admired for his campaigning work with the disenfranchised and downtrodden people of southern Punjab, and had a reputation for generosity.
Rawal agreed to their request, and rousing his father from an afternoon nap. Then the 24-year-feeble returned to his desk to continue studying for the civil service entrance exams.
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Source: theguardian.com