Murree has been termed as the Queen
of Khosar( Hill range), it has enjoyed this title owing to the natural beauty and
picturesque scenery. Since the time of the British empire it has been a tourist
magnet where people throng in summers to escape the sweltering summer and in winters
they head toward the British era town to get taste of live snowfall.
However, things have got ugly in
recent past, if you were to go to Murree be prepared to get a beating by the
locals who have developed this clout, which is not in control of police or
authority. If you quarreled for high prices, you get your beating. If you
quarreled for unhygienic food be ready to get your fair share of beating. The
positive side which even feminists will appreciate is that the beating is not
gender specific, the wrath befalls upon men and women equally. Whether you are with
friends or with family, if you dared to assail the exorbitant demands on room
rents you have successfully earned yourself a good beating and while they do
that the ladies with the men who are being beaten beseech the barbaric men to
stop but they are enjoying the spree so much that come what may you cannot
escape.
Recently, a video of a lady went
viral on social media in which she and her kids wanted to stay at a hotel and
she was charged the bill and then kicked out without offering the the
facilities for which she paid. If we went back similar stories will surface and
even a boycott movement was started by social media activists but that did not bear
any fruit.
It seems we have accepted the beating as part
and parcel of our “tour de Murree” and in future people who visit from far
flung areas will on their return to their home towns will sit and tell the
stories of their Murree tour to friends like raconteurs do and their friends
will ask them how was the beating and they would answer, ‘it was the best part”
and would recommend others to get a piece of their beating as it has become a
trend and without getting your head opened the trip would seem incomplete.
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