War Wounded Halima Seeks PM’s Help

Pinaky Roy :

Halima khatun ,a domestic help how lost her one eye to firing by the pakistani occupation forces during the war of Liberation in 1971, has sought help of the prime Minister as the has been passing her days in unbearable miseries for the long time . Daughter of late Abdul Hakim of Ujan char village under  Iswargang upazila in Mymensingh district , Halima was injured seriously  at the age of only five when her Father was filling the village talking her on his shoulders following the barbaric attack of the pakistani army .

According to Halima , a bullet pierced through her right eye when the pakistani occupation forces opened fire on the fleeing family of Halima . Her grandfather Tofazzal Moral embraced martyrdom in the incident . There house  was burnt to ashes as the Pakistani army torched it .

Halima was later treated at Mymensingh  Charpara Hospital but doctors could not save her right eye .

Her Father Abdul Hakim died two years after the independence as the could not bear the excruciation sufferings of Halima , who is still unmarried as on body wanted to marry her due to her losing an eye .

After  failing to continue her fight against abject poverty at Ujan char , Halima 44 , at last moved to the capital where she had been trudging through harsh conditions of life for 15 years . A tenant of the city’s Zigatola aria , Halima has been passing her days working as a domestic help at different houses in the locality .

“I want door to door including the influential people for help but nobody responded to my appeal . So ,I am now seeking help of the Prime Minister and it is my belief that my appeal for ending miseries will not go unheeded , “said helpless Halima .