Golden Anniversary/Friends

We started 1952 our friendship with our admission to medical school
Our names start with last of the alphabets so we got booked this way (my name with W, wahaj and others with Z one of them with S).

First about the second picture below--- see carefully
The upper exposure in the second picture, was taken 1955-56 and the lower one 2004 (Christmas day)

Now the first (upper) photo---
Benazir's untimely death creating unhealthy circumstances, cancelled our programs that were schduled on 28th and 30th Dec. 2007 in Lahore.
To cut the story short we got together on 30th of Dec. in Gujranwala, our host being a friend who has for 50+ years been trying to get into our five's group but something or the other keeps him from it. You are wondering why?
Well, firstly his name begins with A which is far removed from Z or W or S. Second they divided our batch of 100 to 110 students (in those days) into two groups batch A and batch B. So our friend with A fell into A batch and whether you can appreciate it or not there is a huge difference in the two batches. The A were tempramentally very different group than those of us in the B. I know you are shaking your head but it is true and I cant go into more details, you have to just believe me. Now read on---
Well, here was a good chance for our friend with A to join us as he played our host in Gujranwala. Now this was a gesture we could not resist and of course he is an excellent host and a generous one.
So you see this photo taken by S, (so he is not in) and you see we are discussing after a sumptuous dinner at his "joint" (but seriously he has a very comfortable and cosy home)
So it does appear to be historic occasion.
We have played this a continuing pun but the fact is we have had a sincere and long lasting friendship even though our professional and personal lives have been somewhat varied. Yes we are all thankful to the Almighty for allowing us to enjoy each other's company and in relatively good health, like one of my older friends once said "Allah ka shukr hay baghair baisakhiyon kay chal laita hoon" . This all is from His Grace that we are still able to do. So we thank Him profusely when we meet together.
Going back to 1952, we were sitting in the Jinnah (Lawrence) Gardens (the five of us) when I placed this suggestion of friendship for each of us to tell all the 'secrets' of our lives to become close friends as we were going to be together for a minimum of 5 years before graduating. We have by the Grace of God shared our lives ever since then and helped each other whenever we could and kept close contact as much as we could, no matter where we lived.