A Family Found Their Lost 350,000 Rupees In A Garbage Dump; Thanks To These Honest People

As it is the wedding season in Pakistan, a Karachi based family was also busy with wedding shenanigans at their house recently.

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It was all bhangra and rasgullay until they found out an envelope containing Rs. 350,000 was missing from their home.

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After the initial shock passed, the family matriach, like every sharp-minded desi mom realized that the envelope must’ve gotten thrown in the garbage.

However, after going through every bin their house, the family found nothing.

Almost PKR 350,000/- in an envelope went missing from our home after a wedding on 8 Feb 20.
After house search my mother thought it must've got thrown away in garbage.
We searched dustbins of our flats but found nothing.
On 10 Feb 20, my brother went to the kid on the right >> pic.twitter.com/Yw7KO5618m

— Inam (@mani_hahs) February 12, 2020

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The family then contacted the kid who collects their garbage, hoping that he might know the whereabouts of the garbage bags that had been disposed off earlier.

The kid took them to a location in Karachi’s famous Sohrab Goth where the city’s garbage gets dumped.

side of picture, as this kid comes to pick our daily garbage and told him the story. The kid took my brother to Sohrab Goth where they dump all the garbage and introduced his father to my brother. This person sitting in between gave all the possible hope and then he along with >>

— Inam (@mani_hahs) February 12, 2020

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Well, to no shock, the family was left hopeless after seeing the endless sea of garbage at the site.

They soon left Sohrab Goth with no hope of recovery even though their garbageman assured them that he would search his heart out.

my brother went out to dumping station where his son has dumped the garbage of 9 February 2020 ( it was three bag full of garbage). He took my brother's number and promised that they will search their heart out and if they found anything they will give it back to us, however >>

— Inam (@mani_hahs) February 12, 2020

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I mean I’ve never even found my lost pennies, so it made a lot of sense to give up the hope of locating Rs. 350,000 from a garbage dump!

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BUT as luck would have it, the honest garbageman returned to the family’s house in the afternoon and – yes you guessed it! – returned the envelope with all money intact!

after seeing the huge garbage my brother went hope less and came back to home.

AT 3PM our door bell rang and this old man along with his kids were at our door having the envelope of cash in his hands which he handed over to my mother. >>

— Inam (@mani_hahs) February 12, 2020

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The family immediately offered the garbageman some money as a token of their gratitude, which he accepted only very reluctantly.

The envelope was full. Nothing, not even a single rupee was short.
My mother offered him a token of appreciation which he refused but on insisting he took very small amount. This act made me speechless. #MONEYISNOTEVERYTHING. #ShareToAware
(Shared by Abbas Naqvi)

— Inam (@mani_hahs) February 12, 2020

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What a rollercoaster ride it must’ve been for the family!

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