Abbottabad: The Story of a Lonely Man Living in the Forest for 40 Years

Many people are fond of animals and keep animals at home, but there is a person living in the Hazara division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, who left home for the love of cattle and settled alone in the forest of Galiat for the last 40 years. kept

Despite opposition from his family and ridicule from the people, 55-year-old Muhammad Ibrahim lives with a few cattle in a dilapidated shelter in the forest of Galiat, far from the village, according to his peculiar lifestyle.

Shabby clothes, overgrown hair and nails, which he has never cut in his life, characterize his personality. A wooden hut without doors and walls, with a plastic roof and a few sheep is Ibrahim’s entire universe.

They say that in summer they sleep on top of the hut and in winter inside it among the goats.

Saqib Tariq, a resident of Khan Kalan, a village in the lowlands of Mira Jani Peak, told Independent Urdu: “Muhammad Ibrahim loves animals immensely and this is the reason why he gave up his traditional life and raised his cattle in the forest from childhood. has camped with.

About this unique but unique hobby of Ibrahim, Saqib said: ‘The element of love for animals was present in him from his childhood because Ibrahim’s father had built a pen for sheep near the house, which were grazed. For they used to take him to the forest.’

Ibrahim has neither a wife nor children, however his father is still alive and his half-brother is also with him, but he is reluctant to live with them and socialize due to their separate lifestyle.

Muhammad Ibrahim told Independent Urdu: ‘I love animals, especially sheep and goats, that’s why I like to spend time with them and graze them in the green pastures of the forest.’

According to Saqib, getting to know the cattle and spending time with them had become a routine for Ibrahim and this hobby gradually turned into a growing obsession, which started causing problems in his life and he had to bathe and change his clothes. stopped doing

Ibrahim’s hobby and purpose of life is to graze sheep and goats in the green pastures of the forest wearing the dress of simplicity. It is not that the nearby villagers do not care about their food and drink, but they are mindlessly engrossed in their tunes, unaware of the colors of the world. Their food is dry bread and coffee.

Staying away from the population and having less contact with people is characteristic of Ibrahim’s nature. They consider their cattle as their family and therefore do not buy or sell them at all. They do not allow anyone to go near their animals or take pictures of them because they are afraid of people harming their animals.