Without thinking, a flash of cunning in his eyes, Nawab lunged for the gun, but missed.
When the man went to pick up the bike, Nawab approached a step toward him.
The pharmacist seemed an immensely grave and important man, and Nawab spoke to him formally.
Finally, one evening at teatime, gauging the psychological moment, Nawab asked if he might say a word.
Still, the killing of the 79-year-old Nawab Akbar Bugti and recent actions by Pakistan's security forces have increased tensions.
Lore has it that Lord Curzon refused and persuaded the Nawab of Junagadh to ban lion hunting.
Nawab locked his arms, fighting the bike as he flew over potholes, enjoying the pace, standing on the pegs.
Lying on the ground, at first Nawab thought the man had killed him.
He is charged with involvement in the 2006 death of a Baloch nationalist leader, Nawab Akbar Bugti, in a military operation.
Balancing against the weight behind him, which made driving along the rutted canal road difficult, Nawab pushed on, under the rosewood trees.
PPP's chief minister, Nawab Aslam Raisani, which has claimed over 200 lives.
Dera Nawab Sahib is now a dead city, with its grandiose palaces and impressive fortresses, now lying vacant, decaying due to neglect.
Nawab Bugti's grandson, Brahamdagh, lives in exile in Switzerland and is presumed the leader of another insurgent group, the Baloch Republican Army (BRA).
The violence took a new turn in January when Nawab Bugti's granddaughter and great-granddaughter were intercepted driving home from a wedding in Karachi.
The driver, doubtful of the whole affair, stood by while the father and son lifted Nawab and the motorcycle thief into the back.
Nawab had constructed a gear mechanism so that the antenna on the roof could be turned from inside the house to improve reception.
Strange business at this time of night, Nawab thought, the tail-light of the motorcycle casting a reddish glow around them on the ground.
His eyes adjusting to the dark, Nawab saw the man sucking at a cut on his palm, the gun held in his other hand.
Nawab fell to the ground, holding his groin with both hands, entirely surprised, shocked, as if the man had slapped him for no reason.
Nawab leaned the bike on its kickstand each evening and waited for his girls to come, all of them, around him, jumping on him.
Shouting that he would get some transport, he raced off, and Nawab winced, hearing the man, in his hurry, shifting without using the clutch.
At the start of the third morning I remember asking India's captain, the Nawab of Pataudi, if they were going to both bat with runners.
In the silence, a forgotten thought kept bothering Nawab, something important.
The royal ruler the Nawab of Junagadh, the princely state near Gir Forest, invited Lord Curzon, the viceroy of India, to hunt lions with him.
In 1757 at Plassey, the British defeated the nawab of which province? (Answers: Adolf Hitler, yellow and Bengal.) How do you create a dazzling hit series?
He is also wanted in connection with the murder of a Baloch tribal leader, Nawab Akbar Bugti, and for sacking the entire higher judiciary in November 2007.
Nawab had been several times, and was treated as if he were honoring them, sitting with them and eating the salty rice flecked with bits of meat.
So it went, all morning and into the afternoon, Nawab trying one thing and then another, heating the pipes, cooling them, joining wires together, circumventing switches and fuses.
Panicked, Nawab skidded to a stop and jumped to one side, pushing the motorcycle away from him, so that it tipped over, knocking the robber to the ground.
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