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Pakistani taxi driver returns £10,000 to passenger who left it in the back of his taxi
By Web Desk
Published: April 6, 2015
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Quinn had cashed the cheque from his inheritance, following the death of his mother. PHOTO: CATERS NEWS AGENCY

An honest Pakistani taxi driver earned the respect and friendship of his customer after returning a bag containing £10,000 in cash, which the passenger left on the back seat of the car.

Mohammed Nisar, 55, had been driving Adrian Quinn, a sole trader, to Walsall train station in the West Midlands when he arrived at his destination and hopped out of the vehicle in a rush, forgetting the bag that contained the cash.

Read: Dubai police honours Pakistani cab driver for integrity

Quinn had cashed the cheque from his inheritance, following the death of his mother, which is why he was carrying the hefty sum.

Quinn, 46, said, “Losing that money would have been the end of my business. I was physically sick!”

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PHOTO: CATERS NEWS AGENCY

He realised he had left the bag in the car just seconds after Nisar dropped him at the station.

He added that “I was walking across the car park when I realised I hadn’t got my bag and I panicked. I tried to flag down another taxi but they all had fares.

Quinn further explained that he didn’t know what to do and losing the bag would have been the end of his business.

“We have built it up from nothing for the last nine years and we are sole traders. We don’t have the backing of banks. It is hard work, but it earns us a living,” he said.

He finally got another taxi to take him back to the taxi rank where he arrived to find Nisar sitting in his car with the bag safely on the passenger seat.

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PHOTO: CATERS NEWS AGENCY

He asked Nisar, “Do you know what what in that bag? Put it this way, it is not a box of sandwiches or a newspaper. There is £10,000 in there.”

Nisar was give a cash reward in an envelope marked ‘To my best friend in the world’ and was invited to Quinn’s home for a family meal.

“He nearly had a heart attack and he was really worried,” said Nisar when he described the incident adding that “he came up to me and asked if I realised what was in the bag. He was very, very thankful. He had just bought a car but forgot the bag full of money.”

The self-employed taxi driver of 15 years, has found several things at the back of his taxi on many occasions. Two years ago, a passenger left a wallet containing £150 in, but Mohammed drove straight back to the man’s home to return it.

Read: In Amsterdam: When Pakistanis bring shame to Pakistan

Following his latest find, Nisar is urging fellow taxi driver to do the same, should they find themselves in a similar situation.

“At the end of the day honesty is the best policy. There are some drivers who don’t return things but what is the point? If the council had not have called me and no-one had have claimed it after 12 or 24 hours I would have taken that bag straight to the police station,” the taxi driver said.

He explained that “mobile phones are the most common thing left behind but most of them now can be traced anyway.”

He concluded to say “my message is to encourage all my taxi driving brothers that if they find something valuable just give it back.”

This article originally appeared on Mail Online
 
My uncle left an envelop containing several hundred pounds in a Taxi here once, the Pakistani taxi driver also returned that and when pressed for a gift said all he wanted was prayers. Now if only our leaders were as honest and upright as the over seas Pakistanis working hard while being abused by people here and in Pakistan for abandoning Pakistan.

I salute this driver.
 
When I first arrived at Pittsburgh airport to attend university, I was a day late and there was no more university transportation for me...I asked a bus driver who was going to downtown about where will i get a bus to my university town, he said he can take to downtown hilton where is his last stop and from there greyhound station is only 6 blocks, so I rode his bus..there was one more chinese passenger in the bus beside me and when we reached hilton the chinese passenger got up and left, I saw he left his hand carry behind so i yelled at him but he didnt listen, so I told bus driver, driver ran after him and give him his bag...then he comes back to me and thanked me and said why dont you sit back in the bus and i will drive you to Greyhound station....sighhhhhh, saved me the trouble of walking downtown pitsburgh with two suits cases full and enough cash in my pocket....if you been to pitsburgh downtown you'd know what i mean.
 
Pakistani taxi driver returns £10,000 to passenger who left it in the back of his taxi
By Web Desk
Published: April 6, 2015
865263-cabbie-1428301055-185-640x480.jpg

Quinn had cashed the cheque from his inheritance, following the death of his mother. PHOTO: CATERS NEWS AGENCY

An honest Pakistani taxi driver earned the respect and friendship of his customer after returning a bag containing £10,000 in cash, which the passenger left on the back seat of the car.

Mohammed Nisar, 55, had been driving Adrian Quinn, a sole trader, to Walsall train station in the West Midlands when he arrived at his destination and hopped out of the vehicle in a rush, forgetting the bag that contained the cash.

Read: Dubai police honours Pakistani cab driver for integrity

Quinn had cashed the cheque from his inheritance, following the death of his mother, which is why he was carrying the hefty sum.

Quinn, 46, said, “Losing that money would have been the end of my business. I was physically sick!”

cabbie.jpg


PHOTO: CATERS NEWS AGENCY

He realised he had left the bag in the car just seconds after Nisar dropped him at the station.

He added that “I was walking across the car park when I realised I hadn’t got my bag and I panicked. I tried to flag down another taxi but they all had fares.

Quinn further explained that he didn’t know what to do and losing the bag would have been the end of his business.

“We have built it up from nothing for the last nine years and we are sole traders. We don’t have the backing of banks. It is hard work, but it earns us a living,” he said.

He finally got another taxi to take him back to the taxi rank where he arrived to find Nisar sitting in his car with the bag safely on the passenger seat.

cabbie-3.jpg


PHOTO: CATERS NEWS AGENCY

He asked Nisar, “Do you know what what in that bag? Put it this way, it is not a box of sandwiches or a newspaper. There is £10,000 in there.”

Nisar was give a cash reward in an envelope marked ‘To my best friend in the world’ and was invited to Quinn’s home for a family meal.

“He nearly had a heart attack and he was really worried,” said Nisar when he described the incident adding that “he came up to me and asked if I realised what was in the bag. He was very, very thankful. He had just bought a car but forgot the bag full of money.”

The self-employed taxi driver of 15 years, has found several things at the back of his taxi on many occasions. Two years ago, a passenger left a wallet containing £150 in, but Mohammed drove straight back to the man’s home to return it.

Read: In Amsterdam: When Pakistanis bring shame to Pakistan

Following his latest find, Nisar is urging fellow taxi driver to do the same, should they find themselves in a similar situation.

“At the end of the day honesty is the best policy. There are some drivers who don’t return things but what is the point? If the council had not have called me and no-one had have claimed it after 12 or 24 hours I would have taken that bag straight to the police station,” the taxi driver said.

He explained that “mobile phones are the most common thing left behind but most of them now can be traced anyway.”

He concluded to say “my message is to encourage all my taxi driving brothers that if they find something valuable just give it back.”

This article originally appeared on Mail Online

Great geasture by the driver
 
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