An issue of 'due date'.

• Position: Travel narrative

I HAD a bizarre experience at a private bank's Madina Town branch in Faisalabad when I went to pay my monthly PTCL landline bill for the month of January. When I walked to the counter, I was told by the staff that they do not accept payments for bills on the 'due date'.

I was not paying my bill after the due date had passed. I was paying the bill on the 'due date' itself which of course was within the given timeframe. The bank, however, still...