The clerk bungles his assignment and is fired. But he stumbles onto some bribery concerning the architects and, to keep him quiet, he's given his job back plus a bonus. He buys his long-cherished overcoat, and it makes him so presentable he wins newly-found respect from everybody. But his coat is stolen and the bitter weather causes him to.
The collection, Intikhab Ghulam Abbas, with 18 short stories, has been compiled by Asif Farrukhi, who has also written an introduction to the series along with a foreword with particular reference to Abbas. It is followed by an article by Muhammad Hasan Askari, who critically assessed Abbas as a short story writer.