Question

how do you know Ali was a familiar figure at the post office

Answer 1

Ali was a familiar figure at the post office as he came to postoffice daily in order to get a letter of her beloved daughter, Miriam, as she was married to a soldier in Punjab. Ali came to post office daily from last 5 years.

Answer 2

Ali had been visiting the post office regularly for five years. When the people got tok know of his habit they laughed at him. The postman began to make a game of him. All the employees knew him well. They would sometimes call out his name to have fun.They even called him touched or mentally unsound.