Bhutto’s death: A dream has vanished

Last night I was passing by the main avenue when I saw some flickering lights in the distant. It was Pakistan peoples party office and the large portraits of Z. A. Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto were wrapped in the pitch darkness of the night. In the foreground were people with candles in their hands. It was a candle light [...]

They have killed the dreams and Benazir Bhutto

December 27, 2007. United nations’ security council is said to meet shortly to talk about the post Bhutto scenario and the developments in Pakistan.  A news report on CNN and BBC just cofirmed.
The whole world is shocked and is grieving Benazir Bhutto, the heir to the legacy of late Z. A. Bhutto.
They killed Ms. Benazir Bhutto [...]

Burhan is no more

He was a small kid with sparkling eyes.
“His name is Burhan” Lali had said when introducing him to all of us. It was the wedding of Javed mamu and all of us were so young. We didn’t know what is grief and pain. We were loved and protected. Lali is the younger sister of my mother and this [...]

What do men and women really mean…

In a woman’s dictionary:
Words —-Meanings
 Yes     = No
 No     = Yes
 Maybe = No
 I’m sorry = You’ll be sorry
 We need = I want.  
It’s your decision = The correct decision should be obvious by now.
Do what you want = You’ll pay for this later
We need to talk = I need to complain
Sure go ahead = I don’t want you [...]

2008: Elections in Pakistan

On November 3rd, 2007 Pakistan became lawless. A state of emergency was declared and the 1973 constitution ceased to work. Basic rights were gone. Judiciary was sacked, ( http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/article3132477.ece) and the civil society was stunned. General Pervez Musharraf had declared the state of emergency to combat with the increasing judicial activism in Pakistan. The chief justice of [...]

Do Muslims consider suicide bombers as martyrs…?

Christians: Do you consider bombing the children, taking the lands of other nations illegally, making ghettos and causing holocausts, depriving people of their right to exist as “love of Lord”, misguided dupes or something else? Does bible teaches you tyranny? Is this what Christ told you?
Answer is so clear within the question. Both nukes were [...]

What to do when feeling really lonely.

Question: Everytime I think of my younger days with my father I feel very lonely and depressed. Could you help me? how? Don’t tell me to jump over the building coz i might as well.
ANSWER:
All of us feel lonely at one time or another. You were too attached to your father and this is the most natural thing. [...]

Why punjab is presented as “The Punjab”.

Punjab is a Persian word which mean five rivers. Punj= five and aab= water/ river.
The plains between the Indus and Ganges river are called Punjab as they were irrigated naturally by the fiver rivers: Ravi, Chenab, Bias, Sutlej, Jhelum, and Sindh has seen one of the oldest civilizations in the world, The Indus valley civilization [...]

What is da vinci code anyway?

 

 Leonardo da Vinci was a famous Italian painter. He painted pictures, made sketches, wrote treatises, invented things, an intellectual in brief. He naturally met others who were very smart. They met regularly, talked regularly and must have formed some kind of organization. Or may be they joined some which was already there. A guy called [...]

How does elephants get pregnant

There are proteins involved in helping male elephants detect female sex pheromone. In the female elephant’s urine, the pheromone is attached to albumin, a urine protein. Acidity in the male elephant’s mucus separates the pheromone from the albumin so the male can smell the sex attractant. After this attraction is accomplished, the two beasts being [...]