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 [...]

Yahoo and others and beta North Korean nuke

Yahoo does something new and for that matter MSN and Google also keep doing somethings new. The advantage Y! has is in the chronology rather than in techonology. The fact that its been there for a long time. It has engraved and etched itself in a whole generation at the beginning of internet craze and [...]

A nightmare called Sony Ericsson K 700i

So that is how I parted from my Sony Ericsson K 700i mobile phone http://www.sonyericsson.com.  It was last May that the phone was launched with ads of various pop/rock/third grade to first rate artists holding the phone and their moms and sisters pouring over them to let them see the would be daughter-in-law/sister-in-law. Artist in [...]

WOMEN IN TODAY’S PAKISTAN

Western media and people think they are all veiled, kept behind bars (or locked doors) and serve as objects of pleasure in a modern, enlighted Pakistan under the equally enlightened leadership of army generals and feudal lords who hardly have anything with the name of vision in their minds or brains, well, except for the [...]

Clergy’s chaos in Pakistan

The clergy in Pakistan has been a power to reckon with ever since its creation in 1947. They gained popularity among the illiterate population, economically drained by the English raj and loss of power after the demise of Moghul (1526-1857 A. D.) empire. The various sects sprouted rapidly, each one claiming to be the true [...]

Odd couple

July 7, 2006, the court of an additional session judge was in order. Outside the courtroom it was sweltering hot. No drinking water or shade was there for the accused or their families, convicted and their loved ones, lawyers, their ‘munshis’ all looked the same. Tired, disillusioned, sick and greedy. They are tired and sick [...]

In heresay we believe

The latest from Islamic republic of Pakistan is the awareness shown by a newspaper columnist that the decayed and dead civil society under the heavy army boots and thick clergy beard has shown signs of a filthy thought process.
Dr. Safdar Mehmood is a retired civil service officer who was very active in writing books about [...]

Killer dad got killed

continued from the “Jazz June”.
The guy who butchered her three daughters one by one has been reported to have been guided by a “peer” or religious clown (as they are plenty in Pakistan and make use of people’s ignorance by impelementing their own kind of religion to satisfy their animal needs in body and in [...]

Jazz June, Kill or get killed

Education in Pakistan is what we obtain to look smart and earn better. It gives us a sense of being superior. And being superior is what matters in Pakistan. Hardly anything is done in the daily life of people which misses this one aspect of self praise. This self praise and importance-in-your-own-eyes takes many shapes and forms. [...]

Readings from Quran

Constantly updated Quran readings. Verse by verse
Chapter: 16 (Surah: Alnahal). Nahal in Arabic means the Bee.
1-2. Its inevitable, the command of God is upon them who denied Him, do not therefore hasten in seeking His wrath. All glory to Him He is far and above those who make partners to God and ascribe unto Him. [...]