Monday, October 22, 2007
The First Casualty...
It's ironic that the first casualty of 18th October was not a result of the bomb blast. But it was the death of the security guard who was there at the airport. The poor guy suffocated to death and aid couldn't be provided to him because of the huge crowd!
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
New Look
Well.. N.A. said that the template of my this blog was crap! So,I changed it! I like this one better...
Every Country has an Army, Pakistan Army has a country
I just got this e-mail. There was a time when people used to look at Army with reverence and respect. That time has long gone!
"Every Country has Army, Pakistan Army has a country"
Besides tens of thousands of Army Men working in
government-owned airline and other government-owned industries here's
list of Army Officers in Civilian Govt. Departments and Government owned
industries and civilian institutions of Pakistan including Universities.
Pakistan should be called "Army Inc."
General Pervez Musharraf (President of Pakistan)
Major General (Retd) Muhammad Anwar (President of Azad Kashmir);
Lt Gen (Retd) Khalid Maqbool (Governor Punjab);
Commander Khalil (Governor NWFP);
Lt General (Retd) Javed Ashraf Qazi (Federal Education
Minister);
Col (Retd) S.K. Tressler (Federal Minorities & Culture
Minister);
Lt Gen. Hamid Javed (Chief Executive's Chief of Staff);
Lt General Muneer Hafeez (Chief of NAB);
Major General Usman Shah (Deputy Chief of NAB);
Major General Shujaat Zameer (Deputy Chief of NAB);
Major General Abdul Jabbar Bhatti (Chief, Regional
Accountability Bureau, RAB,Punjab);
Air Vice Marshal Zakaullah (Chief of RAB NWFP);
Major General Tariq Bashir (Chief of RAB Sindh);
Major General Owais Mushtaq (Chief of RAB Balochistan) ;
Lt General (Retd) Hamid Nawaz (Secretary Defence);
Air Marshal (Retd) Zahid Anees (Secretary Defence Production);
Lt General (Retd) Saeedul Zafar (Secretary Railways);
Major General (Retd) Fazal Ghafoor (Ambassador to North Korea);
Brigadier (Retd) Abdul Majeed Khan (Ambassador to Tajikistan);
Major General (Retd) Salimullah (Ambassador to UAE);
Major General (Retd) Muhammad Hassan Aqeel (Ambassador to
Thailand);
Lt General (Retd) Asad Durrani (Ambassador to Saudi Arabia);
Vice Admiral (Retd) Shamoon Aslam Khan (Ambassador to Ukraine);
Air Marshal (Retd) Najeeb Akhtar (Ambassador to Brazil);
Major General Syed Mustafa Anwar Hussain (Ambassador to
Indonesia);
Lt General (Retd) Muhammad Shafeeq (Ambassador to Bahrain);
Major General (Retd) Agha Masood Hassan (DG of Postal Services);
Major General Farrukh Javed (Chairman National Highway
Authority);
Rear Admiral Ahmad Hayat (Chairman Karachi Port Trust);
Rear Admiral Sikandar Viqar Naqvi (Chairman Port Qasim
Authority);
Vice Admiral Tauqir Hussain Naqvi (Chairman National Shipping
Corporation) ;
Major General (Retd) Muhammad Hassan (Chief of National
Fertilizer Corporation) ;
A Lt. General (Chairman Pakistan Steel Mills);
Lt Colonel (Retd) Akbar Hussain (Export Processing Zone
Authority);
Major General Shehzad Alam Malik (Chairman Pakistan
Telecommunications Authority);
Air Vice Marshal Azhar Masood (Chairman National
Telecommunications Authority);
Brigadier (Retd) Muhammad Saleem (Chairman NADRA);
Brigadier Mirza Babar Aziz (DG NADRA);
Brigadier (Retd) Muhammad Anwar Khan (DG NADRA NWFP);
Major General Raza Hussain (Chairman SUPARCO);
Major General Sabihuddin Bokhari (Surveyor General of Pakistan);
Brigadier Javed Iqbal Cheema (DG National Crisis Management
Cell);
Air Marshal (Retd) Shafeeq Haider (Chairman Federal Public
Service Commission);
Lt General Arshad Hussain (Member Federal Public Service
Commission);
Lt General (Retd) Jehangir Nasrullah (Chairman Punjab Public
Service Commission);
Major General (Retd) Arshad Chaudhry (Member Punjab Public
Service Commission);
Major General (Retd) Arshadullah Tarar (Member Punjab Public
Service Commission);
Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Aliuddin (DG Civil Aviation Authority);
Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Arshad Saleem (Deputy DG Civil Aviation
Authority);
Major General Zafar Abbas (DG Anti-Narcotics Force);
Major General Syed Haider Javed (DG National Logistics Cell);
Major General (Retd) Inayatullah Khan Niazi (DG Auqaf, the
Deptt. of Historical Relics);
Major General Pervez Akmal (MD OGDC);
Brigadier (Retd) Rizvan Ashraf (General Manager OGDC);
Brigadier (Retd) Ishtiaq Ali Khan (MD Pakistan Mineral
Development Authority);
Major General (Retd) Hamid Hassan Butt (Chairman Pakistan
Railways);
Lt General (Retd) Syed Shujaat Ali Khan (Rector Engineering
University Lahore);
Lt General (Retd) Arshad Mehmood (Vice Chancellor Punjab
University);
Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Sardar Khan (Vice Chancellor Engineering
University Peshawar);
Captain (Retd) U.A.G. Isani (Vice Chancellor Islamabad
University);
Lt General (Retd) Sardar Ali (DG National Institute of Public
Administration) ;
Brigadier (Retd) Maqsoodul Hassan (DG Directorate of Education);
Brigadier Muhammad Ejaz (Home Secretary Punjab);
Brigadier Abdur Rehman (Director Health NWFP);
Brigadier Shadab (Secretary C&W Punjab)
Brigadier Anees (Chairman Punjab Privatisation Commission);
Colonel (Retd) Shahid Qureshi (DIG Sindh Telecommunications) ;
Colonel (Retd) Ghulam Hussain (Secretary S&GAD NWFP);
Brigadier Mukhtar (Home Secretary, Sindh);
Brigadier Zaheer Qadri (DG, KDA, Sindh and not Secretary C&W
NWFP);
Brigadier (Retd) Akhtar (Secretary to Governor Sindh);
Major General (Retd) Imtiaz (Chairman Pakistan Athletics
Federation);
Brigadier Saulat Abbas (DG Pakistan Sports Board).
Brig. Khalid Javed, DG Projects Directorate, NADRA, Islamabad
Col Talmeez Abbas, DG Dataware Housing, NADRA, Islamabad
Maj Tahir M. Alvi DDG, Project Directorate, NADRA, Islambad
Brig Safdar Husain Awan is the Secy (C&W) NWFP Brig Qadri is DG
KDA;
Brig Mohtarim is Home Secretary Sindh
Major General (Retd) Hashmi, Registrar, Pakistan Engineering
Council;
Major General (Retd) Anis Bajwa, Chairman PTDC;
Major Genera (Retd) Asif Riaz Bokhari, NRB;
Brig Muhammad Toseef Uz Zaman Khan, Civil Aviation Authority;
Brig Saeed Ahmed Malik, WAPDA Head Qtrs Lahore;
Brig Muhammad Iqbal, WAPDA HQ Lahore;
Brig Mushtaq Ahmed, WAPDA HQ, Lahore;
Brig Khalid Sohail Cheema, DG Pak PWD;
Brig Shamshad Khan, GM NWFP NHA;
Brig (Retd) Zareen Khan, Project Incharge Ghazi Brotha Dam
WAPDA;
Brig (Retd) Mukhtar Ahmed Tariq, GM Admin OGDC;
Brig (Retd) Muhammad Hamayoun Khan, GM Procurement OGDC;
Brig (Retd) Sardar Javed Ashraf, MD KW&SB;
Brig (Retd) Nisar, IG Prisons (Sindh);
Brig (Retd) Zafar Ahmed Malik, Karachi Building & Control
Authority;
Brig (Retd) Aftab Ahmed, DG PHA;
Brig (Retd) Dilbar Husain Naqvi, MD National Construction
Company;
Colonel Rauf, IG Prisons, NWFP;
Colonel Asif Jamal, MD, Multan Development Authority;
Colonel (Retd) Najam ul Hasan Malik, TMO Rawalpindi;
Colonel (Retd) Hafiz Abdur Rehman Malik, MD WASA, Rawalpindi;
Colonel (Retd) Kanwar Muhammad Sherbaz Khan, GM CS&E OGDC;
Lt Col Muhammad Azim, GM NHA;
LT Col Naqeeb Amjad Malik, Manager CS&E OGDC;
Lt Col (Retd) Aziz ul Haque Mirza, Member (Operations) NHA;
Lt Col (Retd) Hafeezullah Awan, MD WASA Quetta.
Major General (Retd) Shujaat Ali Khan, Ambassador to Morocco;
Major General (Retd) Badruddin, Ambassador to Brunei;
Vice Admiral(Retd) Khalid Mir, Ambassador to Lebanon;
Brig (Retd) Muhammad Nisar, Ambassador to Argentina;
Brig. Sikandar Ali, Director, Anti Narctics Force;
Brig (R) Saeed Ahmad Rafi, Director General, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (He was inducted by Gen Musharraf into Foreign Service as
incharge of overseas polling for Presidential Referendum in April);
Brig (R) Mian Khalid Habib, Chief of Protocol, M/o foreign
Affirs;
Brig Tipu Sultan, Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
Group Capt (R) Khalid Aziz Babar, Director General, M/o Foreign
Affairs;
Naval Lt (R) Ghalib Iqbal, Consul General, Toronto (son-in-law
of former Air Chief Anwar Shamim) {Anwer Shamim is a Quadiyani and had
served General Zia {Ameer ul Momineen as per Jamat-e-Islami} , Anwer
Shamim has huge ranches in California, USA, which he
and his brother in Law Khursheed Anwer Mirza made through
trafficking Narcotics during so-called Afghan Jihad {the Time Weekly
that carried this news was banned in Pakistan in 80s}.
Naval Lt (R) Qasim Raza Mutaqqi, Counsellor, Rome;
Col (R) Salik Nawaz, Deputy Chief of Protocol, M/o Foreign
Affairs;
Capt (R) Masood Akhtar, Deputy Chief of Protocol, M/o Foreign
Affairs;
Capt (R) Shaukat Muqaddam, Counsellor, Dublin;
Capt (R) Zaighamuddin Azam Khan, Counsellor, Berlin;
Capt (R) Sohail Ittehad Hussain, Director General,M/o Foreign
Affairs;
Capt (R) Khalid Durrani, Director, M/o Foreign Affairs.
General (r) Jahangeer Karamat, Ambassador of Pakistan in USA.
Brigadier (r) Ejas Shah, Director General Intelligence Bureau.
The above list was of 2002. In 2003, as many as 104 serving and
retired Lieutenant Generals, Major Generals or equivalent ranks from
other services are among the 1,027 military officers inducted on
civilian posts in different ministries, divisions and Pakistani missions
abroad after Oct 12, 1999 military takeover. The number of army
Brigadiers or their equivalent ranks from the Navy and Air Force is even
higher at 160, according to an annexure placed before the Senate
library.
There have been 14 ambassadors and a high commissioner from the
military ranks during this period.
Of these 1,027 military officers inducted on civilian posts, 27
military officers have been given the prized grade of 22 while 62
officers have been adjusted in grade 21. A whopping figure of 150
officers occupy civilian positions in Grade 20. There are 276 officers
between grade 20 and 22 alone. The nature of their jobs varies from
deputation, secondment, re-employment to contract basis. These military
officers occupy civilian posts in a situation where, according to
Incharge Cabinet Division Raza Hiraj, there are 700 'unabsorbed' surplus
civilian employees. There are 33 officers on special duty (OSD) just in
grades between 19 and 21.
The range of fields where military officers are working on
civilian posts encompasses every sector of human endeavour including
communications, education, diplomacy, water and electricity management,
information, post office, jails, local bodies, think tanks, industrial
production, shipping, minority affairs, population welfare, health,
agriculture, railways, highways, housing, labour and manpower, social
and women development, law and justice and sub-sectors of sports from
cricket to hockey.
A close look at the figures shows that these military personnel
occupy 13 posts in the cabinet division, 5 posts in the commerce
ministry, 98 in communications ministry, 113 in the defence division, 52
in the defence production division, 9 in the education ministry, 16 in
the establishment division, 24 in the ministry of foreign affairs, 6 in
the ministry of food, agriculture and livestock. There are 88 military
officers working in the ministry of interior, 2 in the health ministry,
6 in the housing and works ministry, 29 in the industries and production
ministry, 3 in the information and broadcasting ministry, 58 in the
ministry of Information Technology, 25 in the Kashmir affairs and
northern affairs ministry, five in the labour and manpower division, 17
in the ministry of minorities affairs, 39 in the ministry of petroleum
and natural resources, just one each in the ministry of population
welfare, the planning and development division and the ministry of
religious affairs. There are two military officials working in the
revenue division (CBR), 21 in the ministry of science and technology, 72
in the ministry of railways/railway board, 37 in the ministry of water
and power, 5 in the ministry of women development, 6 in the Wafaqi
Mohtasib (Federal Ombudsmen). There are another 37 officers who have
been inducted under the military's 10 per cent quota in civilian posts
over and above these appointments.
In the Foreign Affairs 13 Lieutenants and Major Generals were
appointed as ambassadors in different countries, while one Brigadier and
a Major also got ambassadorial positions.
Lt-Gen (retd) Asad Durrani was appointed as ambassador in Riyadh
(contract expired on October 2002).
Vice-Admiral (retd) Shamoon Alam Khan was appointed as
ambassador in Kyiv (up to August 28, 2003),
Vice-Admiral (retd) Khalid M Mir was appointed ambassador in
Beirut (up to July 2003),
Lt-Gen (retd) Nasim Rana as ambassador in Kuala Lumpur (up to
July 2003),
Air Marshal (retd) Muhammad Farooq Qari as ambassador in
Tripoli,
Lt-Gen (retd) Agha Jehangir Ali Khan as ambassador in Mexico,
Maj-Gen (retd) Shujaat Ali Khan as ambassador in Rabat (up to
September 2003),
Maj-Gen (retd) Fazal Ghafoor as ambassador in Tashkent (contract
expired on April 2002),
Maj-Gen (retd) Salim Ullah as ambassador in Abu Dhabi (up to
June 2003),
Lt-Gen (retd) Mohammad Shafique as ambassador in Bahrain
contract expired on October 2002),
Maj-Gen (retd) Muhammad Hassan Aqeel as ambassador in Thailand
(up to June 2003),
Maj Gen (retd) Syed Mustafa Anwar Hussain as ambassador in
Indonesia (up to August 2003) and Maj-Gen (retd) Sultan Habib as
ambassador in DPR Korea (up to October
2003).
Brigadier Abdul Majid Khan was appointed as ambassador in
Dushambe (contract expired on June 2002), while
Major Badruddin was posted as high commissioner to Bender Seri
Begawen. In the cabinet division,
Maj-Gen Khalid Bashir was appointed as Member (Tech) Pakistan
Telecommunication Authority (PTA) (up to November 2001),
Maj-Gen Raza Hussain as chairman SUPARCO and
Maj-Gen Shahzada Alam Malik as Chairman PTA.
These inductions were made on regular basis. Similarly, in the
ministry of communications, Maj-Gen Tariq Javed was inducted as National
Highway Authority chairman on November 11, 2000 but was later
repatriated. In his place Maj Gen Furrakh Javed was appointed as NHA
chief on November 5, 2001 on a secondment basis. He already had served
as deputy director general (Dev) in the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
Likewise,
Maj-Gen (retd) Agha Masood Hasan was appointed as Director
General Pakistan Post Office on a contract basis,
Vice-Admiral Taj Muhammad Khattak was appointed as Chairman Port
Qasim Authority (PQA) on secondment,
Rear Admiral Muhammad Asad Qureshi was appointed as Director
General PQA,
Vice Admiral (retd) S Tauquir H Naqvi as Chairman Pakistan
National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) on contract,
Vice Admiral (retd) S Abaid Ullah Khan as chairman (PNSC)
(contract terminated on October, 2000),
Rear Admiral Bakhat Ali Jumani was appointed as Executive
Director (Ship Management PNSC),
Rear Admiral (retd) Sarfraz Khan was appointed as Chairman
Gwadar Port Authority (GPA),
Rear Admiral Muhammad Nashat Raffi as General Manager Karachi
Port Trust (KPT),
Vice Admiral Ahmed Hayat was appointed on a contract basis as
Chairman Karachi Port Trust (KPT), but prior to him Vice Admiral (retd)
>Khalid Mohammad Mir was serving as chairman. Maj Gen (retd) Mohsin Ahmed
Vahidy was appointed as Executive Directive PNSC Karachi on a contract>basis but he is not serving now, while Rear Admiral Sikandar Viqar Naqvi
was appointed chairman PQA (not serving). Similarly, in the ministry of
defence, Lt-Gen (retd) Hamid Nawaz Khan was re-employed on a contract
basis as secretary ministry of defence but earlier Lt-Gen (retd) Nasim
Rana was serving in this capacity whose contract was terminated on July
8, 2001. Rear Admiral Irfan Ahmad was appointed as Additional Secretary
(contract terminated), then Maj-Gen Muhammad Ashraf Chaudhry was made
Additional Secretary, defence ministry, on secondment basis.
Maj-Gen Javed Iqbal was appointed as Director General Military
Land and Cantonments (ML&C) on secondment but he was later retired.
Later,
Maj Gen Muhammad Jawed was appointed as DG ML&C on secondment.
Maj-Gen Mahboobul Muzaffar and Maj-Gen Sabihuddin Bokhari were
appointed as Surveyor General of Pakistan.
After their retirement, Maj-Gen Tariq Javed was appointed in
their place on secondment basis. Rear Admiral Arshad Munir Ahmed was
appointed Ex-Managing Director Karachi Shipyard (contract expired),
Air Vice Marshal S Javed Raza as Director Pre Engineering PIA,
AVM (retd) Niaz Hussain Director (Engineering) PIA and
AVM Arshad Rashid Sethi as Deputy Director General, CAA (not
working).
In the Defence Production Division, Air Marshal (retd) Zahid
Anis was appointed as secretary D P Division. Earlier Lt-Gen (retd)
Lehrasab was working in his place. Similarly, Maj-Gen Ali Baz was
appointed as Additional Secretary D P Division. Earlier, Maj-Gen Rehmat
Khan was serving as Additional Secretary D P Division. Maj-Gen M
Salimuddin was re-employed after his retirement from the army as Chief
Scientists and Scientific Adviser DESTO in place of Maj-Gen Akbar Saeed
Awan, while Maj-Gen Syed Ali Hamid was appointed as Director General
DEPO on secondment basis while AVM Aurangzeb Khan was appointed Chairman
Pakistan Aeronautical Complex board, Kamra.
In the Establishment Division, Maj-Gen (retd) Rahmatullah was
appointed as Managing Director Federal Employees Benevolent Fund and
Group Insurance. Earlier, Maj-Gen (retd) Inayatullah Khan Niazi was
working in his place. Air Marshal (retd) Shafique Haider was appointed
as Chairman Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) while Lt-Gen (retd)
Arshad Hussain was appointed Member, FPSC.
Maj-Gen (retd) Sikander Shami was appointed as Director General
of Head of Institute of NIPA, Lahore, while Lt-Gen (retd) Sardar Ali as
Director NIPA, Lahore, both on a contract basis. Maj-Gen Muhammad Iqbal
Khan was appointed as Managing Director PASSCO on contract in the
ministry of food, agriculture and livestock, Maj-Gen Ahsan Ahmad as
Director General health on secondment but was replaced by Maj-Gen (retd)
Muhammad Aslam also on secondment/contract in the health ministry.
In the interior ministry Maj-Gen (retd) Zahid Ehsan was
appointed as Chairman Nadra (posted out) while in the ministry of
industries and production Maj-Gen (retd) M Mohsin was appointed as
chairman NFC (national finance commission) on contract. AVM Azhar Maud
was appointed National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC) chairman.
In the ministry of information and broadcasting Maj-Gen (retd)
Jamshed Ayaz Khan was appointed as president Institute of Regional
Studies, Islamabad, on contract. In the minorities, culture, sports,
Maj-Gen (retd) Inayat Ullah Khan Niazi was appointed Chairman ETPB
(contract expired), while Maj-Gen Anis Ahmad Bajwa was appointed as
Managing Director PTDC Islamabad on contract. He had already served as
Deputy Chief of Staff to Chief Executive in the Prime Minister's
secretariat. Lt-Gen Hamid Javed was appointed as Chief of Staff to the
President in the president's secretariat.
Similarly in the Prime Minister's secretariat Lt-Gen Ghulam
Ahmad was appointed as chief of staff to Chief Executive in place of
Lt-Gen Hamid Javed.
Maj-Gen Abdul Jabbar Bhatti, Maj-Gen Shafaatullah Shah and
Maj-Gen Muhammad Yousaf were also appointed as deputy chief of
staff to chief executive.
Maj-Gen Haroon Sikandar Pasha was appointed as Director Chief
Executive's secretariat.
Maj-Gen Nadeem Taj had also served as Military Secretary (MS) to
Chief Executive (posted as MS to the president from January 2002).
Lt-Gen Khalid Maqbool (now Governor Punjab) and Lt-Gen Syed
Muhammad Amjad were appointed as Chairm an National Accountability
Bureau (NAB), while Maj-Gen Abdul Jabbar Bhatti,
Maj-Gen Ijaz Ahmed Bakhshi and
Maj-Gen Ovais Mushtaq Qureshi,
AVM (retd) M Saleemud
Din, Maj-Gen Muhammad Sabir,
Maj-Gen Nazakat Ali Khan,
Maj-Gen Shujaat Zamir Dar,
Maj-Gen Syed Usman Shah and
Maj-Gen Tariq Bashir,
Rear Admiral Ihsanul Haq,
Real Admiral Ubaid Sadiq, AVM Masood Akhtar,
AVM Zakaullah Khan and
AVM (retd) Khuda Dad were subsequently appointed as Director
General, NAB
Maj-Gen (retd) Syed Asif Riaz Bokhari was appointed as Member,
NRB on a contract basis.
Maj-Gen Parvez Akmal was appointed as Managing Director Oil and
Gas Development Company (OGDC) (not working) while Maj-Gen (retd) Syed
Usman Shah was appointed as Director General Intelligence and
Investigation.
In the railways ministry Lt-Gen (retd) Javaid Ashraf Qazi was
appointed as secretary/chairman Pakistan Railways. After his contract
as terminated Lt-Gen (retd) Saeeduz Zafar replaced him. On termination
of his contract, Maj-Gen (retd) Hamid Hassan Butt was appointed as
General Manager M & SPR but his contract too was terminated. Lt-Gen
(retd) Zulfiqar Ali Khan was appointed as WAPDA Chairman on
secondment/contract while Maj-Gen (retd) M Aslam Zuberi was appointed
Adviser in the Wafaqi Mohtasib secretariat (contract expired). Those who
were appointed in the attached departments include Air Marshal (retd)
Sharbat A Changazi who was appointed as Director State Life Insurance
Corporation of Pakistan and Rear Admiral (retd) Ejaz Husain appointed as
General Manager Special Project, Pakistan State Oil Company Ltd.
"Every Country has Army, Pakistan Army has a country"
Besides tens of thousands of Army Men working in
government-owned airline and other government-owned industries here's
list of Army Officers in Civilian Govt. Departments and Government owned
industries and civilian institutions of Pakistan including Universities.
Pakistan should be called "Army Inc."
General Pervez Musharraf (President of Pakistan)
Major General (Retd) Muhammad Anwar (President of Azad Kashmir);
Lt Gen (Retd) Khalid Maqbool (Governor Punjab);
Commander Khalil (Governor NWFP);
Lt General (Retd) Javed Ashraf Qazi (Federal Education
Minister);
Col (Retd) S.K. Tressler (Federal Minorities & Culture
Minister);
Lt Gen. Hamid Javed (Chief Executive's Chief of Staff);
Lt General Muneer Hafeez (Chief of NAB);
Major General Usman Shah (Deputy Chief of NAB);
Major General Shujaat Zameer (Deputy Chief of NAB);
Major General Abdul Jabbar Bhatti (Chief, Regional
Accountability Bureau, RAB,Punjab);
Air Vice Marshal Zakaullah (Chief of RAB NWFP);
Major General Tariq Bashir (Chief of RAB Sindh);
Major General Owais Mushtaq (Chief of RAB Balochistan) ;
Lt General (Retd) Hamid Nawaz (Secretary Defence);
Air Marshal (Retd) Zahid Anees (Secretary Defence Production);
Lt General (Retd) Saeedul Zafar (Secretary Railways);
Major General (Retd) Fazal Ghafoor (Ambassador to North Korea);
Brigadier (Retd) Abdul Majeed Khan (Ambassador to Tajikistan);
Major General (Retd) Salimullah (Ambassador to UAE);
Major General (Retd) Muhammad Hassan Aqeel (Ambassador to
Thailand);
Lt General (Retd) Asad Durrani (Ambassador to Saudi Arabia);
Vice Admiral (Retd) Shamoon Aslam Khan (Ambassador to Ukraine);
Air Marshal (Retd) Najeeb Akhtar (Ambassador to Brazil);
Major General Syed Mustafa Anwar Hussain (Ambassador to
Indonesia);
Lt General (Retd) Muhammad Shafeeq (Ambassador to Bahrain);
Major General (Retd) Agha Masood Hassan (DG of Postal Services);
Major General Farrukh Javed (Chairman National Highway
Authority);
Rear Admiral Ahmad Hayat (Chairman Karachi Port Trust);
Rear Admiral Sikandar Viqar Naqvi (Chairman Port Qasim
Authority);
Vice Admiral Tauqir Hussain Naqvi (Chairman National Shipping
Corporation) ;
Major General (Retd) Muhammad Hassan (Chief of National
Fertilizer Corporation) ;
A Lt. General (Chairman Pakistan Steel Mills);
Lt Colonel (Retd) Akbar Hussain (Export Processing Zone
Authority);
Major General Shehzad Alam Malik (Chairman Pakistan
Telecommunications Authority);
Air Vice Marshal Azhar Masood (Chairman National
Telecommunications Authority);
Brigadier (Retd) Muhammad Saleem (Chairman NADRA);
Brigadier Mirza Babar Aziz (DG NADRA);
Brigadier (Retd) Muhammad Anwar Khan (DG NADRA NWFP);
Major General Raza Hussain (Chairman SUPARCO);
Major General Sabihuddin Bokhari (Surveyor General of Pakistan);
Brigadier Javed Iqbal Cheema (DG National Crisis Management
Cell);
Air Marshal (Retd) Shafeeq Haider (Chairman Federal Public
Service Commission);
Lt General Arshad Hussain (Member Federal Public Service
Commission);
Lt General (Retd) Jehangir Nasrullah (Chairman Punjab Public
Service Commission);
Major General (Retd) Arshad Chaudhry (Member Punjab Public
Service Commission);
Major General (Retd) Arshadullah Tarar (Member Punjab Public
Service Commission);
Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Aliuddin (DG Civil Aviation Authority);
Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Arshad Saleem (Deputy DG Civil Aviation
Authority);
Major General Zafar Abbas (DG Anti-Narcotics Force);
Major General Syed Haider Javed (DG National Logistics Cell);
Major General (Retd) Inayatullah Khan Niazi (DG Auqaf, the
Deptt. of Historical Relics);
Major General Pervez Akmal (MD OGDC);
Brigadier (Retd) Rizvan Ashraf (General Manager OGDC);
Brigadier (Retd) Ishtiaq Ali Khan (MD Pakistan Mineral
Development Authority);
Major General (Retd) Hamid Hassan Butt (Chairman Pakistan
Railways);
Lt General (Retd) Syed Shujaat Ali Khan (Rector Engineering
University Lahore);
Lt General (Retd) Arshad Mehmood (Vice Chancellor Punjab
University);
Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Sardar Khan (Vice Chancellor Engineering
University Peshawar);
Captain (Retd) U.A.G. Isani (Vice Chancellor Islamabad
University);
Lt General (Retd) Sardar Ali (DG National Institute of Public
Administration) ;
Brigadier (Retd) Maqsoodul Hassan (DG Directorate of Education);
Brigadier Muhammad Ejaz (Home Secretary Punjab);
Brigadier Abdur Rehman (Director Health NWFP);
Brigadier Shadab (Secretary C&W Punjab)
Brigadier Anees (Chairman Punjab Privatisation Commission);
Colonel (Retd) Shahid Qureshi (DIG Sindh Telecommunications) ;
Colonel (Retd) Ghulam Hussain (Secretary S&GAD NWFP);
Brigadier Mukhtar (Home Secretary, Sindh);
Brigadier Zaheer Qadri (DG, KDA, Sindh and not Secretary C&W
NWFP);
Brigadier (Retd) Akhtar (Secretary to Governor Sindh);
Major General (Retd) Imtiaz (Chairman Pakistan Athletics
Federation);
Brigadier Saulat Abbas (DG Pakistan Sports Board).
Brig. Khalid Javed, DG Projects Directorate, NADRA, Islamabad
Col Talmeez Abbas, DG Dataware Housing, NADRA, Islamabad
Maj Tahir M. Alvi DDG, Project Directorate, NADRA, Islambad
Brig Safdar Husain Awan is the Secy (C&W) NWFP Brig Qadri is DG
KDA;
Brig Mohtarim is Home Secretary Sindh
Major General (Retd) Hashmi, Registrar, Pakistan Engineering
Council;
Major General (Retd) Anis Bajwa, Chairman PTDC;
Major Genera (Retd) Asif Riaz Bokhari, NRB;
Brig Muhammad Toseef Uz Zaman Khan, Civil Aviation Authority;
Brig Saeed Ahmed Malik, WAPDA Head Qtrs Lahore;
Brig Muhammad Iqbal, WAPDA HQ Lahore;
Brig Mushtaq Ahmed, WAPDA HQ, Lahore;
Brig Khalid Sohail Cheema, DG Pak PWD;
Brig Shamshad Khan, GM NWFP NHA;
Brig (Retd) Zareen Khan, Project Incharge Ghazi Brotha Dam
WAPDA;
Brig (Retd) Mukhtar Ahmed Tariq, GM Admin OGDC;
Brig (Retd) Muhammad Hamayoun Khan, GM Procurement OGDC;
Brig (Retd) Sardar Javed Ashraf, MD KW&SB;
Brig (Retd) Nisar, IG Prisons (Sindh);
Brig (Retd) Zafar Ahmed Malik, Karachi Building & Control
Authority;
Brig (Retd) Aftab Ahmed, DG PHA;
Brig (Retd) Dilbar Husain Naqvi, MD National Construction
Company;
Colonel Rauf, IG Prisons, NWFP;
Colonel Asif Jamal, MD, Multan Development Authority;
Colonel (Retd) Najam ul Hasan Malik, TMO Rawalpindi;
Colonel (Retd) Hafiz Abdur Rehman Malik, MD WASA, Rawalpindi;
Colonel (Retd) Kanwar Muhammad Sherbaz Khan, GM CS&E OGDC;
Lt Col Muhammad Azim, GM NHA;
LT Col Naqeeb Amjad Malik, Manager CS&E OGDC;
Lt Col (Retd) Aziz ul Haque Mirza, Member (Operations) NHA;
Lt Col (Retd) Hafeezullah Awan, MD WASA Quetta.
Major General (Retd) Shujaat Ali Khan, Ambassador to Morocco;
Major General (Retd) Badruddin, Ambassador to Brunei;
Vice Admiral(Retd) Khalid Mir, Ambassador to Lebanon;
Brig (Retd) Muhammad Nisar, Ambassador to Argentina;
Brig. Sikandar Ali, Director, Anti Narctics Force;
Brig (R) Saeed Ahmad Rafi, Director General, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (He was inducted by Gen Musharraf into Foreign Service as
incharge of overseas polling for Presidential Referendum in April);
Brig (R) Mian Khalid Habib, Chief of Protocol, M/o foreign
Affirs;
Brig Tipu Sultan, Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
Group Capt (R) Khalid Aziz Babar, Director General, M/o Foreign
Affairs;
Naval Lt (R) Ghalib Iqbal, Consul General, Toronto (son-in-law
of former Air Chief Anwar Shamim) {Anwer Shamim is a Quadiyani and had
served General Zia {Ameer ul Momineen as per Jamat-e-Islami} , Anwer
Shamim has huge ranches in California, USA, which he
and his brother in Law Khursheed Anwer Mirza made through
trafficking Narcotics during so-called Afghan Jihad {the Time Weekly
that carried this news was banned in Pakistan in 80s}.
Naval Lt (R) Qasim Raza Mutaqqi, Counsellor, Rome;
Col (R) Salik Nawaz, Deputy Chief of Protocol, M/o Foreign
Affairs;
Capt (R) Masood Akhtar, Deputy Chief of Protocol, M/o Foreign
Affairs;
Capt (R) Shaukat Muqaddam, Counsellor, Dublin;
Capt (R) Zaighamuddin Azam Khan, Counsellor, Berlin;
Capt (R) Sohail Ittehad Hussain, Director General,M/o Foreign
Affairs;
Capt (R) Khalid Durrani, Director, M/o Foreign Affairs.
General (r) Jahangeer Karamat, Ambassador of Pakistan in USA.
Brigadier (r) Ejas Shah, Director General Intelligence Bureau.
The above list was of 2002. In 2003, as many as 104 serving and
retired Lieutenant Generals, Major Generals or equivalent ranks from
other services are among the 1,027 military officers inducted on
civilian posts in different ministries, divisions and Pakistani missions
abroad after Oct 12, 1999 military takeover. The number of army
Brigadiers or their equivalent ranks from the Navy and Air Force is even
higher at 160, according to an annexure placed before the Senate
library.
There have been 14 ambassadors and a high commissioner from the
military ranks during this period.
Of these 1,027 military officers inducted on civilian posts, 27
military officers have been given the prized grade of 22 while 62
officers have been adjusted in grade 21. A whopping figure of 150
officers occupy civilian positions in Grade 20. There are 276 officers
between grade 20 and 22 alone. The nature of their jobs varies from
deputation, secondment, re-employment to contract basis. These military
officers occupy civilian posts in a situation where, according to
Incharge Cabinet Division Raza Hiraj, there are 700 'unabsorbed' surplus
civilian employees. There are 33 officers on special duty (OSD) just in
grades between 19 and 21.
The range of fields where military officers are working on
civilian posts encompasses every sector of human endeavour including
communications, education, diplomacy, water and electricity management,
information, post office, jails, local bodies, think tanks, industrial
production, shipping, minority affairs, population welfare, health,
agriculture, railways, highways, housing, labour and manpower, social
and women development, law and justice and sub-sectors of sports from
cricket to hockey.
A close look at the figures shows that these military personnel
occupy 13 posts in the cabinet division, 5 posts in the commerce
ministry, 98 in communications ministry, 113 in the defence division, 52
in the defence production division, 9 in the education ministry, 16 in
the establishment division, 24 in the ministry of foreign affairs, 6 in
the ministry of food, agriculture and livestock. There are 88 military
officers working in the ministry of interior, 2 in the health ministry,
6 in the housing and works ministry, 29 in the industries and production
ministry, 3 in the information and broadcasting ministry, 58 in the
ministry of Information Technology, 25 in the Kashmir affairs and
northern affairs ministry, five in the labour and manpower division, 17
in the ministry of minorities affairs, 39 in the ministry of petroleum
and natural resources, just one each in the ministry of population
welfare, the planning and development division and the ministry of
religious affairs. There are two military officials working in the
revenue division (CBR), 21 in the ministry of science and technology, 72
in the ministry of railways/railway board, 37 in the ministry of water
and power, 5 in the ministry of women development, 6 in the Wafaqi
Mohtasib (Federal Ombudsmen). There are another 37 officers who have
been inducted under the military's 10 per cent quota in civilian posts
over and above these appointments.
In the Foreign Affairs 13 Lieutenants and Major Generals were
appointed as ambassadors in different countries, while one Brigadier and
a Major also got ambassadorial positions.
Lt-Gen (retd) Asad Durrani was appointed as ambassador in Riyadh
(contract expired on October 2002).
Vice-Admiral (retd) Shamoon Alam Khan was appointed as
ambassador in Kyiv (up to August 28, 2003),
Vice-Admiral (retd) Khalid M Mir was appointed ambassador in
Beirut (up to July 2003),
Lt-Gen (retd) Nasim Rana as ambassador in Kuala Lumpur (up to
July 2003),
Air Marshal (retd) Muhammad Farooq Qari as ambassador in
Tripoli,
Lt-Gen (retd) Agha Jehangir Ali Khan as ambassador in Mexico,
Maj-Gen (retd) Shujaat Ali Khan as ambassador in Rabat (up to
September 2003),
Maj-Gen (retd) Fazal Ghafoor as ambassador in Tashkent (contract
expired on April 2002),
Maj-Gen (retd) Salim Ullah as ambassador in Abu Dhabi (up to
June 2003),
Lt-Gen (retd) Mohammad Shafique as ambassador in Bahrain
contract expired on October 2002),
Maj-Gen (retd) Muhammad Hassan Aqeel as ambassador in Thailand
(up to June 2003),
Maj Gen (retd) Syed Mustafa Anwar Hussain as ambassador in
Indonesia (up to August 2003) and Maj-Gen (retd) Sultan Habib as
ambassador in DPR Korea (up to October
2003).
Brigadier Abdul Majid Khan was appointed as ambassador in
Dushambe (contract expired on June 2002), while
Major Badruddin was posted as high commissioner to Bender Seri
Begawen. In the cabinet division,
Maj-Gen Khalid Bashir was appointed as Member (Tech) Pakistan
Telecommunication Authority (PTA) (up to November 2001),
Maj-Gen Raza Hussain as chairman SUPARCO and
Maj-Gen Shahzada Alam Malik as Chairman PTA.
These inductions were made on regular basis. Similarly, in the
ministry of communications, Maj-Gen Tariq Javed was inducted as National
Highway Authority chairman on November 11, 2000 but was later
repatriated. In his place Maj Gen Furrakh Javed was appointed as NHA
chief on November 5, 2001 on a secondment basis. He already had served
as deputy director general (Dev) in the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
Likewise,
Maj-Gen (retd) Agha Masood Hasan was appointed as Director
General Pakistan Post Office on a contract basis,
Vice-Admiral Taj Muhammad Khattak was appointed as Chairman Port
Qasim Authority (PQA) on secondment,
Rear Admiral Muhammad Asad Qureshi was appointed as Director
General PQA,
Vice Admiral (retd) S Tauquir H Naqvi as Chairman Pakistan
National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) on contract,
Vice Admiral (retd) S Abaid Ullah Khan as chairman (PNSC)
(contract terminated on October, 2000),
Rear Admiral Bakhat Ali Jumani was appointed as Executive
Director (Ship Management PNSC),
Rear Admiral (retd) Sarfraz Khan was appointed as Chairman
Gwadar Port Authority (GPA),
Rear Admiral Muhammad Nashat Raffi as General Manager Karachi
Port Trust (KPT),
Vice Admiral Ahmed Hayat was appointed on a contract basis as
Chairman Karachi Port Trust (KPT), but prior to him Vice Admiral (retd)
>Khalid Mohammad Mir was serving as chairman. Maj Gen (retd) Mohsin Ahmed
Vahidy was appointed as Executive Directive PNSC Karachi on a contract>basis but he is not serving now, while Rear Admiral Sikandar Viqar Naqvi
was appointed chairman PQA (not serving). Similarly, in the ministry of
defence, Lt-Gen (retd) Hamid Nawaz Khan was re-employed on a contract
basis as secretary ministry of defence but earlier Lt-Gen (retd) Nasim
Rana was serving in this capacity whose contract was terminated on July
8, 2001. Rear Admiral Irfan Ahmad was appointed as Additional Secretary
(contract terminated), then Maj-Gen Muhammad Ashraf Chaudhry was made
Additional Secretary, defence ministry, on secondment basis.
Maj-Gen Javed Iqbal was appointed as Director General Military
Land and Cantonments (ML&C) on secondment but he was later retired.
Later,
Maj Gen Muhammad Jawed was appointed as DG ML&C on secondment.
Maj-Gen Mahboobul Muzaffar and Maj-Gen Sabihuddin Bokhari were
appointed as Surveyor General of Pakistan.
After their retirement, Maj-Gen Tariq Javed was appointed in
their place on secondment basis. Rear Admiral Arshad Munir Ahmed was
appointed Ex-Managing Director Karachi Shipyard (contract expired),
Air Vice Marshal S Javed Raza as Director Pre Engineering PIA,
AVM (retd) Niaz Hussain Director (Engineering) PIA and
AVM Arshad Rashid Sethi as Deputy Director General, CAA (not
working).
In the Defence Production Division, Air Marshal (retd) Zahid
Anis was appointed as secretary D P Division. Earlier Lt-Gen (retd)
Lehrasab was working in his place. Similarly, Maj-Gen Ali Baz was
appointed as Additional Secretary D P Division. Earlier, Maj-Gen Rehmat
Khan was serving as Additional Secretary D P Division. Maj-Gen M
Salimuddin was re-employed after his retirement from the army as Chief
Scientists and Scientific Adviser DESTO in place of Maj-Gen Akbar Saeed
Awan, while Maj-Gen Syed Ali Hamid was appointed as Director General
DEPO on secondment basis while AVM Aurangzeb Khan was appointed Chairman
Pakistan Aeronautical Complex board, Kamra.
In the Establishment Division, Maj-Gen (retd) Rahmatullah was
appointed as Managing Director Federal Employees Benevolent Fund and
Group Insurance. Earlier, Maj-Gen (retd) Inayatullah Khan Niazi was
working in his place. Air Marshal (retd) Shafique Haider was appointed
as Chairman Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) while Lt-Gen (retd)
Arshad Hussain was appointed Member, FPSC.
Maj-Gen (retd) Sikander Shami was appointed as Director General
of Head of Institute of NIPA, Lahore, while Lt-Gen (retd) Sardar Ali as
Director NIPA, Lahore, both on a contract basis. Maj-Gen Muhammad Iqbal
Khan was appointed as Managing Director PASSCO on contract in the
ministry of food, agriculture and livestock, Maj-Gen Ahsan Ahmad as
Director General health on secondment but was replaced by Maj-Gen (retd)
Muhammad Aslam also on secondment/contract in the health ministry.
In the interior ministry Maj-Gen (retd) Zahid Ehsan was
appointed as Chairman Nadra (posted out) while in the ministry of
industries and production Maj-Gen (retd) M Mohsin was appointed as
chairman NFC (national finance commission) on contract. AVM Azhar Maud
was appointed National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC) chairman.
In the ministry of information and broadcasting Maj-Gen (retd)
Jamshed Ayaz Khan was appointed as president Institute of Regional
Studies, Islamabad, on contract. In the minorities, culture, sports,
Maj-Gen (retd) Inayat Ullah Khan Niazi was appointed Chairman ETPB
(contract expired), while Maj-Gen Anis Ahmad Bajwa was appointed as
Managing Director PTDC Islamabad on contract. He had already served as
Deputy Chief of Staff to Chief Executive in the Prime Minister's
secretariat. Lt-Gen Hamid Javed was appointed as Chief of Staff to the
President in the president's secretariat.
Similarly in the Prime Minister's secretariat Lt-Gen Ghulam
Ahmad was appointed as chief of staff to Chief Executive in place of
Lt-Gen Hamid Javed.
Maj-Gen Abdul Jabbar Bhatti, Maj-Gen Shafaatullah Shah and
Maj-Gen Muhammad Yousaf were also appointed as deputy chief of
staff to chief executive.
Maj-Gen Haroon Sikandar Pasha was appointed as Director Chief
Executive's secretariat.
Maj-Gen Nadeem Taj had also served as Military Secretary (MS) to
Chief Executive (posted as MS to the president from January 2002).
Lt-Gen Khalid Maqbool (now Governor Punjab) and Lt-Gen Syed
Muhammad Amjad were appointed as Chairm an National Accountability
Bureau (NAB), while Maj-Gen Abdul Jabbar Bhatti,
Maj-Gen Ijaz Ahmed Bakhshi and
Maj-Gen Ovais Mushtaq Qureshi,
AVM (retd) M Saleemud
Din, Maj-Gen Muhammad Sabir,
Maj-Gen Nazakat Ali Khan,
Maj-Gen Shujaat Zamir Dar,
Maj-Gen Syed Usman Shah and
Maj-Gen Tariq Bashir,
Rear Admiral Ihsanul Haq,
Real Admiral Ubaid Sadiq, AVM Masood Akhtar,
AVM Zakaullah Khan and
AVM (retd) Khuda Dad were subsequently appointed as Director
General, NAB
Maj-Gen (retd) Syed Asif Riaz Bokhari was appointed as Member,
NRB on a contract basis.
Maj-Gen Parvez Akmal was appointed as Managing Director Oil and
Gas Development Company (OGDC) (not working) while Maj-Gen (retd) Syed
Usman Shah was appointed as Director General Intelligence and
Investigation.
In the railways ministry Lt-Gen (retd) Javaid Ashraf Qazi was
appointed as secretary/chairman Pakistan Railways. After his contract
as terminated Lt-Gen (retd) Saeeduz Zafar replaced him. On termination
of his contract, Maj-Gen (retd) Hamid Hassan Butt was appointed as
General Manager M & SPR but his contract too was terminated. Lt-Gen
(retd) Zulfiqar Ali Khan was appointed as WAPDA Chairman on
secondment/contract while Maj-Gen (retd) M Aslam Zuberi was appointed
Adviser in the Wafaqi Mohtasib secretariat (contract expired). Those who
were appointed in the attached departments include Air Marshal (retd)
Sharbat A Changazi who was appointed as Director State Life Insurance
Corporation of Pakistan and Rear Admiral (retd) Ejaz Husain appointed as
General Manager Special Project, Pakistan State Oil Company Ltd.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Friday, October 05, 2007
Time for me to HIDE!
So much for my going on and on about the whole BHUTTO-CORRRUPT campaigne. Now I'd have to go underground or else I'd have to spend a lifetime being tortured inside the walls of GauntanamoBay, Cuba!
I started calling Musharraf Busharraf because of his coalition with BUSH but now it has double implications:Bush and Bhutto ( can even go with Benazir)!!!
I didn't say a word! I don't know how to write, speak and think! *whistling*
Lol! Reminds me of the Loony toons!
So the deal between the mush and bibi is on: http://dawn.com.pk/2007/10/05/top1.htm
I'll see you guys around if I'm here...
I started calling Musharraf Busharraf because of his coalition with BUSH but now it has double implications:Bush and Bhutto ( can even go with Benazir)!!!
I didn't say a word! I don't know how to write, speak and think! *whistling*
Lol! Reminds me of the Loony toons!
So the deal between the mush and bibi is on: http://dawn.com.pk/2007/10/05/top1.htm
I'll see you guys around if I'm here...
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Shameful acts...
NO matter who you support in Pakistan's political arena, you will give credit to the late Bhutto for just ONE phrase :
WE WILL EAT GRASS BUT WE WILL BECOME A NUCLEAR POWER!
At least I can respect him for that. BUT his kid turned out to be rebellious. Where she should have supported Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan with her life, she actually plans to give him to IAEA! This is how we pay homage to our heroes. This is how we humiliate them. This is how we become the laughing stock of the world. I'm glad that Quaid-e-Azam died early, or else we would have actually put him on SALE!
Let's go back to the mid '90s. I cannot find the video online, or else I would have loved to show it to you. IT was a documentary aired by BBC showing how Bhutto has hoarded up wealth and has a well furnished home in England and showed documents showing her evil, vile and cunning.And look how easily they themselves have forgotten it, and want to send her back. Hypocrisy is the West's second name(or is it the first!). In those days, there was a video of the song "Ehtesaab", released by Junoon after which Junoon was banned. The video actually shows her glorious time and how people were soo happy when she was around. I see if I can find it on internet and paste it here... (I'm looking)... OH! I found it! YouTUBE!
Anyway, the hero, who should have been given respect, who should have been given an exalted position, who should have been guarded by the soldiers of this country... The Chief of Army STaff, the man himself, put this mark of dishonour upon his own khaki, his claim to have fought wars, and his claim to throne! Honourable President Pervez Busharraf has proven himself to be the traitor to the nation! Go Busharraf, be friends with India, and let our heroes, our sacrifices rot.
Sonay pay Suhaga... Benazir Bhutto, a socialist, hoarder of people's wealth, is going to hand him over to IAEA! This is how she's going thank him for completing one of the wishes of her father. This is how we pay tribute to our national heroes.
In the end. I'm ashamed for having these leaders as the representative of my country. My heart bleeds for the way we are treating Dr. AbdulQadeer Khan. And as someone said yesterday, that we will pay a price, a heavy price indeed, for the atrocities we've done against our heroes. If I ever see Dr. AbdulQadeer Khan anywhere,I know I wont be able to look him in the eye because I was not able to raise my voice, to help him in any way. I'm ashamed of myself.
http://dawn.com.pk/2007/09/26/top2.htm
WE WILL EAT GRASS BUT WE WILL BECOME A NUCLEAR POWER!
At least I can respect him for that. BUT his kid turned out to be rebellious. Where she should have supported Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan with her life, she actually plans to give him to IAEA! This is how we pay homage to our heroes. This is how we humiliate them. This is how we become the laughing stock of the world. I'm glad that Quaid-e-Azam died early, or else we would have actually put him on SALE!
Let's go back to the mid '90s. I cannot find the video online, or else I would have loved to show it to you. IT was a documentary aired by BBC showing how Bhutto has hoarded up wealth and has a well furnished home in England and showed documents showing her evil, vile and cunning.And look how easily they themselves have forgotten it, and want to send her back. Hypocrisy is the West's second name(or is it the first!). In those days, there was a video of the song "Ehtesaab", released by Junoon after which Junoon was banned. The video actually shows her glorious time and how people were soo happy when she was around. I see if I can find it on internet and paste it here... (I'm looking)... OH! I found it! YouTUBE!
Anyway, the hero, who should have been given respect, who should have been given an exalted position, who should have been guarded by the soldiers of this country... The Chief of Army STaff, the man himself, put this mark of dishonour upon his own khaki, his claim to have fought wars, and his claim to throne! Honourable President Pervez Busharraf has proven himself to be the traitor to the nation! Go Busharraf, be friends with India, and let our heroes, our sacrifices rot.
Sonay pay Suhaga... Benazir Bhutto, a socialist, hoarder of people's wealth, is going to hand him over to IAEA! This is how she's going thank him for completing one of the wishes of her father. This is how we pay tribute to our national heroes.
In the end. I'm ashamed for having these leaders as the representative of my country. My heart bleeds for the way we are treating Dr. AbdulQadeer Khan. And as someone said yesterday, that we will pay a price, a heavy price indeed, for the atrocities we've done against our heroes. If I ever see Dr. AbdulQadeer Khan anywhere,I know I wont be able to look him in the eye because I was not able to raise my voice, to help him in any way. I'm ashamed of myself.
http://dawn.com.pk/2007/09/26/top2.htm
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Some Health Guidelines For Ramadan
I got this email quite some time ago and I think it's better if I put this here... Atleast, I know you'd read it, N.A.
This article provides useful advice on how to avoid some common problems encountered in Ramadhan. If followed, it would enable one to fast comfortably and enjoy fully the spiritual benefits of Ramadhan.
During the holy month of Ramadhan, our diet should not differ very much from our normal diet and should be as simple as possible. The diet should be such that we maintain our normal weight, neither losing nor gaining. However, if one is over-weight, Ramadhan is an ideal time to normalise one's weight.
In view of the long hours of fasting, we should consume slow digesting foods including fibre containing-foods rather than fast-digesting foods.
Slow digesting foods last up to 8 hours, while fast-digesting foods last for only 3 to 4 hours. Slow-digesting foods are foods that contain grains and seeds like barley, wheat, oats, millet, semolina, beans, lentils, wholemeal flour, unpolished rice, etc. (called complex carbohydrates). Fast-burning foods are foods that contain sugar, white flour, etc. (called refined carbohydrates).
Fibre-containing foods are bran-containing foods, whole wheat, grains and seeds, vegetables like green beans, peas, sem (papry), marrow, mealies, spinach, and other herbs like methie, the leaves of beetroot (iron-rich), fruit with skin, dried fruit especially dried apricots, figs and prunes, almonds, etc.
The foods eaten should be well-balanced, containing foods from each food group, i.e. fruits, vegetables, meat/chicken/fish, bread/cereals and dairy products. Fried foods are unhealthy and should be limited. They cause indigestion, heart-burn, and weight problems.
AVOID
Fried and fatty foods.
Foods containing too much sugar.
Over-eating especially at sehri.
Too much tea at sehri. Tea makes you pass more urine taking with it valuable mineral salts that your body would need during the day.
Smoking cigarettes. If you cannot give up smoking, cut down gradually starting a few weeks before Ramadhan. Smoking is unhealthy and one should stop completely.
EAT
Complex carbohydrates at sehri so that the food lasts longer making you less hungry.
Haleem is an excellent source of protein and is a slow-burning food.
Dates are excellent source of sugar, fibre, carbohydrates, potassium and magnesium.
Almonds are rich in protein and fibre with less fat.
Bananas are a good source of potassium, magnesium and carbohydrates.
DRINK
As much water or fruit juices as possible between iftar and bedtime so that your body may adjust fluid levels in time.
Problems and their Remedies:
CONSTIPATION
Constipation can cause piles (haemorroids), fissures (painful cracks in anal canal) and indigestion with a bloated feeling.
Causes: Too much refined foods, too little water and not enough fibre in the diet.
Remedy: Avoid excessive refined foods, increase water intake, use bran in baking, brown flour when making roti.
INDIGESTION AND WIND
Causes: Over-eating. Too much fried and fatty foods, spicy foods, and foods that produce wind e.g. eggs, cabbage, lentils, carbonated drinks like Cola also produce gas.
Remedy: Do not over-eat, drink fruit juices or better still drink water. Avoid fried foods, add ajmor to wind-producing foods.
LETHARGY ('low blood pressure')
Excessive sweating, weakness, tiredness, lack of energy, dizziness, especially on getting up from sitting position, pale appearance and feeling faint are symptoms associated with "low blood pressure". This tends to occur towards the afternoon.
Causes: Too little fluid intake, decreased salt intake.
Remedy: Keep cool, increase fluid and salt intake.
Caution: Low blood pressure should be confirmed by taking a blood pressure reading when symptoms are present. Persons with high blood pressure may need their medication adjusted during Ramadhan. They should consult their doctor.
HEADACHE
Causes: Caffeine and tobacco-withdrawal, doing too much in one day, lack of sleep, hunger usually occur as the day goes by and worsens at the end of the day. When associated with "low blood pressure", the headache can be quite severe and can also cause nausea before Iftar.
Remedy: Cut down caffeine and tobacco slowly starting a week or two before
Ramadhan. Herbal and caffeine-free teas may be substituted. Reorganise your
schedule during the Ramadan so as to have adequate sleep.
LOW BLOOD SUGAR
Weakness, dizziness, tiredness, poor concentration, perspiring easily, feeling shaky (tremor), unable to perform physical activities, headache, palpitations are symptoms of low blood sugar.
Causes in non-diabetics: Having too much sugar i.e. refined carbohydrates especially at suhur (sehri). The body produces too much insulin causing the blood glucose to drop.
Remedy: Eat something at sehri and limit sugar-containing foods and drinks.
Caution: Diabetics may need to adjust their medication in Ramadan, consult
your doctor.
MUSCLE CRAMPS
Causes: Inadequate intake of calcium, magnesium and potassium foods.
Remedy: Eat foods rich in the above minerals e.g. vegetables, fruit, dairy products, meat and dates.
Caution: Those on high blood pressure medication and with kidney stone problems should consult their doctor.
PEPTIC ULCERS, HEART BURN, GASTRITIS AND HIATUS HERNIA
Increased acid levels in the empty stomach in Ramadhan aggravate the above conditions. It presents as a burning feeling in the stomach area under the ribs and can extend upto the throat. Spicy foods, coffee, and Cola drinks worsen these conditions.
Medications are available to control acid levels in the stomach. People with proven peptic ulcers and hiatus hernia should consult their doctor well before Ramadhan.
KIDNEY STONES
Kidney stones may occur in people who have less liquids to drink. Therefore, it is essential to drink extra liquids so as to prevent stone formation.
JOINT PAINS
Causes: During Ramadhan, when extra salah are performed the pressure on the knee joints increases. In the elderly and those with arthritis this may result in pain, stiffness, swelling and discomfort.
Remedy: Lose weight so that the knees do not have to carry any extra load. Exercise the lower limbs before Ramadhan so that they can be prepared for the additional strain. Being physically fit allows greater fulfilment, thus enabling one to be able to perform salah with ease.
Dr. Farouk Haffejee
Islamic Medical Association of South Africa - Durban
This article provides useful advice on how to avoid some common problems encountered in Ramadhan. If followed, it would enable one to fast comfortably and enjoy fully the spiritual benefits of Ramadhan.
During the holy month of Ramadhan, our diet should not differ very much from our normal diet and should be as simple as possible. The diet should be such that we maintain our normal weight, neither losing nor gaining. However, if one is over-weight, Ramadhan is an ideal time to normalise one's weight.
In view of the long hours of fasting, we should consume slow digesting foods including fibre containing-foods rather than fast-digesting foods.
Slow digesting foods last up to 8 hours, while fast-digesting foods last for only 3 to 4 hours. Slow-digesting foods are foods that contain grains and seeds like barley, wheat, oats, millet, semolina, beans, lentils, wholemeal flour, unpolished rice, etc. (called complex carbohydrates). Fast-burning foods are foods that contain sugar, white flour, etc. (called refined carbohydrates).
Fibre-containing foods are bran-containing foods, whole wheat, grains and seeds, vegetables like green beans, peas, sem (papry), marrow, mealies, spinach, and other herbs like methie, the leaves of beetroot (iron-rich), fruit with skin, dried fruit especially dried apricots, figs and prunes, almonds, etc.
The foods eaten should be well-balanced, containing foods from each food group, i.e. fruits, vegetables, meat/chicken/fish, bread/cereals and dairy products. Fried foods are unhealthy and should be limited. They cause indigestion, heart-burn, and weight problems.
AVOID
Fried and fatty foods.
Foods containing too much sugar.
Over-eating especially at sehri.
Too much tea at sehri. Tea makes you pass more urine taking with it valuable mineral salts that your body would need during the day.
Smoking cigarettes. If you cannot give up smoking, cut down gradually starting a few weeks before Ramadhan. Smoking is unhealthy and one should stop completely.
EAT
Complex carbohydrates at sehri so that the food lasts longer making you less hungry.
Haleem is an excellent source of protein and is a slow-burning food.
Dates are excellent source of sugar, fibre, carbohydrates, potassium and magnesium.
Almonds are rich in protein and fibre with less fat.
Bananas are a good source of potassium, magnesium and carbohydrates.
DRINK
As much water or fruit juices as possible between iftar and bedtime so that your body may adjust fluid levels in time.
Problems and their Remedies:
CONSTIPATION
Constipation can cause piles (haemorroids), fissures (painful cracks in anal canal) and indigestion with a bloated feeling.
Causes: Too much refined foods, too little water and not enough fibre in the diet.
Remedy: Avoid excessive refined foods, increase water intake, use bran in baking, brown flour when making roti.
INDIGESTION AND WIND
Causes: Over-eating. Too much fried and fatty foods, spicy foods, and foods that produce wind e.g. eggs, cabbage, lentils, carbonated drinks like Cola also produce gas.
Remedy: Do not over-eat, drink fruit juices or better still drink water. Avoid fried foods, add ajmor to wind-producing foods.
LETHARGY ('low blood pressure')
Excessive sweating, weakness, tiredness, lack of energy, dizziness, especially on getting up from sitting position, pale appearance and feeling faint are symptoms associated with "low blood pressure". This tends to occur towards the afternoon.
Causes: Too little fluid intake, decreased salt intake.
Remedy: Keep cool, increase fluid and salt intake.
Caution: Low blood pressure should be confirmed by taking a blood pressure reading when symptoms are present. Persons with high blood pressure may need their medication adjusted during Ramadhan. They should consult their doctor.
HEADACHE
Causes: Caffeine and tobacco-withdrawal, doing too much in one day, lack of sleep, hunger usually occur as the day goes by and worsens at the end of the day. When associated with "low blood pressure", the headache can be quite severe and can also cause nausea before Iftar.
Remedy: Cut down caffeine and tobacco slowly starting a week or two before
Ramadhan. Herbal and caffeine-free teas may be substituted. Reorganise your
schedule during the Ramadan so as to have adequate sleep.
LOW BLOOD SUGAR
Weakness, dizziness, tiredness, poor concentration, perspiring easily, feeling shaky (tremor), unable to perform physical activities, headache, palpitations are symptoms of low blood sugar.
Causes in non-diabetics: Having too much sugar i.e. refined carbohydrates especially at suhur (sehri). The body produces too much insulin causing the blood glucose to drop.
Remedy: Eat something at sehri and limit sugar-containing foods and drinks.
Caution: Diabetics may need to adjust their medication in Ramadan, consult
your doctor.
MUSCLE CRAMPS
Causes: Inadequate intake of calcium, magnesium and potassium foods.
Remedy: Eat foods rich in the above minerals e.g. vegetables, fruit, dairy products, meat and dates.
Caution: Those on high blood pressure medication and with kidney stone problems should consult their doctor.
PEPTIC ULCERS, HEART BURN, GASTRITIS AND HIATUS HERNIA
Increased acid levels in the empty stomach in Ramadhan aggravate the above conditions. It presents as a burning feeling in the stomach area under the ribs and can extend upto the throat. Spicy foods, coffee, and Cola drinks worsen these conditions.
Medications are available to control acid levels in the stomach. People with proven peptic ulcers and hiatus hernia should consult their doctor well before Ramadhan.
KIDNEY STONES
Kidney stones may occur in people who have less liquids to drink. Therefore, it is essential to drink extra liquids so as to prevent stone formation.
JOINT PAINS
Causes: During Ramadhan, when extra salah are performed the pressure on the knee joints increases. In the elderly and those with arthritis this may result in pain, stiffness, swelling and discomfort.
Remedy: Lose weight so that the knees do not have to carry any extra load. Exercise the lower limbs before Ramadhan so that they can be prepared for the additional strain. Being physically fit allows greater fulfilment, thus enabling one to be able to perform salah with ease.
Dr. Farouk Haffejee
Islamic Medical Association of South Africa - Durban
Friday, September 14, 2007
*sigh*
I don't know what to write anymore. The state of helplessness, the idea of can't-do-anything-to-make-them-see-beyond-themselves is upon me. All I can do is pray to ALlah that may He make them realise that by fighting amoungst themselves, they are falling for the zionist designs.
http://thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=10094
http://thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=10094
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Debt Unpaid...
"Ay Quaid-e-Azam tera ehsaan hai, tera ehsaan"
It was the death anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah yesterday and looking in retrospect... I feel disappointed. Mohammad Ali Jinnah provided us not with just this land but freedom, freedom to bow before one Lord and live life according to the teachings of Quran and Sunnah and this is how we thank Allah. This is how we pay homage to those people who have sacrificed their lives to achieve this small piece of land so that their generations wont have to suffer at the hands of Hindus and others. This is how we've paid the debt by tearing apart one another, colouring the land in red and giving up the very reason of Pakistan, the very meaning of Pakistan.
Today, we have politicians who've hoarded up money of the common people of Pakistan, made palaces in London, Jeddah and other places. The politicians who claim to have worked for Pakistan, yet divided it in sects, races and languages. This is what they've learnt from the British : Divide and Rule. Let the common people fight amongst themselves while we play the bloody game of politics and hoard up as much wealth as we can in the time given. Even the generals need protection from God Knows What and plunging the local people into the madness of sky high prices and low cut dresses.
This is Pakistan after 60 years... The purpose lost... The reason forgotten... And LIFE... just lost not only it's meaning but also it's worth. And this is how we pay homage to the founder of this country, Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
It was the death anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah yesterday and looking in retrospect... I feel disappointed. Mohammad Ali Jinnah provided us not with just this land but freedom, freedom to bow before one Lord and live life according to the teachings of Quran and Sunnah and this is how we thank Allah. This is how we pay homage to those people who have sacrificed their lives to achieve this small piece of land so that their generations wont have to suffer at the hands of Hindus and others. This is how we've paid the debt by tearing apart one another, colouring the land in red and giving up the very reason of Pakistan, the very meaning of Pakistan.
Today, we have politicians who've hoarded up money of the common people of Pakistan, made palaces in London, Jeddah and other places. The politicians who claim to have worked for Pakistan, yet divided it in sects, races and languages. This is what they've learnt from the British : Divide and Rule. Let the common people fight amongst themselves while we play the bloody game of politics and hoard up as much wealth as we can in the time given. Even the generals need protection from God Knows What and plunging the local people into the madness of sky high prices and low cut dresses.
This is Pakistan after 60 years... The purpose lost... The reason forgotten... And LIFE... just lost not only it's meaning but also it's worth. And this is how we pay homage to the founder of this country, Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
Thursday, September 06, 2007
Broadening my horizon...
I just discovered that no one actually visits my blog that often or ever. And somehow I thought it wouldn't matter if I shift it to someother place. Well.. I still don't know how to work that blog properly but I guess with time I'll learn.
Wordpress.com is a cool place. And I thought I'd like to write there as well.
So, here's the link:
http://snowysensation.wordpress.com/
I don't have time to manage one blog.. here I'm fooling myself into maintaining two at a time. May Allah help me. Ameen.
Wordpress.com is a cool place. And I thought I'd like to write there as well.
So, here's the link:
http://snowysensation.wordpress.com/
I don't have time to manage one blog.. here I'm fooling myself into maintaining two at a time. May Allah help me. Ameen.
Monday, September 03, 2007
Something that Struck me like Lightening...
The other day I was flipping channels and got stuck at one channel i.e. Peace TV. Anyway, something that got hold of me was Dr. Asrar Ahmed saying that the only reason why Muslims in today's world are in the most embarrassing situation is because we've left Quran.( And he mentioned ALlama Iqbal's couplet alongside it.)
We've left Quran and that is why our lives have become more complicated. We don't read it nor do we try to understand what ALlah really wants from us. We've deluded ourselves into thinking that whatever we're doing is correct, creating differences, dividing amoungst ourselves. The only Book that can dissolve our differences, that can quench our thirst of materialism,that can lead to the straight path, the only path... that Book is Quran.
It's high time we realise that. It's high time that we pray for directions. It's high time that we should dissolve our differences, set aside our ego and follow what's been written in that One Book!
May ALlah guide us all. Ameen
We've left Quran and that is why our lives have become more complicated. We don't read it nor do we try to understand what ALlah really wants from us. We've deluded ourselves into thinking that whatever we're doing is correct, creating differences, dividing amoungst ourselves. The only Book that can dissolve our differences, that can quench our thirst of materialism,that can lead to the straight path, the only path... that Book is Quran.
It's high time we realise that. It's high time that we pray for directions. It's high time that we should dissolve our differences, set aside our ego and follow what's been written in that One Book!
May ALlah guide us all. Ameen
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Finally, I have time to scribble something here...
Something happened last week which was unacceptable for me.
Our teacher couldn't take our attendence in class so she asked us to follow her out of the class and then she'd take our attendence. The rain water accumulated everywhere, she went and sat in the lobby which was dry. The bench she sat on was nearest to our classroom and accidentally was the famous "A.P.M.S.O." bench. (APMSO is the student political wing of MQM.) The student activist of APMSO actually asked the teacher to "LEAVE" right away. The teacher said that she was there to take attendence and would leave in a min BUT the student FIRMLY TOLD her to LEAVE!!!
And then these MQM and APMSO people claim to respect everyone and claim that they are the becharas. And they end up being the dictators and terrorists!
Something happened last week which was unacceptable for me.
Our teacher couldn't take our attendence in class so she asked us to follow her out of the class and then she'd take our attendence. The rain water accumulated everywhere, she went and sat in the lobby which was dry. The bench she sat on was nearest to our classroom and accidentally was the famous "A.P.M.S.O." bench. (APMSO is the student political wing of MQM.) The student activist of APMSO actually asked the teacher to "LEAVE" right away. The teacher said that she was there to take attendence and would leave in a min BUT the student FIRMLY TOLD her to LEAVE!!!
And then these MQM and APMSO people claim to respect everyone and claim that they are the becharas. And they end up being the dictators and terrorists!
Saturday, August 11, 2007
60 years ago...
The two nation theory claiming that Muslims and Hindus are two different nations and they cannot live under one roof after what they've experienced after the Congress came into power under the British Regime.
Well, the events of Gujrat some years ago confirmed our fears that Muslims are subjected to humiliation and mass murder at the hands of Hindus.
But somehow the present Regime in Pakistan has forgotten the roots of their own identity. The struggle of being acceptable to the western world and the neighbouring Hindu country, the leaders of Pakistan lost their own identity. They have forgotten that one can never please people. Specially hypocrits! People, who call the wars on Afghanistan and Iraq a "crusade" and yet call themselves "secular". It's like We are in denial. Our leaders are in denial.
OH! I just recognized the main Problem of our leaders. They are deluding themselves into thinking that they can bow to these so called western leaders and will have safe haven to live. The delusion that they can do everything to their people and get support from U.S. and that would be heaven for them.
The current bombings in Pakistan on Army people is indicating that people never wanted this from our leaders. The foriegn policy that we've adopted made us enemies of one an other. The Problem lies with the fact that the leaders think they can get some soft corner in the hearts of the Westerners by calling themsleves "enlightned moderates" forgetting no matter what, they'll always be Muslims. It's high time we realise this fact and instead of bowing and posturing in front of the Westerners, bow before Allah. As Iqbal says :
woh eik sajda jise tu giraan samjhta hai
hazaar sajdon se deta hai aadmi ko nijaat
So.. it's high time we realise that Pakistan was made for Muslims on the basis of the ideology of Islam. And without Islam and it's teachings, there would be no Pakistan. It's high time we set our priorities right. It's high time we realise that the Crusaders will never be our friends. And it's high time we give them straight rejections rather licking their boots.
Well, the events of Gujrat some years ago confirmed our fears that Muslims are subjected to humiliation and mass murder at the hands of Hindus.
But somehow the present Regime in Pakistan has forgotten the roots of their own identity. The struggle of being acceptable to the western world and the neighbouring Hindu country, the leaders of Pakistan lost their own identity. They have forgotten that one can never please people. Specially hypocrits! People, who call the wars on Afghanistan and Iraq a "crusade" and yet call themselves "secular". It's like We are in denial. Our leaders are in denial.
OH! I just recognized the main Problem of our leaders. They are deluding themselves into thinking that they can bow to these so called western leaders and will have safe haven to live. The delusion that they can do everything to their people and get support from U.S. and that would be heaven for them.
The current bombings in Pakistan on Army people is indicating that people never wanted this from our leaders. The foriegn policy that we've adopted made us enemies of one an other. The Problem lies with the fact that the leaders think they can get some soft corner in the hearts of the Westerners by calling themsleves "enlightned moderates" forgetting no matter what, they'll always be Muslims. It's high time we realise this fact and instead of bowing and posturing in front of the Westerners, bow before Allah. As Iqbal says :
woh eik sajda jise tu giraan samjhta hai
hazaar sajdon se deta hai aadmi ko nijaat
So.. it's high time we realise that Pakistan was made for Muslims on the basis of the ideology of Islam. And without Islam and it's teachings, there would be no Pakistan. It's high time we set our priorities right. It's high time we realise that the Crusaders will never be our friends. And it's high time we give them straight rejections rather licking their boots.
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Dil Dil Pakistan...
Well... August is here and like every year, everyone's in the mood of celebrating the independence day. Though everywhere I can hear national songs, I'm reminded of this very poem of Faiz:
"Subh-e-Azaadi"
yeh daagh daagh ujala, yeh shab gazeeda sahar
woh intezaar tha jiska, yeh woh sahar tu nahin
yeh woh sahar tu nahin, jiski aarzo lay ker
chalay thay yaar ke mil jaye gi kahin na kahin
falak kay dasht mein taaron ki akhiri manzil
kahin tu hoga shab-e-sust mauj ka saahil
kahin tu ja kay rukay ga safina-e-gham-e-dil
jawan lahoo ki pur-asrar shahrahon say
chalay jo yaar tu daman pay kitne haath paray
diyaar husn ki bay sabar khwaab gaahon say
pukarti rahin baahein, badan bulatay rahay
bohot aziz thi lekin rukh-e-sahar ki lagan
bohot qareen tha haseenan-e-noor ka daman
subuk subuk thi tamanna, dabi dabi thi thakan
suna hai ho bhi chuka hai firaaq-e-zulmat-e-noor
suna hai ho bhi chuka hai wisaal-e-manzil-o-gaam
badal chuka hai bohot ahl-e-dard ka dastoor
nishaat-e-wasl halal-o- azaab-e-hijr haram
jigar ki aag, nazar ki umang, dil ki jalan
kisi pay chara-e-hijraan ka kuch asar hi nahin
kahan say aayi nigaar-e-saba, kidher ko gayi
abhi chiraagh-e-sar-e-rah ko kuch khabar hi nahin
abhi giraani-e-shab mein kami nahin aayi
nijaat-e-deeda-o-dil ki ghari nahin aayi
chalay chalo kay woh manzil abhi nahin aayi
"Subh-e-Azaadi"
yeh daagh daagh ujala, yeh shab gazeeda sahar
woh intezaar tha jiska, yeh woh sahar tu nahin
yeh woh sahar tu nahin, jiski aarzo lay ker
chalay thay yaar ke mil jaye gi kahin na kahin
falak kay dasht mein taaron ki akhiri manzil
kahin tu hoga shab-e-sust mauj ka saahil
kahin tu ja kay rukay ga safina-e-gham-e-dil
jawan lahoo ki pur-asrar shahrahon say
chalay jo yaar tu daman pay kitne haath paray
diyaar husn ki bay sabar khwaab gaahon say
pukarti rahin baahein, badan bulatay rahay
bohot aziz thi lekin rukh-e-sahar ki lagan
bohot qareen tha haseenan-e-noor ka daman
subuk subuk thi tamanna, dabi dabi thi thakan
suna hai ho bhi chuka hai firaaq-e-zulmat-e-noor
suna hai ho bhi chuka hai wisaal-e-manzil-o-gaam
badal chuka hai bohot ahl-e-dard ka dastoor
nishaat-e-wasl halal-o- azaab-e-hijr haram
jigar ki aag, nazar ki umang, dil ki jalan
kisi pay chara-e-hijraan ka kuch asar hi nahin
kahan say aayi nigaar-e-saba, kidher ko gayi
abhi chiraagh-e-sar-e-rah ko kuch khabar hi nahin
abhi giraani-e-shab mein kami nahin aayi
nijaat-e-deeda-o-dil ki ghari nahin aayi
chalay chalo kay woh manzil abhi nahin aayi
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Hmmm...
Was just wondering who is more tolerant... Liberals or Fundamentalists?! Jews or Muslims?! Crusaders or the Jihadis?!
Let me clarify... President Bush called the war against Iraq a Crusade. And if it really is a crusade, they've killed mercilessly and even now are trying to amend their consititutions and dividing them on the basis of sects! Somehow shows how tolerant they are of other nations' prosperity!
Jews... Well.. they cannot tolerate Muslims in Palestine. They kill mercilessly too. And when faced with retaliation, they call the Muslims intolerant.. Two Israelites were kidnapped an year ago by Labenese and they bombed blindly without looking at what their bombs were hitting and they cannot see numerous thousands of Palestinians in their jails. They tend to forget that they have kidnapped the parliamentary memebers of Hamas from their places. They foget that they targetted a crippled man even when he had a hard time talking.
Liberals and Fundamentalists... Liberals are not hesitant to kill the innocent. We saw that recently in Islamabad. Plus one more example is in my earlier post. Shoaib Mansoor couldn't tolerate the change in Junaid Jamshed. Well... the so-called liberals prject the idea of following ones heart and if that following is not upto the liberals' mark, it's intolerable!
Double standards and hipocrisy... And somehow people tend to go with the flow to avoid the harshness of life...
Let me clarify... President Bush called the war against Iraq a Crusade. And if it really is a crusade, they've killed mercilessly and even now are trying to amend their consititutions and dividing them on the basis of sects! Somehow shows how tolerant they are of other nations' prosperity!
Jews... Well.. they cannot tolerate Muslims in Palestine. They kill mercilessly too. And when faced with retaliation, they call the Muslims intolerant.. Two Israelites were kidnapped an year ago by Labenese and they bombed blindly without looking at what their bombs were hitting and they cannot see numerous thousands of Palestinians in their jails. They tend to forget that they have kidnapped the parliamentary memebers of Hamas from their places. They foget that they targetted a crippled man even when he had a hard time talking.
Liberals and Fundamentalists... Liberals are not hesitant to kill the innocent. We saw that recently in Islamabad. Plus one more example is in my earlier post. Shoaib Mansoor couldn't tolerate the change in Junaid Jamshed. Well... the so-called liberals prject the idea of following ones heart and if that following is not upto the liberals' mark, it's intolerable!
Double standards and hipocrisy... And somehow people tend to go with the flow to avoid the harshness of life...
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Justice...
Now that the Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has won the case against the reference from the President, questions remain :
Will a layman get justice now? Would people still die on the doors of the court asking for justice?! Will the poor and weak have a voice against the injustices of rich and strong lords?!
Will a layman get justice now? Would people still die on the doors of the court asking for justice?! Will the poor and weak have a voice against the injustices of rich and strong lords?!
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Something to Ponder over...
On the first day of university after the semester break, while travelling in the public trasport, we were actually dropped off at the Independence Chowk!!! All my friends were hugging and screaming at the very fact that we didn't have to walk all the way to the department from the Silver Jubilee Gate!!! It was the perfect moment of ecstacy for all the students who use either the points or the public transport to get to the university.
It's after an year that they have opened the gates of university to the public transport or even their own buses. Last Ramadhan was the test for all of us. I still remember how we used to travel from the arts lobby to the zoology department in a rikshaw just to get some handouts. We even used to pool in money to get to the gate in the rikshaws. The scorching heat, the sun and the long walk used to tire us before even reaching our classes. Yes the points used to pick up students once they were inside the gates to their departments but for me walking was the better option.
Why were the gates closed?!
It has a long history... I still remember in the first week of university, a sernior told me that even if you hear about a clash, RUN!!! Well... the first semester was not much of a disaster in that sense. But in the second semester, students' political parties had a clash which resulted in closed doors, checking of bags at the gate and the student's university cards, which indeed was thrilling! The after effects were that while having one of our classes, some students belonging to a political group came in and asked the teacher to wind it up!
During the exams of second semester, we went to give an exam and found out that our paper has been cancelled. It was because a student slapped a professor on his face just because that professor refused to give the student the permission to sit in an exam due to shortage of attendance. The teachers' union called off every exam until the student was penalized for three years! And personally, I think the student earned it! Plus it was the first time EVER in the recent history that a paper was cancelled which was followed by the cancellation of exams right after may 12!!!
Well, the thrid and fourth semesters were a disaster. At one time the student clash went soo bad that we actually heard gun shots near the Arts Lobby! And it was since then the gates of university were closed for the public transportation. It didn't help though, we had a number of clashes after that as well.
Someone I know was wondering lately, that there were no one killed by the Jamia Hafsa students in all those years and they faced a major military operation. Karachi University is a hub of clashes, gunfires, injured and deaths, why isn't any operation done against the political groups that intimidate the other students who go there to study. In K.U. they give you soft drinks either in cans or paper cups because a number of students died earlier because the soft-drink-bottles were used as weapons!
You enter Karachi Univeristy and you see a number of Rangers and University guards everywhere. And we have seen the situations where these Rangers are threatened not to touch or involve or even come near the clashes. And as we all know the sudents' wing of the political parties are as deadly as the political parties themselves, Rangers do keep their distance!
And yet these political parties have a right to live and prosper when they have blood of innocent people on their hands and shouldn't be touched?!
To end with a happy note : my mum was complaining about no rains and scorching heat in Karachi even in July. And there's this famous saying that where the soil is stained with the blood of the innocent, Allah does not bless them with rains... it's just Azaab-Ilaahi which hits them! And may Allah give us guidance and save us from His wrath. Ameen.
It's after an year that they have opened the gates of university to the public transport or even their own buses. Last Ramadhan was the test for all of us. I still remember how we used to travel from the arts lobby to the zoology department in a rikshaw just to get some handouts. We even used to pool in money to get to the gate in the rikshaws. The scorching heat, the sun and the long walk used to tire us before even reaching our classes. Yes the points used to pick up students once they were inside the gates to their departments but for me walking was the better option.
Why were the gates closed?!
It has a long history... I still remember in the first week of university, a sernior told me that even if you hear about a clash, RUN!!! Well... the first semester was not much of a disaster in that sense. But in the second semester, students' political parties had a clash which resulted in closed doors, checking of bags at the gate and the student's university cards, which indeed was thrilling! The after effects were that while having one of our classes, some students belonging to a political group came in and asked the teacher to wind it up!
During the exams of second semester, we went to give an exam and found out that our paper has been cancelled. It was because a student slapped a professor on his face just because that professor refused to give the student the permission to sit in an exam due to shortage of attendance. The teachers' union called off every exam until the student was penalized for three years! And personally, I think the student earned it! Plus it was the first time EVER in the recent history that a paper was cancelled which was followed by the cancellation of exams right after may 12!!!
Well, the thrid and fourth semesters were a disaster. At one time the student clash went soo bad that we actually heard gun shots near the Arts Lobby! And it was since then the gates of university were closed for the public transportation. It didn't help though, we had a number of clashes after that as well.
Someone I know was wondering lately, that there were no one killed by the Jamia Hafsa students in all those years and they faced a major military operation. Karachi University is a hub of clashes, gunfires, injured and deaths, why isn't any operation done against the political groups that intimidate the other students who go there to study. In K.U. they give you soft drinks either in cans or paper cups because a number of students died earlier because the soft-drink-bottles were used as weapons!
You enter Karachi Univeristy and you see a number of Rangers and University guards everywhere. And we have seen the situations where these Rangers are threatened not to touch or involve or even come near the clashes. And as we all know the sudents' wing of the political parties are as deadly as the political parties themselves, Rangers do keep their distance!
And yet these political parties have a right to live and prosper when they have blood of innocent people on their hands and shouldn't be touched?!
To end with a happy note : my mum was complaining about no rains and scorching heat in Karachi even in July. And there's this famous saying that where the soil is stained with the blood of the innocent, Allah does not bless them with rains... it's just Azaab-Ilaahi which hits them! And may Allah give us guidance and save us from His wrath. Ameen.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Army...
Army was always considered to be the most prestigious institution in our country but now we are having second thoughts. I got this SMS a few days back and it really hits you between the eyes, forcing you to see beyond the crisp uniforms:
"When was the last time our legendary Pak Army faces the army of an enemy country? Was it Kargil when they left dead bodies behind and made good their escape OR war at Paltan Ground of Dhaka where they made historyby becoming the largest surrendering Army in Muslim History. But now thi smafia of property dealers is never going to face an enemy army again. The only use left for this breed now is to lick the feet of their American counterparts."
"When was the last time our legendary Pak Army faces the army of an enemy country? Was it Kargil when they left dead bodies behind and made good their escape OR war at Paltan Ground of Dhaka where they made historyby becoming the largest surrendering Army in Muslim History. But now thi smafia of property dealers is never going to face an enemy army again. The only use left for this breed now is to lick the feet of their American counterparts."
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Just a Disaster?!
8th October 2006 : Earthquake rocked the northern area of Pakistan killing millions of people.
June 2007: Cyclone, floods hit the coastal parts of Sindh and Baluchistan killing millions again
July 2007 : Strom hit the Punjab Area of Pakistan killing several
In less than one year, we came across more than one natural calamity which cannot be a conincidence. It's time to mend our ways before we get the worst of them.
June 2007: Cyclone, floods hit the coastal parts of Sindh and Baluchistan killing millions again
July 2007 : Strom hit the Punjab Area of Pakistan killing several
In less than one year, we came across more than one natural calamity which cannot be a conincidence. It's time to mend our ways before we get the worst of them.
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