tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87124213693887502202024-03-12T20:19:11.511-07:00Random ThoughtsAfifa Rahatulainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06921096059492990845noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712421369388750220.post-1509247717680647452016-01-27T01:59:00.000-08:002016-01-27T01:59:04.706-08:00The Islamic Republic of Pakistan -- Really is it ?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The news about the a mosque being named after a killer of ex- governor Punjab, did not come as a shock to me. As we live in a country where mass-murderers are revered as holy, corrupt so-called 'mullahs' are followed blindly, people are judged on their appearance, fatwas are issued on everyone who dare to argue with us and killing innocent people is justified.... and the best part is this is all in the name of religion!<br />
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Afifa Rahatulainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06921096059492990845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712421369388750220.post-40626757065069369692016-01-27T01:58:00.000-08:002016-01-27T01:58:12.017-08:00Independence Day - 14th August<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Today is the 66th birthday of my beloved country "Pakistan".<br />
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In the morning i was thinking that I should seriously start telling Ayaan about these events which he may not be able to celebrate here in Sweden with the same enthusiasm we used to do in our childhood.</div>
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A couple of days back it was Eid, and that too was spent like 'just another day'. No Morning صفائیاں , no getting dressed up, putting jewelry , nothing. it was the most boring eid i ever had ! </div>
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Anyways talking about the independence day celebrations, i remember we used to put the Pakistani flag on the چھت of our home , even did چراغاں one 13th august night with abbu. </div>
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My parents really brouhgt up so well with the patriotism for country, love for religion, peace and harmony for all sects.</div>
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the conditions were not such as they are today ! Nowadays we are all ready to kill each other on minor issues. And then it is called as frustration ! is it really frustration or is it selfishness?</div>
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Afifa Rahatulainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06921096059492990845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712421369388750220.post-68196461967054482672015-04-17T05:56:00.001-07:002015-04-17T05:56:22.574-07:00Evolution of thoughts -- positive or negative ? <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
After a very long time I opened my blog and read what I had written earlier on Salman Taseer's death....<br />
My first reaction was "did I really wrote that ? were they really my thoughts at that time ?" . Perhaps yes ! This made me to write something more how my thoughts have evolved over time and may be positively (that's what I think).<br />
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Its amazing how time and circumstances change your perspective of viewing things. More exposure to the world outside our own little world of thoughts and confined imaginations, lies a a lot more to be explored by us.<br />
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Reading my previous posts made me realize how most of us think (or atleast I myself used to think) about such situations, over charged emotionally, without any realistic thinking , just living in the paradise of fools.<br />
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One habit of ours that is very common and which I am trying to overcome is spreading messages without confirmation, believing every other thing in this world to be a conspiracy against us, talking and thinking negatively about everything and hating everyone ........<br />
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The last five years in Sweden have really changed my thougts ...... and I hope they are towards a more positive journey now !<br />
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Afifa Rahatulainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06921096059492990845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712421369388750220.post-50547201228486742812013-08-14T05:47:00.001-07:002013-08-14T05:47:46.391-07:00A poem by Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Khuda kare kay meri arz-e-Pak per utray<br />
Wo fasl-e-gul jise andesha-e-zawal na ho<br />
Yahan jo phool khile, khila rahe sadion,<br />
yahan khizan ko guzarne ki bhi majal na ho<br />
yahan jo sabza ugay, wo hamesha sabz rahe<br />
aur aisa sabz, k jiski koi misal na ho<br />
ghani ghataen yahan aesi barishen barsaen<br />
k patharon se bhi roeedgi mahal na ho<br />
Khuda kare k na kham ho sar-e-waqar-e watan<br />
aur is k husn ko tashweesh -e-maah o saal na ho<br />
her aik fard ho tehzeeb o fan ka aouj-e-kamal<br />
koi malal na ho, koi khasta haal na ho<br />
Khuda kare k mere aik bhi hum watan k lie<br />
hayat jurm na ho , zindagi wabal na ho<br />
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Khuda kare k meri arz-e-Pak per utray<br />
wo fasl-e-gul jise andesha - e-zawal na ho !<br />
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Afifa Rahatulainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06921096059492990845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712421369388750220.post-87756107959516570932011-03-17T04:29:00.000-07:002011-03-17T04:29:46.819-07:0016th March´2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: large;"><i></i></span><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #fce5cd;">There was some senior journalist giving his opinion about this issue, that although the question arises, as to how this can happen when the relatives were constantly saying that they want Davis to be given death sentence! He was right in saying that we as Pakistanis feel bad and talk bad about people who pinpoint towards us but never accept the fact that how morally degraded we have become.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #fce5cd;">We have become such that there is a hell lot of difference between what we practice and preach.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #fce5cd;">Though i do feel sad and demotivated at this news , that once again an American has been released and not punished for the crimes he committed but maybe at least this time , the man was not just handed over like that, as claimed by the USA govt. that he had immunity . At least this time he was indicted for murders, though was freed later but at least not just released like that. At least he had to pay for the lives he took for nothing, the people he killed just like that because being an American he had the license to kill anyone in the country like ours --- Pakistan, as our leaders want to be the happy salves of that govt.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">“Governor Punjab Mr.Salman Taseer killed in Islamabad”, this news was really shocking and it spread like fire. Within 5 minutes of that incident, we in Stockholm have already heard about it. To view the details we tried to open the online news sites but it was too much loaded and opened after a couple of minutes confirming the news and also giving a brief description of how he was killed by one of his security guards because of his reservations against some of his recent statements. Only 10 minutes to the news and it showed that 84 people on FB liked the news!!! What was that!! People are liking this news …oh c´mon! Even I didn’t know how to react on his death, to pity him, to be sad, to be happy …….but the only thing that came into my mind at that instant was the situation that would soon be in my country. I can just imagine the tension of the news even sitting here out of the country.</div><div class="MsoNormal">May be the governor reached his fate, may be the guard was right in killing him since he was supporting the controversial case of a woman accused of blasphemy. May be that’s how every Pharaoh is destined to die, may be this was the punishment he got because of his arrogance, or who knows all the Pharaohs of our present government will suffer the same or even worse! Allah knows better than all of us!! But still I am not at all sad at him being killed, but it’s the law and order situation in Pakistan that worries me the most.</div><div class="MsoNormal">In Lahore, the markets and all the businesses were closed within an hour, as told by Bajjo. Each and every city will have to face the music now and especially Karachi, as whatever happens anywhere in the country, the most affected is my city.</div><div class="MsoNormal">PPP has announced 2 weeks mourning and above all the PM Mr. Yusuf Raza Gillani in addition to just condemning and ordering a probe into the incident has also announced 3 days of national mourning for a politician who never ever thought for the national interest perhaps! Doesn’t that sound funny?? I am so sorry but as much as I try I cannot feel a bit sad on the killing of the Punjab governor!! Maybe I have become too ´Bay-hiss´!</div><div class="MsoNormal">I hope everything remains under control now and not so much of killing and burning takes place now, as it happens 3 years ago when BB was killed. Already there was so much of tension going on among our idiot political leaders who have no guts to lead the country. All they know is to throwing mud at each other, pulling each other’s legs and such shameless stuff.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Let’s see what happens now! May ALLAH save my country ….. Aameen.</div>Afifa Rahatulainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06921096059492990845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712421369388750220.post-44267220090314916502010-11-09T02:25:00.000-08:002010-11-09T02:25:27.000-08:00Shab-e-Jumma<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">The Spiritual & Mystifying Friday Night</span></b></span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of my friends from university once told me about the gathering on Friday night (night between Thursday and Friday) commonly known as “shab-e-jumma”, at various mosques in the area. He informed about how people go to the mosques at Maghrib time, spending whole night in Prayers and preaching Islam, increasing each others knowledge. Then the next morning some of the volunteers go for Tabligh to various parts of the country in the form of little jama´ats while the rest return to their routines, all set to attend the congregation next Thursday. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When our van passed through those streets, it was a mesmerizing scene, don´t know what was so inspiring of that but it was really really looking mystic. People have set up their ´thelas´ there selling different kind of things; dates, food, icecream, chat, miswaak, souveniors, many small pieces of technology from china and what not was set up in that small place. The rush of people all clad in the colours of purity were selling and buying the things, exchanging their views about life, helping each other in better understanding Islam! Well , it may not sound as something extraordinary, but at that time it was for me. It all resembled like the bazaars of Madinah and Makkah, with people wandering in the bazaars to leave everything and go for the namaz on hearing Azaan. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Something was surely spiritual, mystifying, mesmerizing at that place which forced me to write this, to share this thought. I can still feel the piousness of that place, the calmness and serenity that could be felt their that time, with all the people gathered to rectify themselves. Nobody was there to point fingers on others, but to correct their own selves. Maybe I cannot portray the scene exactly in its true sense, but there was definitely something extraordinary at that place that day!!!</span></div>Afifa Rahatulainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06921096059492990845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712421369388750220.post-49586559504394778222010-10-06T02:51:00.000-07:002010-10-06T02:51:36.290-07:00A poem by Zehra Nigah <i style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><u><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Suna hai jungalon ka bhi koi dastur hota hai!!! </span></b></u></span></i><br />
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Suna hai Jungalon ka bhi koi dastuur hota hai! <br />
Suna hai sher ka bhi jab pait bhar jae to wo,<br />
hamla nahi kerta!<br />
Suna haijab kisi naddi k pani men<br />
baye k ghonslay ka gandumi saya larazta hai,<br />
to naddi ki ro.peli machlian usko<br />
parosi maan leti hain!<br />
Hawa kkay taiz jhonke jab darakhton ko hilate hain<br />
to mena apne ghar ko bhool ker<br />
kawway k andon ko paron men thaam leti hai,<br />
Suna hai ghonsaly se jab koi bacha giray to<br />
sara jungle jaag jata hai!<br />
Naddi men baar ajae, koi pul toot jae to<br />
kisi lakri k takhtay per<br />
gulehri, sanp, cheetah aur bakri<br />
sath hote hain!<br />
Suna hai jungalon ka bhi koi dastur hai.<br />
Khudawanda, Jaleel o Mautber, Dana o Bina, Munsif o Akbar,<br />
hamare shehar men ab<br />
Jungalon ka hi koi dastuur naafiz kar !!Afifa Rahatulainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06921096059492990845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712421369388750220.post-1835190514248265982010-10-04T03:13:00.000-07:002010-10-04T03:13:55.600-07:00Screening of movie "HOME" at Stockholm UniversityLast monday , that is, 20th September'2010, we went to Stockholm university where the movie 'home' was being screened and the event was dedicated to collect funds for the flood victims of Pakistan.<br />
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I must say that the movie is a great one! the topic, the photography, everything is too good!<br />
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The movie/documentary starts from the beginning of the earth; how the algae and fungi absorbed CO2 of the atmosphere and made oxygen available to make life possible on this earth about billions of years ago. Then the story goes on about how various species were living on this earth, and how the population grew, with humans having only a few thousands of years history.<br />
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The movie captures the most beautiful scenes of this earth, portraying how life continued and continued towards the present world. Every scene is so beautiful that one is bound to say "Subhan Allah" and admire the beauty of nature.<br />
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The main idea behind the movie is how the modernization of this world has created some of the worst effects on the climate; known among all as the Global Warming.<br />
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It shows how the industrialization is causing pollution which in turn is effecting the water cycle on this planet. The glaciers are warming up quickly, the north and pole ice caps are melting at a rate which is faster than in the previous years.<br />
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De-forestation is causing the lands to erode, oxygen to diminish, less rainfalls, etc.<br />
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All these climatic effects and environmental considerations, would have turned out to be a boring lecture for many of us, but not in this movie ... the movie has been pictured so beautifully and the documentary is so well written and spoken that I am sure of it that no one will feel even a little bit of boredom while watching this.<br />
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The greatest part of the movie is that it just not only sermons on the things we are doing to our planet, but towards the end of the movie, emphasis has been made on the environment friendly acts which are now being taken.How the renewable sources of energy are being given importance today.The true potential of solar, wind, thermal, geothermal, hydral, bio fuels, etc etc is being harnessed in the modern world, and how we have actually taken up the responsibility of cleaning the environment and not further damaging it. how we are caring for this earth now to be able to stand up and face our future generations with pride, not just humiliation of destroying this planet and making this earth a better place to live.<br />
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<div style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>" Heal the world , to make it a better place,</i></b></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i style="color: #cc0000;">for you and for me, and the entire human race!!! "</i></b></span>Afifa Rahatulainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06921096059492990845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712421369388750220.post-84335708929545793612010-09-27T03:42:00.000-07:002010-09-27T03:42:48.317-07:00police museet - a hilarious experienceon saturday 25th september,I alongwith my husband visited a police museum , which had free entry that day because of their 30 years celebrations kind of thing. The museum (museet in swedish) happens to be a nice place, with police history on display ; uniforms, weapons, heroes and all. we wandered around the museum for about an hour and then joined a presentation about the PICKET - a special police branch trained for danger situations ( sort of commandoes). I being too naive to the swedish language, had to take my hubby's translation services to understand the presentation.<br />
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It was informed during that presentation that the police display of a life-saving act which was scheduled to be at one' o clock , had been delayed two hours, since the police officials had to go to Arlanda airport to take care of the PIA aircraft that had to do an emergency landing at Stockholm while going to Pakistan from Canada, due to a bomb hoax. Anyways that is a different story altogether.<br />
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So, to cut the story short, we decided to attend the bravery act of the polis and decided to kill time (about an hour) at another museum; etnografi museet , which was about different cultures and civilizations. That museum was really interesting by the way!<br />
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Finally it was 3'o clock and we went back to the police museet, where a crowd had gather to witness the heroic deed. So here it goes .....<br />
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" the scene was that a man and woman were inside the apartment, and a killer was after them in there who needs to be apprehended before he kills anyone. Two of the policemen came down the building wall via a rope, a police car came with a few more police officers who climbed the wall from down. Then all the four went out of sight (pretending to be in the apartment). Then there came 4 shots of a gun, and bravo!!! All the four of the polis man came back and started waving at the crowd!!!!"<br />
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yes that was it !! i was wondering if there was more to come but i was too stupid to think like that .......<br />
Seeing this we were like ..................................................... :-| :D the heroic act was over and we were still waiting for it to start :D<br />
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That was really too funny for us , as we saw nothing and the scene ended :) atleast they would have brought the hostages out, or may be the killer !!!!<br />
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WOW !!!! :D i will remember this thing all my life i guess :)Afifa Rahatulainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06921096059492990845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712421369388750220.post-71909135296382256352010-09-20T07:17:00.000-07:002010-09-20T07:17:49.877-07:00with no respect @ all to the MR.president<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">It was originally posted </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">by</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">on Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 12:52pm on facebook; now i thought of transferring this thing to my blogspace. </span></span><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">i just hate seeing zardari as the head of our state!!! is this really the punishment of our deeds or its a test to check our endurance????</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">hain zulmaton ki murabbi tabiaten unki</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">kabhi ye roshni-e-taba ko nahi mane</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">hai roshni ka inhen aik hi nazara pasand</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">k jashn-e-fatah mane, aur jalen kutub khane.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">guzashta ehad guzarne hi men nahi ata</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">ye hadsa bhi likho mojzon k khano men</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">jo rad hue the jahan men kai sadi pehle</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">wo log hum pe musallat hain is zamane men!!!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">May Allah save Pakistan from the clutches of all these eagles who are just ready to attack my country..... wat a pity tht every day we are seeing a bomb blast in the country and there's no one to balme at.. now when musharraf is gone then y are the so called democratic ppl not able to cope up with the situation???y are we like that?? y cant we think?? y arent we able to bring a revolution????</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">men ye kisk naam likhun jo alam guzr rhe hain?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">mere shehar jal rhe hain, mere log mar rhe hain!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Is there nothing i can do for my country!!! I feel so helpless sometimes but still pray a lot tht we may all be in peace in pakistan. the whole world be @ peace.Amen</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">I know what ever i am writing has nothing to do with the topic of this note!!! I am not in a mood to write !! oh. how i just hate the thought of him :~|</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">again another piece of confused thoughts, just pouring out whatever comes in my mind ! and i know none of it makes sense.. but who cares anyway!! wat can I really do while talking sense???? im so frustrated, and this is not just me,every other person i meet has the same opinion as mine...we are totally lost........none of us can do ANYTHING?????????</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">but still there's a hope in my heart tht everything will be fine soon inshaAllah....whenever i pray for pakistan i just get tht strong feeling from inside tht my country will exist forever, as a sovereign, independent state!! InshaAllah !!</span></span>Afifa Rahatulainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06921096059492990845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712421369388750220.post-71204338438230619612010-09-20T02:23:00.000-07:002010-09-20T02:38:23.721-07:00In the memory of...............................While going through my emails today, I found another great news about our present brilliant government, that now a monument of ex-PM Benazir Bhutto will be erected somewhere in Rawalpindi,as she is now one of our national heroes.<br />
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Wow!! isn't that amazing to see how the list of our SUCH heroes is increasing! A corrupt politician, who was in exile for the past decade, strucks a deal with a military-origin president (who by the way had himself lost his credibility) , clears herself of all the previous charges of corruption and crimes, and returns to the coutry under the so-called National Reconciliation Ordinance - the famous NRO!<br />
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And the greatest part is that WE, the people of Pakistan are so much ready to welcome her, not remembering any of her past sins.i think we have got a short term memory loss, keep on forgetting the great deeds of our leaders. <br />
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Anyways, now since that lady is assassinated, infact sacrificed her life for her country, for the revival of democracy and what not --- she is sure to attain the status of a national hero!<br />
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Can you believe this ???<br />
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Ok, i think now that is a clear thing and i should also admit the reality that she was a heroic lady :-| no doubt in that!<br />
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But now, a monument of that "hero" is being built by the government of Pakistan, with the money they are making while sucking the blood of this countrymen, by mentally torturing the common people, forcing people to die of hunger, poverty and injustice ( that is btw i think is one of their agenda in the population growth control programme) .<br />
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This is not acceptable at all! the party leaders are free to build a memorial of their 'shaheed rani' Benazir , but on their own money. Why should we pay for such a useless thing? Mr. President should loosen his own pockets a little and provide funding for that statue of his beloved wife, but what is the point in doing this on government's behalf, wasting the tax-payer's money, on such an idiotic thing ? And that also in the midst of the worst catastrophe , world has ever faced. Millions of people have been rendered homeless by the floods, there is shortage of food, crops are all destroyed, and yet the only thing the great democratic government can think of now is building something in "shaheed mohterma ki yaad men" !!<br />
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The budget this year has no money for the education sector, nothing for health, none for the basic necessities for the people, whole government machinery, organizations are in shambles; but we still have 11 million USD to spare for the great piece of architecture .<br />
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This is all truly amazing. Hats off to the government for being such a shameless thing,! we should really salute you !!<br />
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May Allah prevent us from the government's clutches and save our coutry from the blood sucking vampires in the present lot of our ruling officials.Afifa Rahatulainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06921096059492990845noreply@blogger.com0