Recently my 8 year old has been reading the newspaper and talking amongst her friend about the recent flood catastrophe so one day she asks: “Why has Allah made so many poor people die in the flood? They didn’t do anything wrong.” Honestly, I am at a loss of words to this question but this is a question that is perhaps being pondered over globally whether any creed or cast? God is Omnipotent. Then how come Pakistanis are undergoing a series of misfortune? Mid 2010 has witnessed several tribulations for Pakistanis: The powerful Cyclone Phet that hit in June, then the Air Blue Crash taking innocent lives of 152 passengers, then the recent calamity of the flood that is spreading. These disasters seem endless as we head towards the end of the year.

The question arises: Is God angry with the Pakistanis and hence we as a nation are being punished? But why and what about the innocent ones like Sher Muhammad who says: Amongst other things he had lost were hundred and twenty bags of maize. “That’s all I had. I have lost everything, my cattle and my orchard of apples that was ready for harvest. But I am grateful to Allah that we are alive.” (Dawn: When water became malevolent: Ismail Khan, Thursday, 19 Aug, 2010). Sher Muhammad seems like a grateful servant of Allah yet he is enveloped in this affliction. One may wonder.
Read more…

The Scandal is out… the Heaven has fallen… as if the flood waters raging from Northern Himalayas to the Southern valleys of Sind weren’t enough to drown a Nation … our beloved “Idiots” have breached all of the remaining dams of trust… Saying is… to drown in shame all u need is “Chullo bhar Paani” (a small cup of water)… why await the greatest flood of last 100 years…

I ask the nation to demand Excellence… from ourselves … from our Heroes… from our nation builders…  Let’s seek again the days where we cherish the true heroes only and not drug addicts like Asif and Shoaib Akhtar .. or habitual betters like Kamran Akmal …. Let’s recall the days of Hero of Sharjah the legendary Miandad… of Sydney, the Tiger Imran Khan, of Dehli… The magician Hasan Sardar.

As today all of you (read us) are asking the question… What..? Why..? I do no more but to remind us of “HOW” we got here… let us recap the way us, the Pakistani nation have raced ourselves to “Mediocrity” and now digging to become the exemplary milestones of “Below Average Attitudes”
Read more…

Ramadan is a month of countless blessings and virtues. The word Ramadan is derived from “ramdh” which means “burning of the feet from heat” This is because of the fast, which burns the sins of a Muslim into ashes. This month is so precious that one should fast, recite Qur’aan and keep himself engaged in worship (Ibaadat) day night.

Last night as I was switching channels I came across the campaign launched by Olpers for creating awareness in this holy month of Ramadan and I must say that Olpers deserve round of a plause for this beautiful campaign. A simple message yet conveyed very beautifully and I am sure this will create a positive impact on the whole nation as it is the voice of every Pakistani.

Read more…

Pakistan is experiencing the worst flooding it has seen in over 80 years. Entire villages have been washed away, an early estimate of over
1,600 deaths so far and over 2 million displaced or otherwise affected. Not only is the immediate water damage causing havoc, the floods have inundated crop-producing areas, dealing a crippling blow to the
agricultural-based economy and threatening a food crisis. The Pakistani
government now struggles to rescue and provide aid to millions – while
still fighting with militant Islamist forces in many of the hardest-hit
regions. With even more heavy rains predicted in the coming days, here
are a handful of recent photographs of Pakistanis as they cope with this
latest disaster.

We appeal to all Pakistanis living in United States and elsewhere in the
world to generously donate to the following three Michigan based
Pakistani Organizations. Emergency assistance is urgently required and
your immediate assistance would be greatly appreciated. “In the
aftermath of the floods there is a serious risk to survivors from
potentially deadly diseases which will spread as a result of
contaminated surface and drinking water.” Your donations will help make
a difference to the people of Pakistan whose homes and livelihoods have
been washed away by severe monsoon floods.
Read more…

The death toll due to continued monsoon rains in Pakistan rose to 1,600 on Saturday, government officials claimed, as tens of thousands of people are still trapped in flooding waters that submerged dozens of villages across Pakistan.

Nadeem Ahmed, head of the National Disaster Management Authority, said that the north-western province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and central province of Punjab had suffered most. Ahmed said 650,000 houses were damaged or destroyed and the country would need $2.5 billion for relief and rehabilitation after the worst floods in the country’s history.

There are two ways in which you can help flood effected people:

1. Send your donations on the below mentioned addresses
2. Make an Air tight plastic box
   Read more…

Courtesy by Dawn.com

Read more…

Now days we have cell phone snatching on top of all Crimes.

These videos demonstrate how people on the streets of Karachi are brutally robbed. In some cases when they resist they are often hurt or even killed.

It’s really deteriorating  to see such crimes happening in the city.

Read more…

It has been about a year and a half since we moved back from the US to Pakistan. A family of 5, 3 young children (5, 3 & 6 months), the immediate fear of moving to Pakistan with American born children and the thought of the dry summer heat was what if my 5 year old says: Ammi there are too many mosquitos (machar) in this country or how come we never have any light. I was pleasantly surprised and a little relieved when my 5 year old’s reaction when summer came was: Man, these mangoes are great. And every year after that she kept waiting for the “aam” season to arrive again and every few months we would hear a holler of: is it aam season yet! The heat and problems of the summer in Pakistan on one side and mango season on the other, the latter enveloping the prior.

Once again it is the mango fiesta season. We see streets filled with crates and piles of sweet luscious mangoes.
Read more…

Tropical Cyclone Phet – It Is Not Too Late

EMERGENCY DECLARED

MUSCAT/KARACHI: Cyclone Phet is heading towards Pakistan at wind speeds of up to 120 kilometres an hour on Friday after passing over Oman, Omani authorities said. “There were two causalities reported recorded so far,” an Omani civil defence spokesman was quoted as telling the official ONA news agency. “The cyclone has weakened in intensity since making landfall last night and its rating has been lowered from factor 3 to factor 1,” on a scale of one-to-five, he said. In Oman, winds were still blowing at 120 kilometres (75 miles) an hour, down from 180 kilometres per hour on Thursday, when alert levels were raised to orange (Regional Times)

Read more…

I talk cricket, I walk cricket and sometimes I even play cricket. I have played many online cricket games but few days back my friend told me about Howzat.com . This is the first online cricket game made by Pakistani students.  This reminded me of my childhood memories; same energy, same passion and same finger biting moments.

Now let me give you some feedback on the game:

Read more…