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Concerts in educational institutes

2012-01-31T14:28:00.000+05:00

Few days back Punjab Assembly passed a resolution and banned the music concerts in its educational institutes. Apparently it was aftermath of incident in Atif Aslam's concert, which claimed three lives and left several injured. This specific concert was organized by Punjab Group of Colleges at Al-Hamra Cultural Complex. Any how keeping in view the trends associated with majority of Pakistani citizens, no major campaign was being expected against this resolution. One can easily find that an over whelming portion of middle class does not like such music activities for their children.
However i was astonished to watch the wind that various channels propagated against this resolution. Anchors and news persons immediately took some music related personalities online. Obviously music related personalities condemn the Punjab Govt act and declared it very harmful for peaceful society. Few politicians were also taken online and were badly depressed by media persons.
No one bothered to consult the public opinion or religious concerns. Media made his move and it was successfully deceived that Punjab Assembly banned the cultural activities and performed a very harmful act against social liberties.
Politicians became very much under pressure and another resolution was passed rejecting their prior view. It is a very shameful act of Pakistani media that they misguided the law makers against the public opinion. If there should be concerts in educational institutes then why not in hospitals, parliament, courts, prisons, nuclear installations, GHQ, air bases, naval fleets and even in homes. If it is our culture then let it flourish every where.
In fact it is part of an effort to impose and insert the music in our culture. Such music is not culture of people of Pakistan. It may culture of a minority that is being imposed on whole nation.

Then What?

2012-01-14T15:58:00.000+05:00

Magic of Imran Khan and Tehreek-e-Insaf is high and prevailed now a days. Student circles look dominant with PTI supporters and those who are not fully convinced are excited to test it in coming time. Palmist and predictioners willingly or unwillingly paved the grounds for PTI popularity. Such personalities along with columnists and media persons are continuously issuing statements about near future elite status of Pakistan. They are predicting about a new leadership allied with some very honest and trust worthy team and together they would take the Pakistan to a new era of success and honor in the world. Such prophecies are backed with prophecies by famous saints of past.

I am an optimistic individual and like every one i turn to such prophecies and predictions that are related to a happy and honorable Pakistan. However i have some solid views that are required to be satisfied.

As long as Imran Khan is concerned, let us assume he may be like many other leaders who came in our country in past and were very loyal to Pakistan. We can start by Quaid-e-Azam himself then Liaqat Ali Khan, ZA Bhutto, Asghar Khan and may be some others. All these that i mentioned were true leaders and were very loyal to Pakistan but no one was able to lead our country out of where we are in today.

In case of Imran Khan, the morally and financially corrupt team around him is not capable of leading the Pakistan to a better future. His prominent corrupt team members are Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Khurshid Mehmood Qasuri and a famous singer and corrupt social worker Abrar ul Haq. Who the hell these people are who claim to lead our honorable nation? And even if Khan successfully filters out the sub standard members of his team even then he would not allowed to act freely in satanic democratic system. He would get indulged in complicated rules of bureaucracy and number games of politics. And last option is always there to eliminate him from the scene like other leaders those i mentioned above.

So i think the real concern should be change of system rather than change of faces. The satanic, corrupt and exploitery system of democracy should be thrown out of Pakistan and a system should be configured which should strictly follow the frame work of Islam. This is our only way out and those who work for it would lead the Pakistan to her elite destiny.

Dead by drone and martyrs of crusader coalition

2011-12-02T11:50:00.002+05:00

While US/NATO has predated couple of posts leaving dead dozen of front line state soldiers, every one in Pakistan is now talking about martyrdom, sovereignty, justice, honor and other terms like these. Pakistan army awarded the dead soldiers with lofty title of Shaheed, as this title is reserved for Pakistan Army soldiers by the Almighty. And no matter how much they are involved in assisting the modern oily crusaders, every of their dead soldier is ready made Shaheed.

Propaganda and deception has mesmerized the whole Umma in general and Pakistan in particular. The reality is that as long as Pakistan is an ally in war on terror, Pakistan security forces are as condemnable as NATO and US army that are involved in plundering and looting of whole muslim world. Dead ones of Pakistan security operators may be called Shaheed in nationalistic sense but they can never be declared Shaheed as an Islamic title.

As in case of Salala check post, the dead ones are an example of losers in this world and here after. Here they have lost their lives in a far away area while being ally of crusaders, and here after they would be deal with those who assisted the armies against muslims and muslim countries.

Saving country, nuclear assets or other lame excuses like these are not acceptable before the Almighty Lord. His orders are clear, when there is exam, choose your side.

In deed those who have denied the obedience of all but Allah are true in their faith and they would be rewarded for this by Allah.

Tracing the Haqqani Network

2011-11-25T10:23:00.000+05:00

The disputed and dangerous Haqqani Group is unleashed now. Amazingly it was not settled in tribal belt as always narrated but found in elite circles of power connecting Islamabad and Washington. The bad boys were very near to national security setups than ever expected. Every one was convinced to eliminate Haqqani Network if it was the case of a tribal warrior. But in case of a elite conspirator only resignation is enough. In fact Hussain Haqani and many others like him are state enemies, they have nothing to do with national interests of Pakistan.

But his resignation refreshes many other occasions in my mind when resignations were due but not processed. None of military establishment took responsibility of any of their incompetence during past and near past. Haqqani resignation once again highlights the military dominance in Pakistan.

A great Quraanic project, Tanzil

2011-11-15T13:58:00.006+05:00

Tanzil is a Quranic project launched in early 2007 to produce a highly verified Unicode Quran text to be used in Quranic websites and applications. Mission of this project is to provide accurate Unicode text of holy Quraan for onward use on web.

Along with this mission they have provided excellent interface for browsing, searching, translating and listening of holy Quraan.

It is a much appreciable effort and we should utilize it and join hands with this team to serve this noble cause. Just click here to visit the project website.

Leadership required! a tranquilizer and a myth

2011-08-23T12:41:00.001+05:00

Our country Pakistan is facing a number of challenges and problems in almost every field. A nation whose majority is not loyal to Islam, humanity and law. It is effect of various factors that operated here for a long time. And the remaining is covered by corrupt politicians along with civil and military establishment.

People are now in a state of pessimism about almost whole current political leadership. Often i hear views which show that majority of people consider the lack of leadership as main problem and they think that without a real and bold leadership nothing could be made better.

In fact it is a misconception and is being planted by media intentionally or unintentionally. In near history we have experienced a very successful movement which is known as lawyers movement. This movement has very profound effects on politics and democratic system of country. Following are some of these effects

CJ Pakistan along with other judges was reinstalled
Played role in demolishing of Musharraf dictatorship
Strengthened the democratic system
Strengthened the supreme court for major decisions

These along with many other are the achievements and effects of lawyers movement. If we analyze the movement from its start, we have following important observations.

Lawyers movement was not planned
CJ was not a leader even not a well known public figure
There were no campaigns to pull out the common people from their homes in to protests and gatherings
No leaders were nominated, few determined lawyers came forward without and external influence

What we learn

This shows that leadership is not pre-requisite for any positive change. Leadership emerges automatically and it may be not well known to masses. So we should come out of dormancy and should believe that leadership would be there naturally whenever public would be mobilized.

Istikhara for every decision

2011-07-18T11:22:00.000+05:00

Allah almighty has provided us Islam as complete way of life. Many times we are confused with available options. In such conditions Prophet peace be upon him guided to perform Istikhara for seeking guideline and blessings of Allah in that particular matter. So whenever you are confused with your options just offer 2 raka prayer and read following Dua with darood shareef. Allah would guide you to right option.

Once you have performed Istikhara, no specific dreams and cautions are required for guideline. Right option would emerge automatically and it would become easy for you. So after Istikhara your duty is over and there is no need to indulge in dreams and signs about it. Allah almighty would guide you to right option once you have asked Him for His favor in your issue.

How to remove caller tunes from Jaz, Zong, Telener, UFone or Warid numbers

2011-06-14T14:00:00.003+05:00

Cell phones are commonly used in Pakistan by all age groups. Most of people are very well versed by new and changed packages and facilities provided by their service providers. Telecom service providers have introduced a functionality known as caller tunes. People set these so that all of their callers may hear the music or Naat while waiting the call to be attended.
I have noticed that some people complain that caller tune is activated automatically and how to remove it now?
So here is how to remove caller tunes

For Zong SMS UNR to 230
For Telenor SMS UNSUB to 230
For Jazz SMS UNSUB to 230
For UFone SMS UNSUB to 666
For Warid SMS RBT to 7171

Note: I have not personaly verified the above procedures. If any thing requires correction then please mention it.

Some simple tips to be environment friendly

2011-05-30T17:06:00.001+05:00

The Earth has already become a dangerous place to live in for the animals and birds. Soon it might be our turn. So let's pledge to save our beautiful planet so that you and your future generations can live happily and peacefully ever after. At your end follow the simple but effective tips.

Use power button

There is a cute small round press button at the bottom right corner of almost all monitors: Please make use of this button.

Avoid printing

Stop printing out Harry Porter, Jeffrey Archer and other e-books. This is a classic example of paper wastage.

Use both sides of print paper

If you have printer with double side print facility then make use of it. If it is not so or you forgot to give double-side prints, make sure you make use of the empty sides as scribbling pads or for your kids' imposition.

Make sure to shut down

Take two minutes from your busy schedule before hurrying back home to shut down the computer.

Blackle (energy efficient search engine)

All of us are big time Googlers. Have you heard of the Blackle search engine? Blackle (Google powered) is a search engine designed all in Rich Black so that your system consumes less power. So change your homepage.

Say no to plastic bags

Plastic bags these days indeed come in bright and flamboyant colours and tempt us to take them home with us. But the saying, "Appearances are deceptive" holds true for these plastic things too. Next time, hold back or go prepared to counter temptation with a cloth bag.

Grow small plants

Roses, Jasmine, Hibiscus and Peas; All these saplings cost hardly between Rs 10 - 20 each. Can't we afford to plant these in and around our houses? Also, more importantly, caring and maintain them as they grow.

Avoid horns

Try to minimize the use of horns. Honking has drastically increased and this adds to the noise pollution and does not provide a conducive environment to live in.

Categorized waste

Try to segregate the different kinds of waste into Bio-Degradable (Fruit or vegetable waste) , Recyclable (waste Paper, paper products) and Electronics (Floppy disks, CD-ROMS ). Once you have segregated your thrash, look for specialized trash cans to throw them away.

Rechargeable Batteries

Use rechargeable batteries though it's an expensive product, it's one-time purchase. Recharge when required. (Same applies to cell-phones, MP3s, iPods and Laptops)

Ink pens and pencils

The best pens to use would be ink ones. Though if you have to use a ball point pen, buy refills instead of buying new pens. Pencils are much better for rough use!

Take care of water tap

Remember to close water taps before preening in front of the mirror. Of course you are beautiful, but Water is a precious resource!

Turn the lights off

Let's not just wake up and walk out of finished meetings and conferences with a sigh of relief, let us remember to turn off the lights and projectors too. Also make sure to off the lights when going out of rooms at home.

Do you know?

Take few minutes to learn about topics like 'Global Warming' , 'Air / Noise /Land / Water Pollution ' etc apart from constant surfing of News, Latest Gadgets, Movies and Music.

And as last tip, spread this message to your friends and colleagues. They too can make a difference.

To be a fan does not loose the right to disagree

2011-05-19T15:50:00.000+05:00

Keeping a view about some personality is not digital 1 or 0. You can not tag a person as right always or other wise. I have observed that when people like some one they always praise the thinking and idea of that personality. You can note this behavior at face book pages of public figures. If you have some reservations about a point or you disagree from what the public figure mentioned that your views should be expressed with free mind. A person with right views may be wrong some time.

It becomes more important when you are dealing with social, cultural or religious matters. Right to disagree is always there and every one should use it for moving towards a better society.

15 years long hunt with over 3 trillion $ ends at a disputed claim

2011-05-19T15:47:00.000+05:00

US claim of Osama Bin Laden hunt became dubious due to a number of reasons. From common people to media and political representatives there are many voices with different questions about the issue. Along with these the changing statements of US officials regarding the Abbottabad operation have further complicated the issue. Majority of people have accepted the death of Osama due to reason that Al-Qaeda announced his martyrdom after couple of days.

Osama Bin Laden emerged as a symbol of struggle and Jihad against the exploitative systems in the world. It is bad luck of America that Bin Laden ideology has got its roots inside the hearts and minds of vast majority of Muslims all over the world. Muslim youth got a real alternate of Che Guevara that may be even more problematic than a hidden Bin Laden of past.

What to do, when you get a suspect job offer letter?

2011-04-26T17:18:00.004+05:00

Recently i came to know about a case where some one started coordination with a fresh graduate (i would call Mr. X) about a job contract. A Email was send with attached contract letter and Mr. X was asked to send a signed and scanned copy of offer letter along with scanned copies of passport and photographs. Email and contract letters were showed to be from Shell Company Malaysia. A lucrative package was offered as salary and benefits. Also some amount was mentioned for visa processing in contract letter but not demanded at the moment.

Facts in Case

Mr. X never applied for Shell Malaysia
He was never called for phone/online test/interview
Offered package was much more than normaly being offered in market
Mail senders were insisting for one day for document submission

Further investigation revealed

With these apparent points, Mr. X further investigated the issue and came to know that

Domain used for Shell Malaysia (deducted from email) was proved fake as Shell official domain pointed to its domain in Malaysia, that was totally different
EMail of Malaysian man power ministry was provided the further cover the case
That domain (concluded from Email) was also proved fake as original Malaysian man power ministry website was found on Malaysian domain

Potential threats

This was terrible effort of disguise and fraud. It involved following major threats.

Signatures on scanned agreement were subject to potential misuse
Scanned photographs and passport may also be misused in very dangerous manner
With further home work and disguise Mr. X may be convinced to pay a suitable amount on behalf of case processing or documentation

What to do?

If you get any such agreement/ proposal from unconfirmed sources. Then try to confirm the origin of offer. You may easily verify the domains related to EMail used in whole coordination process. Try to talk on phone also. You may involve the related departments to get verification of suspect employer. And most important thing is that never ever expect that some one would issue you a job contract without any test/interview and without your application for that job. Be extremely conscious for over seas offers because that may be complex to verify and may result in great loss.

Nationalism or Islam, Nation or Ummah, have to make a choice

2011-04-23T14:50:00.004+05:00

During my Childhood
Like any other Pakistani boy i grew up with strong lessons and slogans of nationalism in my course books, TV, newspapers and schools. We were used to put CRUSH INDIA badges on shirts. India was primary enemy of Pakistani nation and Islam. Kashmir was burning issue and Govts were used to exploit the sentiments of people over Kashmir as it was national as well as Islamic matter. Israel was always unanimously cursed by all segments of society. Later my nation got engaged with Russia in Afghanistan. Even then it was OK as Russia was a threat to Pakistan and Islam as well. Those were very good old days.

Middle phase came
Then there were some matters where i like other common people was disturbed by US attacks on Iraq. I was not satisfied by Govt stance on these issue. Collation forces captured the major resources and sensitive points of Arab world (till today). Any how it was still not a threat to nationalism ideology as Pakistan was not involved in any of collation activities there.

Along with that Ex-Jihadi groups appear with war slogans against US and west. Osama Bin Laden declared war on America from Khost. US navy targeted that camp through cruise missiles by violating Pakistan's air space. It was a clear response of USA for Osama's declaration. Till here nationalism did not confronted the Ummah or Islam.

9/11 also destroyed my ideology
Then time came when Al-Qaeda launched attacks on USA on Sept 11 2001 and US president called for a clear distinction of friend and enemy. He rejected the option to stay neutral. Pakistan at that time was under the rule of dictator Gen. Musharraf. Due to extreme strategic importance and Afghan connections US leadership asked the dictator to assist the collation forces for culmination of Taliban regime and Al-Qaeda activists. For whatever reason dictator stood on the collation side and offered every type of support to US lead forces from 35 countries of the world.

USA brutally carpet bombed Afghanistan with ferocious weapons. Pakistan on his side captured the great Arab mujahedin and sold to USA. Several ex-jihadi individuals were killed at the spot without even a single crime on their record against the state of Pakistan. Even women were sold as later came the case of Dr. Aafia Sidiqui. Here i did not find any way to satisfy my nationalism and Islamic ideology both at the same time. Along with twin towers 9/11 also destroyed my innocent and very firm bond of nationalism and Islamic ideology.

Dictator Gen. Musharraf grasped this reality very much and introduced the attractive but mean slogans like "Sab say pehlay Pakistan". And crushed every local/international individual/organization with some aim to apply Islam in society.

National Security set ups
Almost a decade has past after 9/11. Pakistan is bound to wage a war that is against the mujahideen of Islam. During this process we have created more enemies and less friends. Intelligence Agencies and national security set ups are extremely patriot without any doubt but they are totally failed to justify their actions according to Islamic perspective. This situation leaves no way to opt either nationalism or Islam. Or in other words opt nation or Umma.

Main Concern
The main concern is how could we put nationalism and Islamic bond back same as it was before and what should be done to make sure that in future nationalism and Islam would not be mutually exclusive?

Javed Chaudhry comments and sugestions about mosques environment in Pakistan

2011-04-07T16:39:00.003+05:00

In his recent column Javed Chaudhry has analyzed the mosques environment in Pakistan. His criticism was based on following observations

Shoes were scattered all around
There was dust and water drops
Noise was being produced by snoring and other activities of people during wuzoo
Windows and fans were covered with dust
Imam sahib was provoking the people against India, Israel, America, media and other unseen enemies
There was no discipline among people while leaving after prayer
Design of wash rooms in mosque is not up to date

After sharing these observations J Chaudhry came with following suggestions to poor nation.

Design of wash rooms should be updated in mosques
Hand towels should be provided in wash rooms as provided in 5 star hotels (he really mentioned 5 star hotels)
There should be proper shoe racks along with a full time dedicated employee for handling shoe there
Inside the mosque there should be special air freshers applied
Entry and exit points should be seperate
Imam Sab should limit the duration of Qayam and Sujood
People may use tablets to get rid of bad breath and throat noises
A general body for mosques should be established as done by Christians and Jews for Churches and Synagogue

Above sections contain summary of what J Chaudhry expressed in his column.If you have not read his column yet then Click here to read it and confirm what i have summarized.

Personally i did not liked all what he said. It looks that honorable Javed Chaudhry has visited the mosque for the first time in his life and after inspecting the undisciplined and un- etiquetted masses there, he is no more in mood of going back in near future.

He is suggesting the change of wash room designs, hand towels, shoe racks with dedicated employee and tablets to control throat voices to a nation where poverty and inflation is now out of control now. People commit suicide and sell their children when not able to earn basic necessities.

The learned columnist humorously commented the khutba of Imam in his mosque. Is mosque not meant to talk about current affairs and Muslims stance? Javed Chaudhry can criticize the India, Israel , USA and media but Imam can not, why? If that Imam is considered so foolish and provocative then J Chaudhry should have looked some other mosque rather than to offer prayer under command of same very Imam.

While going to mosque one should be aware that he is going before the Lord of the lords. Instead of looking at the dust and water drops around him he should look at his own deeds and blessings that Lord has blessed him with.

People of Pakistan manage the mosques in a very good manner. And it is strange that almost every mosque is established and managed by wealth of common people without any Gov/NGO participation. And you would observe that a mosque in a certain area is with same or even better facilities that people of that area have at home. If people use heaters/AC then mosques have those.

Javed Chaudhry has not got the sense of pride that a Muslim have for simplicity of mosque. Allah bestows the Muslims with serenity and good feelings when they visit His home.

So there is no requirement to follow the role model of Christians and Jews in case of our masses. You can not cut off the mosques from rest of society. They would reflect the society. If society is well established and there is discipline, extra hygiene etc. then all this would automatically be reflected in mosques, as it may be noticed in mosques of rich and developed countries. Other wise it is insane to insult the masses of this country without any reason.

I am proud of our mosques system and the dedication by which people are running these all over the country.

Download Sahih Bukhari Sharif in Software product form

2011-04-06T11:55:00.007+05:00

In a previous post i provided Saha-e-Sitta Hadith books with Urdu translation in pdf format. The response was unexpectedly great for me as many people submitted their thanks via comments and emails. Said post got highest visits on my blog. It strengthened my view about sharing whatever i like for my self.

A couple of days back i came across another very useful product based on Sahih Bukhari Sharif developed by some very motivational people. I installed the rich featured software product and find following major aspects

Sahih Bukhari Sharif is provided as software product
All volumes are provided in single soft ware product form
Index of each volume is provided
Search facility is provided for both Urdu and Arabic
Link to development team are provided for contact
Help related to fonts and other issues is also provided

Indeed it is a valuable effort from development team and may Allah accept it. Do not forget to contribute your any skills for on going projects of development team. You may contact them through links provided in this software book. By clicking on following image you can download the Sahih Bukhari Shareef in software product form. Size of .rar compressed file is about 62 MB.

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Afghan army general addresses the forces

2011-03-03T17:06:00.000+05:00

Although the general looks angry but its very funny. Resembles to a school class where an angry teacher founds no other way but to curse his/her disobedient students.

Tracking routes in Naran Kaghan valley

2011-02-25T13:37:00.010+05:00

Kaghan valley has some excellent tracking routes to go for. Most of the people specially new visitors are not aware of these routes. I have got following compiled information about tracking routes in Kaghan valley. Although i have not personally explored these routes but according to my initial confirmations the provided information is accurate. Any how i would welcome any update provided by blog readers.

Dadar to Sharan via Musa Ka Musala

Duration 5 days

Standard Moderate

Starting Point Dadar/Kund (SiranValley)

Finishing Point Sharan/Paras

Route Mansehra to Dadar and Kund by jeep (2500m), Trek to Shaheed Pani (2896m), Trek to Jabba (2896m) with climb to Musa Ka Musala (4076m) Trek to Sharan (2592m) and return to Paras by jeep (1500M)

Shogran to Kohori via Makra

Duration 3 days

Standard Moderate

Starting Point Shogran/Paya

Finishing Point Kohori

Route Shogran to Paya by jeep (3079m), Trek to Ziarat (2896m) via Makra Top 3885m, Trek to Patika (854m) and return to Muzaffarabad by jeepvan(671M)

Shogran to Makra Top and back to Shogran

Duration 3 days

Standard Moderate

Distance 24 km

Starting Point Shogran

Finishing Point Shogran

Route Trek to Paya (3079m) via Sari, Trek to Makra Top (3885m) and return to Paya,Trek Back to Shogran ( 2362m) and return to Balakot by jeep/van (884M)

Mahandari to Naran via Kuch Gali and Saiful Muluk

Duration 2 Hours

Standard Moderate

Starting Point Mahandari

Finishing Point Naran

Route Mahandari to Bela (1925m) by jeep, Trek to Manoor rest house (2600m), Trek to Saiful Muluk (3200m) via Kuch Gali (4100m), Trek to Naran (2405M)

Saiful Muluk to Lalazar via Hans Gali

Duration 8 Hours

Standard Moderate

Starting Point Saiful Muluk

Finishing Point Batakundi/Naran

Route Naran to Saiful Muluk by jeep (3200m), Trek to Lalazar (3200m) via Hans Gali ( 3994m), Trek to Batakundi (2713m), return to Naran (2405M) by jeep.

Saiful Muluk to Batakundi via Siran Gali

Duration 3 days

Standard Moderate

Best Season June to September

Starting Point Naran/Saiful Muluk

Finishing Point Batakundi/Naran

Route Naran to Saiful Muluk by jeep (3200m), Trek to Upper Kuch (3962m) via Malika Parbat base camp, Trek to Batakundi (2713m) via Siran Gali (4594m), return to Naran (2405M) by jeep.

Naran to Saiful Muluk via Chura Gali

Duration 2 days

Standard Easy

Best Season June to September

Starting Point Naran forest rest house

Finishing Point Saiful Muluk/Naran

Route Trek to Chora Gali (3962m) via Dana, Trek down to Saiful Muluk (3200m) Trek to Naran or return to Naran (2405M) by jeep.

Burawai to Dawarian via Ratti Gali

Duration 5 days

Standard Moderate

Best season June to September

Starting Point Burawai (UpperKaghanValley)

Finishing Point Dawarian (NeelumValley)

Route Naran to Burawai (2926m) by jeep, Trek to Bhukwal (3100m), Trek to Dharian Lake (3695m) via Rati Gali (4141m), Trek to Domail (3119m) Trek down to Dawarian (3119m), return to Muzaffarabad (671m) by Bus/Van or stay few days in Neelum valley.

Besal to LakeDudupat Sar and Lake Saral

Duration 6 Hours

Standard Moderate

Best Season June to September

Starting Point Besal (UpperKaghanValley)

Finishing Point Besal

Route Naran to Baisal (2804m) by jeep, Trek to Mullan di Basti (2800m), Trek to Lake Dudupat Sar (3920m), Trek to Saral Lake (3633m) Trek down to Dawarian (3119m), return to Muzaffarabad (671m) by Bus/Van or stay few days in Neelum valley.

Diplomatic Shuttle transport Service, The Most expensive road travel

2011-02-21T16:35:00.001+05:00

Few days back i had to visit an embassy located in Diplomatic Enclave Islamabad. It was my first visit since the intense security measures have been implemented in the area. About 5 gates like Sareena Hotel side gate and PM Secretariat side gate were closed for General use and only gate one was there to enter the diplomatic enclave. It was disturbing for me as i had to cover about 3 KM for entering the diplomatic enclave through only available gate at Quaid-e-Azam University and Bari Imam road.
Any how i passed through a security check post at main entrance and reached in front of Diplomatic Shuttle Service Terminal.

At entrance gate i was told that i have to get ticket of Diplomatic Shuttle Service to visit any embassy there. Also i was told to submit my shoulder bag at a cabin just outside the Shuttle Service terminal.
Right at the entrance of terminal there were two host ladies appointed for guiding the passengers for their queries if any. They told me that there are two type of tickets available at a single window.
Type 1 ticket costs Rs. 200 and it takes about 40 min for that to leave for embassies. While other one costs about 500 and would take 5 minutes to leave for embassies onwards. I had about 30 minutes to reach the embassy at scheduled time. So instead of taking risk of being late i decided to go through 5 min service which costs about Rs. 500.
So i went to counter and also let me tell you that before buying the ticket, i had to handover my cell phone at a counter. It was a long time since i was out of home without my cell phone. I realized that people with wrist watch were able to note time when required. Any how i bought the ticket worth Rs. 500 for total distance of about 3 Km (both sides).
Some people bought same ticket for even further less distance as there required embassies were just at start of embassy area.
There at embassy i confirmed them my presence and waited there for some time. And i was shocked to note that shuttle service with ticket for Rs. 200 passed from route just with 5 minutes difference.
And later it was confirmed that both services (Rs. 500 and 200) are passing with some time difference.
Actually there was no fixed time for any of both types. Shuttle was launched as soon as their required number of passengers is there. Most condemnable is misguidance of staff who motivate the visitors to buy costly tickets by telling the wrong rules about service time.
I raise a question that under what rules the shuttle service charges have been applied?
There should be only one type of charges and charges should be according to public transport rules appiled in Rawalpindi Islamabad.

Predictions/prophecies of Shah Nemat-Ullah Wali

2011-02-09T17:12:00.001+05:00

Shah Nemat-Ullah Wali was a sufi poet of about 13th century AD (547 A.H). He is famous for his poem related to future predictions of wars and international affairs. His poems got published in 19th century. Since then people take interest to know and evaluate his prophecies. Most of predictions and prophecies are about wars and international affairs. Many people think that his predictions were remarkably proven true. I have read the translated poem and found it interesting. Original poem is in Persian (Farsi). Here is the English translation of poem with predictions of Shah Nemat-Ullah Wali.

The old tale comes to an end and i now turn towards India and unveil the events of coming millennium.
Mughal emperors would rule but it would be a cruel rule.
They would be indulged in luxuaries and comfort, and would quit the hard and warriors like life.
Government would be lost by them and it would be in hands of others.
After that there would be war among Russia and Japan. In which Japan would get victory and Russia would be defeated.
After end of war they would establish separate borders. There would be peace agreement it would be a hypocrite agreement.
Two persons with "Ahmed" in their name would mislead the people by writing self motivated and non authentic religious commentaries of Quraan.
Plague and famine would strike the India and would claim the heavy number of muslim lives.
A severe earthquick would destroy the 1/6 th of Japan.
After that there would be 4 years of extensive war in Europe. Here Alif would conquer Jeem with deceit and treachery.
There would be a great war which would claim 1,30,00,000 human lives.
There would be superficial efforts for agreement and peace but it would not be durable.
Both (Alif and Jeem) would look calm but infact would be preparing for war. Alif and Jeem would have war again.
While China would be engaged in war with Japan, Christians would also start battles among themselves.
It would be second war after 21 years of world war 1. It would be more ferocious than the first one.
Indians would help in this war but they would not be aware of the fact that all this would be in vain.
Speedy and very predatory weapons would be prepared by extreme experts.
If you would be in east, you would be able to hear the talks from west. Songs and music would be relayed from skies.
Two Alif, Russia and China would become close Allies and would attach Alif and Jeem.
They would use electric swords and devastation until would be victorious through their deceit and deception.
This war would be fought for 6 years on whole earth and would lead the people to death every where.
British would quit their rule in India but would sow the seeds of their meanness and devilish ways for ever.
India would get divided in two parts. Treachery and cunning would cause many disputes and hardships.
Kings without crown would rule and govern. They would issue orders but these would be rubbish orders.
Due to corruption, carelessness and conscious neglect Government orders would be misinterpreted.
Scholars on their knowledge and wise on their intellect would mourn both. And incompetent and fools would dance naked very much.
Umma of prophet peace be upon him would be indulged in extreme criminal acts and would live sinful life.
Affection would change in to carelessness and honor of elders would turn into courageous acts.
Sons would be indulged in flirt with mothers and sisters would do same with brothers and fathers with daughters.
Concept of Halal and Haram would be vanished. Chastity would be looted by kidnapping and force ably.
Ladies would be habitual of no veil and gents would be habitual of unveiling. Apparently they would be pious but in fact would sell modesty.
The mean nature men having decorum like saints would sell their daughters and would become pimps.
Muslims no more would be fond of Sala, fasting, Haj, Zakat and Sadqa o fitr. All these would be performed unwillingly.
With a wailing heart and great sorrow, i say that please come out and face the situation bravely.
A great catastrophe would be there suitable for such sins. Allah almighty himself would issue an order full of blood.
Muslims would be killed and would run after a great destruction. Armed Hindu army would attack them.
Life and property of Muslims would be worth less and rivers of their blood would flow.
Hell bound non believers would be ousted from central Punjab. And Muslims would unlawfully capture their left properties.
On the other hand same would happen with Muslim cities. Hindus would capture every city unlawfully.
Biggest city of Muslims would become slaughter house. Destruction and predation would be to such an extent that every home would resemble Karbala.
At back end Muslim leaders would be friends of enemies of Muslims. And according to their sinful treaties they would ally the non believers.
This event would happen between two Eids when moon would pass from first stage and sun would pass from 50th state of 12th schedule. Whole world would denounce the Hindus.
Kohkaf would be captured by Russians. They would take over the area from Khwarzam and Khewa to Kirana.
Nipal, Tibet, Gilgit, Chitral and Nanga Parbat would be conquered to their boundaries.
Both kings would look for peace negotiators like that of chess kings.
Non believers would instigate the Muslims to follow them. They would stop Muslims from performing Haj and would ban the recitation of holy Quraan.
Exactly in era of discontentment and unrest, Allah almighty would award the Muslims with His mercy.
Muslims would be valorous and courageous at once. And they would fight with non believers with very bravely.
Allah would have special mercy on Pathans. And they would be famous in whole world.
Muslims would take weapons and begin war in Moharram.
After that whole India would rise. Generous ones would spend their money in Jihad same as it was spend by Hazrat Usman Ghani May Allah please be with him.
At that time one of friends of Allah, who would be bestowed with special knowledge of Quraan, would take the weapons and would aim for Jihad by the help of Allah almighty.
All opponents of Islam would be killed and Allah almighty would present a man name "Akram" with His special mercy.
Great warriors of Sarhad would come forward in great numbers, so that earth would tremble. And they would actively march forward to achieve their goals.
They would attack in great numbers like ants and locusts overnight. In fact Afghan nation would be proper victorious.
Arabs would also come from mountains, forests and deserts. And common Muslims would rise for cause of Islam.
River Attock would get full of blood of non believers third time, so that there would be blood streams all around.
Citizens of Lahore city in Punjab along with brave tribesmen of Bannu and Dera Jaat would attack and conquer Kashmir.
Afghans, the Muslims of southern India and Iran would collectively conquer the whole India very bravely.
By the mercy of Almighty Allah, a very mean Hindu name starting from "Gaff" and having six characters in name would become Muslim.
Whole Hindustan would get rid of non believe (Kufr). And Muslims would become happy by the mercy of Allah almighty.
West would have same spoiled fate like India. And third world war would begin.
When Turks would hear good news, they would gather at Bab-e-Aali Istanbul.
First of all they would destro France and would wage number of wars against British and Italy.
This war would be waged for 6 years in which Kings and Muslim fighters would sacrifice their blood heroically.
One "Alif" would jump head long in to the war and "Ray" would attack west "Alif".
Defeated "Jeem" would join the Russia and would bring out the hell like weapons with him.
Alif would be vanished from the face of the earth, so that only its name would be found in history.
Due to divine punishment, no one would be willing to communicate with them. And Christian culture would never flourish again.
These non believers were the architect of sedation and strives in whole world, would at last be send to hell fire.
I have arranged the deep secrets in poetry like gems, and these would work like divine help for victory of Muslims.
If you want to view all this happened and are seeking the help of Allah almighty then for God sake follow the orders of Allah almighty in true sense.
When year of "Kana Zahooka" would come then Imam Mehdi would establish his position of power.
Suddenly Mehdi would be appeared at Hajj occasion. And his appearance would spread out in whole world.
Nemat, be quite and do not unveil the secrets of Allah. All this i said in year 547 A.H.

If u can help to solve it

2011-02-06T20:45:00.001+05:00

Today i received an interesting question through SMS. It looked simple in first glance but actually it proved to be tricky. I invite you to solve the following situation.

Problem
Person A took loan of Rs 1000 and 500 from his friends B and C respectively.
Later A payed 1000 to some one else.
Out of remaining 500 A gave back 100 each to B and C.
And also purchased some goods of Rs 300.
Now person A has to pay 900 (1000-100) to B and 400 (500-100) to C.
It makes 900 + 400 = 1300. On the other hand person A has purchased goods of 300.
The total goes to 1600 (1300 + 300).
While the total was expected to be 1500, the amount which was borrowed.

So could u help to solve the equation that why amount exceeds to 1600?

Monkeys got the match-box

2011-01-21T22:24:00.000+05:00

Monkeys got the match-box and now they can burn any thing that they want. In fact this example very much resembles the Anchors of Pakistani TV channels. Of course exceptions are there, so except a couple of competent hosts/anchors, all others are terribly misguiding the nation by managing and leading the debates on very very sensitive issues. They have their agendas and loyalties. And they are major cause of increasing the gaps among different groups of society.
Recently this reality became very much obvious when majority of anchors/hosts were busy in ill prepared programs on blasphemous law issues. On the other hand some are constantly busy in criticizing every political act either on Government or opposition side. Criticism for the sake of criticism.
Hardly one can find a program that serves a single of following

Leading the masses towards better political political sense
Increasing general knowledge of students/learners
Unveiling the corruption cases
Backing any harmony effort on political scenario

Majority of programs serve any of following purposes

Raising pessimism among the nation
Sabotage any effort/chance of political harmony
Presenting the evils of society as heroes
Highlighting the views of irrelevant ones on a topic
Posing too much consciousness on freedom of expression

So what to do?
Solution may be that never watch any current affairs program with total dependence on host/anchor. Watch it with critical mind and take care that host/anchor is not imposing his own views. Also keep in mind that the any guest person commenting on an issue is capable, relevant and worthy of that particular topic.

Islamic index launched in Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)

2010-12-29T11:32:00.001+05:00

Bombay Stock Exchange has launched Islamic index. Main objective is to provide a suitable environment for Muslims who are hesitant of using normal stock exchange activities due to certain religious concerns. These concerns are related to nature of company where investment is going to take place. Also interest based activities are strictly prohibited in Islamic Sharia.

It is very positive and should be appreciated that in economic filed, Indian business community have acted professionally without any religious bias.

Surprisingly, i became a little bit disturbed by reading this news. The reason was that we got a separate country by chanting slogans of Islam and now we are without any Islamic ideology. Instantly i Googled for any clue of Islamic index in Pakistani stock exchanges. And i found that The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) and Al-Meezan Investment Management Limited (Al Meezan Investments) launched the Pakistan’s first co-branded Islamic Index, KSE-Meezan Index (KMI).

To bridge the gaps among religious and less religious classes in Pakistan, Government and private sectors should try to come close by such steps in every filed of life.

No wikileaks about Israel, Really?

2010-12-07T12:41:00.001+05:00

I have heard many people saying that unlike many other countries there are no wikileaks about Israel. And with same mind most of people declare the wikileaks as a conspiracy by US Govt itself. Am so sick of these conspiracy theories. ): Even one of leading columnist in his recent column mentioned the same point and at the end declared the leaks as conspiracy of US Govt to develop a new strategy of diplomacy around the world.

I think such issues are not so simple as people give authoritative view on same. If you discuss this issue with people around you (as Pakistani folk is eager to discuss such topics) or read columns/articles in newspapers you may get a funny vision that Obama administration and Pentagon high ups are sitting together and approve the plan to reveal truth about their spy type diplomacy in form of wikileaks. It is ridiculous to think so.

Back to main point, today i have captured a snap on Google.com with results of term "wikileaks Israel". Google is showing lot of results on web and in news. So leaks are there about Israel also and these are serious. So there is no reality to say that there are no wikileaks about Israel.

You can try it yourself.

Year 2011 calender would be same as year 2005

2010-12-04T07:28:00.002+05:00

Regarding the coming year of 2011, it is interesting to note that 2011 would match 2005. Days and dates would follow same combination as in 2005. This means vacations and other yearly events would follow same days. So if you have 2005 calender with you then no need to buy a new one for 2011.

Where your cell phone got assembled

2010-12-03T07:22:00.001+05:00

To get know that where your cell phone was assembled, here is a simple way.
Press *#06# on your mobile and the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number appears check the 7th and 8th digits.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7th 8th 9 0 11 12 13 14 15

IF the 7th & 8th digits are

02 or 20 that mean it was Assembled in Emirates
08 or 80 that mean it' s manufactured in Germany
01 or 10 that mean it' s manufactured in Finland
00 that mean it was manufactured in original factory
13 that mean it was Assembled in Azerbaijan