Spring- The Message of Diversity and Hope

The Moon is staring upon me like a frenzied lover, stars blush as the rose blooms in the cheek of a young fair maiden. The night is ticking by- tick tock tick tock- but sleep is far away from these swollen eyes. My beginner’s mind is like the brook drinking in its first drop from [...]

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Social Networking- A boon or a curse!

First published in Chitraltimes on 6th April, 2011 With time we humans are able to build mega projects; huge highways, bridges and finally we reached the moon but our thinking becomes increasingly shallower each day. Our foresightedness becomes vagrant possibly because we are being enslaved by the secret societies. We are able to make bombs [...]

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Be Volunteer Not Valentine

I awoke early in the morning and noticed the lovely blue sky, saw the beauty of the river. “How peaceful it is”, my sister said. I was having a cup of tea reading Sunday newspapers and finished reading with many questions in my mind. It is too depressing to read newspapers. The headlines reek of mass [...]

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Tragic Assassination of Salman Taseer And The Blasphemy Law

The future of my country, my beloved Pakistan, appears bleak due to the new brand of Islam that is an unstoppable force.  Suicide bombing is everyday news.  The disease of religious intolerance is increasing and has infected our society immensely. The Governor of Punjab, Salman Taseer, has been murdered.  Pakistanis receive death threats when utilizing a  universal human right [...]

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On a Dreamy, Winter Night

While, sitting beside the window with a mug of coffee on a cozy, moonlit winter night I observed the scintillating moon has appeared on the screen like a long awaited guest and silhouetted against the sea, smothering the waves with silver reflections. The floor of my bed room is bright too! I lift my head and [...]

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Iqbal’s Eagle (shaheen) Yearns For Change

Allama Mohammad Iqbal (Poet of the East) ignites me to write.  He is among many whom  inspire me.   For me, he was a poet, philosopher, a revolutionary and a devout Muslim with Sufistic bent of mind.  He stirred up a revolution in the apathetic masses through his powerful poetry.  The most significant and dynamic symbol [...]

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I Salute The Soil Of Pakistan

These are my thoughts that come from what is happening around me. Whenever I stop to  spine about them, it causes me to write. It’s the brave soil that witnesses the horrible incident of Sialkot.  It’s the soil that is facing the biggest catastrophe.  It’s the soil that is facing war against terrorism from a [...]

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Ignorance can be the reason of Clash

“Knowledge has no borders, wisdom has no race or nationality. To block out ideas is to block out the kingdom of God”. –Aristotle Ignorance!!!  A seed which is bitter than any other form of clash, a clash which lit the fire of extreme action and thoughts.  Whether ignorance of minorities rights or educational rights and [...]

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Speak Up For PAKISTAN

We patriots will be celebrating 63rd Independence Day of our beloved motherland Pakistan, which came into being on 14th August 1947.  After  63 years -where we stand ? What we have achieved in this long journey? Did we accomplish any of our founders dreams? Did we give a proper law to the country? Are we REAL Pakistani!  Be sincere [...]

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Pakistan is drowning–Zardari is swimming:-

Our beloved land, Pakistan; has been faced with insurmountable trials such as: floods, extremists, suicide attacks, war on terror, Flight 202 crash, target killings and sectarian violence. Why is this so? Are we moving in the right direction? Have we identified the cancer? It is shameful that when the people in Pakistan, under the threat [...]

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