Faysal Bank t20 cup 2011 - Karachi

Karachi has been in the news for all the wrong headlines in the recent past. This time its groovy, shaky & in the limelight. Karachi will be the Host to "Faysal Bank T20 cup 2011" taking place between September 25,2011 till October, 2nd 2011 at Karachi's National Stadium! (This even was originally planned to take place in Lahore but shifted to Karachi three days back because of the Viral Epidemic break-out of Dengue Fever in Lahore).

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This time its groovy, shaky & in the limelight. Karachi will be the Host to "Faysal Bank T20 cup 2011" taking place between September 25,2011 till October, 2nd 2011 at Karachi's National Stadium! (This even was originally planned to take place in Lahore but shifted to Karachi three days back because of the Viral Epidemic break-out of Dengue Fever in Lahore). Nevertheless, this brings a feeling of fresh air to Karachiites who were in dire need of such an activity and this T20 cup brings a reason to cherish for everyone. <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM_8-OhyDP-ryvoRiY6rsqqzCkN-_v24i94LdMpHUmciXPO5Z8MofhKEFNFsdEUIChH3sVjOUg5xiwQJlOHlcswKyJDzfUEJ4wfg-yN3uW4BtEEDjy2mQlD1QcUP0FMrwhdYDlDXA5hZ4O/s1600/Sialkot-Stallions.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 183px; height: 173px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM_8-OhyDP-ryvoRiY6rsqqzCkN-_v24i94LdMpHUmciXPO5Z8MofhKEFNFsdEUIChH3sVjOUg5xiwQJlOHlcswKyJDzfUEJ4wfg-yN3uW4BtEEDjy2mQlD1QcUP0FMrwhdYDlDXA5hZ4O/s320/Sialkot-Stallions.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655893543888574866" border="0"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJAzM7UE_F5JzrXimhgEqPpcSy1q0pBpMOJfzUQ_WA1xyfyFL2ladJNbY7PPYEcTw8qnjPW-SlJL8wim-R9bidAGqWn56_WYQX8yPU3q48LhZ96ah_GwnW4FUVxRlitE7jt8oXSuqUtXiM/s1600/Lahore-Lions-Becomes-Domestic-T-20-Champions-In-Pakistan.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 183px; height: 173px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJAzM7UE_F5JzrXimhgEqPpcSy1q0pBpMOJfzUQ_WA1xyfyFL2ladJNbY7PPYEcTw8qnjPW-SlJL8wim-R9bidAGqWn56_WYQX8yPU3q48LhZ96ah_GwnW4FUVxRlitE7jt8oXSuqUtXiM/s320/Lahore-Lions-Becomes-Domestic-T-20-Champions-In-Pakistan.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655893708482846834" border="0"></a><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjix_ks56oXc2a1vZP2GiUHY3WUae9jFju-hzqovB0_wmaKhVIWcbwC7a6E4h-Tgm1u87Fmm856Q4OxLlpIWWri2XEVj7Ae_QMi3kiYdx3OC5FjGZQ-amoGdj2nHDA9mAd8J_GhWFe-xnpm/s1600/Lahore-Lions-Becomes-Domestic-T-20-Champions-In-Pakistan.gif"> </a></div> Nevertheless, this brings a feeling of fresh air to Karachiites who were in dire need of such an activity and this T20 cup brings a reason to cherish for everyone.


The Squad for the teams are as below;

Abdul Manan

Adnan Raees

Ahmed Jamal

Asif Afridi

Fawad Khan

Ghulam Mohammad

Junaid Khan

Khalid Usman

Khurshid Anwar

Mir Azam

Nabeeullah

Rehan Afridi

Sajjad Ali

Sohail Akhtar

Wajid Ali

Yasir Hameed

Yasir Shah

Younis Khan

Abdur Rauf

Asad Ali

Asif Ali

Asif Hussain

Imran Khalid

Jahandad Khan

Khurram Shehzad

Misbah-ul-Haq

Mohammad Hafeez

Mohammad Salman

Mohammad Shahid

Mohammad Talha

Naved Latif

Sabir Hussain

Saeed Ajmal

Shahid Muzaffar

Shahid Nazir

Waqas Maqsood

Aqeel Anjum

Azeem Ghumman

Faisal Athar

Ghulam Yasin

Jamshed Baig

Kashif Pervez

Lal Kumar

Mansoor Malik

Mir Ali

Naeem-ur-Rehman

Nasir Awais

Nauman Ali

Rizwan Ahmed

Shahid Qambrani

Shahzad Haider

Sharjeel Khan

Suleman Baloch

Zahid Mahmood

Adnan Ijaz

Afaq Raheem Ashar Zaidi

Iftikhar Anjum

Imad Wasim

Junaid Nadir

Kamran Hussain

Moed Ahmed

Naeem Anjum

Nasrullah Khan

Nauman Masood

Raheel Majeed

Rizwan Malik

Sajid Ali

Sarmad Anwar Shan

Masood Umair Khan

Zohaib Ahmed

Asad Shafiq

Ashraf Ali

Faraz Ahmed

Fawad Alam

Fazal Subhan

Haaris Ayaz

Javed Mansoor

Khalid Latif

Misbah Khan

Mohammad Sami

Rameez Raja

Rumman Raees

Sarfraz Ahmed

Shahid Afridi

Shahzaib Hasan

Sohail Khan

Tanvir Ahmed

Tariq Haroon

Adnan Baig

Akbar-ur-Rehman

Anwar Ali

Asif Zakir

Atif Maqbool

Azam Hussain

Danish Kaneria

Faisal Iqbal

Farhan Iqbal

Hasan Raza

Khurram Manzoor

Mohammad Waqas

Rameez Aziz

Sheharyar Ghani

Tabish Khan

Tahir Khan

Uzair-ul-Haq

Wajihuddin

Abid Ali

Adnan Akmal

Ali Azmat

Asif Ashfaq

Asif Raza

Azhar Ali

Emmad Ali

Hamza Paracha

Imran Farhat

Junaid Zia

Kamran Sajid

Kashif Mahmood

Mohammad Hamza

Mustafa Iqbal

Saad Nasim

Taufeeq Umar

Waqas Aslam

Wasif Butt

Aamer Hayat

Abdul Razzaq

Adnan Rasool

Ahmed Shehzad

Aizaz Cheema

Asif Yousuf

Imran Ali

Jahangir Mirza

Jamshed Ahmed

Kamran Akmal

Muzaffar Mahboob

Nasir Jamshed

Raza Ali Dar

Sohail Ahmed

Tanzeel Altaf

Umar Akmal

Usman Malik

Wahab Riaz

Ansar Javed Bilal Khilji Faisal Elahi Gulraiz Sadaf HaziqHabibullah Kamran Hussain MohammadIrfan MohammadIrshad Mohammad Sami MohammadZahid Naved Yasin Shabbir Ahmed Shahbaz Ahmed Taimur Ahmed Zain Abbas Zulfiqar Babar Aftab Alam Akbar Badshah Fawad Ali Gauhar Ali Iftikhar Ahmed Israrullah Jamaluddin Khadim Jan Mohammad Fayyaz Musadiq Ahmed Nasir Ahmed Nauman Habib Nawaz Ahmed Noor-ul-Amin Rafatullah Mohmand Shoaib Khan Umar Gul Zohaib Khan Abid Ali Arun Lal Bismillah Khan Faizullah Fareeduddin Gul Mohammad Imran Khan Matiullah Khan Mir Wais Mohammad Asif Mohammad Zahir Mohibullah Munir Ahmed Nasrullah Khan Saeed Khan Sher Hasan Taimur Khan Taimur Siddiq Adil Zarif Adnan Mufti Awais Zia Babar Naeem Hammad Azam Jamal Anwar Mohammad Nawaz Mohammad Rameez Mohammad Saleem Nasir Malik Naved Malik Sadaf Hussain Samiullah Sohail Tanvir Tahir Mughal Umar Amin Yasim Murtaza Zahid Mansoor Abdur Rehman Ali Khan Faisal Naved Haris Sohail Imran Nazir Kamran Younis Mansoor Amjad Mohammad Ayub Naved Arif Naved-ul-Hasan Qaiser Abbas Raza Hasan Rizwan Sultan Sarfraz Ahmed Shahid Yousuf Shakeel Ansar Shoaib Malik Yasir Aziz COMPLETE T20 FIXTURES (CLICK TO ENLARGE) The First semi-final will be played on October 1st 2011 and Final will be played on October 2nd 2011. TICKETS DETAILS HAPPY T20'ing GUYS & GALS :)

Khoon ki holi hai, Khyber se Karachi Tak!

The recent wave of terrorism across Pakistan has sent chills down our spine. Just when we were recovering from the loss of human lives from a suicide blast at a mosque in #Jamrud, #Karachi was hit again by lethal killings claiming 500+ lives uptill now. Since then, there has been a peek-a-boo of bloodshed leaving no point unturned in brutal killings on different ethnic, religious, political and mafia groups in the city. The government is totally at failure to deal with the current situation. 50 people lost their lives in merely last three days and over 300 are barbarically killed in only July-Aug.This is not just "target-killing" now. It has seeped into a deeper level, rotting the roots of our society. Every eye has tears. Everyone is scared. Stepping out of your home early in the morning gives a heartache to the people waiting for you to return home in the evening. Everyday, incidences of firings/kidnappings have lead to a complete halt to the daily routines of the city. 11 people are killed in karachi in the last 11 eleven hours. The fire of blind terrorism is spreading everywhere, and so is the hate/anger/fear amongst people. This seems crazy now. Isnt the government watching? And if the government is unable to stop all this non-sense, why dont they bloody step out of the power? Is there any end to it? While many of us try to portray Pakistan, as the land we know.. inducing positivity, we are thrown back by our own people to a state where hope dies and fear creeps in, slowly & gradually!
And while I write these lines, the President sahab of Pakistan states that no criminal would be spared. But an insecure feeling hit my guts. Who knows may be its me in the headlines tomorrow!

Nisaar mei teri galiyon pe ai watan k jahan

Chali he ras'm k koii na sar utha k chalay

Jo koi chahnay wala tawaf ko niklay

nazar chura k chale, jism o jaan bacha k chalay!

Hai ehl-e-dil k liye yeh nazm-e-bast-o-kushaad,

k sang-o-kisht muqayyad hein aur sag aazad!

Buhat hai zulm kay dast-e-bahana joo k liye,

Jo chand ehl-e-junoon teray naam leva hein,

Banay hein ehl-e-havas, muddaee bhee munsif bhee,

Kisay wakeel karen, kis se munsafi chahein!

Magar guzaarnay walon k din guzartay hein,

Teray firaaq mein yoon subh-o-shaam kartay hein,

Bujha jo rozan-e-zindaan toh dil yeh samjha hai,

Teri maang sitaron se bharr gai hogi,

Chamak utthay hein salasil toh hum ne jaana hai,

K sehar teray rukh per bikkhar gayee hogi,

Ghar'z tassavur-e-shaam-o-sehar mein jeetay hein,

Girift-e-saaya-e-deevar-o-darr mein jeetay hein,

And the following lines are a killer!

Yunhi hamesha ulajhti rahi he Zulm se khal'q,

Naa un ki ras'm naiyee hai, na apni reet nayee,

Yunhi hamesha khilaye hein hum ne aag mein phool,

Naa unn ki Haar nayee hai, naa apni jeet nayee!

Isi sabab se falak ka gilaa nahin kartay,

Teray firaaq mein hum dil buraa nahin kartay,

Gar aaj juda hein toh kal baham hongay,

Yeh raat bhar ki judaa'i toh koi baat nahin,

Gar aaj auj pay hai taal-e-raqeeb toh kya,

Yeh chaar din ki khudaai toh baat nahin,

Jo tujh se ehd-e-wafa istewaar rakhtay hain,

Ilaaj-e-Gardish-e-Lail-o-Nihaar rakhtay hain!

(Faiz Ahmed Faiz "Nuskha Haye Wafa"

Trending Location For Pakistan At Twitter!

Twitter has become a ONE-STOP source of information for us right over the globe. Its reach from web and almost millions of registered mobile apps to the users has grown tremendously, and "real-time" happenings have given a solid touch to the tweets. Tweet it for whatever reasons, Be it personal boastings, celebrity crushings, recommendation of movies, searching a location, guiding someone to a new location, increasing PR .. birdie is for everything!

A quick look at the twitter stats;

• Twitter says that 460,000 new accounts per day are being made.
• Users are now sending 140 million Tweets, on average, per day,
• The all-time high in terms of Tweets sent per day was 177 million sent on March 11, 2011.
• In terms of Tweets per second, the all time high was 6,939 Tweets per second after midnight in Japan on New Year’s Day.
• Mobile users are up 182 percent over the past year

On April 30, 2009, Twitter introduced a sidebar of "trending topics" which refers to the most-appearing messages that are instantly indexed which has made twitter undoubtedly the one-click source to know of what is happening in the world or simply stating, what's hot in the world of discussion!

India got its trending location enabled by November 2010 and by April 2011, Twitter rolled out its feature for city-based trending for India. Why did it happen for India and not for Us, remains the question!

Twitter explains “If you don’t see your country or city, it means we’re not receiving enough Tweets from that geographical area to create a quality list.”

Trending a topic doesnt only depend upon the tweet volume but time zones, tweet consistency, hashtag usage, scheduling/timing the tweets but, tweets from people from that specific geographical location counts the most.

I must say, Pakistanis arent aware of twitter as much as they are of facebook. And those who know about twitter have mostly deactivated their facebook accounts ;)
(No, Zuckerberg; I aint bribed by twitter. I just dont want to know through FB that my ex's girlfriend is prettier than me.Ha)

If it was that easy, we could have trended on 14th august with #PakistanZindabad and #Pakistan, but unfortunately we couldn't.

Nevertheless, with the Pakistani twiterrati in the rise on cyberspace, this wouldnt be difficult. We aim to ask Twitter to give us a separate trending location for Pakistan. Join #TeamPakistan. Tweet @Pakistan_Team, @RumaisaMohani & @fizzarahman, @efrodol, @Sehravi, @faisalrahat who aim to get #Pakistan to location-based trending at #twitter. Help spread the message!

And yes, you can join us too by your suggestions/ideas/comments!
simply reply to this post sending in your twitter username/facebook profile, and become a part of our team!
As they say,

"Ab nahin toh kab, Hum nahin tau kaun"

PAKISTAN ZINDABAD!

You may turn off the sun, but I am still gonna shine :-)

Karachi for a Tweet Up!

Based in Karachi? On twitter? Come, join the club!

A group of young enthusiasts have arranged for an Iftar tweetup this sunday, the 14th of August 2011. The event is open to all as long as you’re on Twitter.

Details:

Venue: Revolving Restaurant, Ceasers Tower, Main Shahra-e-Faisal

Date:14th August 2011

Time: 5:30- 8:30 pm

Official Hashtag: #KhiTweetUp

Register for the event here:

http://pakistanperspective.com/?p=164

You may turn off the sun, but I am still gonna shine :-)

Pakistani Artists Profile Portal Launched at Vidpk.com

Have u ever felt alienated while surfing the world wide web? I do. I mostly do. When I try searching for “most famous movies”, the top results appear of hollywood & bollywood. When I try searching for “most famous actor”, the top results rarely include citations to Pakistani actor. There. I feel lost. I feel sidelined. Who in the world , would challenge that Katrina kaif with a zero potential acting skills is a better actor than Sania Saeed? Yet you know, Sania can be found rarely on our web searches. Why do you think Moin Akhtar wasn't able to trend on twitter while Govind Tiwari did. Well, dedicated Pakistani websites working to promote the softer, progressive image of Pakistan can create an exception. Not only people across the world will be able to see the media/art activities in the country but it will also help portray the world of the real people of Pakistan. People like you and me who live completely normal lives here in the state of Pakistan, which otherwise has been made an issue of contemplated controversies across the globe in reference to terrorism.

A bunch of lightheaded individuals take this burden on their strong shoulders at @vidpk where they provide you an insight to the 1000+ profiles of Pakistani artists, alphabetically. Click to see their pictures, read their biography and the most awesome feature – given at the end of the biogrpahy is a link to the list of all the TV shows they have been a part of and which can instantly be viewed online at www.vidpk.com. The portal also includes profiles for behind-the-scenes people such as directors, producers, writers and more.

Common reaction to this is “Wow”. Uncommon reaction is “Array ..bus 1000+ profiles?” - Chalo koi nahin, atleast you have a fresh start. The database is increasing everyday, so we can hope of a better global presence for our artists in future. Woh kehtay hain na,

“Sitaaron se aagay jahaan aur bhee hain”

And while you go to click the X button to close this window, have a look at the most awesome Lehri sab, to make you smile!
http://vidpk.com/p/330/Lehri/

Mohali Spots a Star- Wahab Riaz!

Well. The Cricket World Cup 2011is over for the Pakistani fans, but not quite over for Team Pakistan. Starting with a crumbled entry into the tournament with three of their best players involved in the spot-fixing controversy, the captain announced at the last moment , the unpredictable batting side supported by a mighty bowling attack, the way we showed Ausses who the real daddy of Cricket is, to making it to the semi-finals was an experience the fans never got since 1999. Thank You team Pakistan for positively distracting us from the many notions of hatred, violence, terrorism, corrupted system, corporate jealousy and star plus for the last one and a half month. Amidst your good performance, the semi-final match was certainly not the kind we wanted to end our cricketing journey this world Cup, but anyway, thrashing the opponents, finishing top of the group, sending the WINDIES go with the wind and reaching to the semis of this great tournament to let everybody talk (read SHIT: if Chappell appears in your mind) about you, Guys,you have already made us proud!

And as they say, the brightest of stars are seen in the darkest of night, so while the Pakistani fans mourn over the 2nd semi-final at Mohali as a dark day for their cricketing experience, they spot a light that makes way all through the darkness to illuminate us with glowing happiness. The star that radiates us hopeful about the future of Pakistan Cricket. We spot Wahab Riaz!

Wahab, the 25 yr old left-arm fast bowler, born in Lahore, known in the squad as Vicky shined throughout the match for those breath-taking deliveries that stunned the crowd at the stadium so much that we had to ask .."Mohali Itna sannata kyun hai bhai". An Indian supporter Mihir Pandya (@@miyaamihir) tweeted "It's twenty one players on one side versus Wahab Riaz on the other".

Firstly, a look at the destruction of what Wahab did to the mighty Indian line-up.
*Fifth ball of the 6th over - The ball pitches on the leg and zips on to Virender Sehwag trapping him leg-before on 38. India score reads 48/1.

Second ball of the 25th over - Virat Kohli edged an away moving ball to Umar Akmal at backward point and he takes it nice and easy. Kohli fell for 9 and India went down to 141/3.

Third ball of the 25h over - The ball comes in swinging and takes away Yuvraj Singh's stumps with it. Yuvraj fell for a duck and India went down to 141/4.

Fourth ball of he 41st over - Traps India skipper MS Dhoni leg-before with a quicker ball on 25. India fell to 205/6.

Second ball of the 50th over - A thin edge off Zaheer Khan's bat is taken by keeper Kamran Akmal. Zaheer falls for 9 and India to 256/8.*

Wahab Riaz kneels down on the ground and perform a Sajda, to thank Almighty for the blessing! [add: &wins our hearts]

*The ball and over update is taken from India Today

Second last ball of the 50th over - Wahab doesnt stop with his might & runs out Ashish Nehra for 1. India 258/9

It was Wahab who was the HERO of the first innings when Pakistan team wrapped up the Indians at 260/9. While moving back to the pavilion, Wahab gave those smiley glares to his mates & cheered with those flying kisses that stole our heart. Way to go boy! My twitter timeline was buzzing with applaud for Wahab thoughout the day from Indians and Pakistanis alike.

Here is to what proud family of Wahab Riaz had to say about his participation in the ICC WorldCup 2011.

Interestingly, Wahab shares mutually two things with Wasim Akram. Left arm pacer & Born in June. Hope to see him following his footsteps in bowling in later part of life too:)

And while I press the "search button" for Wahab, let me take you to an interesting journey over Wahab's cricketing career.

Wahab celebrates as he takes down his first wicket at the Mohali semifinal. Sehwag

This is how I do it,baby!

Dho dia tumhein Dhoni!

Pangraa Paoo, josh dikhaoo! 4 gira diye oye! (Angle 1)

Pangraa Paoo, josh dikhaoo! 4 gira diye oye! (Angle 2)

Mei jhuka hoon iss zameen pe karne sajda tujhe ada!

A five-star - all because of you Allah. Thankyou!

Well, I wanted that cup. Who stole my dream? Someone at my (R)?

Now, I'll go home and be the family guy once again :)

Hell yeah! Thats my grin baby. Did you Macleans your teeth today?

Team Player. Ya' know

Anorexia Nervosa

Wait, Aint I sooper cool in the test white as well :D

I respond your cheers for me, humbly :)

Well, I may be your angry young man!

Dekho mein sab ko cheer karta hoon!

Mera number kab ayega?

Mene bhee woh RAP suna hai. Harra peela, harra peela!

Bus bhye bus ziada baat nai cheap saab!

Kya re saaalay. Fight Club hai kya?

Chalo Trott! Mitti pao

Mene toh mazaq kia tha. Ap is pe serious hogaye aur meri 5 wickets pe nahin muskuraye, bhai?

I was a celebrity already. Internet pe bhee interview aya tha mera!
Style mein bowl karanay ka!

Iss Mazhar Majeed ko toh mene itna sue karna he k is ka sue-sue.... well, samaj gaye na?

Yeh hath ek jadooyee hath hai :D

Dressed to kill in formals, No!

Arre. Ye mein nahin hoon! Mustufa Zahid from the band Roxen. Look alike naa?

I am the five-star stunner.
I am the one who made Mohali silent!
I am the one who did a sajdah at Mohali ground.
I kept the Pakistanis ticking in the game.
I destroyed the mighty Indian line up!
I blew flying kisses to you for cheering me up,
I am the reason of our "graceful exit" from the Worldcup!
I am a youngster, looking for your prayers.
I am proud to make my country proud!
I am Wahab Riaz. I am Team Pakistan!

Way to Go Wahab Riaz. Pakistan Loves You!

P.S: Err.. Wahab are you single?

Thanks to: *Tazeen, for I grabbed her style for the post
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Why winning the WC is so important for Pakistan

The first Quarter final between the Toppers of Group A- Pakistan and fourthly placed, West Indies from Group B, at Sher-e-Bengal Stadium , Dhaka, saw the rise of the Sher's of Pakistan. No wonder, the soil of Dhaka sniffed the smell of its ex-sons that day!

Pakistan made it comfortably into the semi-final to be played at Mohali, India on 30th March 2011, against India. Well, the skipper and his team has no issues, they are all set to rip the opponents and make way to Mumbai to clinch the cup, inshaAllah. The mood is just right, attitude just perfect and determination fierce enough to take it all away.

Now, what makes us so happy? Cricket is like the next religion in Pakistan, in which everyone believes. The win of this QF brings the celebrations, joys & fervour in Pakistanis like never before. Like we have never experienced in the recent times amidst all these bomb blasts, terrorist attacks, extremism bashes.
At a time when Pakistan Cricket was having the worst spotlight all over the globe , courtesy to the three stars who allegedly were involved in a spot- controversy, darkened by the shadows of Zulqarnain Haider leaving Pakistan cricket with a FB update and when Pakistan's skipper for the worldcup was announced at such an eleventh hour, nobody had hopes for Pakistan in this Worldcup. Such hopeless we were, but seeing Pakistan, fight back as a team, reunite in determination & put up a strong fight to prove everyone wrong, we managed to outclass Australia in the group match convincingly. It was Pakistan who did it then, 12 years back.. and it was Pakistan again, who did it again. Bravo!

Cricket brings happiness in our otherwise saddened nation. But most importantly, it brings good name to Pakistan. Just like Aisam ul Haq messaged the whole world "we are not terrorists" at the finals of the US OPEN, in a similar capacity, twitter trended with #pakistunned at the QF day. Winning this cup means a lot to us. For a country that has been WORLD CHAMPION once, the decision to not able to host the WC amidst security concerns came as a big blow to the cricket lovers all over the country.

Friendly, civilised, active, moderate, happy, glad, easy to approach, judgemental, analytical, strongly patriotic, thinking globally, positive & marching for peace.. People, watch us. We are the real Pakistan. I hope, this WC brings on the world to see us as as we are. The real Pakistanis. The true Pakistan.

GO GREEN GO! and we shall always look forward to stand up, for the champions, I hope, wish & pray! Amen!

The winner's win!

I am by no means a cricket analyst. Its just the passion of the game that keeps me alive & kicking. So we witness some great matches at ICC WorldCup 2011 where "Cricket turns out to be the real winner" :-)

I heard many a people waiting for PAk VS NZ encounter after Pakistan's win against Srilanka, because Canada, as we all thought was going to be smashed by Pakistan's strong side. So it was all assumed to be a MAJOR vs MINNOW show at Colombo on the 3rd of MArch 2011, but what we witnessed there is something not short of an angina attack to the Pakistani fans.

The decision by the skipper to 'bat-first' amidst such conditions was question of the century. Were we still fearful of our traditional glory to fear "chase-ups". The way the match started, the Pakistani batting was slow, we expected it to rise gradually but instead what happened was fall of wickets one by one and in such a disgraceful manner, we ended up at 184. The whole team bowled out in 43 overs by a team termed "minnow", all thanks to the medium-pacer Harvir Baidwan! The guy seriously needs "pats at back" for what he did. The whole Canadian line-up infact deserves to be congratulated on what they achieved that day. They took us in fear. The fear to lose match against a team we would've otherwise not even cared to watching.

When the first innings ended, I was sure our bowling is going to do wonders. And it did. Although there was a point in the match when Canada were in a very comfy position and we seemed to be on the verge of expecting another upset like the earlier England VS Ireland match. But.. came in Afridi to rescue at just the right time and just the right place. A lion who fierced with fire, to roar against its opponents. Taking a brilliant 5 wickets down for 23. Another record of taking 3 consecutive 4-wickets in a Worldcup, it was certainly Afridi's day.

Although I loved Afridi's performance, and I cheered for Umar akmal, Misbah, Afridi and Wahab Riaz for their tit bits during the match, it was Canada that I really cheered for. To make our win look so damn worthy that otherwise wouldnt have been. although they lost the match, Canadians were the real winners!

To come out as bravely against a team as Pakistan and to put in their extreme efforts speak courageously of their game, that on the other hand raises a lot many questions at .. was the the winners game? The team aiming to win the Worldcup, at the mercy of just a few players to win a match against Canada?

Amidst all the craze,Well done Canada!

Its high time to think. Although the skill, the class and the passion that we are seeing in our team inspite of the recent setbacks of spot-fixing, our unpredictability as a team still remains very certain. As an ardent fan, I will cheer for that green flag always, but I dont want to have that angina turned to a heart attack of dreaming such a performance in the later important games of the Cup. Plz No! No more repetition of WorldCup'99 finals.

We certainly dont expect you to win every time, but Team Green- we want you to fight like the real fighters, come may whatever, make it a team game and win like the real winners.. and what more, we have always .. and we would always love to..
"Stand up. Stand up for the champions"

"Ai Madar-e-Ilmi" - A tribute to My Alma Mater

FIZZA RAHMAN DEDICATES IT WITH LOVE TO THE PLACE THAT TURNED HER DR. FIZZA RAHMAN. An honour.. truely cherished !!

Always obliged to my alma mater

THE FACULTY OF PHARMACY - KARACHI UNIVERSITY

[PHARM.D 1ST BATCH 2004-2008]

Ai madar-e-ilmi,
Kulliya-e-Pharmacy,
Meri rooh meri zaindagi,
Kulliya-e-Pharmacy !
waqt-e-safar aaN para hai
har student hee pareshan khara hai,
waqt-e-judaai dekhe the pehle,
yeh waqt mgar sab se kaRa hai,
doston ka saath chhoot raha hai,
jo bandhan tha tujh se wo toot raha hai ..

Ai madar-e-ilmi
hum jo bikkhre huay shikasta-pa se bachay thay,
medical ko na paa sakne k dukh mein,
din raat aansu'ON mein sisaktay thay,
hum taqdeer ka haaroN ko,
tu ne zindagi se larna sikhaya,
gir kar uthna ..
uth kar sambhalna sikhaya,
tu ne barh kar hamein jo apne seenay se lagaya
tu ne kitna hamein samjhaya ..
"ghum na karo mere jawano,
tum mehez mehnat se khud ko sanwaro,
mein tumhein nannhay paudo'N ki tarha seeNchooN gi,
aur ek din tumhein aik tanawar darakht dekhoon gi,
aur tum se zindagi phhot'te dekhoongi"
Ai mumta ki chahat jesi be-laus madar-e-ilmi ..
teri falak bos imarat mein guzar gaye yeh mah-o-saal,
guzar gaye meri zindagi k sab se qeemti 5 saal !!
tujh se toh hum ne zindagi ko jeena seekha tha,
choti choti khushyon mein hasna seekha tha,
kabhi "auditorium" mein kharay ho kar
presentations dene se confidence seekha,
kabhi "seminar" k qeemti khazanoN se
ilm k moti jama karne ka hunar jana,
kabhi "post-class-room discussions" se
"respecting everyone's opinion" seekha..
aur teachers k ilm-e-jahandeeda se,
zindagi ki hararat ko notebooks pe utar lia !!

Ai pharmacy..
jab kabhi mausam ne ada'yeN dikhaayeeN
hum jhat teri "thandi sadak" pe aa puhanchay,
atay jatay har rastay per,
buland qehqahay aur dabeez muskurahatein phaila deeN,
kabhi sabir ki canteen se udhaar pe chaye peetay,
aur roz hee "kachorion" ka nashta kartay, "anwar" k khokhay ki ronaq thehray larkay..
hum waqt tolioN ki shakal mein sab "nicotine" bharte..
"raza photostat" pe hamesha hee rush rehta..
naseer bhai paan chabatay mashhaqi se copy karte jate,
rashid bhai aik copy banane mein2ghante laga dete,
heraan pareshan sa magar hamesha hee muskurata taimoor,
sab k complicated bakhaidoN ko asani se samajh jata ..
"dekho yeh page chorna hai aur yeh copy karna hai"
"copy theek na hui toh wapis kar doongi"
"yar pese khatay mein likh de,pehli ko de jaoonga"
haye yeh waqt ..
muskurate huay kaun ab hamein udhaar de ga ??
pharmacy k backlawn mein tennis khelna,
valika mein cricket k daur mein,
naray lagana,khoob mazay urana,
kabhi class bunk kar k teachers se shakal chupate phirna,
proxy lagwane k naye naye bahanay dhoondna,
silgirahon ka ehtamam TS pe karna,
atay jaaty points pe awazein kassna,
har lamha,har deewar,har washroom, har clasroom mein
whito se apne group ka naam likhna ..
har waqt har pose mein tasveerain khinchwana,
sardioN ki subhoN mein,
TS pe parti dhund mein ,
chaye ka garam garan cup hathon mein liye,
aik doosre se guppen marna,
fazool gossips karna,
aur apne group k baray mein kehna ..
"we are the best"
imtahan jo ayen toh TS ka sunsaan hojana,
combines k liye combine hona,
aik notes se 4 logon ka parhna,
aur bagher soye paper dene jana,
parhne se ziada waqt "break" karna,
sara semester waste kar k,
imtehaan ki chand raat pe parhna,
aur agar paper mein format,
subjective ki jaga objective ajaye,
toh bahar nikal k khoob kosnay bakna,
aur taheeya karlena k ..
"aglay semester tameez se parhenge".... !!

Ai pharmacy,
ai hamesha se buland-o-bala rehna wali,
azeem kulliya-e-Pharmacy,
teri muhabbat ne hamein mas'hoor kardia,
hum tujh se juda ho k kese rahenge?
yeh hausla toh hum mein nahin hai ai madar-e-ilmi!!
magar .. hum barh rahe hein agay..
teri azmat k nishaaN dil pe sabt kiye,
hum jarahe hein ..
agay hee agay ..
tere naam ko aur ooncha karne,
hum jayenge agay ..
bus ek guzarish hai madar-e-ilmi..
jab kabhi hum khaak chhantay wapas aa kar,
tujh se milein ..
toh hamare liye ajnabi na ho jana,
hamein wohi protocol dena,
muhabbat se galay lagana, shafqat se pyar karna,
ai madar-e-ilmi ...!!
HUM RAHEIN NA RAHEIN TUM YOOONHI DIL LUBHAANA, HAMARI TARHA KAII AURON KO TUM ZINDAGI SIKHANA,
aansuoN se dhalta hua,
nai umeedonN se sajta hua,
muskurahaton se bassta hua,
AJAB HAI YEH SAMAA AI MADAR-E-ILMI..
ALVIDA, ALVIDA..
ALVIDA AI MADAR-E-ILMI ..
ALVIDA MERI ROOH, MERI ZINDAGI..
ALVIDA KULLIYA-E-PHARMACY !

* tears* !!!

You may turn off the sun, but I am still gonna shine :-)

An insight to my transition..

There are some triggering factors that can transit you into the same feeling when it first hit you.
One day, as usual amma was in the kitchen, and complained of her eyesight. It happened for few days, and I took it as the routine eyesight problem, till one day when amma, who is neither diabetic, nor hypertensive, all fit & fine again complained that she is having diffculty in seeing things clearly. We took her to various eye clinics for routine checkups, and with every checkup, it sounded more & more confusing. Amma's eyesight was dropping down continously,and within a day her eyes turned blood red.. yes THIS color. I was terrified. We started taking her for checkups at all the best hospitals in karachi. Everybody would name one, and we would go there. All the specialists had one conclusion "Inki surgery hogi" and I couldnt get up with the idea. We didnt even leave a single hospital offering eye speciality. Though it was frightening but I was keeping my cool, until one day we took her to Ibrahim eye hospital, Khokhrapar. I took my bag so that when we'd get free from there, i'll go to uni right from there. I was in my 4th yr. It was the hardest semester of Pharm.D with the most hardest courses in it. We went there at 7 in the morning. Even there all the doctors were still of the same view, that surgery is the last option, since her retina is detaching. Being a Pharmacy student myself, I couldnt resist my temptation to know the exact diagnosis before succumbing to any surgical procedure and providing any specimen for the butcher-doctors community.
While at the hospital, I was standing nearly a metre away from amma, when she called ..fizz where are you! I turned back. I saw her right next to me. I was silent. Amma called again ..fizza,where are you? My heart nearly sank!! I held amma in my arms and told her to sit. We soon left from the hospital. I was to go to university from there. I threw up my bag and books in the car. "Damn my studies. I'm not going anywhere". I came back with mom to home. Everybody insisted over that we should go for the surgery but dad and I wouldnt agree. I told dad, there has to be a reason for it and till I find that, we wont listen to any dumb shit of anyone.

Those were by far the most struggling days of my life. The hardest university semester, and workload of home. Being the only girl child of my home with nanhyal all abroad ,a limited dadhyaal and myself a dheet version of "mujhe ghar k kaam karne mein maza nahin aata", it was very difficult for me. I had to go to uni, come back, do all the household chores, serve the guests (i hated that then),cook, clean and then study at night for final exams. Amma was at bedrest. One of my teacher suggested me to take mom to Dr. Azam Ali at AKUH. When we went there we got to know that Dr. Azam is out of town and will be back in almost 10 days. Dr. Rashid Baig did the initial checkup and was terrified. Mom's eyesight was 1/6. Her eyes were blood red in color and her retina was visibly detaching. Dr. Rashid advised her to be at complete bedrest until dr. Azam came. Even she wasnt allowed to stand for namaz, and advised to lie down at an angle of 45 degrees. Finally, Dr. azam came. Mom had several appointments with Dr. Azam and Dr. Mughees Sheerani (neurologist at AKUH), and in no time they discovered the problem. Mom had VOGT KOYANAGI HARADA SYNDROME (VKH). I never heard about this disease, never read it in our classical pathology books,even my professors were unable to understand it. My mom was the third case of VKH registered at AKUH. The two before her included a doctor and a young 21 yr old boy who lost his eyesight completely. Mom was put up on prednisone 80 mg, for three days continously. In those three days her face became rounded and she gained weight (side effect of corticosteroids). Her prednisone dosage was tapered and narrowed down gradually, alongwith Azathioprin (immunosuppresant) to mediate the immune inflammatory changes. In a week, she started recovering, although her weight increased tremendously. Sad enough, the weight was just a body bulge while the immunosuppresant was itself destroying her immune system. She was recovering from the disease yet getting weaker from inside day by day. I never saw her cry. I even never saw her leaving any of her prayers during the then period. I saw my father standing right next to her as her support. I saw the fear in my elder brothers eyes. It seemed to me like I have suddenly grown up. I have suddenly achieved the womanly adolescence to keep her family united, the maturity to handle things simultaneously.. just like my mom always did. What I couldnt learn in all the years in my life with my mom's sermons, life taught me all that.. in few weeks .. and I learnt them the hard way. Suddenly I was no longer crying for my share of icecreams. Rather I was looking at how, what and when to do things. To get up early and make breakfasts , pack lunches for dad and bro, asking ammi for the verbal helps in cooking... and from the tom boyish, cricket playing fizza.. I became a responsible, elderly fizza :)

It has been four years since then. Mom is still on medications. They have done their part. Cured her but weakened her. Mom has her routine checkups. Both her doctors are very happy for her progress MAshaAllah. They tell its the dua's and the will-power that has kept her strong. She loves cooking. Firstly she used to do it just for the three of the children. Now she does it for the bahu's and the pota's as well mashaAllah. We are happy to see her back to life.

When I think about that time, I shiver! It gives me goose-bumps. But I couldnt stand the fact that I thank Allah, for all the blissful Mercies He does. Man is nothing. Life is mortal and inspite of all the difficulties, all the problems.. We have to move on .. to find our destiny. The quest for life should never end. If Allah provides you with difficulties, He will provide you with ease as well. The point is ..not to stop, not to complain and move on with the faith!

Thank You Allah! And thank you amma, for being such a wonderful mother, such a sign of sooper inspiration of courage & strength to me. Mom, I am a successful working girl & a perfect sugghar larki.. and I surely take your attributes in me.. PROUDLY! :)

P.S: VKH is an autoimmune disorder affecting nervous system especially the eyes with uveitis, retinal detachment and meningeal irritation.

If you are offered to taste Potassium cyanide, knowingly. Would you?

If you are offered to taste Potassium cyanide, knowingly. Would you?

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Welcome to the world- Syed Rayyan Bin Muti :-)

The birth of my eldest brother's first son, a child in my home after me.. after one whole quarter of a century.. the youngest after me in my home!
Welcome to the world baba! :)
And yes as promised, Phuppo did name you ..Syed Rayyan- Jannat ka darwazah!
May Allah bless you with falah-e-dunya o akhirah and may you become a responsible citizen, a true peace-maker (since you are an Indian+Pakistani) and a commendable son. Jeete raho mere bachay! Aameen!

Welcome Year 2011

2011 is here!

New visions, new hopes, new dreams, new goals, new achievements.. May this year brings on happiness, smiles, prosperity and serenity to the whole world and Muslim Ummah.
Rise and Shine people!