Crow's Nest...

Advani in the town    This is the most shameful day in the history of this country. It is bad to the level of being obnoxious. It is the day when someone who has been implicated in plotting an assassination attempt on the very founder of this country is welcomed with wide open arms. What is more shameful is the fact that it is not any civilian government that is doing this foolish act of debasing our ideology but quite expectantly the military government. The very pillar of a nation that is supposed to protect it from all the enemies is letting an enemy onto its side. My eyes could not witness this shame over our national television network. I cannot bear this anymore. How far further are we planning to go with this peace banner in our hands and their foot in our ass!

Do I need to show these Abu Ghraib pictures to you? Hat tip Shahzad

Quran.    I consider it a shame for me that I was not able to write this protest with more conviction than I need to. We as Muslims have failed to deliver to our pledge. The time is asking of us that we defend not only ourselves but also uphold the flag of our religion. I, therefore, protest the desecration of the Holy book by the mindless and stupid soldiers. They obviously have been brought up and trained in circumstances that teach them no respect for humanity and mankind. They deserve to be punished in most brutal way possible. May Allah provide us with sufficient courage to fight these adversities.amen.

SMS Spam.    I haven't seen this happening in my country as yet but the threat is real. Considering the rate at which the cost of messaging on mobile networks is going down day by day we might see the advent of SMS spamming over our mobile networks. The entity is not all that non existent even at these rates. I receive on average one forwarded SMS every day that has an unnecessary joke or a thing or two like that. Doesn't annoy me at this rate but I wonder my angst if this were to increase. Since Telenor has provided free SMS facility to its customers during summers this could provoke commercial geniuses into channeling their advertising efforts on the SMS. This would become a problem for both the customer and the vendor of the service. We being customers don not want our privacies to be encroached in this shoudy manner and the vendor doesn't want to over crowd its network with spam messages going berserk. It is safe, thus, for both customer and vendor to keep th...

All thanx to SAJ  

Leiden 1 

Killer Train    This time around the train I took to reach my university had more to offer than any other train could. We helped a soul on our way in reaching its absolute destination. We crushed a human being into several pieces while on our way to Karachi. Most probably he didn't want to live any longer than he had already had.    As one of the travellers joked afterwards that he should have died in front of a truck or a bus. This way his family could have got some money in return. People have no soul. Such like have committed moral suicides much earlier in their lives!

The Dictator doesn't want to go even after his illegal term is finished in 2007. Why should he? He is a dictator and they want him to be in his seat driving this nation crazy and into a dark abyss. If he stays as the president of the country for another term wouldn't it be in total disregard to the democratic principles of any state on the planet.    The level of insecurity on his part can be witnessed by the fact that he has to assert his role as a dictator every now and then in a news conference by himself or by his evil cronies. Shaikh sahib is a complete fan of the dictator and why shouldn't he be one. For almost a week i have been seeing his statements becoming a part of already useless newspaper and making it more useless and unlikely to read. All he has to say is that his master is here to stay. He is on an elaborate mission to prepare this nation for another term of dictatorship or it could be other way round. Maybe they no longer need the dictator and ...

Very perturbing news in the political scene of this region. Just today our dumbass General talked about his plan for solving the Kashmir issue. And as noble as he himself is his plans are great too. He thinks that the issue can not be solved on the basis of religion. Rather, he thinks, the issue can be addressed by bilateral talks whereby both countries grant autonomous status to their respected Kashmirs. I see American tongue fluttering in the mouth of this dictator. he has not only openly undermined the two nation theory with his latest theory but also disgraced our nation and our forefathers. I am not surprised at that. He is fully capable of disgracing everyone as we have so often come to know before.    The basis of our very existence is two nation theory which is formed on the fact that we differ on the basis of our religious beliefs which directly affect and dictate our cultural norms. If we back out from this idea then there is no role for a separate stat...

Whatever prompted my last post i don't know. What is prompting this post....I don't know!

You know one of the reasons that i have been blogging much more than i usually do these days is that i wanted to get rid of two very annoying posts on the main page. I know i could have deleted them if i wanted to but i didn't. Since it has been so completely done now i am satisfied. But this doesn't mean that i intend to stop now. this marathon will go on for another two days till i move back to my university campus and indulge into the same routine that has plagued me for the last nine months.

CCJ    Many of you who read this page either by chance or by rotten bad luck don't know what these three letters stand for. But for clarifying exactly that i am here. CCJ stands for Chenab College Jhang _ my school. The place where i have been brought up trained and educated all at the same time. Its an awsome place. You should visit it sometime i am sure you will enjoy your visit. Loads of good people to meet and talk to.    Well this time around i went there with a purpose. Since Medicine is a difficult career thus i thought i must give all those students who wish to become doctors one day a glimpse of what it is like to become a doctor. Share some experiences as a medical student. Tell them where is the best chance to be a good doctor. Tell them what it takes to become a good doctor. Familiarize them with the concept of research and its importance in medicine. So i went ahead made a small powerpoint presentation and delivered it in front of...

Since i have nothing better to do these days but to keep on posting thus here i am back again for a writing practice session. Its been very windy today and the dust has made it almost impossible to breathe. Its been too warm too so there is this constant ache passing through the mind and into the body and on top of this is the flu that sees no end.

Al Warid    It has taken all the time coming to Pakistan. Warid is such a hype these days. Everyone anxiously looking forward to the release packages. i have got some insider news about the tarrifs. they are amazing. Outgoing Rs. 2.5/min Incoming Free SMS Free MSM & GPRS Rate not confirmed yet Re-Charge Amounts not finalized BUT there would be no limited of usage. Other Features: .*. Connection Rs.300 with Rs.250 balance (No 15 days initial expiry) .*. Outgoing FREE on Saturday and Sunday Nights (after 12:00am) .*. Book your connection on Phone or Internet. Free Home Delivery. .*. You can gift your friend with credit. From your connection you can transfer balance to your friends connection. .*. Bank Alfalah Credit Card Holders will get Free Connection. .*. Bank Alfalah employees will get 3 free connection. (2 for their family members) All Taxes and Interconnect charged are INCLUDED in Rs.2.5/min outgoing rate, i.e. call anywhere in Pakistan on any network in just Rs.2...

Women of the new Century.    They comprise almost 50% of our population. They are an important part of our social and cultural values. They are the protected ones. They are the respected ones. They are an important part of decision making process in the common households. They earn livelihood for their families. They are absolutely diehard when it comes to taking care of their families. They are the women of Pakistan. Yet they want to do more. they want to climb the Everest, if not that then atleast Karakoram 2. They want to walk tight ropes. They want to direct videos. They want to do everything that a man does. They want to over burden themselves. And to do exactly all this they have been given a shot in the new reality TV show on Pakistan Television Network. The experimental show being aired over our national network is called 'Sunsilk Woman of the 21st century'.    Just a little while ago I had a chance of watching this programme since i ...

Leiden Centraal V    The registration was not a very daunting task it was over in a while. Soon afterwards we all set off to visit the city of Leiden with our hosts in a group. In a series of activities planned for the day by our hosts we were first taken on a boat trip through the extensive canals of the city. Our hosts spoke from time to time on the historic background of the structures that we passed by. There were new university campuses interspesed with the older structures of the town. Both undoubtedly bore marks of remarkable craftsmanship. Cameras clicked and photos taken of every place that was found to be of some importance. Strange how we feel a need to keep images safe in our minds and in our cameras at the same time. I find both unnecessary. After two hour long boat trips through the canals we were taken to the famous city hall. Light lunch and snacks awaited us at this hall where destinies of many have been discussed and decided before us during th...

Home sweet home.    Here I am back again in the world of weblogging with ever more vigour and zest to post as many posts and random thoughts as I can during this week. Just reached home after tiring and exasperating 6 months at the hell hole. Hope to chill and relax for this one week that I get before starting medicine. During this week you will be reading much more posts on this weblog. I hope to finish my Leiden centraal series and hope to post on the political scene too. Some reading material is waiting for me and will report on that too. I have to make a presentation at my school about which I will keep you all updated. So sit tight and expect the very best. Till my next post ciao.

Knowledge is power.    Whosoever proclaimed this probably didn't realize that his words will mean more than they actually do. Knowledge has always been power from the prehistoric times of homo erectus to the modem day man, made of nanotechnology. For the medieval man knowledge of the best place for finding food and secure shelter were definitions of power. For a modern day man it is the knowledge itself_knowledge as a business is power that can subdue all other forms of powers. The Econmomist Global Executive in a May 8th article, " Knowledge is power " argues that in the modern world of business realization of this fact is the defining point between having power and lacking in it. Surveys, it is argued, tell us that best performing companies are those which find new and creative ways of harnessing knowledge. So what is the solution then? Do we simply take this fact and get going on our way expecting success on every step. Well maybe! But then there is the probl...

Report.    What to report and what not to? Yea that is not the question right now. The question is, can it be reported soon enough to make the deadline. The answer is barely yes. The report makes to the table in time and so my ordeal comes to an end atleast for the time being. I can't possibly hate anything more than what has been thrust on me. Thats just how it is from the very beginning will remain that way.

Dancing Barefoot.    My room is a complete mess these days. There were days when every nook and corner of this humble abode use to sparkle with a shine. But now its time that everything that is important and urgently needed gets lost right at the very precise moment I search for it in this mess. Repeated efforts of organizing things here have not borne much fruit. There are papers everywhere. I think the day I will be leaving this place for good I will have truck loads of crap to take with me. God save my soul!