Dil e Bekhabar Zara Hausla

کوئی ایسا گھر بھی ہے شہر میں جہاں ہر مکین ہو مطمئن!
کوئی ایسا دن بھی کہیں پہ ہے جسے خوفِ آمدِ شب نہیں!
یہ جو گرد بادِ زمان ہے ، یہ ازل سے ہے ، کوئی اب نہیں
دلِ بے خبر ذرا حوصلہ !
یہ جو خار ہیں تیرے پاؤں میں ، یہ جو زخم ہیں تیرے ہاتھ میں
یہ جو خواب پھرتے ہیں در بدر یہ جو بات الجھی ہے بات میں
یہ جو لوگ بیٹھے ہیں جا بجا ، کسی ان بنے سے دیار میں
سبھی ایک جیسے ہیں سرگراں ، غمِ زندگی کے فشار میں
یہ سراب یوں ہی صدا سے ہیں ، اسی ریگزارِ حیات میں
یہ جو رات ہے تیرے چار سو، نہیں صرف تیری ہی گھات میں
دلِ بے خبر ذرا حوصلہ !
تیرے سامنے وہ کتاب ہے جو بکھر گئی ہو ورق ورق
ہمیں اپنے حصے کے وقت میں ، اسے جوڑنا ہے سبق سبق
ہیں عبارتیں ذرا مختلف مگر ایک اصلِ سوال ہے
جو سمجھ سکو تو یہ زندگی کسی ہفت خواں کی مثال ہے
دلِ بے خبر ذرا حوصلہ ! نہیں مستقل کوئی مرحلہ
کیا عجب کے کل کو یقین بنے یہ جو مضطرب سا خیال ہے
کسی روشنی میں ہو منقلب ، کسی سر خوشی کا نقیب ہو
یہ جو شب نما سی ہے بے دلی ، یہ جو زرد رو سا ملال ہے
دلِ بے خبر ذرا حوصلہ !
دلِ بے خبر ذرا حوصلہ !

Burqa Ban:

A new development, a new country and a new ban on the veil and the burqa. One wonders as why they are so afraid of the burqa, purda and the veil. It’s a blatant targeting of the Muslims.

Italy may soon seek a ban on full-face Muslim veils, drawing on debate in France where President Nicolas Sarkozy has described the Burqa as unwelcome and legislators are considering a vote to outlaw or restrict it.

Equal Opportunities Minister Mara Carfagna has said the Italian government will quickly follow in France’s footsteps, breathing new life into four draft bills on Burqas already circulating in parliamentary committees.

“I completely agree with the French initiative, which I think will push other European countries and hence, also Italy, to enact laws on this issue,” Carfagna said this week.

“This is about a sacrosanct battle to defend the dignity and rights of immigrant women. A law is being studied that would ban the use of a Burqa and niqab, which are not religious symbols —that’s not us saying it, but the top religious authorities of the Islamic world, like the Imams of Cairo and Paris.”

Her comments came after a French parliamentary panel this week urged the National Assembly to pass a resolution denouncing full Muslim face veils and then vote on the strictest law possible to ban women from wearing them.

Critics see the Burqa, a full veil with a slit for the eyes as a symbol of the subjugation of women. In Italy, the initiative has drawn strong support from the far-right, anti-immigrant Northern League party in Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s conservative government, though some opposition figures have also applauded the move.

In deeply Catholic Italy — where a European court ruling against crucifixes in classrooms sparked a national uproar – a few small northern towns have already tried to ban Burqas with local decrees, though some of those were later annulled. The ban initiative also looks to have the backing of most Italians.

A poll by the SWG polling group showed 71 per cent of Italians were in favour of a ban on full face veils.

Pakistani beauty queens around the world

Pakistani girls are getting awards in the beauty contests around the world,it seems its a plan to show a liberal image of Pakistan around the world, Who could be involve behind this…?

Afridi out from T-20 after tampering the ball:

The captain of Pakistan cricket team Shahid Afridi, has embarrassed the whole Pakistani team and the people of Pakistan by tampering the ball with his teeth at a time when this act was not even needed at all.

Afridi has been banned from the two T-20 matches, decision made by match referee after Afridi admitted that he did tried to bite the ball.

All this happened Just when Australia needed 35 runs to win on 30 balls, a footage, captured by one of the 26 cameras that were covering the match, come on screen which showed Afridi seen biting the ball with his teeth and he did this twice during the match.

It’s not yet clear why such an experience player in Pakistani squad did such a shameful act in his first ever ODI match as a captain.

By Sabahat Ghazal CIA Public Relations at work? Do you expect this “Pakistani media” would tell you the truth and serves the interests of Islam and Pakistan? If you still believe that then may Allah help you and show you the righteous path before its too late for all of us.Shaukat Paracha, Asma Shirazi, Meher Bukhari, Saima Mohsin are some of the names that were in attendance, in a Drink & Dance party hosted by the US Ambassador to Pakistan, Anne W Patterson.

Avatar’ Faces Off Against Two More In This Week’s Box Office Poll:

James Cameron’s box office juggernaut, “Avatar,” is fresh off of owning the weekend box office for the seventh week in a row. The numbers keep slipping though, with number two box office winners gaining more ground on the sci-fi epic each week. Will this be the weekend that “Avatar” falls to number two? Let’s take a look at the competition…

Of the two wide releases opening this week, only one threatens to really pull audiences away from “Avatar.” It’s the Pierre-Morel-directed action flick “From Paris With Love,” starring John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers. The fairly straightforward story follows two mismatched intelligence agents charged with derailing a terrorist plot. As a “Dune” fan, I’m certainly pro-Morel… but I don’t think it’s going to topple “Avatar.”

At the other end of the spectrum is “Dear John,” the week’s date movie. Channign Tatum and Amanda Seyfried star as lovers who must contend with the long absence of Tatum’s character, a soldier, while he is deployed overseas. Once again, not looking like an “Avatar” killer.

There are a slew of limited release offerings as well, but those aren’t in a position to compete. Still, there are several good alternatives for people who are burned out on the Na’vi: “District 13: Ultimatum,” the “Red Riding Trilogy,” recent Sundance contender “Frozen” and detective drama “Terribly Happy.” Check out.

What do men and women really want?:
A few posts ago I asked men and women to come up with the three traits that they most desired in a romantic partner.  I have now made a word cloud of the results. So…here is what women look for….

and here is what men look for….

What do you think?  What are the main differences?

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State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has issued new currency notes of 500 denomination with stepped up security features as guard against counterfeiting. According to the SBP spokesman Waseemud Din, Pakistani flag has been added to the 500-rupee note, adding the green part of the flag has been added to the note with optical variable ink with crescent and star on it.
Earlier, this anti-counterfeit special feature was present in 5000 and 1000-rupee notes.According to the central bank spokesman, these new currency notes in the denomination of 500 have been issued with the signature of the SBP governor Salim Raza.

Youngster throng the Jinnah Cricket Stadium, Gujranwala not for any match but for  trying their luck in the race for the posts of constables in th police department. The district police have started recruitment of 120 constables and as many as 15,000 candidates are taking tests for the purpose.
Operations SSP Malik Tariq Nawaz said a committee consisting of senior police officers, including Training DIG Captain Arif Nawaz (retired) and SSP Rai Ijaz Ahmad, had been constituted for holding interview sessions.The process is likely to conclude by Feb 4.
Some Master of Arts, Master of Science and graduates as well are among the aspirants.

What comes to your mind when you see this?

I immediately think of this sheyr:

sab thaath para reh jaawe ga
jab laad chale ga banjaara

Supporters of Sindh Tarraqi Passand Party (STPP) listen speech of their leader during a protest rally at M.A Jinnah road in Karachi. The government is considering banning holding of public rallies, processions and political meetings on thoroughfares of the city since such events cause a great deal of public inconvenience. This realisation seems to have dawned on the provincial government a day after the Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party held a rally in which its participants filled most of the arterial M.A. Jinnah Road.
However, the Moharram and Rabiul Awwal processions are likely to be exempted from the possible ban, it is learnt reliably.

“Benazir Bhutto - Destiny” will be about the extraordinary courage of a daughter, a mother and a politician and it will be released in 2012.
A close friend of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and a leading British producer and filmmaker have decided to make a feature film on the life and achievements of Ms Bhutto, Victoria Schofield and Farah Durrani, in collaboration with Insha Taqi Pauwels of Silverstream Productions, are working on the project.

The film, titled “Benazir Bhutto — Destiny”, would be about the extraordinary courage of a daughter, a mother, a politician and a woman who risked all and paid the ultimate price when she was assassinated in Rawalpindi in December 2007, said a member of the team working on the project.

Bollywood star Aamir Khan wants to visit Pakistan soon as he has some fond memories related to this place.
Aamir Khan intends to visit Pakistan as his relatives reside in Lahore and Karachi.
During a telephonic news conference organized by the Pakistan Film and Television Journalists Association in Karachi, Aamir Khan stated that despite the differences between the two nations, they have chance to work out better if both are willing.

The first and longest annular or ring-like eclipse solar eclipse of this century can be observed today in many countries including Pakistan.The eclipse will last for an average of about twelve hours. In Pakistan, it will begin at 1230 and ends at 1:00 approximately. 11:30 am whereas it will occur in Quetta and Karachi at 11 am.According to meteorologists, the eclipse can be partially observed in Pakistan and will also be visible in African countries, India, Sri Lanka, China and Myanmar.Annular solar eclipses occur when the Moon is too far to cover the Sun entirely. Therefore, when the eclipse reaches totality, you would see a ring (Annulus) around the moon and hence the name annular.
Please do exercise caution while watching this eclipse. Do not look directly at the Sun during the eclipse for it might put your eyes at risk even with your cool sunglasses. Also, do not try to use binoculars or telescopes and point at the eclipse directly without sufficient protection as you run the risk of being blinded.

Almost 27 years ago, there was a kid born to Anil Pal and Nuzhat Khan, who, instead of crying out ‘Maa’, said ‘Bollywood’. In other words, this kid was destined to be in Bollywood since his birth. He later grew up to become Imran Khan, the dashing dude, who celebrates his grand birthday today.
Imran has to his credit of a very successful dream debut film in Jaane Tu…Yaa Jaane Na.. a film that gave Bollywood its Gen-Next Superstar. Imran later went onto do films like Kidnap etc…, films that only consolidated his position in the Numero Uno slot. The whole of Bollywood is now waiting with bated breath for this stud’s next venture Delhi Belly.

Thousands of people poured onto the streets of Pakistan’s financial capital Karachi on Monday to protest at a security crackdown after dozens of people died in political violence. Security officials say up to 48 political party workers have been killed in Karachi since Thursday, when the headless body of a worker from the city’s main political party, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), was discovered.Karachi sees sporadic outbreaks of political violence, reflecting tensions between the MQM — which represents Muslims who migrated from India — the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party, and the Pashtun nationalist Awami National Party.
City police official Mehtab Ali said between 8,000 and 10,000 people participated in the rally. “We did not stop them from holding the rally. They wanted to go to the chief minister’s house, but we prevented them doing so by firing tear gas on them.

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Air pollution continues to grow and affect public health as a considerable part of the waste is still burnt in the open areas. In the absence of any integrated solid waste management system for Karachi, air pollution in the city continues to grow and affect public health as a considerable part of the waste is still burnt in the open in almost all towns and cantonment areas.
The environmental watchdogs, which are often criticised for poor implementation of the country’s environmental laws, are found helpless in this regard, while the city district government despite claims has not been able to come up with suitable techniques and a management programme to ensure safe disposal of waste in accordance with the national environment guidelines.

This picture here shows the cleanliness status in Shad Bagh locality of Lahore. The piles of litter speak for itself the efficiency level of local government despite the tall claims of making Lahore another Paris.
This is a junction of very busy market in Shad Bagh where the dilapidated condition of road and heaps of litter are very much evident in the picture. Besides the trash pile one can see a cemented water tank as well as a watercooler. This water tank supplies drinking water to the people who do business around this area.