Young achievers of Pakistan are making their protest heard by refusing awards. If justice cannot be achieved in a proper way and if media is not playing its role in raising issues then people do make efforts like these. Samad Khurram was the first drop of  rain and Asma Waheed is the latest. I am impressed by the awareness and understanding of todays youth regarding the situation prevalent in the country. They are not only aware of the happenings but ... Read More

The other day I was telling my eight year old after she finished reciting Quran that this is one of the moments when our duas and prayers are heard. I asked her to make a secret wish directly to Allah. Later she said she would like to share her secret wish with me. I was assuming that she may have asked for material things like toys or Cds. I was pleasently surprised to know ... Read More

         A new quiz show on Aaj tv impressed me a lot. I agree that I love quiz shows since I was child starting "Blockbusters", "Kausoti", "Zauq-e-aaghi" and even "Neelam ghar" but this new show called "3 Siyanay" seemed very refreshing and original. Adeel Hashmi is the host whose fluent urdu seemed music to my ears! He used english in between like we all do but his "urdu" was correct! Most of the tv hosts these days speak a langauge which no urdu ... Read More

We still start our days with the hope of a peaceful day but .... everyday events of the past months have been nerve reckoning for us. I am hoping against hope for this madness to end. The blood of innocent have taken our happiness, laughter and sleep away. Only prayers are not enough, concerned authorities should either play their role or admit their failure. This song "Awain na kar zulm" by Abrar ul Haq raises this very sensitive issue and it ... Read More

Some very useful herbs and spices are used in Asian cooking. Turmeric in powdered form used in curry is one of them. We use it in cooking everyday without knowing all its benefits. Along with cooking it is commonly applied on wounds to cure them. Turmeric is also used in face and body mask for generations. The list of facts and uses of  turmeric (haldi in urdu) are increasing with more research. We always heard our elders saying that turmeric ... Read More

Some people become a part of this global family via media. Being a cricket fan I have seen Wasim Akram and Huma wasim get married years ago and then their boys came along. They appreared on tv and news from time to time....today the news of her death made me sad. May Allah rest her soul in peace and give sabr to her family. She suffered from a unique kind of bacteria which she got infected by after eating a meal. ... Read More

Terrorists are becoming unpredictable and dangerous with time. Security forces are supposed to be their enemies but now I am sure these people who targeted International Islamic University in Islamabad are the enemies of every Pakistani. Read more. Six innocent students are killed, so far, who came out of their houses this morning to educate themselves. Think of the pains their parents took, who brought them up and now when they must have thought that their dreams are about to be ... Read More

I was at my work place in F-8/2 when we heard the blast and then phones started ringing. First we were told there is a blast near Zafar Chowk (E-8).  Second information was more worrying for me that blast site is around Zardari house in F-8/2 which is just next to OPF School. On hearing that I rushed out to pick my kids. I was praying on my way that all this may turn out to be a rumor ... Read More

So-called Miss Pakistan World Ayesha Gilani, who represented her country at the Miss Tourism Queen International pageant in Zengzhou, China last month, shares her views on the modern Pakistani woman’s right to enter such shows. She says " The pageant queen is one who is supposed to represent the epitome of beauty, inside and out. Naturally, the first feature one notices on another individual is the exterior. In beauty pageants, a contestant is required to be physically appealing as well as ... Read More

1st October is the day when we all will reverse our clocks. Moving the small hand of our clocks one hour behind will relieve a lot of people. I have noticed people asking "pooraney time ya naye time se aana hai?" months after the change too! The Federal Government has decided to restore the previous time by moving the clocks backward by one hour from October 1. PEPCO claims to have saved up to 300 to 350 MW electricity under the ... Read More