One day a man was traveling on his camel with his possessions and his slave. He stopped at a mosque and went inside to pray, leaving the slave to take care of the goods. When he was gone, the slave climbed on the camel’s back. When the master returned, the slave declared himself as the master [...]

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Notices put up by the administration of my former office building:

Prime Minister Gilani spent U.S. $ 1 million to meet Mr. Bush but had no stomach to protest a foreign attack inside his country that killed innocent civilians. The priorities remain limited to a party leader who was killed more than nine months ago. The Prime Minister’s microscopic vision only allows him to see [...]

Mahatma Gandhi: “I learned from Husain how to achieve victory while being oppressed.” “My faith is that the progress of Islam does not depend on the use of sword by its believers, but is the result of the supreme sacrifice of Husain, the great saint.” Thomas Carlyle (Scottish Historian and Essayist): “The best lesson which we get from the [...]

Wear a Black Armband as a symbol of your disagreement. Musharraf’s resignation took with it the last ray of hope. The NRO was not revoked and the country is in the hands of thieves and looters. There is an impression that the whole Nation is united in this decision and is celebrating, whereas many of us [...]

Col. Jafri witnessed this story. Tell our children that we didn’t get Pakistan cheap. By COL. RIAZ JAFRI (RETD.) Thursday, 14 August 2008. RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — I don’t think I will ever forget what I witnessed as a young man of 17 on an early night of late August 1947 at Bahawal Nagar railway station in the [...]

I was asked to write on the topic There’s something good about us… Well i would like to recall here two incidents showing that there is indeed good about us, among us, within us! These incidents did not occur with me but they show the love and humanity in us as a nation. ************** On May 7, 2004, congregational [...]

The 14th day of August is upon us. Sitting at my desk, typing on my computer I can hear the occasional silencer-less motorcycles whizzing by on the main road and the sounds of the not-so-distant firecrackers exploding in the night sky. I’m happy. Today, Pakistan celebrates it’s 61st birthday. Happy Independence Day to all! But I’m also [...]