Help an Orphan Girl Get Married

Hello All,

 

Here is the complete situation.

 

In my last email I explained the situation of an orphan girl getting married and Rs. 80,000 required for her marriage. I am very thankfull for the possitive replies I get from many of you.

 

In last Ramadan I told you all about a fruit seller that he is in a loan and with all your supprt 70% of his loan is now paid off. The remaining amount is Rs. 40,000.

 

So a total of Rs. 1,20,000 is required for both above mentioned things, and a good collection have been done too. Please help from even Rs. 100 in this good work as it will be repaid to us from Allah with a great deal of profit in this life and the next life.

 

Thanks for the support. Again I assure you all that I know these people personally and will handover the money to them with my own hands under full responsibility that your money will be used for the task I have mentioned. I know there are a lot of frauds but I have personally researched about these people. There a lot of people who are in need of money for grocery, rents and children every month. If you want to pay them some thing monthly you can contact me.

 

To pay you can use my account number and here are the deatils

Best regards,
Farrukh Malik

If you are planning to donate anything please reply back on the blog. I will contact you personally and will have you meet / Contact Directly with the person whose email this is. I know him personally.

Pizza Hut slicing the "pizza" from its name and will now be known as "The Hut"

Blame recession cuts. Pizza Hut is reportedly slicing the "pizza" from its name. The fast food chain will now be known simply as "The Hut."

The chain, which has recently expanded its menu beyond pizza to include pasta, could not immediately be reached for comment Friday. Media and advertising trade publication MediaWeek characterized the name change as an attempt to transform its stores into hip hangouts. There are more than 10,000 Pizza Huts worldwide.

The new "hut" stores will be more than simply places to place a delivery order, according to MediaWeek. They will include televisions that broadcast CBS programs such as "Wheel of Fortune" and "Entertainment Tonight."  

The company has tried to become more hip and youth friendly in recent months. In April, it introduced the Pizza Hut "Twintern," an employee who uses the online service Twitter to update customers about store events and pop culture news.

This isn't the first time for Pizza Hut-parent Yum Brands to change the name of one of their iconic restautant chains, which include KFC and Taco Bell restaurants. In 1991, the company rebranded Kentucky Fried Chicken as KFC. Recently, to highlight the company's healthier grilled chicken offerings, the company has referred to the KFC brand as KGC.

In other news related to YUM, two California residents are reportedly suing the company's KFC chain for failing to give them a free grilled chicken sandwich. The customers are claiming that a sandwich giveaway promoted by Oprah was a "bait and switch" scheme aimed at getting folks in the door to buy other menu items, according to the Associated Press. KFC's were overwhelmed by demand for the sandwiches with lines often stretching out the door of shops.

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I wonder when this is going to happen in Karachi!

CAUTION!

CAUTION!

DRIVER ASLEEP!

Interesting note on the back of a car :) 

Karachi: Lots of Problems - Just One Solution. Train The Masses on the road!

I've been noticing traffic in Karachi for a long time now, and I think there is one solution "proper traffic laws" that can improve the situation of almost all over Karachi by training its people collectively.

My though is that by implementing the law on the road, masses can be trained and when masses are trained the whole society improves. So here is my theory... I'm sharing these thoughts with you so that we can somehow make it work.

OBSERVATIONS:
A couple of my observations about Karachi Traffic are

1. There are lanes, but no concept of lanes.
   
2. There are speed limits, but there is never any limit to speed.
   
3. There are three lights of signals, but only recognizable signal is the beamer from the on coming vehicle.
4. There are left turns and there right turns, but most preferred are the "inappropriate turns".
5. Going "wrong way" is the right way of driving.
6. Use the indicators when done switching lanes or turning
   
7. Honking is just like warm greetings, the more you honk the pleasant it will be considered.
   
8. Any empty space is called "parking", and "No Parking" means "You can park here for just five minutes"
   
9. Those dudes in white uniforms are the most expensive "beggars" in town.
10. Ignore the in-laws as much possible, but ignore the "law" - that's a must.

The above problems are not just on the roads, it stems from the common psychology. It starts from the brain and come out as decisions which later becomes a norm when it is collectively executed. Following are my observations on what in-the-head factors lead to the above mentioned "decisions".

1. Lanes: Ignorance and lack of realization for why these cat-eyes are installed. They are taken as just bright shiny things on the roads which looks so cool!! People tend not to accept that the lanes are supposed to keep the driver inside his boundaries of appropriate road decorum. Let me tell you a funny story, I asked a friend of mine while sitting in his car that why are you driving ON the lane and the cat-eyes are in the center of your car. He said, it feels good, its almost as if playing Pacman! I mean that's ridicules!
2. Speed: They seem to not realize that the faster you drive the quicker you reach death! Accidents at the high speeds can squish your body like a cockroach under your boots. Not just yourself, but someone else on the road as well. Hence it can be titled as no respect for human life or humanity.
3. Signals: This is called the educated illiteracy! Red is to stop, yellow is for caution and green is to go! But no, lets just look if there is someone ahead then we'll stop if not then just keep going. They fail to realize that at the speed of 60-80 km/h it will take milliseconds for the other object to appear in front of your car and in a fraction of seconds, even before your head sends the signals to your legs to apply breaks, you're either gotten killed or have killed.
4. Turns: When I am driving at a speed of 120 km/h in the right-most lane and I know I want to take a left turn just ahead, I will wait for the last minute to make my turn without using indicators and make an abrupt turn cutting the path of all the two lanes on my left. Because I don't care about anyone else! So what if the person next in lane had to suddenly apply breaks and so what if the 5 or 10 cars bump into each other, one after the other. Who cares I got my way! This is called total disregard for other people and surroundings.
5. Wrong Way: Narrow mindedness! Why in the world would the government seal this turn so that I have to go all the way through there to get here!. I will not realize that it is for the benefit of all of us on the road and going a few meters ahead won't bankrupt me for fuel usage! and I might just end up on an open road. But no! I'm going to go the wrong way, my headlights won't work, I am on a two-wheeler with my wife and 5 kids. The hell with them! I'm saving time and money!
6. No indicators: Clumsiness and laziness! I'll just turn and if the person whose path I'm intersecting, is bothered, he'll just honk, if he honks then I'll think about using the indicators if not then ... aaanh!
   
7. Honking: Misbehaving, self importance and impatience! I will shout on the person who is in front of me because that's just who I am. I'm walking and if someone is already walking in front of me then I'll just yell at him till he moves his butt out of my way. Because I am special and I am the king of the world - rest of them are just tiny stinky rats.
8. Parking: No sense at all- Nonsense people! Hey! I see an empty space by the footpath, lets park here. 3 hours later: a very angry man is waiting, frustrated about the fact that he couldn't get his car out on the road because someone parked behind his car... Then I'll go like: Oh sorry I didn't notice your car. Or may be I find myself with shattered windows of my car and a nice big dent on the side. Because I did not look around before I decided to park. OR I may not find my car there at all because I parked in a NO PARKING spot. I'll go to the station, I won't pay and I will argue that I parked there just for 2 minutes. Then I'll try to bribe the cop by taking him in the corner or offer him some "chai pani"
9. Traffic Police: Corruption! This is the fault of all, the traffic agents, the drivers and the traffic police department. They don't pay enough and expect a man to stand and implement "law and order" on the road all day and all night... He in turns need a break and the money... So when he pulls someone over and he is offered something that goes directly in his own pocket...why would he refuse to take it!? Because who knows who he stops next, shows him a card of some DSP, ISP, any Goddamn major, general... and he will have to say "sorry sir, app ko paraishan kiya"
   
10. Law: I am above the law! This is the mentality that has been prevailing here since a long time. Having the ability to change or alter or differ from anything that the law has set, is actually considered as "powerful" and is a sign of "status". Having a custom-made number plate no number plate at all, is "cool".

THE IDEOLOGY:
By implementing the proper law on the roads just doesn't make the traffic better, it also train the human brain to not make a decision to do all the 10 things mentioned above. So my point is, what is a better way to train the masses to not be narrow minded - for example? What is a better way to train the masses to be more considerate about others, their lives and the lives of others? Is there any better way to teach the common person that he is not above the law?

I do not know the exact number of people who come on the road every day, but my guess would be at least 80-90 percent. There is no age limit to this, every one from ~13 years till 90 years is on the road one way or the other. There is no better way to train all of them at the same time in a better way than to teach them on the roads.

Just by implementing the law and order on the road you can...

1. eliminate ignorance and lack of realization
2. bring respect for human life or humanity
3. cure the educated-illiteracy factor
   
4. reduce the disregard for other people and surroundings
5. broaden narrow-mindedness
6. rectify clumsiness and laziness
7. treat misbehavior, self importance and impatience
8. promote common sense
9. fight corruption
10. erase "I am above the Law" psychology

THE SOLUTION
The solution is very very simple. We have to see who implements the law and order, those are the white cops. So what can make the white cops be honest? Apart from the change in upper management, there is something that can be done in the way these people are paid. For that, the government has to play its part. I can tell what the government has to do, which, in my opinion is not that hard to do and that "could" be a win win situation.

The solution lies in regular salary + commission. Just like our sales people, they get commission on a specific number of customers. The same way, if the cops are given commission on how many "valid tickets" he generates then it will solve all the problems.

So if anyone does anything from the list above, the cops will pull him over, the cop could not be bribed because he needs his commission. The law-breaker will have to go and submit the ticket at the station, which will create realization in him to not repeat this mistake again. In short the money goes out of the drivers pocket and goes into the Sargent's pocket BUT through a legal channel. In the meantime the public learns to behave and gets trained. When they are trained they will not just behave on the roads but in their homes, offices, in families, in public places and in any other social gathering.

THE RESULTS
The chain of favoring outcomes go long way into the lives of everyone. Just to state one, Patience - Lets just say, a man wakes up an hour late in the morning for office, first of all, he won't yell at his wife and kids because of his mental pressures of getting late, then he won't drive fast on roads and won't put his or other's lives in danger, then when he reaches office, his boss might not yell at him, if he does, he has the brains and the energy to handle the situation calmly. When he is calmed out the situation and himself, he will perform better at work, when he perform better at work he may be able to put an extra hour to cover up the morning tasks. And when he gets home late, his wife won't yell at him because he didn't yell at her in the morning while leaving and she understands why he is late. So she gives him a nice dinner and they live happily ever after :)


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Does all this make sense? I know it is a big theory and might seem impossible or maybe ridiculous to be done. But I think that it could be a long-term solution. Please mention any points that are illogical or something that I have missed. I'd love to discuss more on this so tell me your thoughts on this. I hope we can make a difference.

A Generous Advice or A Freakish Warning?

Train mein safar ke doran Durood-Shareef Parhtay raha karein



So apparently the minister of state as "advised" the fellow countrymen to keep praying during commute via Pakistani trains. He says the railway tracks are quite old and the trains are totally inadequate. This guy says that he is a helpless minister and won't quit, although he will be playing his part at the level best to "inform" the nation about the corruption. He continues to mention that fact that the last incident in Hyderabad was due to negligence of the railway staff and that he has asked the Deputy DS to start investigation.

I usually and never post about this types of news, but this one was such a disastrous, funny, yet scary and somewhat paradoxical item that I had to post it. Because in the final sentence the man goes on to say ... "there should be no minister for the railway, instead an honest man should be appointed to run the department"!

I'm sorry to say, but these are the bugs in our system.

"MUST...... De...bug"... "MUST...... De...bug" :-)

KESC [(18+4+400+234 megawatts) - (Rs. 31 Bn + 5 Bn) + ($361 million) = Some Hope ]

The title is scary, I know. It is true that it seems more complicated than it really is. A few days back, I came across some of the news items in my RSS reader. Three of those are listed below.

1. KESC Initiates Captive Power Policy
   

   The first company to join this programme is Engro Polymer & Chemical Ltd (EPCL), which signed an agreement with KESC recently to supply 18 Megawatts power supply to the KESC by mid-year 2009. This was yet another breakthrough that was carried forward by a second agreement signing between International Industries Limited (IIL) and the KESC. According to this contract, IIL will supply 4 MWs to KESC within the next two weeks.

2. Islamabad pays Rs 31 bn KESC debt
   

   Pepco spokesmen Tahir Basharat Cheema confirmed that the government had adjusted Rs 31 billion against the main portion of loans that the Pepco had gotten from the federal government at interest rate of 18 per cent. “Due to this very step, not only the KESC has been given relief but the loans the Pepco has gotten from the federal government have also been reduced.

3. Karachi to get 234-megawatt electricity from November
   

   The government signed on Thursday an agreement with a Turkish company to hire a 234-megawatt power plant to address the electricity crisis in Karachi.

So this implies that if everything goes according to the plans, by the end of this year, Karachi would be in good electrical hands :)

Lets hope for the best and lets do what we can do about it.

PUBLIC MESSAGE:

1. SAVE (Bachat / cutback)
   Switch off the lights when you don't need them.
2. SAVE (Bachaoo / Rescue)
   Keep an eye on the "Kundas" (electricity theft) near your home and take some actions to prevent the illegal usage of electricity.
3. Make point 1 and 2 your habit :)
   

Things are starting to "heat up"

Here is a post I thought I'd never make, Global Warming! Yes, an issue well heard of.

It all started last night, when the lights go out around 2.30 in the morning so I couldn't sleep and when I woke up I realized that today was Sunday so I can lay like a cow on the bed for as long as I could :) So, I finally left the bed around 3 in the afternoon and opened the door to my balcony and suddenly I felt like I opened an oven. I closed the door and went downstairs, had a good brunch and checked my email on my cell phone during brunch while also thought to give a peak at today's weather. Turned out it was 42 Degrees Centigrade outside, I clicked "update weather" and I was down to 41 Degree Centigrade. It was bit of a shock for me to see such a temperature before even the month of May, so I started worrying about what it is going to be in the summer - typically known as "JunJulai" :)

Anyway, I start Googling, came up with some good material on global warming (on Wikipedia of course). In a nutshell... Global Warming Phenomena is the entrapment of "greenhouse gases" inside the Earths atmosphere. Apparently, the homosapiens (People) are producing all these gases with their industries, cars and all the machinery etc, and all that is getting trapped between the Ozone Layer and the surface of the earth. Which is increasing the temperature of our planet, resulting in melting of both the poles, rising the sea-levels and ultimately inviting the biggest and the most deadliest natural disasters on the planet. Which in theory considers as "the end of the world". :)

Here is more to read on Global Warming...

However, it is not possible that a theory remains unchallenged any longer than a certain period of time. So, People gathered up and brought together some "arguments" to challenge the global warming theory. Some of those arguments include that there are no evidence that the actions of little creatures like us can effect the temperature of a planet. They say our equipment is "incompetent" or "inadequate" to record or forecast future climate conditions, the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) did not approve of it and some others.

Here is something to read about the arguments against Global Warming...

In fact, they also have come up with a "petition project" for rejecting the Global Warming theory as well... so if you feel like signing up for yourself... be their guest, they'll be lucky to have ya! :)

So, what we get by all this is just that the "outside" is becoming more like the "inside" of an oven and we are fighting over whether we will be the dinosaurs for the next life on the planet or not!

But, for those who believe, knows what's happening...