Here is a video which beautifully highlights the essence of Karachi, the Bus Art, Rickshaws, Pan, the Graffiti everything! For everyone who love Karachi and every bit about it. Amazing video Enjoy :)
Lovely Weather Today!
relatively pleasant temperature and a nice breeze. One of those days
when you can really enjoying just being in Karachi, we should cherish
these days, as a large part of the year in Karachi is either clear sky
with sun shining on our heads or once in a blue moon, it rains! cats
and dogs! (Yea I know, there can't be a blue moon when its raining
cats and dogs and the phrase "cats and dogs" was last used in the 18th
Century) :-)
Enjoy!
PS: I found this weather widget on the BBC website, shows the latest
weather observations of Karachi.
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Irony! A devotee of Prophet (saw) claims it on his car sub-woofer.
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This seems to mean that the person is willing to sacrifice his / her parents in the name of our beloved Prophet Muhammad (saw), unless it means that "Only my parents are a big fan / devotee of Your's (saw) and not me", it is quite an irony to see the big sub-woofer stuffed at the back of the car with some very good quality speaker system. I'm pretty sure that none of the Tilawat-e-Quran needs a big sub-woofer system to be played on. As we know that a sub woofer is used to produce bass, which is a low frequency below 150 hz down to 20hz or low, while the vocals are best when the ranges b/w 500Hz and 2 Khz are high (arrange your media player equalizer to see the results)
Although, I did not hear it playing music so I can not blame the person for being a lier or a show off maybe, but I can still ask you people to be careful. I am not asking you to quit listening music neither am I saying you should not talk about how much the religion means to you... but all I'm saying is that please do not do both at the same time.
I have seen a thousand cars who have the word "Allah" or Safar ki dua or Ayat-ul-Kursi etc hanging on their rear view mirrors, and they are listening to music or radio or have a nice girl on date in their cars and what not. It is like mixing the two opposites! And that's the ultimate sin. I've heard people say the words InshaAllah and MashaAllah on such sick occasions and they don't even know what they are saying. For example, people say on TV all the time "MashaAllah se buhut hit film hai", "inshaAllah mairi next music album 2 months mein ajai gi", I've even heard guys saying when they see a very beautiful girl on the street... "uff MashaAllah kia bandi hai!" . Do they even realize what they are saying? They are asking for the will of Allah for the launch of their next music album! They are praising Allah for the success of their obscene movie! and they are praising Allah for creating a beautiful girl who is walking in skin tight dress, without hijab or proper parda, (a sin in itself) and the one watching her (another sin in itself)!? (naozubillah to all)
and don't even get me started on the Music these Indian industry is making, songs like "Allah Mairi Tauba", "Subhan Allah", "Assalaam Walaikum", "Allah Hafiz", we all are not just listening to these songs, but are also selling and sharing it bluntly.
All I'm asking you people is PLEASE DO NOT MIX THE TWO THINGS. If you want to listen to music, listen, but don't disgust your own religion in it. If you are not a pious person, don't be, I don't have the right to force it on you, but I can ask you gently to be careful with the two, is it that hard to do? I hope not, just think for a second before you do or say.
May Allah for give us for all the sins we have done in ignorance and in consciousness (Ameen). Please notify me if I have sounded unreasonable any where in this post.
Information:
Wikipedia says about sub woofer...
A subwoofer is a woofer, or a complete loudspeaker dedicated to the reproduction of bass audio frequencies, from perhaps 150 Hz down as far as 20 Hz, or in rare cases lower.
In humans a good quality voice ranges b/w 500hz and above to a reasonable 1KHz. The maximum frequency produced was by a 12 year old singer who sung at 2,800 Hz and the lowest frequency world record holder is Tim Storms who produced an impossible 8Hz using his vocal cord.
Yellow and Blue is coming!
You might have seen this hoarding all over Karachi by now. Today I thought I should blog about it and see what people think about what it could be.
At the top of my head, it stuck me as www.bestbuy.com, some of the teasers do say best buy as well. But some say great vale and some say things about experience. I think the chances for it to be bestbuy.com is pretty great, most of the signs leads us to think that. Specially the color scheme is exactly the same. If not then it will most probably be something digital or onlinr, I suppose.
To save me from embarrassment I'd like to hear what you people think of it. :)
At the top of my head, it stuck me as www.bestbuy.com, some of the teasers do say best buy as well. But some say great vale and some say things about experience. I think the chances for it to be bestbuy.com is pretty great, most of the signs leads us to think that. Specially the color scheme is exactly the same. If not then it will most probably be something digital or onlinr, I suppose.
To save me from embarrassment I'd like to hear what you people think of it. :)
The False Truth about Pakistani Blogsphere!
In reference to my previous post, I would like to add yet another point. It is not just the media who is stupid enough to not highlight the good points of the country and city, it is everything everywhere from internet, blogs groups and what not. We are so stupid that we don't even realize that we ourselves tell the world that we are (a). stupid, (b). Illiterate (c). at fault, and living in a (d). politically and economically unstable country which is supposedly (e). hub for terrorsim!?. What is up with you people!
I will try to make my point clear by using a very recent example from the website Karachi Metblogs (KMB).
I, myself was once an author on KMB, but before I tell you what I am about to say, I should tell you why I joined the blog. I found so many good posts, open-minded people posting everything about Karachi, posting about events, places, and restaurant reviews etc (which were sometimes very useful too). But the reason for me to quit was that "some" of the new individuals were (and still are) openly making personal opinions, critics and unbiased accusations about the politicians of Pakistan, others actively and passionately post about every bomb that goes off, every person getting killed, the next minute of happening. The rest of them try to "be the first" to write about when every politician even sneezes!
I don't know why it was so, but it was clearly killing the better usage of metroblogging and promoting the blog as a political blog and not just that, it was highlighting ONLY the issues of the country and not the good points that could make the world could see how wonderful our country really is. So I quit writing, as I did not and do not want to be recognized as someone who drills holes in what they eat in.
Please note that I am in no way trying to pinpoint any single individual or a website for criticism, I’m speaking collectively, while realizing that not everyone is good and not everyone is a culprit in a blogsphere.
A few days back there was a post made on Karachi Metblogs about an event organized by CIO Pakistan and Badar Khushnood where a discussion was carried out about blogging and bloggers of Pakistan, how it has been going on and what it should be. A few lines from the post...
Just today (2 days after the above post was made) another post was made on the same website. Here are some lines from the post...
Now my point is, this is the exact same website on which both the two contrary posts were made, the irony here is that it is made by the same author, one post consequent to the other by the gap of just two days.
Wasn't it enough to let the world know more and more about killings, crimes, rapes, robberies, bombs, economic issues, "pathetic" services offered by government and almost every company, telco, cellcos, electricity corporation, municipal corporation, WIND, WATER, EARTH, FIRE in Pakistan, that it was felt extremely necessary to write about animals killings? Not just animals but pet cats and dogs too. Yea, so the world could also know how sick, weird and psychologically ill we all are!
My question is, if the media is free, does it mean it should loose its mind and show anything and everything? From live coverage of shootouts to blown up bodies of bombers, gore and blood, from obscene movies to drams made on subjects of illegitimate physical relations between friends, from road shows where the host “dares” teenagers to do “daring things” and gets kissed by young girls in front of the camera as this is what they think is “daring” or being told on TV that the girl slapped her mother on the face just to prove that she was daring! Where have all the sanity gone? What are you educating people, what are you telling the world?
On the other hand, if you have internet (which you are never happy to have, as it is “slow”) does it mean you should write anything and everything? If the technology has made the world just a click away, does it mean you should let others look into your toilets!?
Just think for a minute when you say something, this internet and media are NOT a channel for finding solution, publicity will NOT solve any problem in the country, it will ONLY let the world know, so they could point fingers at you while you yourself strip-naked down to humility.
Pakistan and all of its cities are a wonderful place to live, besides every problem it is still our home and it will be for the rest of our lives. Writing about the country’s problems is like writing about your own homes. Would you be willing to blog on a global scale about the arguments you went through with your wife or husband, what your kids are doing and how they are not listening or getting complaints or bad results back from school, or how you might be worried about your teenage son or daughter or how the grandpa’s health is declining every day? Would you write about it? Or would you like it if your neighbor writes about it? You wouldn’t write it yourself neither you would like anyone else to write about it. So my question is that this country is just a collection of a million such homes…
why are you giving the world the wrong impression?
I will try to make my point clear by using a very recent example from the website Karachi Metblogs (KMB).
I, myself was once an author on KMB, but before I tell you what I am about to say, I should tell you why I joined the blog. I found so many good posts, open-minded people posting everything about Karachi, posting about events, places, and restaurant reviews etc (which were sometimes very useful too). But the reason for me to quit was that "some" of the new individuals were (and still are) openly making personal opinions, critics and unbiased accusations about the politicians of Pakistan, others actively and passionately post about every bomb that goes off, every person getting killed, the next minute of happening. The rest of them try to "be the first" to write about when every politician even sneezes!
I don't know why it was so, but it was clearly killing the better usage of metroblogging and promoting the blog as a political blog and not just that, it was highlighting ONLY the issues of the country and not the good points that could make the world could see how wonderful our country really is. So I quit writing, as I did not and do not want to be recognized as someone who drills holes in what they eat in.
Please note that I am in no way trying to pinpoint any single individual or a website for criticism, I’m speaking collectively, while realizing that not everyone is good and not everyone is a culprit in a blogsphere.
A few days back there was a post made on Karachi Metblogs about an event organized by CIO Pakistan and Badar Khushnood where a discussion was carried out about blogging and bloggers of Pakistan, how it has been going on and what it should be. A few lines from the post...
In the end came the resolutions and everyone committed to contribute in one way or another to build a brighter and more positive image Pakistan and bring about a change through blogging. People agreed among other things, to blog more positive things about Pakistan, photoblogging more of Pakistan’s art and cultural events and tagging every blog post or picture they upload properly.
Just today (2 days after the above post was made) another post was made on the same website. Here are some lines from the post...
In this country innocents get murdered every day, may they be the victims of a bomb blast, a pedestrian trying to cross a road, a collage student waiting for a bus, a person resisting a robbery bid, or pet dog sitting calmly outside his house.
Here is just another one of the heartbreaking narrative: http://d*****ing.org/murder-****/ (note: I have removed the links)
Now my point is, this is the exact same website on which both the two contrary posts were made, the irony here is that it is made by the same author, one post consequent to the other by the gap of just two days.
Wasn't it enough to let the world know more and more about killings, crimes, rapes, robberies, bombs, economic issues, "pathetic" services offered by government and almost every company, telco, cellcos, electricity corporation, municipal corporation, WIND, WATER, EARTH, FIRE in Pakistan, that it was felt extremely necessary to write about animals killings? Not just animals but pet cats and dogs too. Yea, so the world could also know how sick, weird and psychologically ill we all are!
My question is, if the media is free, does it mean it should loose its mind and show anything and everything? From live coverage of shootouts to blown up bodies of bombers, gore and blood, from obscene movies to drams made on subjects of illegitimate physical relations between friends, from road shows where the host “dares” teenagers to do “daring things” and gets kissed by young girls in front of the camera as this is what they think is “daring” or being told on TV that the girl slapped her mother on the face just to prove that she was daring! Where have all the sanity gone? What are you educating people, what are you telling the world?
On the other hand, if you have internet (which you are never happy to have, as it is “slow”) does it mean you should write anything and everything? If the technology has made the world just a click away, does it mean you should let others look into your toilets!?
Just think for a minute when you say something, this internet and media are NOT a channel for finding solution, publicity will NOT solve any problem in the country, it will ONLY let the world know, so they could point fingers at you while you yourself strip-naked down to humility.
Pakistan and all of its cities are a wonderful place to live, besides every problem it is still our home and it will be for the rest of our lives. Writing about the country’s problems is like writing about your own homes. Would you be willing to blog on a global scale about the arguments you went through with your wife or husband, what your kids are doing and how they are not listening or getting complaints or bad results back from school, or how you might be worried about your teenage son or daughter or how the grandpa’s health is declining every day? Would you write about it? Or would you like it if your neighbor writes about it? You wouldn’t write it yourself neither you would like anyone else to write about it. So my question is that this country is just a collection of a million such homes…
why are you giving the world the wrong impression?
We Have To Survive as "Us" not "Them"
I have recently received an email about someone who went out of country for a while and have experienced how the world is portraying Pakistan.
I agree to all the concerns, thoughts and the proposed plan of action, highlighted by my brother. I am reproducing this email on my blog so every one can read and understand it.
I do feel guilty of not highlighting these issues while they were in my head for a long time. A few points are how the mega-media of India and around the world is portraying Pakistan as center of terrorism, while we prove them to be right via our "miniature" media. We have more than 80% international channels on our cable TV and the ones which are supposedly ours, feels / sounds no different than Indian media. On the other hand, just a few years back people of Pakistan were making an issue if a woman appears on television with dupatta on her head, today if you see how the cloths have shrunk up to a considerable minimum you would be amazed to see that there is absolutely NO difference in women of Pakistani channels and the women of Indian channels, the irony is that they belong to TOTALLY opposite religions.
Today, we appear, sound and even think like the ones who were the worst enemies of this country and the basis on which it was formed i.e. Islam. This is indeed something that SHOULD NOT be taken lightly.
Here is the email.
I agree to all the concerns, thoughts and the proposed plan of action, highlighted by my brother. I am reproducing this email on my blog so every one can read and understand it.
I do feel guilty of not highlighting these issues while they were in my head for a long time. A few points are how the mega-media of India and around the world is portraying Pakistan as center of terrorism, while we prove them to be right via our "miniature" media. We have more than 80% international channels on our cable TV and the ones which are supposedly ours, feels / sounds no different than Indian media. On the other hand, just a few years back people of Pakistan were making an issue if a woman appears on television with dupatta on her head, today if you see how the cloths have shrunk up to a considerable minimum you would be amazed to see that there is absolutely NO difference in women of Pakistani channels and the women of Indian channels, the irony is that they belong to TOTALLY opposite religions.
Today, we appear, sound and even think like the ones who were the worst enemies of this country and the basis on which it was formed i.e. Islam. This is indeed something that SHOULD NOT be taken lightly.
Here is the email.
Before reading this email see the main news on this link,
I went to Dubai for some work and there in the hotel they had the channel Star News (India) which I guess is not on cable TV in Karachi. You know what they show most of the times .......... "Pakistan is a country full of terrorists" and they show videos of fake TALIBANS and KASHMIRI mujahideens and just say bad and only bad for Pakistan and take advantage of any news that is hot in Pakistan and convert it or relate it to terrorism and show it and our good old news channels PTV and all others show the war between Zardari and Nawaz all the time giving proof to the world that what they see on CNN, BCC and Star news is 100% correct and Pakistan is unstable in law, politics and government and the TALIBANS are taking advantage of it and making Pakistan a terrorist home.
My request to all of you is that please please please stop favoring the politicians and idiotic marches and idiotic ban or marches as this is all making us more and more unstable and you all know very well that if Pakistan is attacked by NATO or US for war against terror its we who will die and suffer not over politicians and leaders because weather they are out of country or they have good relations in middle east and Europe so they can run and hide.
Please try to think that its we who have to stand up and see the truth and have to spread it and the only way and the quickest way to start it is simply following the Holy Quran and Islam.
India has banned every thing of Pakistan there but over dear Pakistani people do not boycott anything, our cinema is showing their movies our heroes are Shahrukh Khan and Aamir Khan and our hair styles are like them we talk like them …..etc
Please think and see that we are becoming the best friends of our enemies as we are allowing them to spread their culture in our homes. I don't remember the name of the politician but there was one form India who clearly and openly said that they can defeat Pakistan easily just by culture war and they are doing it.
Please start boycott of every Indian movie, drama and their stuff and tell all you meet that our existence is only possible is Pakistan exists and the only way to survive is to become a good Muslim and remember that a person can never become a good Muslim if he/she is not a good person.
I hope I made my point clear if not please tell me and I will try to explain more.
Best regards,
Farrukh Malik
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