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Supreme Court of Pakistan

noreply@blogger.com (sheikh sarwar) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:32:00 +0000

My salam and respects to the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
I am sure you will pull Pakistan out of corruption and
unconstitional matters. May Allah be with you all this
time - Aameen.

Wishing you all the success,
Sheikh Sarwar 12/16/09

2010 National Holidays in Pakistan and India

noreply@blogger.com (sheikh sarwar) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:01:00 +0000

Pakistan Public Holidays 2010
February 28 Birthday of the Prophet
March 23 Pakistan Day
May 01 Labour Day
August 14 Independence Day
September 08 Defense Day
September 09* Eid ul Fitr (end of Ramadan)
November 09 Birthday of Allama Iqbal
November 16* Eid ul Azha (after Pilgrimage)
December 16 Ashura (Moharram)
December 25 Christmas & Birthday of Quaid-e-Azam M.A. Jinnah

India Public Holidays 2010
January 01 Republic Day
February 12 Shiv Ratri
“” 27 Milaad Un Nabi
March 01 Holi
“” 24 Ram Naumi
“” 28 Mahhavir Jayanti
May 27 Budh Purnima
August 15 Independence Day
September 02 Krishan Janamashtami
September 11* Eid ul Fitr
October 17 Dusshera
November 02 Diwali
November 17* Eid ul Azha
November 21 Guru Nanak Gur Purab
December 25 Christmas
*Subject to appearance of Moon

Please tell me if you have a different data! thanks.

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Desolation - Urdu "Akela-pan"

noreply@blogger.com (sheikh sarwar) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:29:00 +0000

Desolation – can it command over someone's life! (Is ke asraat!)

kuchh ishq thaa kuchh majabuurii thii so mai.n ne jiivan vaar diyaa
mai.n kaisaa zindaa aadamii thaa ik shaKhs ne mujh ko maar diyaa

ye sajaa sajaayaa ghar saaqii merii zaat nahii.n meraa haal nahii.n
ai kaash kabhii tum jaan sako jo us sukh ne aazaar diyaa

mai.n Khulii hu_ii ik sachchaa_ii mujhe jaanane vaale jaanate hai.n
mai.n ne kin logo.n se nafrat kii aur kin logo.n se pyaar kiyaa

vo ishq bahut mushkil thaa magar aasaan na thaa yuu.N jiinaa bhii
us ishq ne zindaa rahane kaa mujhe zarf diyaa pindaar diyaa

ik sabz shaaKh gulaab kii thaa ik duniyaa apane pyaar kii thaa
vo ek bahaar jo aaee thi us ke liye sab kuchh haar diyaa

mai.n rotaa huu.N aur aasmaan se taare TuuTate dekhataa huu.N
un logo.n par jin logo.n ne mere logo.n ko aazaar diyaa

vo yaar ho.n yaa mahabuub mere yaa kabhii kabhii milane vaale
ik lazzat sab ke milane me.n vo zaKhm diyaa yaa pyaar diyaa

banaa gulaab to kaa.NTe.n chubhaa gayaa ik shaKhs
huaa chiraaG to ghar hii jalaa gayaa ik shaKhs

tamaam rang mere aur saare Khvaab mere
fasaanaa kah ke fasaanaa banaa gayaa ik shaKhs

mai.n kis havaa me.n u.Duu.N kis fazaa me.n laharaa_uu.N
dukho.n ke jaal har-suu bichhaa gayaa ik shaKhs

palaT sakuu.N mai.n na aage ba.Dh sakuu.N jis par
mujhe ye kaun se raaste lagaa gayaa ik shaKhs

muhabbate.n bhii ajiib us kii nafarate.n bhii kamaal
merii tarah kaa hii mujh me.n samaa gayaa ik shaKhs

vo mahataab thaa marham-ba-dast aayaa thaa
magar kuchh aur sivaa dil dukhaa gayaa ik shaKhs

khulaa ye raaz ke aa_iinaa-Khaanaa hai duniyaa
aur is me.n mujh ko tamaashaa banaa gayaa ik shaKhs

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Power generation, distribution, breaks and shutdowns

noreply@blogger.com (sheikh sarwar) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:17:00 +0000

Power shuts down due to heavy snow; storms forcing tree falls on wires and in case of vehicle accidents which hit transmission wire poles. Power suppliers immediately rush to restore as soon as possible; because:
 Longer power-break can damage the food in freezers and fridges; claims have been paid for such damages in the United States
 Seniors suffer who need air-conditioning for health reasons
 Critical cases in hospital surgical theater suffer
 Robbers take advantage of the dark
 Organizations, individuals and students suffer
 Airliner activities suffer
 Gas stations suffer
 Mills suffer
Suppliers do have sense of responsibility.
Suppliers do have plans to act in case of such failures.

PAKISTAN:
People continue to suffer from these power shutdowns for a long time and ministry of power have not fulfilled their promise for restoration. They must have done efforts but results have not shown up this success.

It comes to my mind:
1. Do they continue ordering and receiving fuel for power generation? Who pays them and where they store; it must be multiplying!
2. Do they keep three-shifts staff and pay them; why for idle time?
3. If they are private power suppliers; Does government reimburse them.
4. Long time before some one wrote a poem: Oh WAPDA dear, I always fear; Friges hot, Kettles cold ….. etc.
5. In the past I had seen transferring power from another feeder to the feeder in need.

In the past, I suggested to divide power load in having industrial estates to arrange their own power plants and let the government take care of residents; schools, commerce and students. Masha Allah our country has persons (I means gents and ladies) who can arrange power generation plants and sell power to the users.
If our government sincerely takes step forward to redress sufferings, Allah will sure help them!

MANGLA DAM (Pakistan)
When Mangla Dam was under construction, the contractor suggested to have a cofferdam built way back from the main, so that silt should settle down there and barged out, instead of silting at the mouth of the dam where water falls to propel generators; which was so deep that taking out silt would not be possible and the storage area will continue reducing.

TARBELA DAM (Pakistan)
Design was faulty. When river was diverted it hit hardest at the tunnels gates and broke nuts and bolts, steel sheets, steel rods and erosion. Water sank in the river bed near tunnels – several sink holes of several feet deep and long and wide were to be filled in by sand filled bags thrown in from water surface. Water discharge was more after the tunnels then it measure through the tunnels. Water gushed out taking trees, animals and small hill sides. It was said “there was a faulty rock under that area. Thanks Allah human loss foreseen did not happen.

THAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (Pakistan)
There was lot of salt below and on the surface.That was used for laundry and water taps gave very heavy salty-water; during bath soap would jam in the hairs. That situation also gave birth to poisonous snakes.
It was heard a Major from Pakistan Army investigated and found that a large size rock was under that area which did not let water go down. It raised water level and pushed salts above the surface which made it barren.

WARSAK DAM (Pakistan)
At the very onset it was opposed by saying the city will sink down about one inch each year. Until now this has not happened.

KALABAGH DAM (Pakistan)
Lot of work had been done on this site during the construction of Tarbela Dam and lot of money was spent. All along construction has been opposed. This could be a large water reservoir and generate power. Allah know when it be come into being. When we have lot of water in monsoon; same time extra water is pushed into our system to create dangerous floods. In case of need, in dry, water is held back. It this Kalabagh reservoir was there we could save water for future use which we need water in dry time.

SMALL DAMS ORGANIZATION (Pakistan)
There is a Small Dam Organization in Pakistan. They must have done lot of work. Such organization could/should build small dams along side the river flow from itS origin to provide self-sufficient electricity and water to areas lying on both sides of river.

Power Generation from garbage (Pakistan)
In the era of General (r) Parvez Musharraf it was heard a contract was given for power generation from garbage and people started getting training for its management. What happened to it?

Solar Energy (Pakistan)
Decades before Punjab University students installed a large dish which attracted solar energy and they demonstrated grilling kabob with that heat. They could develop it into window panels. They needed encouragement and investment for this development. They were encouraged to do so or not, at least I am not aware of. It not, we missed a chance here also.

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Purpose, obligation and our performance in life!

noreply@blogger.com (sheikh sarwar) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:40:00 +0000

Performing Prayer looks like an excellent act done by us. But Allah/God details a series of obligations expected of us. This is taken from Sura (Chapter) Baqra from the Holy Quran

“It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces Towards east or West; but it is righteousness- to:
1. believe in Allah and
2. the Last Day, and
3. the Angels, and
4. the Book, and
5. the Messengers;
6. to spend of your substance, out of love for Him,
a. for your kin, for orphans,
b. for the needy,
c. for the wayfarer,
d. for those who ask, and
e. for the ransom of slaves;
f. to be steadfast in prayer, and
g. practice regular charity;
h. to fulfill the contracts which ye have made;
i. and to be firm and patient, in pain (or suffering) and adversity, and throughout all period of panic;
j. adversity, and throughout all periods of panic.
Such are the people of truth, the Allah fearing.”

(Righteousness=An act in accord with divine law/excellent/right/justifiable}

As I understand we should and we are expected to judge whether we are missing some step from J. to the top 1. In our busy life we miss some good-ones. To please Allah we should seek Allah’s forgiveness for our faults and His guidance and help to correct our missing and wrongdoings. Aameen.

Dear reader: your suggestions are welcome!
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Being a human-being!

noreply@blogger.com (sheikh sarwar) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:45:00 +0000

Being a human-being!

Each angel is continuously performing assigned job. This shows total obedience of angels to God. Angles have no desires, no families, and no other obligations except performance of what they were asked to do. To us it is tiring as we feel doing same job continuously for even hours. People told Prophet Moses; they were tired of eating same food every day! That was a blessing and they got extra time to worship Allah and act as He wished. We have desires, we have families; lot of obligations. If we can find time out of our busy life, to exercise upon Allah’s instructions, we can win His pleasure and blessings.

God created the first human being; Adam and asked angels to bow down to Adam. In obedience to God, all bowed down except one; “iblis”. Iblis told God of his reservations. But God condemned him. He was angry and said he will misguide the human-being. God was sure of human-being not to act contrary to His instructions and said those obedient to Me, wouldn’t listen you (Iblis). Iblis influenced Adam and Eve to ignore God’s instruction and eat fruit of the forbidden tree. Thus they were asked to leave the heaven and go down to the earth.

God did not expect human-being would repeat disobedience after this reaction. Earth was populated by offspring’s of Adam and Eve. To test them whether they learnt a lesson from ignoring His instructions, God sent down two angels; Harut and Marut, in Babylon to teach people some magic. These angels warned them not to practice that. However, a group practiced that magic while the other stayed away from it and proved faithful to God and His teachings. Iblis has always been distracting human-beings from right path.

When God found people got away from His instructions, He chose one of them who were obedient to Him, to tell those people to worship God and God only the creator, and act upon His instructions. Those Messengers warned of God’s displeasure and of a possible destructive stroke if they would not listen and mend their ways. When people paid no heed, opposed their advice, stood resistant to what they saw their forefathers doing, they were vanished and other nation was brought up.

Warnings are not taken seriously. Wrestling and stunt shows on television warn “do not do it at home” but some do it and get hurt.

Farishte se behtar hai insaan ban-na
(It’s better to be an human-being, rather than an angel)
Magar is men parhti hai mushqal ziada
(but it has lot of hardships to come over)

Admittedly human beings are weak and attract to the worldly “unavoidable” attractions and prone to do wrongs even if they see an evil effect of such acts upon others in the community. When we are determined to go for a wrong, there is always enough time to reconsider whether or not to go forward. There are many a slips between the cup and lips. If our ambitions persist, God let us loose. We enjoy the timely fruitful results of our move. However, we lose God’s pleasure.

People on right path ignore several ‘offers’ which pose easy earning of livelihood and better their family life. They have contentment and mold with the fluctuations of circumstances. Such people are helped by God also in keeping stead and fast on right path. By the grace of God they cross over hurdles, how hard and soft. Thus, they earn, for themselves and for their family, God’s blessings in their life and reward for the life hereafter. They are pleased with Allah’s blessings and Allah is pleased with them.

Darde-dil ke waste paida kyaa insaan ko
(human-beings were created to worship Him and stay heart to heart with each other)
Warna itayet ke liyea kuch kam na the karobiyaan
(otherwise He has lot of other creatures to obey and praise Him)

It is hard if we think it hard. It becomes easy if we take it easy with patience and accept grief and pleasure as test and Will of God. We should do well, listen to the hearts of others, help each other in thick and thin without prejudice and without expecting anything in return; seeking Allah’s help step-by-step we should make a good citizenry and community obedient to God. This is what Allah wants of a human-being to earn His pleasure and Blessings.

My Request: Please ask Allah/God to keep pulling me back on the right path and forgive me all the wrongdoings. God bless you. Aameen.

Thank you/shukria.
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Love

noreply@blogger.com (sheikh sarwar) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:24:00 +0000

Love begets love!
No love for a gloved heart.

Other day I heard of a quotable quote:

“If you love something, let it go
if it comes back to you it’s yours
if doesn’t, it never was”

I feel:

“It will, sure, come back if you are
honest and sincere to yourself and to
the loved one”

“It will, definitely, not come back, if you
are hiding some facts from the other
other person. In that case He who knows
all of your “open’s” and
“hiding’s” will help the other person
in keeping away from you”.

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“Both of us were sincerely and we
got it”.

Do not open (house or heart) door on a stranger!

noreply@blogger.com (sheikh sarwar) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:26:00 +0000

DO NOT open door on a stranger!
Be it your House or Heart.

This is a gist and essence of happenings with frightful ends where the targeted person failed to be smart enough to think and rethink before encouraging the outsider.

Some one in the guise of a helper, lover or sympathizer, is always well prepared to overcome in first attempt. Failing that, other moves would be exercised to succeed. If the target is bold, strong and able to engage the attacker to show resistance, the weak and insincere attacker will twist the subject and look for a safe exit.

Good luck!

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Suicide? - to kill self and/or others?

noreply@blogger.com (sheikh sarwar) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:23:00 +0000

Can some one, please elaborate on this verse taken from Allama Muhammad Iqbal’s poetry collection “Bang-e-Dara – 1924”; what circumstances prompted him to write this, and if the present suicidal happenings in Pakistan and elsewhere, are a depiction of that!

You may comment here on this blog as well as communicate with me at sheikhmsarwar@gmail.com
Thanks.

Here goes the verse first in Urdu, then its English translation –

وہ مس بولي ارادہ خودکشي کا جب کيا ميں نے

وہ مس بولي ارادہ خودکشي کا جب کيا ميں نے
مہذب ہے تو اے عاشق! قدم باہر نہ دھر حد سے
نہ جرات ہے ، نہ خنجر ہے تو قصد خودکشي کيسا
يہ مانا درد ناکامي گيا تيرا گزر حد سے
کہا ميں نے کہ اے جاں جہاں کچھ نقد دلوا دو
کرائے پر منگالوں گا کوئي افغان سرحد سے

Translation
As I tried to commit suicide the Miss exclaimed
“O lover! If you are civilized do not transgress the limits

Without courage or dagger suicide’s intention is strange
Even granting your pain of failure has exceeded the limits”

I said, “O dear, give me some cash
I shall hire some Afghan from the Frontier Province”
Call Of The Marching Bell
English Translation and Commentary
of
BÿANG-E-DARÿ
(Allama Muhammad Iqbal)

Dr. M.A.K. Khalil

Different Languages, Water Chemistry and Environment

noreply@blogger.com (sheikh sarwar) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:53:00 +0000

Different languages, water chemistry and Environment

I had heard (in India – in 1940’s) from elders that spoken language changes after every 10 miles! I was in school at that time and did not feel change in speech of different school-mates. However, some basic words differed. Hindus and Muslims used different words in greetings; Muslims used to greet with word “salaam or assalamu-laikam – (peace be upon you)” and depart by saying “khuda hafiz – God’s protection”. Other students greeted with words “Parnam, namaste, sat-siri-akal”. Muslims used to use another common word “Adaab meaning respects” – give or pay my respects to your uncle. This word was well understood in hindi and urdu. Urdu looks like a mixed dialect of various languages spoken in India at that time.

However, when I grew up and came in contact with other people visiting villages and town with my parents, out of area 10-18 miles away, I felt the difference. More of this when I moved to other cities; I noticed difference in local spoken languages, the structure and looks of people and the animals. Very strange!

Water chemistry

I did not understand the philosophy of taking some water with us when visiting a relative 18 miles away where we had to stay for few days. Saving some of it for a day, rest of that water was then poured in water-jar (pitcher) of the host. If we had not done so, we could face some stomach upset. In our own neighborhood, there were spots of sweet as well as saline water. It takes time for stomach to adjust to a strange intakes. It is true when we are in light and enter a dark room; we are in dark and someone puts on light, or we look out from a dark room to light outside, our eyes take some time to adjust.

Food (vegetables, meat and fruit) and spices were almost identical and made no significant problem. Stomach temperature is different from the outside body temperature. Nature produces fruit and vegetables in summer which can cool down our stomach temperature; while in winter fruit and vegetable are such that they can increase the stomach temperature; - to keep both inside and outside temperature amicable.

Change of climate - customization

Just per chance I remember an instance when East Pakistan members of Pakistan national assembly came to attend session at Islamabad. It was normal in East Pakistan but whether was cold at Islamabad. Those members came in light dress. Blankets requisitioned and they had to stay back in the aircraft for some time. Travelers usually find out weather conditions at the destination. Although there were 24-hour communication between East and West Pakistan, the mercury was ignored. We should obey the nature; keep warm in winter and light dress in summer, umbrella or a hooded jacket for rain.

My parents told us how to compromise difference between Inside and Outside temperature effects on our persons; like, wipe/rub hand on feet immediately after taking off socks, and on head after taking off hat/cap, and face when stepping out in the open.

All this was to make a possible safer transition from one temperature environment to the other. For example, if someone fainted; by any reason; people used to sprinkle some water on his/her face and the fainted person would open eyes and come to senses.

Suggestions are welcome!
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How to resize font in Word document

noreply@blogger.com (sheikh sarwar) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:28:00 +0000

Comfortably Resize font in Word document

Instead of trying various font sizes from Formatting Tool to finally suite our required size of text, we can highlight the text and apply:

Ctrl+[ “left square bracket” to decrease size of font, and
Ctrl+] “right square bracket” to increase size of font

Keep the text highlighted and repeat these shortcuts until achieve required size of font.

Such shortcuts are also used to align text or object:
Ctrl+l to align left
Ctrl+r to align right
Ctrl+e to align in center
Ctrl+c to copy
Ctrl+x to cut
Ctrl+v to paste

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p.s. If you want to draw a dotted or dashed line across the width of your document, you can punch three time any one of these and press Enter (without inserting a space); that will expand into a full line:
~ tilde
* star
- dash
_ underscore

How to Copy-Play with your Favorities on the Internet Explorer

noreply@blogger.com (sheikh sarwar) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:21:00 +0000

A useful tip from www.computerfreetips.com – I have used it.

A cool tip to move your favorites list, because there is no any option to copy it. But using a method you can create a printable HTML document.
To create this HTML list, first open Internet Explorer. Here go to File option then you will find here option Import and Export, to run the Import/Export wizard Click here then Next.

Here you can select what to import and export, Select Export Favorites option then click Next button. Next you will get option which folder you want to export. You can select the top folder Favorites or just a specific folder.
Select "Export to a File or Address" option and give it a name and location. Click Next and Finish it. Now you have one html file and you can move it any where with you.

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Marriage and its failure!

noreply@blogger.com (sheikh sarwar) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:37:00 +0000

Marriage and its failure!

Marriage – a sanctity, sacred objects, obligations and rights.

In my view failure is the result of facts purposely hidden from each other or between the families involved in self-managed or arranged marriages? When differences in behaviors, over-expectations, intolerance, abusive language, not clarifying the doubts, no forgiveness, taunting, come to surface and are not resolved amicably or middleman advice, divorce is the sword to cut the wedlock into two. When you have decided to marry or rather you are thinking to marry, view marriage history in neighbour, in family and discuss odds and evens with friends with experience. It is good to know the unknown beforehand.

And, there have been instances when another daughter is married in the same house. We should behave others as we want ourselves to be behaved. Doubt is the seed of weeds and harmony is fertilizer for self and next generation. Please cooperate with each other, create a joyful happy atmosphere so your children should blossom in graceful looks and character, pro-family, pro-people, pro-friends.

When negotiating the proposal, new relation is on the anvil, both sides should speak respectfully, openly and not hesitantly, about anything that comes to mind and needs clarification. Both sides should make a list of questions and be ready to answer very clearly – no zigzags - no ifs and buts. Leave no peepholes. Modified definition of “neighbour”: “Neighbour is he who knows more than you know of yourself”. Away from the neighbourhood, there are relatives who have been on ‘odds’ with you and they are opportunists. To avoid future complications all of us should try to sort out things with tolerance, give and take, forgiveness.

Speak about your present family status, way of living, past history?, income, job/no job, education etc. Do not make promises that may not come true.

During initial inter-visits of families, before finalizing the proposal, involve your relatives, good friends, neighbour in your sittings. It is respectful for all the participants. That will be helpful mediator in the future in straightening out any odds because they were witness to the discussions.

Suggestions are welcome!

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Building Confidence, Trust and Dependence

noreply@blogger.com (sheikh sarwar) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:47:00 +0000

I will speak simple what I felt to create confidence, trust and dependence among families, friends, employers and employees:

At a time in the past, Open job ads in Punjabi language used to appear like:

“Lori da, ik, dang tapaoo, kharkaoo bajaoo, te, keechi meechi jaanda ….”
Translated word by word:
“Looking for, one, temporary, typist, and, stenographer…..”

It was very much clear to the audience that the job was “TEMPORARY ”.

Talking to one individual or for that matter to the whole of community via media, we should be so much clear and confident in ourselves about what we are putting forward or talking about and be able to create a counter confidence in the addressee also as to what he should expect. This is what all of us should be – confident, trustworthy and responsible. When our words and mind are not in agreement on something and we force out what we want to say, that disagreement shows up on our face and the addressee has also been given ability to judge it. Considering Sun and our body; in place of Mind and Heart, it’s like; when sun is right straight over our head, our shadow in whole is on our body alone; and when sun is diagonal; our shadow is seen away from our body.

When I see in myself, my own family, family friends, friends, neighbors, and relatives; in-laws have been in company for years, I do not feel we are easy with each other and have been able to create Confidence, Trust or Reliance and Dependency. We have a “shaken faith” in each other. Individually, each of us, feel that our mind is surrounded by a fear complex. Some time it clicks in my mind – “blood is thicker than water” – but this has jumped and stands the opposite side. Frankly, the family members among themselves; not to speak of those away, have doubt in each other and are not prepared to discuss; in fear of a leak, disobedience and rudeness or being rejected, or denied. We should put our mind and heart together, play no hide and seek, and think always positive. Create harmony as soon as possible. I feel if we are living with two opposite mindsets at the same time, do no more longing (desire) for a real affection and trust.

Together we can win hearts and solve problems. One straw is very weak, a bunch of straws is strong.

THROUGH THIS WRITING, I SINCERELY SEEK YOUR PRAYERS AND SUGGESTIONS TO REPAIR OUR TRUST AND CONFIDENCE WITH EACH OTHER.

Regards,
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Urdu ghazals starting with A (alif)

noreply@blogger.com (sheikh sarwar) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:54:00 +0000

Aaj bazaar mein pa-bajolan chalo
Chash-me nam jan-shorida kafi nahin
Tohmat-i-ishq poshidah kafi nahin
Aaj bazaar mein ------
Dast-e-afshan chalo mast-o-raqsan chalo
Khaak bar sar chalo, khoon badamaan chalo
Rah takta hai sab shehr-i-janan chalo
Aaj bazaar ---------
Hakim-i-shehr bhi, majma-i-aam bhi
Teer-i-ilzam bhi, sang-i-dushnam bhi
Subh-i-nashaad bhi, rooz-i-nakaam bhi
Aaj bazaar -----
In ka dam-saaz apnay siwa kaon hai
Shehr-i-janan mein ab ba-safa kon hai
Dast-e-qatal kay sha-yan raha kon hai
Rakht-i-dil baandh lo dil-figaro chalo
Phir hameen qatal ho a-ain yaro chalo
Aaj bazaar mein pa-bajolan chalo
(Faiz Ahmad Faiz)

Aur sab bhool gae harfe zadaqat likhna
Reh gia kaam hamara hi bagawat likha
Laakh kehte rehein zulmat ko na zulmat likhna
Ham ne seekha hi nahin pyare be-ijazat likhna
No sila ki, na sita-ish ki tamanna ham ko
Haq mein logon ke hamari to hei aadit likha
Ham ham no bhool kar bhi shah ka qaseeda na likha
Sha-id aya isi khoobi ki badaulat likhna
Is se bharh kar meri tehseen bhala kia hogi
Parh ke n-khush hai mera sahib-i-sarvat likhna
Dehr ke gam se huva rabt to ham bhool ga-e
Sar-ve-qamat ki jawani to qaiamat likhna
Kuchh bhi kehte hein kehen shah ke masahib Jalib
Dhang rakhna yehi apna, isi soorat likhna

Akaylay ghar mein rehtay ho Kia deti hein diwarain?
Yahan to hansnay walon ko rula deti hain diwarain!
Inhein bhi apni tanhaeey jab ehsas hota hai
To gheri neend say much to jaga deti hai diwarain
Hawa kay zakhm seh kar barshon ki chot kha kar
Chhatton ko roznon ko aasra deti hein diwarain
Rahoon ghar mein to meray sar pa chadar taan deti hein
Safar pe jab nikalta hoon dua deti hein dewarain
Vo sari guftgu jo band kamron mein hoti hai
Mein jab bahir say aata hoon suna deti hein diwarain
Charhti utarti dhoop ki pehchaan hai in-ko
Abhi din kitna baqi hay bata deti hein diwarain

Allah Allah lutf kia saqi kay maikhanay mein hai
Jalwa-gar raaz-i do-alam uskay maikhane mein hai
Dehr mein kia jusju hai, kaabay hai kiski talaash
Chashm-e baatin khol-lo, dil kay sanam khanay mein hai
Kaon janay kia tamasha hai kay sazon kay baqair
Ik hajhoom-i-nagmi dil kay nava khanay mein hai
Bethay bethay khud mujhay hota hai aksar yay guman
Nagma gar mutrib koi dil kay tarab khanay mein hai
Zindgi mein tujh ko Darshan mil nahin sakta kabhi
Wo sururay kaif jo murshid ke khum khanay mein hai

Apni aag ko zinda rakhna kitna mushkil hai
Pathar beech aeena rakhna kitna mushkal hai
Kitna asan hai tasveer bana auron ki
Khud ko pasay aeena rakhna kitna mushkil hai
Tum ne mandar dekhay hon-gay, ye mera aangan hai
Ik dia bhi jalta rakhna kitna mushkil hai
Chullu mein ho dard ka darya, dhiyan mein uskay hoont
Yoon bhi khud ko pyasa rakhna kitna mushkil hai
(Ishrat Aafreen)

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Pakistan's Security and Internal Affairs administration!

noreply@blogger.com (sheikh sarwar) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:27:00 +0000

God Willing - IN SHA’ ALLAH:
When a person wishes to plan for the future, when he promises, when he makes resolutions, and when he makes a pledge, he makes them with permission and the will of Allah. For this reason, a Muslim uses the Qur’anic instructions by saying “In Sha ‘ Allah.” The meaning of this statement is: “If Allah wills.” Muslims are to strive hard and to put their trusts with Allah. They leave the results in the hands of Allah.

We here again and again “with the loss of lives of their members, militant groups have been shattered. They are confused and attack randomly here and there. Looks like they are not confused, they plan, they make groups of experts and obtain accessories and equipment themselves in a fashion that the guards trained to protect personnel and property fail to identity them. We should never take the enemy weak and never relax. Looks like we never provide our guards with necessary cell phones that can take pictures also.
We should also put guard posts away from the main entrance of the property to question the visitor and ask for identification. The first resistance can alert in time the guard at the main entrance.

We lost a precious life – Benazir Bhutto – in an assumption that we ourselves could take care of her security and did not need Help. Condemnation of brutal attacks which kills one person or the whole lot, serves no purpose. It exposes faults in our security which the attackers have understood and find those faults to invade.

Let us seek Allah’s protection. His protection is a Perfect Protection. May Allah protect us from all evils. Aameen.

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Profession vs creed and color

noreply@blogger.com (sheikh sarwar) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:10:00 +0000

People keep asking, (saying, by-the-way) about profession of forefathers or perhaps, they taunt about what they were doing to earn their livelihood; working masonry or carpentry, blacksmith! My Advice is introduce yourself, open up yourself, then ask other person to do so. Given that is truth, I am proud of them who worked in severe hot and cold weather to earn Halal (honest) livelihood, and not like we people working in office; where temperature is maintained and employer pays regularly; do we put enough work honestly into the hours we are paid???? I want to tell the questioner and the fitna person behind him. You have picked up a bad word, if it was something good, why the person behind you did not ask me direct. I will never put such an unethical question on anyone; Neither for salaries, nor for age. Professions are adopted in which you can show your talent to the employer who pays you for work done. Children from find creeds and colors are forced by circumstances to work at gas stations, cycle repair shops, or restaurants. If you have been in touch with your loved-ones in the background, you will find them doing jobs;--you will abruptly say; No, No, they are not your relatives; they are acquaintance. When you have YOUR PURPOSE, you will marry your son or daughter in that acquaintance family.

To find out facts I put this question in turn to myself, and I asked for Allah’s guidance, it was revealed that from a toilet to a house, mosque, church, temple, God’s house, mosque of the prophet (pbuh) and the mosque Al-Aqsa; all worked consists of masonry and carpentry. People involved have been from various families (in creed and color). They adopted this state-of-the-art and improved and developed, searched and produced fired bricks; blocks, showed their works in large bridges, domes, wonders of the world; towers, the forts in remote areas, the Taj Mehal, mausoleums, ready-made roofs, large span roof without pillars, wall-panels, and their work has been recognized and is now called “civil engineering” for which people of different colors and creeds are eager to achieve.
Construction of Sears Tower in Chicago, USA. The team of architect Bruce Graham and structural engineer Fazlur Rehman Khan designed the building as nine square "tubes"—each essentially a separate building—clustered in a 3x3 matrix.

The labor worked hard in supplying materials, to lay their work in place, without them they could do nothing. Whatever respectable titles (khatabs) their forefathers were bestowed upon in recognizion of their services rendered to the invaders. SINCE THEN they are known by that ? There are flourishing large socialized cities where everyone is called Nawab-Sahib. There are those nice happy cities where everybody’s name is ending with “Khan”, I thought we used word Khan for those people from Afghanistan or the northwestern areas of Pakistan. They speak Pashto or Persian. Here they don’t know any of these languages, they speak urdu. How can we dig out deep; we have no time, to find their backgrounds.

During a census in Lahore, Pakistan, 1.5 million pathans were working there; as firewood and charcoal dealer, cobbler/shoe-shine, popcorns. We call them Khan-Sahib; they are from northwestern areas; there are Maliks, Masuds, Mehmands, Tajiks, but we never asked any one which family some one belonged to.

Once I was returning from Pakistan and landed at Midway airport of Chicago, USA. I came out of the airport. I had not arranged for one from family to pick me up. Cab driver for the first in the line, was away from his car. His colleague called him Khawaja sahib there is sawari (passenger). I got into the car. I paid respects to the driver and addressed like this: My name is Sheikh Sarwar, I am from Samanabad, Lahore; I had not yet completed my address; he said “I am khawaja; also from Samanabad, living Khawaja Gulzar dental clinic. I did not get my professional job. My friend Bhatti from Pakki Tathi, Samanabad, is here and he arranged a cab for me. I make 40-50 thousand a month; no tax.” In our general rough language we call them “cabbies” by their apparent profession. Later on I found there were doctors also from Pakistan driving cabs because to get a certificate to practice in Chicago was time-consuming and expensive.

I carried a gift from Pakistan to be delivered to their relative in Chicago. After two days I gone to the address. No one answered my call. I was ready to leave. A cab came in and stopped at the drive way. He greeted me and asked whom I was looking for. I said “Chaudhry Imtiaz”. He shook hand with me and invited me to have a cup of tea. He thanked for the gift.

CONCLUSION:
We should not do “search-work” we have other essential jobs to do.
Meat and Depart as nice human beings.

I believe God gave expertise to:
- Prophet Daood" for making steel chains.
- Prophet Issa" to make clay birds
- Prophet Noha" to build a large boat
- People to prepare arrows, swords, and warfare headgear

I ask God and the readers for errors I have done in above writing. Please correct me. Thanks.

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Afghanistgan and Indian Influence

noreply@blogger.com (sheikh sarwar) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:59:00 +0000

My feelings are:

If some one is injured, hungry or thirsty, or some one’s dear has passed away; he will be thankful to that person who helps him in time of need. I have heard people calling that helping hand an “angel”.

Some nationals promote their nationalism on worldwide basis. They reach places they find vacuum and people looking out to redress their sufferings; be the helper from among or an outsider.

Deeds and not slogans do the job. Noble cause is to be noble and promote a noble image of your country. Go deep into the hearts of people. Work for their prosperity in bringing them “dress, education, food, and health services”.

In many countries, I found Indians working as importers, exporters, consultants, wholesalers, retailers and doctors and entertainers (theaters, movie and music discs). They have established themselves in those countries and earn money for them and ultimately name and money for their country.

Indian nationals established themselves since long, in many Muslim countries, as in Afghanistan, investing money, doing business, providing cheap manpower, IT-innovations, industrial machinery and what not.

My questions to a Pakistani –
 Have you ever tried to set up businesses, medical facilities, food processors, textiles, in other countries; instead of opening up several outlets in one city or the whole of country?
 US and Japan have established industry in countries where cheap labor is available. It created jobs in those countries and reduced cost of products. Pakistan industry is no less than others; take, Batala Engineering whose products used to be exported to UK; Imdad Tanning Machinery; they are also exporters; Kohinoor Textiles and their contemporaries; Ittefaq Industries; they have a long range of products, the KSB pumps at Wah.
 If you have put 100 demands on table for help from other countries; how many were for “exporting your manpower – officially”.

On the other side –
 There have been established instances where products of Pakistan; like dalda (cooking oil), atta (wheat flour) and rice were expensive inside Pakistan and they were cheaper in Afghanistan????
 If that was labeled “smuggling”; why Pakistan did not try to export officially and why the other country welcome unofficially.
 Pakistan and Afghanistan are brotherly, friendly; Why they are not on talking terms from core of heart? Why they don’t visit each other frequently?

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Gen Ziaul Haque plane crash

noreply@blogger.com (sheikh sarwar) — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:14:00 +0000

Mein kis ke haath pe apna lahu talash karun
tamam shehr ne pehn rakhey hein dastaney

Translation: like:
How can I find my blood stain on a hand
Population of this city has gloved their hands

As I heard a plane of the then Pak Airways carrying six Generals was crashed. How and who was behind it; perhaps not known yet.

We have been unable to find cause of death: starting with Quaid-e-Azam to Benazir Bhutto – several of people and country leaders.

We ask Allah for forgiveness for every thing He didn't like of those who are with him and for us waiting in line - and, we forgive those who have hurt us and ask for fogiveness from those those who were hurt by us - Aameen.
It has happened in other countries also, like: India, Maxico, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Kabul and United States.

Only one thing comes to my mind. When General Zia used bike to go his office. As I heard, he said, he needed no security but it was duty of the Security office to secure his journey. Later on, the Security said that journey by bike cost Security 70,000 rupees. Given that Security has to do its job – were they there securing the travel of General Zia and entourage.

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Sugar crisis in Pakistan

noreply@blogger.com (sheikh sarwar) — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:50:00 +0000

Healthwise

I heard of a saying:
"Why we give poison to kill some one who can be killed by sugar"

Brown sugar is far better than the white sugar which is labelled as white poison. Our body extracts enough sugar, salt and minterals etc. that our body needs and expels the extras. We need heat/fuel for body which is in the form of sugar. Extra sugar we use for taste should be minimal. Only those people need extra sugar who work hard/manual labour or walk and burn sugar found in their body. To replenish that extra sugar is needed. In summer when sweating takes away salt and we go for salt. Nature has given us fruit like water melon which is all sugar and we see people doing hard labour, usually go for water melon to quench thirst and sugar take-in. Be careful please; extra sugar not used, not flushed out, can cause DIABETES.

Sugar crisis

This is not a new popup. People forget very soon what had happened in the past because they are continuing to compose themselves and struggle for their daily life livelihood. They accept calamities as if that was a test from God. Crisis such as this – sugar, ghee (butter oil) crisis; are man made.

Shortage of essentials is related to the Demand and Supply formulae. Whenever manufacturers think of enhancing prices; they get into pool and holdback supplies to the wholesalers and then retailers and customers face the shortage. They try here and there to find the stuff even if they have to pay extra to get it. Protests come on streets. Government at this stage jumps into it and form a committee to investigate and suggest what should be solution to crisis. Meetings are held between manufacturers and wholesalers, government. Manufacturers put forward reasons that raw material has become expensive and it is difficult to release goods without recovering extra money they paid for the raw materials. Customers continue suffering and meetings are continuing moving from week to week.
Finally prices are negotiated and decided to the benefit of manufacturers and the wholesalers; hoarders; who had a pre-knowledge of these crises. All upper hands benefit at the expense of customers.

When Mr. Bhutto was in power, a party who sails in two boats, was directed to or did it on its own, bought large stocks of sugar and ghee from main cities, over night. Dawn of the next day surprised users that these two items were not available. Government tried to help people through Utility stores and other outlets. Those who had piled stocks, offered these essentials at much lower rates than the government. To destabilize government rallies and slogans were on the street. This gave chance to the manufacturers and wholesalers to benefit out of it. They made large amount of profits.

Same thing – sugar crisis was created in FM Ayub Khan’s rule to destabilize government.

In all circumstances there are associations and groups whose members have to comply with their policies to stay with the group and take benefit from their dealing and negotiations with the source of supplies.

Possible solution

Manufacturers, producers wholesalers, some users and government meet each year end of December and review any increase in basic raw material which should help increased price of the finished goods.

Reverse of this – to reduce prices

In the international market: oil producing countries take their tankers for sale in the open market. At one time, purchasers of large stocks pooled and did not buy any oil. Oil production continued and tankers piled up at the selling point. Because there were no customers, prices had to go – go – go down from 52 dollars to 2.5 dollars a barrel.

MAY GOD HELP US ALL, BLESS US ALL!

Please tell me where you find me wrong so I can correct my thinking. Thanks.
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Resolution

noreply@blogger.com (sheikh sarwar) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:13:00 +0000

Resolution: author my grandson Sameed Irfan

Everyday we think of and plan to accomplish certain work during the day (a short term planning) and some to complete in a month or so (called a long term planning). We write it down or save in our memory.

Resolutions are when a person makes a goal to do some thing in the near future. It helps accomplish and achieve aim going through various steps to get to the target.

They could also be personal goals that would help improve upon a person’s habits. They help make a person better by getting rid of bad habits one by one. If some one resolves to get through the exams; he sketches a road to success by replacing some extra curricular activities by studies.

Next step is ‘how to start and work through until it is done”. This is planning and we start step by step various points to complete the task smoothly. There are failures also. And we check back to find where we made a mistake and how to correct it.

When we make a resolution and find it shouldn’t be to hard then we might just give up that task; if that is feasible, for the future. If that has to be done then we consult with other person/persons to find a better solution. When we find a solution and agree to it, we say we have “resolved”.

We should go through these thinking, working out step by step, consult others, to reach a successful resolution. Spend time as needed in the initial stages and not to take decisions haphazardly to let things incomplete and hanging over head blocking or interrupting taking up other tasks. Each and every minute of TIME is precious, it does not wait and will not be reverse itself.

(CHOOSE WISELY AND BENEFICIALY)

I appreciate he has ability to think over such useful things.
Sheikh sarwar

Veil/Pardah in 1940's

noreply@blogger.com (sheikh sarwar) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:45:00 +0000

Pardah/Veil - a sign of self and to avoid eye to eye contact with a male person. What happened to it after 1947 India partition?

Women used to keep the scarf/dupatta over their heade and shoulder covering all body to below the hips. If a male guests came into the house and she had to talk to him, she would lower her scarf until below her eyes.

All women, were observing traditional pardah; muslims in burqa, shalwar, qameez; Hindus in Sarees; Sikh with dupatta, kameez/shirts below knee.

Heads were covered by all muslim men with fabric cap/topi or turbine, sikhs in turbin and hindus topi.

Men and women - all communities - were communicating with each other very respectfully.

Blasts and the human lives

noreply@blogger.com (sheikh sarwar) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:41:00 +0000

I don't know who fired or ordered to fire the first blast. Sure, he knew it will take without warning human life; men, women and children; damage properties. What type of reward the igniter should expect in life hereafter. We take it very lightly. Life here in this world is very very short while the life hereafter will be endless; whether in heaven or hell, though we are assured the severity of punishment will not be more than the severity of injurious actions done in this world.

Those who blast themselves have never been identified or claims of their parents have never been brought to public. Who they are! From where they come! Do they have parents, brothers and sisters! OR they are brainwashed to do this "holy" job for an uncertified assurance of a place in the heaven.

Blasts are heard of all over the world. If it is done in tit-for-tat fashion; both sides are earning stain of blood and both are to be claimed.

There are lot of joyful programs aired on media. Some time we listen a few minutes message to restrain from such acts and that they are not recognized by any religion. We need much more stress on this and message should be aired in all languages and repeated over and over again.

First we ask, pray for children and expect children when grown up to help their parents. Then, we kill them and their parents also. Sooner or later we are punished in one or the other form for our wrong doings in this world but at that time we do not realize the link and pray to God for recovery from the calamity. First we do the forbidden then expect for forgiveness.

Please join me in my prayer:
God put us on the right path, restrain us from taking lives and damaging property, give us strength and opportunity to do good deeds, forgive us for what we have done in the past and that was not to Your liking. (Aameen)

Sheikh Sarwar

Paternal grandparents of Sheikh Sarwar

noreply@blogger.com (sheikh sarwar) — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:30:00 +0000

Grandfather: Rehmatullah
Grandmother: Abeer

Brother of grandfather: Fazal Ahmad
Wife: Jannat
They had no children.

Rehmatullah, My grandfather had four sons and three daughters

My father, his brothers and sisters

Barkat Ali (of Basti Danishmandan), My father

Barkat Ali son of Rehmatullah, married to Hussain Bibi daughter of Badar Din & Bakhtawar of Basti Danishmandan.

His brothers

Ahmad Shah of Basti Danishmandan (owner of "Zeenat" sewing machine business), married Fatima , daughter of Ghulam Nabiof Mohallah Qarar Khan, Jalandhar City. After partition settled in Lahore Pakistan.

Irshad Ahmad (ex-army)
and
Habib Ahmad, before partition relocated in New Delhi- Buland Shehr and then moved to Ferozeabad and married Anwari Begum. Had children and settled with family at Ferozeabad (before partition of India). Visited Pakistan to meet with family and gone back.

His sisters

Zainab(married to Mohammad Islam at Lahore. He was ofrice superintendent in Public Works Department)before partition. Had one son M. Ikram, and daughters: Nazeer begum, Iqbal begum and Asifa.

Fatima married to Abdul Ghafoor at Kapurthala (India). Had two sons Rafique and Sardar; and two daughters Rehmat and Jamila. Jamila was married to Imdad son of my grandfather Badar Din.

Zohra (married to Sheikh Abdul Hameed son of Sh. Abdul Aziz and mother Hamida Begum,at Lahore. Had four sons.

Barkat Ali, my father:
He worked at Sukkur Barrage in Sind - and therefore, perhaps, some people called him Barkat Ali Sindhu. He worked as manager with Bombay Brass Works (Adampur or Adampur Road) Jalandhar. He worked as accountant/also called munshi. Was a neat tracer and people got their building plans drawn by him. He was fond of music; had a harmonium on a folding table and I heard him rehearsing some poetry.

He was a kind father. Coming back from job, every day, he used to bring some fruit / sweets. He got ill children treated as soon as possible. For eyes and ear treatment he took us to a hindu (Lal Chand?) running grocery store and for cough etc. to another hindu (Ram Chand?) running grocery store and also selling his own produced syrups and arqs (medicinal extracts drawn by steam).

My father produced some medicinal things also; like silver powder?, almond oil. He published a booklet "Ramuz-i-Zindgi" For some medicines had manufactured.

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Maternal grandparents of Sheikh Sarwar

noreply@blogger.com (sheikh sarwar) — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:25:00 +0000

Grandfather=Badruddin - Grandmother=Bakhtawar
Grandfather demonstrated in constructing pillarless roof by RBC (reinforced brick concrete)well before August 1947. Every body feared staying under it or sitting on top of it. But my grandfather enjoyed and encouraged to sit in his company. This structure was then commercialized.

Sons: (three)

M. Ishaq, Shafi (architect in building arches and domes for mosques) and Imdad Ali established his own Imdad tanning machinery works. He foocused on perfection and soon achieved the export quality for his products.

Daughters: (four)

Hussain Bibi (my mother; married to Barkat Ali in Basti Danishmandan), Fatima Bibi(married to Ghulam Qadir in Ferozepur), Irshad Bibi (married to Haji Yaqub (in Bssti Shaikh)and Fazal Bibi married to Iqbal (in Basti Shaikh).

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