Peshawar...

I am the Civilization, I am the father of Budha;
I am the oldest amog cities, I have seen it all;

I have seen the mighty Kushans,
Ruthles Parthains and Aryans;

I have seen the Guuris and
I have seen the Ghazbais;

And the Mughals I have SEEN
I have seen the Sikhs and British!

I survived all those and I SURVIVED!
Because I have SONS like NONE!
OH Brave sons! I survived because they are me!
and I am THEM!

I survived for thousand of years,
and I will surely survive these moments too!

Let me tell you WHO I AM!

I AM PESHAWAR.... ......... ......... ..

اقبال

فقط نگاہ سے ہوتا ہے فیصلہ دل کا

نہ ہو نگاہ میں شوخی تو دلبری کیا ہے

Jessica Watson

Jessica Watson, the youngest sailor to set an aim to sail across the globe. An Australian national, she is only 16 and has started her journey on 18 Oct 2009 (Yesterday). She will sail over more than 23000 nautical miles (around 37,000 KMs). Her journey will last for 18 months and she has started from Sydney towards Cape Horne (Argentina).

During her solo trip, she is expected to take no assistance, and sail non-stop.

She can regularly send her updates through her website and blog.

http://www.jessicawatson.com.au/

I think its the human courage personified.

Hats off

Goodluck Jessica.

On younis' Resignation

Yet another resignation from the second most prominent khan in the history of Pakistan Cricket. First one, we all know is Imran Khan.

Since the T20WC win in June09, Pakistan team had a relatively stable time on and off the field. Its a rarity because stability is one word which has always been missing in Pakistan cricket directory. If I recall a couple of years from today (Oct09), I can not even count the number of unusual incidents that happen to Pakistan cricket team. They lost the host rights of Champions Trophy, lacked playing competitive cricket at home and away home, suffered attacks on a visiting SL, had trouble couping with ICL players, Asif and Shoaib's issues, and many similar problems. But a win always unites a team as it does to a suffering nation. A win in a global and prestigous WCT20 and a semi final berth in CT09 were two big reasons for a wave of bliss in Pakistan ranks. Pakistan have now gathered a nice bunch of young and old cricketers who can take their game to the next level. And I think the biggest factor in this surprising surge is none other than Younis Khan, who managed to trust on the under-performing players in their difficult times and brought new refreshing youngsters.

But Pakistan cricket is not a smoothly sailing boat. On the field, they are always unpredictably brilliant, but off the field you can expect any situation.

Younis was called by the parliamentary committee to explain some very serious allegations of match fixing in semi final match against NZ in the CT09. ICC, almost in no time, denied these allegations but the committee persisted to have a "meeting" with the PCB officials, coach and the captain. This left no option for Younis but to resign. He is very clear in his mind on this issue, "I have more value for my self respect than anything else in my life, even cricket". For those who know sub continental cricket, they can realise what cricket means for the people and players. This shows the strenght of character of a sportsman who can sacrify anything for his honour.

I think, even if this is a symbolic resignation which will ultimately be nullified by the board chairman, it will give a strong message to all those who want to fullfil their own small agendas.

Bravo Younis....

Golden Words

"Shiekh Sa'adi"

"شیخ سعدی سے کسی نے پوچھا " بھائی اور دوست کے بارے میں کچھ کہیں
"شیخ سعدی نے فرمایا"دوست ہیرا اور بھائی سونا ہے

اس شخص نے کہا آپ کیا فرما رہے ہیں حضور ہیرا مہنگا ہوتا ہے اور سونا سستا
شیخ سعدی نے فرمایا" بھائی سونا اسلئے ہے کہ ا گر حالات کی وجہ سے اس میں کوئی دراڑ آجائے تو سونے کو پگھلا کر دوبارہ اکٹھا کیا جاسکتا ہے.
مگر
ہیرا ٹوٹ جائے تو اسے دوبارہ جوڑا نہیں جاسکتا
---

Sheikh Saadi was asked by someone,

"What is the difference between a friend and a brother.?"

He replied,

"A brother is like GOLD and a friend is like a DIAMOND...!"

The guy,amazed with the response, asked again,

"But the Gold is cheaper, sir....???"

Sa'adi calmly replies,

"Even if there is rupture in the GOLD, it can be melted to be refashioned, but once a DIAMOND is broken, it can't be reformed..."

A documentary about Iran...

My office mate Arash is from Iran. He recommended me to watch this video about Iran. It is made by an American--- Rick Steven.
Its a nice documentary which shows how impressive and rich is Iranian tradition and culture.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2884232348733568709&hl=en

May Iran be blessed.

Who was the best PTV actor?

During this weekend, I got a recommendation from a friend to watch PTV drama, Parchaiyaan, written by Haseena Moin and starred by some great names of PTV--- Rahat Kazmi, Talat Hussain, Shakeel and Saira Kazmi. It can be found on youtube with 41 ten-minute-apiece episodes. This stirred up a discussion among us:
" Can we enlist 10 best actors from PTV?
The discussion sounds futile specially in this modern era of fast track movies and fabricated star plus dramas. But if you have ever lived in that time of PTV dramas' frenzy when streets could easily go barren during the hour between 8pm and 9pm, this ranking makes meaningful sense.
There were some big names in PTV during the 70s, 80s and early 90s. Here is our list of best PTV actors.

1. Talat Hussain
2. Rahat Kazmi
3. Shafi Mohammad
4. Abid Ali
5. Shakeel
6. Qawi Khan
7. Firdaus Jamal
8. Tauqeer Nasir
9. Hassam Qazi
10. Jamal Shah

One can argue over the ranking, but in my view, these were the top ten actors from PTV.