How their ‘coverage’ has exposed the media of the world. Within the last couple of weeks, so much has happened. First, Abdul Sattar Edhi – the greatest philanthropist in Pakistan, passes away on 8th July 2016. We were still reeling from that, and we hear on 12th July that Agha Nasir, the great …
Abdul Sattar Edhi has departed our world.
(Spirit of Edhi lives on in each Pakistani from now onwards…) Ever since I heard of Abdul Sattar Edhi’s passing away last night, I couldn’t sleep. In the morning, I didn’t feel like getting up and stepping into a world without Edhi in it. – Just watched his ‘namaz-e-janaza’ in National Stadium, Karachi, on television. …
Happy birthday!
(My fifteen points of happy living.) We all love to celebrate our birthdays. But we don’t want to get older. We want a long life, but we don’t want wrinkles. We want to eat our (birthday) cake, and have it too. So what’s wrong with it? It is the most human perspective after all! …
Happy Birthday Waliya
for June 22nd, 2016…. You came into our lives, and broke all rules. With your elder sisters I was a strict mom, but with you, it didn’t work. – You had your two sisters and Papa’s support. – your grand parents’ too. Your Papa spoilt you hollow. I’m glad I never came between you …
The ‘W’ word
– When a wife turns into a widow. My husband and I would visit ladies who had lost their husband. Going for ‘afsos’. Never in our wildest imagination could one think that it could happen to us too. It was always something that happens to ‘other’ people. So, when the ‘W’ word happened to …
Miracle of Ramzan
– The month of fasting. Everything is fine, about Ramzan. But the thought of staying without water for almost 17 hours is just too much. I’m one of those ‘water freaks’ who guzzles water all day long. If I go out, my bottle of water goes with me. I had panic attacks once, and …
Mount Everest in my Home.
Collection of items to be looked into ‘later’…. “Oh my God!” whatever I do, there is this pile of papers that need to be seen in my ‘minimalistic’ room, spoiling the whole impact. I hate it! It is like a Mount Everest for me. Mount Everest has become a symbol of surmounting an impossible task. …
Facing car maintenance problems!
Daniyal’s workshop: GT Garage in E-11 Northern Strip, Islamabad. I had opted to drop my friend Zeni, we were on 9th Ave, on our way to F-11 and E-11. She was admiring my car, and I proudly told her, it has driven over 250,000 km. She couldn’t believe it. I told her, that 1,50,000 …
Ursula Ansari’s Cottage in Nathagali
“I’ve been inspired by you to drive to Nathiagali myself!” I said when I met her last weekend. “Oh, so you have driven all the way from Karachi, too?” asked Ursula Ansari. “Oh no! – From Islamabad.” I said sheepishly. I guess, I can’t beat her record! I can’t beat her age record either. …




