[Images] the Life of Addicts

Taken at Soekarno Chowk, Khyber Bazzar, Peshawar on 1/12/2008.



Taken at Firdaus, G.T road, Peshawar after rain on 8/12/08.

How the babies are delievered in Bangladesh

The traditional birth attendant, known as a dhai, calls for garlic and burning chillies. She wants Morjina to retch, in a desperate attempt to strengthen her contractions.

Once the baby, a little girl, has arrived, the dhai starts pushing on Morjina's tummy, first with her hands, then with her feet. She was trying to deliver the placenta as quickly as possible.

In this case, the dhai, Musammat Sobura, started to force Morjina's hair down her throat, causing her to retch and sweat. Eventually the placenta came away and was buried next to her bed, deep in the mud floor.

Read the full story at BBC.

Keeping in mind the literacy rate of Pakistan, i believe that this would also be happening in our rural areas.

Eid Mubarak

My Badshah's are the Winners

Despite hard luck in the second Final, my Badshah's have finally won the ICL tournament by beating the Hyderabad Heroes in the third final.All the Courtesy is of Imran Nazir who scored 111 runs in 44 balls with 11 6's and 7 4's.
I Congratulate everyone of my nation and hope that this will prove to be the first victory, in the long series of future wins in every field.

Lahore Badshah's have won the first Final of ICL '08

The Lahore Badshah's have won the first final of ICL'O8.I pray that victories like these, start to come in every field so that we can show the world who we are!

How to Stay Young!

Dr.Thomas from Brigham Hospital writes a very good article on 'How to Stay Young' at the Harvard Medical School website.If you want to stay healthy and look smart,then this article is a must read for you.

An Inspirational Quote

"What looks like a loss may be the very event which is subsequently responsible for helping to produce the major achievement of your life."

Srully D.Blotnik

[Image] When People will learn to dump properly!

In this picture,which is taken at Gulberg No.1 Peshawar, you can easily see a big trash can but people instead of dumping inside it, throw the trash on the road.
I wonder when these people will learn to live.I know it is becoming difficult for everyone to survive in this country but one should play a role,whatever it is possible,in its betterment.

Motivation

An effective way to deal with predators is to taste terrible.

By an unknown author.

Read at QuotationsPage

What the Veil functions

Source: Here and There!

Revamped!

My Blog is Revamped, I am Revamped, more to follow.

[Image] Survival of the Fittest

I captured this image when i was moving in my car towards my office.
It really tells, how tough it is becoming for everyone to survive in our society :)

Nawaz and Zardari playing hide & seek

I am feeling very proud to announce that our leaders have just introduced a new game, on international scale, which is called as 'Hide & Seek'.In this game one leader goes & hides in a foreign country and the other leader tries to finds him.

Few days back Mr.Zardari went to Dubai who was then followed up by Mr.Nawaz Sharif.And now yesterday Mr.Zardari went to England to chase Mr.Nawaz over there.

The main reason of playing this game is that they want to forget their country people and their problems like electricity, wheat, water, education, health, law etc etc and always trying to extend their game by postponing the real issues.

Very Sad :(

I wonder why these people cannot solve their problems in their own country for once & all instead of playing 'Hide & Seek'.

The Story of a Girl

Fatima is a young girl whose heart wants to enjoy

every breath that she takes,

every sight that she experiences,

every edible that she swallows,

every sound that she listens,

every object that she caresses,

but unfortunately she cannot,

as she is a 14 years old girl who has got ESRD (End Stage Renal Disease) which in simple words means that her kidneys are 0% functioning. So in order to remove nitrogenous waste products from her blood, she should receive 2 sessions of hemodialysis twice a week, each for 4 hrs.

But the cost of each dialysis session is Rs.1500 (Rs.12000/month).And his father gets a daily wage of Rs.300 (Rs.9000/month).So being unable to afford this, he cries and weeps to everyone whenever his daughter needs dialysis.

What one should learn is that everyone should Thank the Almighty God for each & every organ that he has given us. And not to waste money in visiting expensive hotels, buying new wardrobe, purchasing luxurious cars & acquiring elegant houses.

Instead one should regularly visit the hospitals and try to manage the expenditures of the poor people and to also give them moral support.

What you will get in response will be infinite no. of prays and a beautiful life in this world & in the next one.

Telenor trying to rip the health of the nation

Telenor has launched a service by the name of Tele Doctor (# 1911).This service provides customers with medical advices & opinions from the doctors available online for 24 hours.

The website states:

Telenor TeleDoctor will revolutionize the medical industry by eliminating any doctor patient barriers that might exist due to language, lack of education, lack of mobility, etc.

Being a Doctor myself, I am totally against this service as first of all there is no replacement of being examined by a professional.

Secondly, one does not know the qualification of the person sitting at the other end. He might be a customer service representative advising medications on his own.

Thirdly, its not justice that a telecom company, who just wants to earn money, plays with the health of the nation who already is entangled in the problems of water,flour,electricity,law etc etc.

PTCL trying to loot the nation with New Packages

Again PTCL has tried to find a way to snatch the money from the people of Pakistan.They have launched 3 new packages,infact weapons,and they are pre-activated without the consent of the customers.
A very detailed description of the packages is available at telecompk blog.It is also followed by some interesting comments.

Online Booking of Zong Mobile Nos.

Zong, a mobile operator by China, is launched in Pakistan.It allows you to book your favorite no. for Zong at this link.Go get it before some else gets it!

[Images] The Mystery of Gor Khutree, Peshawar

Read about this fascinating part of our history,which has just completed its 2000 years, at this link to my photoblog.

An Afghan

An Afghan girl looks out of the window, during the opening of a school in Bagram renovated by US special operations troops.

Woman Raped at Mazar-i-Quaid

A woman has been raped in the complex containing the mausoleum of Pakistan's founder in Karachi city, police say.
The victim, who has not been identified, went missing two days ago on a visit to the mausoleum of Pakistan's founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
She was visiting the city with her husband from the central province of Punjab, police say.

Read more @ BBC

What has happened to our nation?
Thats why we are having problems of water,electricity,health,education,law & order.Its the result of all our deeds,not anyone else.

Vitamin E linked to lung cancer

Taking high doses of vitamin E supplements can increase the risk of lung cancer, research suggests.

The US study of 77,000 people found taking 400 milligrams per day long-term increased cancer risk by 28% - with smokers at particular risk.
It follows warnings about similar risks of excessive beta-carotene use.

Read more @ BBC.

30th Annual Ophthalmology Conference

30th Annual Ophthalmology Conference will be held in Peshawar from 6th
to 8th Mar'08.Anyone who is interested in can contact the organizer,
Dr.Tariq Farooq Babar at osp_nwfp@hotmail.com.

As far as i know,one has to submit Rs.750 in Accounts Section of
Hayatabad Medical Complex to get the registration done.

[Image] My College Entrance

An Email I Wrote

"Salam,
How are you,Brother! I think you still remember me somewhere in your Grey matter.How is everyone on your side?
Me and all my country fellows are going through a very hard period.Last night three explosions occurred.One in ANP's political address in charsadda and two others in a video center & a barber's shop in peshawar.Everyone over here is very much depressed.
There are problems of electricity,gas,water,food,health,education and law everywhere.
The only way i think, to get out of this is that everyone should accept his responsibility and do the best he can.
May Allah Help All The Muslims of the World,Ameen!
Take Care.
Allah Hafiz."

I wrote this email to my friend,Mahmood Aslam,who is an engineer living in Canada basically belonging to Haripur,NWFP.

Medicinal plants on the verge of extinction

Hundreds of medicinal plants are at risk of extinction, threatening the discovery of future cures for disease, according to experts.
Over 50% of prescription drugs are derived from chemicals first identified in plants.
But the Botanic Gardens Conservation International said many were at risk from over-collection and deforestation.
Researchers warned the cures for things such as cancer and HIV may become "extinct before they are ever found".

Read more @ BBC.

All My Countrymen, Please Pray !

All Pakistani brothers and sisters are requested to pray alot for the betterment of the current situation of our sweet country.
Our bad wishers want to destroy us and our freedom,but being Muslims we must pray that May Allah destroy all those powers who want to destroy our country.Ameen!