Deploring omens

Where are the things heading again? That’s the question on everyone’s mind at the moment as the deploring situation that is prevailing in the country which has been ravaged by a lot of unwanted things in the past two years.
With the damages of the current flooding still to be fully assessed and measured there has been rise in the ever so unwanted bomb attacks after the hiatus of a few months. The major of them has been the assassination of FC commandant Sifwat Ghayour and the Lahore incident. People in general at the moment are confused that is this the wake of another turbulent time that Pakistan has to face, only time will tell this but the omens are not looking good again …

Are there any leaders out there …

It’s hard to believe that just two years ago WE as a nation were making some steadfast progress economically, culturally and somehow at the sports front too but then the bubble of prosperity burst because we started walking a democratic route and it’s hard that we will be recovering any time soon.

The problem with that is we have a lot of problems at the moment and we don’t know which to address first, but if we single it out one, we will see out first and foremost problem that we need to look into is that of sincere leadership.

In the 63 years history of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, we have had a great deal of leaders at the hands of whom we have been cheated and lied to zillion of times at the name of democracy, prosperity and even religion but yet we never learn our lesson.

I for a simple fact can never understand that why on earth we have never seen loyal leaders, after the demise of the father of the nation one can think of two names who had the charisma of leading this nation to the great heights a general namely Ayub Khan and peoples’ choice Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto but I prefer the general over the later because of the work he put into the development for which we should be thankful to him it is not that the later did not play his part but I still prefer Ayub over him for a simple fact of giving us institutions of various forms and paradigms.
After the two there had been leaders out of whom some were stopovers and some were radicals who exploited the bare roots of religion.

Coming to the leaders of today General Pervaiz Musharaf by far was more practical than those who are helm today, apart from a few things that he did which were right but executed in wrong manner he was the one who steadied this country. One person that most of us have high hopes of bringing a positive change for good is Imran Khan but that day would in short can be defined as a hallucination beyond reality.

But the thing that is really bothering at the moment is that we are vulnerable to a lot of threats that urgently requires some solid and stern leadership to look into which range from economical issues to social issues and not to forget the current surge of militancy that has wrecked this country for the last couple of years and at the moment we don’t have someone who can inspire this nation.

The Why’s and what’s!

It’s been some time now that a constant surge of why’s and what’s have been ringing in my head about a lot of issues and it’s long before I get the answer to any of those. Most of the why’s and what’s are concerned with the current state of situation that is prevailing for the last couple of years, in fact three to be exact but during the last one and half it has gathered pace.
First and foremost among this has been related to the militant insurgency and the war of terror that has been mobilized for the better part of this decade as for some it’s just one or two years old but in fact Pakistan has been at the battlefront since the American invasion of Afghanistan back in 2001. It has spread slow and gradually to most parts of our beloved home land and gave us some intense moments too during the guerilla warfare of Swat and its aftermath especially on Khyber-Pukhtoonkhwa, the Talibanization in Southern Punjab and the deteriorating situation of Baluchistan.
Secondly, there are a lot of why’s and what’s that can be bombarded upon the fragile and self centered political leadership (as if we have any) that we are blessed with which I believe frankly speaking is on a mission to suck out the last ounce of blood from the moral-less and conscienceless nation that we have turned into like a leech.
Lastly, the ever deteriorating social balance of Pakistan may it be our vulnerability to the natural catastrophes’ like the earth quakes of 2005 or the recent floods or social altercations like the Sialkot Incident or the demise of sports i.e. falling standards of hockey and squash which we were once champions or the clear failure of cricket to politics, grouping and now match fixing for some spot fixing.
These are just a few of the aspects of these why’s and what’s that are hampering us and eating away the roots of our bear sovereignty and challenging us on every possible step of life but one thing is for sure we’re far from having answers to these why’s and what’s.
God bless Pakistan.

Well played PTCL …

It has been almost two and a half weeks or may be more that PTCL staff is observing a strike for asking a rise in the pays, well if it had been a strike of the normal extend then it would have been okay but the most interesting thing that has come forth is that the Genius employees of PTCL have acted so intelligently that they have disabled a fair amount phones as part of the protest now if anyone could remind them that you are raising voices for something that you are so deeply concerned with but what about those who needs to use the phone or internet services for that matter who is responsible for their loses.
Upon all this has not been highlighted in any form of media which is interesting and surprising.

The Sialkot tragedy …

Today was going through the tv channels when I came across the report that is being issued after the horrific event that occurred in Sialkot a few days back. The most important thing that is quite saddening to see is that after all that has happened the end result whatever may be but the cause notified in the media today is really heart wrecking as the event itself.
It really kills one to see how brutally and sadistically this act had been carried out I along with many Pakistani at the moment can just pray to God that the culprits (those civilians who carried this act along with the police officials that helped them make mockery of law) are brought to justice.

Germans shine at South Africa 2010

After Paul the octopus played a very important role for Germans in the world cup it was high time that the young side put that to a side and really go into the frenzy and prove themselves as a posing side that will be a threat to many in the coming years.

Finishing third behind the finalist Spain and Holland, it’s a great show by the Young German team which has given this world cup some names for the future like M.Ozil, T.Muller and S.Khedira.

Though this world cup ends on a high for the Germans, J.Loew side will be a force in four years time for World Cup in Brazil and in two years time for the European Cup.

Blogging again …

January was the last time i had blogged or so is the calender of my blog screaming out to me, a lot has changed since then and GOD i still miss those days of being an undergrad and a careless life (though nothing much has changed:) ).

On a more serious note i guess it’s time to get back to the writing habits and to top that up US Football (Soccer as they call is “”idiots””) is out of the Fifa World Cup 2010 after a brave display in the group stages but were not luck enough to get past Ghana who is the lone surviver to keep the African flag high and Uruguay overcame a spirited challenge from South Korea to seal a place in the Last sixteen of th event.

P.S: this post seems more like a sports post rather than a come back post but its a beginning and beginnings are most of the times boring 🙂

An efficient WAPDA

For the past coupe of months our beloved Wapda has caused immense pleasure to say the least by keeping us busy all the time with their beloved load shedding and God knows what else to follow after that.

But coming to what i actually wanted to write about was the efficiency in the way Wapda has been going on with the load shedding and God they are hardly wrong with the timings, i mean one is amazed to see the punctuality with which they tend to shut the electricity off its amazing & truly its amazing that without any doubt they are the most efficient department these days 🙂

English Premier League at its best …

It seems like Chelsea are determined to get the ghosts of the last 3 seasons behind them and take the English Premier League title this season and that is what one took out from their performance against Sunderland today as they totally demolished them with a huge margin. Anelka twice, Lampard twice, Cole, Ballack and Malouda socred for the blues where as from Sunderland side old Chelsea favorite Zenden and Bent scored.

Manchester United also kept their hopes alive with a win at Burnley, with goals coming from Berbatov, Ronney and Diouf. On the other side Liverpool again fell victim to a late goal from Huth against Stoke City after leading for much of the 90 minutes thanks to a goal from defender Kyrgiakos.

All eyes will be set on the Manchester City and Everton match later tonight which is of grave importance for both the sides.

What a dud …

The other day while flipping through the T.v channels i came across the trailer of “The Men Who Stare at Goats”, thought that with a powerful cast (Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey, George Clooney, Even McGregor)that it had its going to be a mind blowing film but naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah it turned out to be a dud. But there are few instances which catch one’s imagination like

Larry Hooper:  Lieutenant Colonel Django used funds from the project’s black budget to procure prostitutes…

Bill Django: That’s a lie!

Larry Hooper: …and to get drugs for himself and his men.

Bill Django: That… well, the hooker thing is definitely a lie.

Though i think that Jeff Bridges and George Clooney has done a tremendous job and they have done justice to their roles but in totality the film lacked the extra punch that i thought it will have.