Adnan Farooqui

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Life, what is life? A synonym provided for the characteristic of being alive and breathing? Or is it merely a word attached to all the bad experiences in one's entire period of being alive? May be it is the existence of livings organisms in a certain environment or just plain torture we sculptures of clay have to face before departing for our creator. Life, by proper defined meaning is a characteristic that distinguishes objects that have self-sustaining biological processes ("alive," "living"), from those which do not. I beg to differ.

 

Looking at this from my point of view, I say life is that joy, that someone achieves all his hearts desire in this short span of time that he might not want to give it away, ever, only because of the fact that life has gifted him with so many creature comforts that one could possibly think about. To that person, life will be the only thing to worry about, to cling onto while facing a dangerous situation, and wishing to remain immersed in its pleasures till the creator actually calls the person to reunite with him. While for some stereotypical human beings life is the root of all the problems faced by them during their lifetime, it is the cause for their constant suffering at the hands of the many people that inhabit this planet of God. They think that the "blessing" of life is rather a curse; they would not hesitate if someone offered them to trade life for death. For them, the world is an exact replica of hell, or maybe even more traumatizing than the actual realities of hell. For them it may seem to be the place where for them, there is nothing but constant suffering and pain. Keep in mind, no infant is filled with hatred for life, it maybe those memories or experiences, that may develop inside him, the negative thoughts about why life has actually been bestowed upon him. The point to ponder over is that under what circumstances, are individuals of such sort, previously life loving, are injected with utmost hate for life.

 

For some, life is generous, on the other hand for some, well honestly speaking; Life fucks them squarely in the ass. The basic question, how? Life is no individual; life can't walk around hurting people's feelings and snatching their hearts desires from them. So why blame life? What people need to understand is that life does not bring all the unhappiness in your life, YOU yourself do. Life wouldn't give a rat's ass if you are on hash, coke, or dust, life wouldn't give a fuck if you are drunk, stoned or toasted every hour of the day. Here, arises another question, while it is quite obvious that many people use drugs just for the sake of using them, while in most cases the druggies are people who might have lost something or someone, who might not have been given what they wanted, so they resort to getting their minds in a numb state so that the can't feel the pains of life. Here is the obvious reason for blaming life, fucking up your own character in front of everyone then making excuses to shift the blame from unto you. Failing miserably in every fucking thing tried, just because of your incompetence and then blaming life for fucking up your life. People let their failures bring them down, they lose hope and give up too soon, you don't lose, you just find out new ways that do not yield the results that you require. Yes it is true that life is not a bed of roses, if it were a bed of roses we would all be handsome princes passionately fucking playboy playmates whenever we wanted. Motherfuckers! Where there is no pain, there is certainly no gain, even wrestlers takes punches at their groins just to earn a little cash, and believe you me, the pain is unbearable. (I speak from experience).

 

Well it is not entirely false that only you are not responsible for your ever so miserable life, even other people may have the bigger hand in making your life a living hell. Take Cinderella for example, I know it's a stupid example, but come on cut me some slack, she is a beautiful babe living with her step sisters (I may be wrong, I haven't actually read it) who make her life a living hell. There! Simple as that, even chicks in fairy tales think that their life is miserably fucked up till some gayish prince charming comes along and fucks their brains out. Apart from that, what is really meant to be conveyed here is that change is mandatory. You can't give a rose to everyone who sticks an iron rod up your ass every alternate day, you can make exceptions though. The thing is, change yourself with time, don't give a crap what people say about you, don't think what people say might be insulting to your dignity, in that case you actually get to know the people that surround you and label themselves as your friends, for example if one of your friends come up and says that they saw nude pictures of your fiancé online and man did she look busty! Well you just wouldn't go and tell your fiancé to fuck off, as a matter of fact; you'll just screw the person who made the comment in the first place. Same is the case with matters between friends; if you really honor the commitment of friendship you'd first make inquiries of something and then pursue the matter rather than going to their place and beating the fuck out of them that is if you are not one mentally fucked up ex army douche bag.

 

Coming towards the conclusion, what is to be deduced from everything that as been said above, well let me put it all in a nutshell. First of all, your life does not, I repeat DOES NOT fuck you in anyway, come to think of it, and it really can't, because it's fucking impotent! Second, don't blame life for anything that you did, are doing or will do at some point onwards. Third, giving up on something important to you, well honestly speaking, you'd be the biggest dick on earth to actually go that direction. Lastly, fourth, live your life the way YOU want to, be fucking selfish, and don't give a fuck about anything that others might say or think of you or your actions, as long as you are not living off somebody's scrapings, you're the master of yourself and nobody controls your life in this world. This is the thing which I call, Life.

 

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that no country would dare to launch aggressive actions against the Islamic republic and demanded that US-led foreign troops leave the region.
"No power will ever dare to think of launching aggression against Iran. Today, Iran is experienced and powerful," the hardliner said in an address to the nation on the anniversary of the breakout of the Iran-Iraq war in 1980.
"Our armed forces are ready to confront the forces of darkness. If anybody wants to shoot a bullet at us from anywhere, we will cut off his hands."
Ahmadinejad, who was to head later Tuesday to New York to attend the UN General Assembly meeting, demanded that US-led foreign forces leave Iraq and Afghanistan.
"We advise you to go back to your own land. Our region will never accept a lengthy presence of foreigners," the re-elected president, dressed in his trademark light-colour jacket and wearing sunglasses, said in a ceremony attended by top military and administrative officials.
"As you saw in Iraq and Afghanistan, people are against the presence of foreigners. It is impossible (for foreign troops) to have a stable base in the region."
Ahmadinejad's speech was followed by a military parade, an annual event marking the breakout of the war between Iran and Iraq which lasted almost a decade.
About a million people died on both the sides in the war which erupted soon after the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran.

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Boasting one of the fastest supercomputers in the world, a team of top scientists and a campus where female and male students can mingle freely, Saudi Arabia's new multi-billion dollar university aims to break both scientific and social barriers.
Officially the goal of this week's launch of the sprawling new facility is to propel the kingdom into the heady global ranks of technological research.
But with women on campus not having to shroud themselves in the black abaya and allowed to drive cars, an unstated aim is to chip away at the strict restrictions on Saudi women imposed by hardline Muslim clerics.
On Wednesday the monarch, in a keystone of his attempts to power his country into the 21st century, will open the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology -- KAUST -- probably the only postgraduate research university ever built from scratch.
Both the ambition and the billions of dollars thrown at the project have sparked deep interest in the global science community.
In just three years the Saudis have constructed a high-tech campus of huge modernist buildings on a 36-square-kilometre (14-square-mile) desert plot on the Red Sea coast, and recruited hundreds of scientists and students from around the world.
KAUST has already launched joint research programmes with institutions ranging from the National University of Singapore to France's Institut Francais du Petrole to Britain's Cambridge and Stanford in the United States.
And it has created its own research operations spanning nanotechnology, applied mathematics, solar energy, membrane research and bioengineering.
"Two years ago it was nothing but sand and sea. Today there is one of the best infrastructures for research," KAUST president Choon Fong Shih told AFP.
Classes, all taught in English, opened in September at the campus 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of Jeddah, with 71 professors and 374 post-graduate students.
The masters and doctorate degree students represent more than 60 countries, with some 15 percent from Saudi Arabia itself.
The Saudis drew on top-calibre scientists and science educators, especially in the United States, to spur the recruitment process.
Shih himself is an example. The lauded research engineer helped turn the National University of Singapore into a respected research institution over the past decade.
KAUST's success will ultimately depend on world-class research and the results being published in top journals, said Edward Derrick, who directs the research competitiveness programme at the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
"Universities compete for resources, for prestige. You want your students to be published in the best journals," he said.
Money for research is the key, said Fawwaz Ulaby, a US-based engineering professor who served as KAUST provost during the start-up period.
"The single most important component probably is that... the amount of resources able to fund research worldwide does not meet demand," he said.
That gives oil-rich Saudi Arabia an advantage. KAUST reportedly has a 10-billion-dollar endowment to fund research, and it has spent aggressively on salaries and scholarships.
Some professors were offered 90,000-dollar annual salaries tax-free plus all expenses for themselves and their families. Students also receive generous stipends, and some had their last year of university elsewhere paid for.
The freedom of the academic environment will also be crucial, Ulaby said.
That will perhaps be harder in Saudi Arabia, where science in public schools takes a back seat to religion, with bureaucrats loath to cede power and women facing many restrictions.
With about 15 percent of the incoming student body women, all having studied at universities outside the kingdom, mixing is absolutely necessary for successful research, experts say.
People involved in KAUST's development say Abdullah hopes its culture will eventually spill outside the campus gates, where women are banned from driving, must be accompanied by a male relative outside the home and have to wear an abaya.
Some restrictions are evident inside, however. Male students report that they are banned from entering women's residences at KAUST.
And hardline clerics are already battling the "anything goes" ethos inside other foreign compounds.
In June the religious police cracked down on a limited access residential and resort community north of Jeddah -- not far from KAUST -- where men and women mixed with relative openness and women had been seen driving.

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A couple of months back, the well popular social networking site Facebook introduced a new feature, that facebook users could select their own usernames and redirect someone to their profiles by simply giving them this link facebook.com/"yourusername"


it was indeed a good addition to the services offered by the website, it not only increased ease of use to its users, but also reduced the time required to find some acquaintance only by name on the website.

From today onwards, facebook has announced that its users will now be able to log on to facebook through any website (facebook connect enabled), mobile device or any web browser.

Keep in mind that all of these services can also be accessed using the email address as used before, email address log in feature has not been disabled.

Check out this link :http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=138003612130 for more.

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Prophet Muhammad personifies the roles of perfect father and husband. He was so kind and tolerant with his wives that they could not envisage their lives without him, nor did they want to live away from him. He married Sawdah, his second wife, while in Makkah. After a while, he wanted to divorce her for certain reasons. She was extremely upset at this news and implored him, "O Messenger of Allah, I wish no worldly thing of you. I will sacrifice the time allocated to me if you don't want to visit me. But please don't deprive me of being your wife. I want to go to the hereafter as your wife. I care for nothing else" (Muslim).


The Messenger did not divorce her, nor did he stop visiting her.

Once he noticed that Hafsah was uncomfortable over their financial situation. "If she wishes, I may set her free," he said, or something to that effect. This suggestion so alarmed her that she requested mediators to persuade him not to do so. He kept his faithful friend's daughter as his trusted wife.

Separation Calamity

All of his wives viewed separation from the Messenger of Allah as a calamity, so firmly had he established himself in their hearts. They were completely at one with him. They shared in his blessed, mild, and natural life. If he had left them, they would have died of despair. If he had divorced one of them, she would have waited at his doorstep until the Last Day.


After his death, there was much yearning and a great deal of grief. Abu Bakr and `Umar found the Messenger's wives weeping whenever they visited them. Their weeping seemed to continue for the rest of their lives. Muhammad left an everlasting impression on everyone. At one point, he had nine wives and dealt equally with all of them and without any serious problems. He was a kind and gentle husband, and never behaved harshly or rudely. In short, he was the perfect husband.




Each of his wives thought that she was his most beloved.
A few days before his death, he said, "A servant has been allowed to choose this world or his Lord. He chose his Lord" (Al-Bukhari). Abu Bakr, intelligent and smart, began to cry, understanding that the Prophet was talking about himself. His illness got worse daily, and his severe headache caused him to writhe in pain. But even during this difficult period, he continued to treat his wives with kindness and gentleness. He asked for permission to stay in one room, as he had no strength to visit them one by one. His wives agreed, and the Messenger spent his last days in `A'ishah's room.

Most Beloved

Each wife, because of his generosity and kindness, thought she was his most beloved. The idea that any man could show complete equality and fairness in his relationships with nine women seems impossible. For this reason, the Messenger of Allah asked God's pardon for any unintentional leanings. He would pray, "I may have unintentionally shown more love to one of them than the others, and this would be injustice. So, O Lord, I take refuge in Your grace for those things beyond my power." (At-Tirmidhi).

What gentleness and sensitivity! I wonder if anyone else could show such kindness to his children or spouses. When people manage to cover up their lower inborn tendencies, it is as if they have done something very clever and shown tremendous willpower. But they sometimes expose these very defects unconsciously while bragging of their cleverness. The Messenger, despite showing no fault, sought only God's forgiveness.


His gentleness penetrated his wives' souls so deeply that his departure led to what they must have felt to be an unbridgeable separation. They did not commit suicide, as Islam forbids it, but their lives now became full of endless sorrow and ceaseless tears.

The Messenger was kind and gentle to all women, and advised all other men to follow him in this regard. Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas described his kindness as follows:

`Umar said: One day I went to the Prophet and saw him smiling. "May God make you smile forever, O Messenger of God," I said, and asked why he was smiling. "I smile at those women. They were chatting in front of me before you came. When they heard your voice, they all vanished," he answered still smiling. On hearing this answer, I raised my voice and told them, "O enemies of your own selves, you are scared of me, but you are not scared of the Messenger of God, and you don't show respect to him." "You are hard-hearted and strict," they replied. (Al-Bukhari )


`Umar also was gentle to women. However, the most handsome man looks ugly when compared to Joseph's beauty. Likewise, `Umar's gentleness and sensitivity seem like violence and severity when compared to those of the Prophet. The women had seen the Messenger's gentleness, sensitivity, and kindness, and so regarded `Umar as strict and severe. Yet `Umar shouldered the caliphate perfectly and became one of the greatest examples after the Prophet. He was a just ruler and strove to distinguish right from wrong. His qualities enabled him to be caliph. Some of his qualities might seem rather severe; however, those very qualities enabled him to shoulder very demanding responsibilities.

Consultation

The Prophet did consult with his wives. The Messenger discussed matters with his wives as friends. Certainly he did not need their advice, since he was directed by revelation. However, he wanted to teach his nation that Muslim men were to give women every consideration. This was quite a radical idea in his time, as it is today in many parts of the world. He began teaching his people through his own relationship with his wives.

For example, the conditions laid down in the Treaty of Hudaybiyah disappointed and enraged many Muslims, for one condition stipulated that they could not make the pilgrimage that year. They wanted to reject the treaty, continue on to Makkah, and face the possible consequences. But the Messenger ordered them to slaughter their sacrificial animals and take off their pilgrim attire. Some Companions hesitated, hoping that he would change his mind. He repeated his order, but they continued to hesitate. They did not oppose him; rather, they still hoped he might change his mind, for they had set out with the intention of pilgrimage and did not want to stop half way.

Noticing this reluctance, the Prophet returned to his tent and asked Umm Salamah, his wife accompanying him at that time, what she thought of the situation. So she told him, fully aware that he did not need her advice. In doing this, he taught Muslim men an important social lesson: There is nothing wrong with exchanging ideas with women on important matters, or on any matters at all.

She said, "O Messenger of God, don't repeat your order. They may resist and thereby perish. Slaughter your sacrificial animal and change out of your pilgrim attire. They will obey you, willingly or not, when they see that your order is final" (Al-Bukhari).

He immediately took a knife in his hand, went outside, and began to slaughter his sheep. The Companions began to do the same, for now it was clear that his order would not be changed.


Counsel and consultation, like every good deed, were practiced by God's Messenger first within his own family and then in the wider community. Even today, we understand so little about his relationships with his wives that it is as if we are wandering aimlessly around a plot of land, unaware of the vast treasure buried below our feet.

Two Halves

Women are secondary beings in the minds of many, including those self-appointed defenders of women's rights as well as many self-proclaimed Muslim men. In Islam, a woman is part of a whole, a part that renders the other half useful. We believe that when the two halves come together, the true unity of a human being appears. When this unity does not exist, humanity does not exist — nor can prophethood, sainthood, or even Islam.

Our Prophet encouraged us through his enlightening words to behave kindly to women. He declared, "The most perfect believers are the best in character, and the best of you are the kindest to their families" (Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi). It is clear that women have received the true honor and respect they deserve, not just in theory but in actual practice, only once in history — during the period of Prophet Muhammad.

This World or the Next

The wives of the Messenger were given the choice of remaining with him or leaving:

[ O Prophet, say to your wives: "If you desire the life of this world and its glitter, then come! I will provide for your enjoyment and set you free in a handsome manner. But if you seek God, His Messenger, and the Home of the Hereafter, verily God has prepared for you, the well-doers among you, a great reward." ] (Al-Ahzab 33:29)

A few of his wives who wanted a more prosperous life asked, "Couldn't we live a little more luxuriously, like other Muslims do? Couldn't we have at least a bowl of soup every day, or some prettier garments?" At first sight, such wishes might be considered fair and just. However, they were members of the family that was to be an example for all Muslim families until the Last Day.

The Messenger reacted by going into retreat. The news spread, and everyone rushed to the mosque and began to cry. The smallest grief felt by their beloved Messenger was enough to bring them all to tears, and even the smallest incident in his life would disturb them. Abu Bakr and `Umar, seeing the event in a different light as their daughters were directly involved, rushed to the mosque. They wanted to see him, but he would not leave his retreat. Eventually, on their third attempt, they gained entry and began to rebuke their daughters. The Messenger saw what was happening, but only said, "I cannot afford what they want" (Muslim).

The Qur'an declared [ O wives of the Prophet! You are not like any other women ] (Al-Ahzab 33:32).

Others might save themselves by simply fulfilling their obligations, but those who were at the very center of Islam had to devote themselves fully so that no weakness would appear at the center. There were advantages in being the Prophet's wives, but these advantages brought responsibilities and potential risks. The Messenger was preparing them as exemplars for all present and future Muslim women. He was especially worried that they might enjoy the reward for their good deeds in this world and thereby be included in [ You have exhausted your share of the good things in your life of the world and sought comfort in them ] (Al-Ahqaf 46:20).

Life in the Prophet's house was uncomfortable. For this reason, either explicitly or implicitly, his wives made some modest demands. As their status was unique, they were not expected to enjoy themselves in a worldly sense. Some godly people laugh only a few times during their lives; others never fill their stomachs. For example, Fudayl ibn `Iyad never laughed. He smiled only once, and those who saw him do so asked him why he smiled, for they were greatly surprised. He told them, "Today I learned that my son `Ali died. I was happy to hear that God had loved him, and so I smiled" (Abu Nu`aym, Hilyat al-Awliya' ). If there were such people outside of the Prophet's household, his wives, who were even more pious and respectful of God and regarded as Mothers of the Believers, would certainly be of a higher degree.

It is not easy to merit being together with the Messenger in this world and the hereafter. Thus, these special women were put to a great test. The Messenger allowed them to choose his poor home or the world's luxury. If they chose the world, he would give them whatever they wanted and then dissolve his marriage with them. If they chose God and His Messenger, they had to be content with their lives. This was a peculiarity of his family. Since this family was unique, its members had to be unique. The head of the family was chosen, as were the wives and children.

The Messenger first called `A'ishah and said, "I want to discuss something with you. You'd better talk with your parents before making a decision." Then he recited the verses mentioned above. Her decision was exactly as expected from a truthful daughter of a truthful father: "O Messenger of Allah, do I need to talk with my parents? By Allah, I choose Allah and His Messenger" (Muslim).

`A'ishah herself tells us what happened next: "The Messenger received the same answer from all his wives. No one expressed a different opinion. They all said what I had said." They did so because they were all at one with the Messenger. They could not differ. If the Messenger had told them to fast for a lifetime without break, they would have done so and endured it with pleasure. However, they endured hardship until their deaths.

Some of his wives had enjoyed an extravagant lifestyle before their marriage to him. One of these was Safiyyah, who had lost her father and husband and had been taken prisoner during the Battle of Khaybar. She must have been very angry with the Messenger, but when she saw him, her feelings changed completely. She endured the same destiny as the other wives. They endured it because love of the Messenger had penetrated their hearts.

Mothers of the Believers


Safiyyah was a Jew. Once, she was dismayed when this fact was mentioned to her sarcastically. She informed the Messenger, expressing her sadness. He comforted her saying, "If they repeat it, tell them, 'My father is Prophet Aaron, my uncle is Prophet Moses, and my husband is, as you see, Prophet Muhammad, the Chosen One. What do you have more than me to be proud of?'"

The Qur'an declares that his wives are the Mothers of the Believers (Al-Ahzab 33:6). Although 14 centuries have passed, we still feel delight in saying "my mother" when referring to Khadijah, `A'ishah, Umm Salamah, Hafsah, and his other wives. We feel this because of him. Some feel more love for these women than they do for their real mothers. Certainly, this feeling must have been deeper, warmer, and stronger in the Prophet's own time.


The Messenger was the perfect head of a family. Managing many women with ease, being a lover of their hearts, an instructor of their minds, an educator of their souls, he never neglected the affairs of the nation or compromised his duties.

The Messenger excelled in every area of life. People should not compare him to themselves or to the so-called great personalities of their age. Researchers should look at him, the one to whom angels are grateful, always remembering that he excelled in every way. If they want to look for Muhammad they must search for him in his own dimensions. Our imaginations cannot reach him, for we do not even know how to imagine properly. God bestowed upon him, as His special favor, superiority in every field.

It is true that Bangladesh, once a part of Pakistan came into being almost 24 years later than Pakistan. So it is basically a fact that keeping in views the entire crisis that Pakistan faces, and the shortfalls, Bangladesh would be one step ahead.

 

The key to eliminate all the difficulties and eradicate all of the problems is that alongside the common man, those who govern the nation and are responsible for the progress and prosperity should equally be determined to keep the situation under control.

 

One of the most widespread of the problems, is the shortage of electricity in Pakistan, with the demand supply gap rising. Most parts of Pakistan or areas of major cities suffer from prolonged power outages, while the officials in the offices of the power authorities or the state employees enjoy the perk of having electricity around the clock. This is one such act that puts the sense of isolation inside the people, that the rulers enjoy all the comforts while the common man is given nothing at all.

 

Recently a piece of news caught my attention. Bangladesh has told all of its government officials to avoid wearing suits, jackets and ties during the summer to save electricity used on air conditioning. The Bangladeshi cabinet announced its decision recently, saying officials should wear open necked shirts and trousers changing a dress code that had been in place since 1982. This code was adhered to, at least by the mid and senior level officials who used to don a suit even in the hot months of March-Nov. This change shows the latest steps taken by the government of Bangladesh to curb the shortfall of electricity.

 

Its shows that the government is concerned about their country and their people. The high officials of Pakistan should also cease to enjoy the high level of comforts and sacrifice their privileges for the betterment of Pakistan.

Karachiites breathed a sigh of relief when it was announced that a rain system over Madhya Pradesh was heading towards the city of Karachi and heavy rains were expected for the next couple of days. Now call it more of a norm in Pakistan, that the predictions put out by the institutions is hardly believed by most of today's people, because what ever they say, something totally opposite to it happens. I for one, had no belief that such a thing was about to happen.



As I was in Lahore, I got a text from a friend stating the bad weather situation looming ahead and was advised to cut my trip short and return before the sky burst open. I returned and found the following next day to be as hot as it would have normally been in Karachi. This confirmed my presumption that all this talk was nothing more than just B.S.



How ever, I found out that I had been completely wrong; an unexpected change in weather caught me off guard when I woke up the next day late in the afternoon. The sky was covered with black clouds and the sun was no where to be seen. The menacing roar of the clouds threatened that it would be raining cats and dogs in just a couple of moments.



And so it did, starting off with a nice pleasant drizzle, one that provokes people to head out of their homes to enjoy the pleasant weather, not knowing that Mother Nature has bigger and better things in store for them. Soon after that drizzle, it literally rained like all hell had broken loose. Still people were out on the streets, enjoying the rain, as thirst from their fast had broken them down, and the rain seemed to have rejuvenated everyone, even those who kept to the comfort of their beds and laptops.



Almost a month has passed since there was rain in the city of Karachi, so this was certainly one such thing that the people of Karachi were wishing for. I remember last time when it rained, I wrote a blog titled "Be Careful What You Wish For" In it, I wrote about the painstaking endurance of days long power cuts, wading through waist deep water on streets and every other possible havoc that the rain could have wreaked.



Yesterday's rain gives no other scenario. Every thing was the same, the same power cuts, the same puddles (rather rivers) of water on the streets, the impotent "state of the art" drainage system in D.H.A, the fragile and crippled power management system of the K.E.S.C, the hour long traffic jams, the submerged underpasses and what not.



I would like to attach some images for a detailed perspective.

Source of Image 1 , 2 &3

 To be honest, this is just a little teaser of the ordeals faced by the people of Karachi when it rains. No I am not saying that it should not rain so as to keep the people of Karachi safe from different kinds of problems, I mean to criticize the poor and under development of the projects, like drainage, sewerage, electricity, telephones and the major roads of the city.



Pick up a newspaper after the day it has rained, the top headlines that meet your eyes will be "Most parts of the city without electricity for past 24 hours because of rain" "Rain cripples the fragile electricity distribution network of the K.E.S.C" or maybe this "3 people electrocuted after a mains line snapped" and definitely this "Major roads of the city totally submerged under water, residents leave their cars and walk home". Hold me accountable if one of these doesn't make it to the headlines in today's paper.