Why the West is Losing the War on Terror

شاہ گیانندرا اسوقت شاید اپنے محل میں محصور یہ سوچ سوچ کر ہاتھ مل رہے ہوں کہ کاش انکے پاس آئی ایس آئی جیسا ادارہ اور قاضی حسین احمد، مولانا فضل الرحمن، بے نظیر بھٹو اور نواز شریف جیسی حزبِ اختلاف ہوتی تو شاید یہ دن نہ دیکھنا پڑتا۔

(Shah Gyanendra in his palace would be rubbing his hands right now thinking only if he could have an organization like ISI and an opposition like Qazi Hussain Ahmad, Maulana Fazl ur Rehman, Beynazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, he woudn't have been seeing these days.)

Source: BBCUrdu

A packed-up stadium

England's tour of Pakistan 2005, second last one day. With no substantial fireworks from Afridi, a low scoring match which Pakistan 'just' won at the end. (And no media coverage for me :@)

A tale of two bowling attacks

And though Asif and Razzaq took most of the plaudits with seven wickets each, the bowler who troubled the batsmen the most was Shoaib. He ended the match with modest figures of 3 for 107, but nearly 27% of his deliveries drew false strokes from the Indian batsmen, a much higher figure than what Asif (19%) or Razzaq (17%) managed.


Source: Cricinfo

Fresh Air...

It was a good expereince overall.. Hanging around with guys I've been working for the past four months, in a pretty informal environment. Though it was really cold out there and I had to shiver before getting my hands onto Chikken tikka and Kababs. Loved the view from Daman-e-Koh, beautiful .. as always!

How a Flintoff put-down fired up reborn Shoaib

He has not always been a thinking bowler, his bowling brain being entirely programmed in his early days by that mighty Pakistani fast bowling pair, Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis. "They were both there at mid-on and mid-off. Every ball I bowled, they would say, 'bowl this one, bowl bouncer'. I never used my own brain. They left and I struggled for a year. Finally I managed to pull myself up, to be a thinking bowler.

Source: Guardian

A moment of embarrassment

I'm highly embarrassed for having a leadership that is itself a victim of identity crisis. The above link shows an article from Mubashar Zaidi at BBCUrdu.com, which is about a poem "Leader", written on Mr. George W. Bush and has been included in the text book taught in local colleges. The picture clearly shows that by combining the first alphabet of each line makes it "President George W Bush". Do the overly enlightened officials in the government of Pakistan have the rights to play such games with the minds of young generations? I am totally amazed that why it was felt necessary to include a poem that apparently has an un-known poet and has no sense of poetry with it.

Source: BBCUrdu

Who says Islamabad is dead at nights ;o)

Got a chance to visit Daman-e-Koh last night.. I was really impressed from this new look of the city I've been adoring from the very begining. Some search lights (a trade mark of Hollywood, or maybe "Bayveiw" city :P) gives a really cool effect. Surely its a treat to watch..

Another article has gone public. I tried to show the newer possibilities available to flash developers. Many things were left untouched due to mixed set of readers and particularly space limitations.

My first love..

I've always been saying that Macromedia Flash is my first love. Simply because, this has been the tool I started with and have been using it for so many things to do, from logo creation to sophisticated presentations. Every new version brings something I already wished for. And the latest filters in Flash 8 are one of such things. Have a look at this character I drew. You can see "Blur" effect coming into play. ;)

Relief - A word meaning so much to so many..

Eid is here so finally, some relief from the hectic routine. For the past one month, I have been handling a good amount of work as my new job at mobileWeaver just started. Though I love taking on challenges, but an unusual breathe in fresh air is always good to have. As I thought about writing these lines, the word "relief" naturally diverts my attention (infact anybody's attention living here) to those who are trying to find a living out of the relief work/goods being provided to them. None of them would have thought before 8th october that they'd be looking for relief to save their children, instead of looking for a relief from normal day schedule, like me.

One can just wish that this whole trauma winds up as quickly as possible and those who are left behind can stand on their own, instead of wishing for some relief to fall upon them. May Allah help them all!