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Sunday, 31 July 2022

The Sunday Blog № 330


 Today is the Sunday

And this is my the Sunday Blog № 330 ( Three Hundred and Thirty ) 


Yes today is the 31st of July 2022 

The 1st of Muharram 1444 H

Till the Sunset ( 7:17 pm ; Karachi ) 

29°C / 28°C ( Google) 


Moon: 4.1%

Waxing Crescent

Current Time: 31 Jul 2022, 00:10:57

Moon Direction: 320.01° NW↑

Moon Altitude: -39.85°

Moon Distance: 399,901 km

Next Full Moon: 12 Aug 2022, 06:35

Next New Moon: 27 Aug 2022, 13:17

Next Moonrise: Today, 08:03 



Believe it or not moon was not sighted still the Islamic lunar year 1443Hijri ended and today is the first day of the Islamic lunar year 1444 hijri ( One Thousand Four Hundred and forty four ) 


Wordle 407 5/6


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I usually waste a try or two on Sundays because my mind is preoccupied on the Sunday Blog 


So if this Sunday Blog is on the first of Muharram then the next will be on the 8th of Muharram , which in dollar terms means that it would survive the lockdown, shutdown for security reasons.


And talking of security. The Sindh police finally returned after enjoying two weeks of vacations no three weeks ...they went before Hajj 


The Vigo and Revo are missing from the detail probably stopped for fishing at kotri 


And talking of fishing ...this is the first time in my life ...the street fish vendor is off our street in the months without R , June , July ... haven't seen or heard anyone of them . Especially the one who bangs the gate sometimes. 


Continuous rain and scattered thunderstorm ⛈️ has probably disrupted the fishing in the sea 

As boats and fishermen are called back to the ports and not allowed to go fishing . 

At the fisheries in Karachi there must be a massive shortfall of fish and other seafood . They must be finding it hard to complete the exports orders . 


And talking of exports the ban on foreign goods was partially lifted few days ago but now it seems that most non parishable stuff is still on ban list . Like mobile phones , cars etc etc . The govt or the watchdog agencies are using the term imported goods 

While imposing or relaxing the ban .



5:40 am Fall asleep 

Woke up 5:22  am 

Got up 

Prayed 🛐 with a prayer for my dearly departed parents papa and Ammi and the Recently Departed Aslam Bhai



May the dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah have mercy on my dearly departed parents Papa and Ammi and may they be blessed by the dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah and Their Souls may rest in peace in heaven. Amen!




Dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah 

please forgive my dear loving and caring  brother Aslam Bhai and give him the highest place in Jannah 


Amen ! 



اللہ پاک میرے پیارے والدین ، ​​پاپا


 اور امی پر رحم فرمائے ، اور ان کو اللہ تعالی کی رحمت نصیب ہو ، اور ان کی روح کوجنت میں آرام نصیب ہو ۔  آمین!




پیارے مہربان رب اللہ پاک میرے پیارے اور خیال رکھنے والے بھائی اسلم بھائی کی مغفرت فرمائے اور جنت الفردوس میں اعلیٰ مقام عطا فرمائے


 آمین!


Having tea ...

It is raining...yes 

It is believe it or not but it is .. more than just a drizzle...

I don't think here in Karachi we had a more unpredictable weather ever . Especially about the rain . 

They said partly sunny for yesterday and today ...and look we had drizzle all day yesterday and light shower from early Sunday morning before sunrise



Srilanka beat Pakistan in the second test match very convincingly ... raising doubts and questions in my mind regarding the imported rhetoric

Of the post regime change political analysis of the situation especially after watching live the lush green landscaping, sandy Beaches and smooth traffic of Srilanka. 



The British media was also showing bush fires engulfing houses in developments around London and reports of skin burning due to unprecedented heat and extreme weather giving ideas to stressed out minds upset over the inflation and corruption. Turns out it was all fabricated lies untrue . I just saw myself athletes and officials from all over world in Birmingham wearing jackets fully zipped . 


7:09 am Breakfast break ! 


Sun 1st Muharram 1444H

30°C

7:32 am the light shower has stopped drizzle continues

I made breakfast 

I still can't convince myself to having a Sunday breakfast with the fryers takeaway








Loadshedding returned this week twice a day two hours each . It ended after the thunderstorms begin . 

Become an FT subscriber to read: 

The strange case of the cricket match that helped fund Imran Khan’s political rise 


YouTube link

There can be only one kiang ...


An hour ago the Sun came up ....very briefly the clouds hid it extremely unenviable situation. 


Falling asleep  again 


1:08 pm  woke up just before noon .

Had brunch 











It has been an interesting week checking water pump has been difficult because loadshedding and drizzle starts almost at the same time ...just now it started to drizzle just when I turn the water pump on . There is no loadshedding today yet . 

But one thing is very clear that if people like Abraaj and Shanghai are paying so much kickbacks just to get controlling shares of Karachi Electric ....then we really need to hate our political leadership regardless . And especially the ones who call the kettle African American .


We had a Regime Change in the Punjab Assembly all thanks to constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan 1973 and it's interpretation by the honorable Supreme Court of Pakistan . 

SC declared ch pervaiz illahi the CM and leader of the house he then took the vote of confidence . 

Sibtain Khan became the speaker of the Punjab Assembly and Wasiq abbasi  the deputy Speaker after dost mazari was voted out as deputy Speaker. 

The economic and environmental crisis worsened during this regime change . The rains and flash floods in Balochistan and Punjab and Karachi killed and electrocuted many people. Hundreds of houses demolished crops and animals destroyed .  Spillways opened unannounced by neighbours. 

And the dams and causeways build and operated by our very own ...in the past two decades are now overflowing or breaking up . Causing unprecedented flooding and destruction. Not to mention the loss of life of the registered voters . 

International conspiracy indeed it is .


Anyways the good thing is that ice Pyar is not behind the judicially saved and rescued CM of Punjab this time like the previous rule .....so no rhetoric slogans like ....parha likha Punjab pheir se...



Anyways ...

I prayed Zuhr with a prayer for my dearly departed parents papa and Ammi and the Recently Departed Aslam Bhai



May the dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah have mercy on my dearly departed parents Papa and Ammi and may they be blessed by the dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah and Their Souls may rest in peace in heaven. Amen!




Dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah 

please forgive my dear loving and caring  brother Aslam Bhai and give him the highest place in Jannah 


Amen ! 



اللہ پاک میرے پیارے والدین ، ​​پاپا


 اور امی پر رحم فرمائے ، اور ان کو اللہ تعالی کی رحمت نصیب ہو ، اور ان کی روح کوجنت میں آرام نصیب ہو ۔  آمین!




پیارے مہربان رب اللہ پاک میرے پیارے اور خیال رکھنے والے بھائی اسلم بھائی کی مغفرت فرمائے اور جنت الفردوس میں اعلیٰ مقام عطا فرمائے


 آمین!


Our neighbors from Dubai is back celebrating Muharram by distributing aloo biryani and sheermal among poor women and children of gilgit baltistan  GB region settled in the lines area their men usually work as drivers and house help .


I am feeling very sleepy again 


6:12 pm Had a very Sound Sleep 

Woke up , the drizzle has stopped but ground is wet ...which says that it was very recent while I was sleeping...just like MPA Wasiq Qayyum Abbassi of Punjab Assembly was elected Deputy Speaker unopposed yesterday while I was sleeping ...

The time to submit the nomination was till 5 pm and Mr Ali Gillani and the opposition boycotting 

Wasiq Abbasi of PTI elected from pp- 12 Rawalpindi VII became the deputy Speaker  . Must be the youngest .

YouTube link


Recently the number of people in media named Wasiq is increasing so it is high time I  bet on something really impossible and change my identity. 


So after waking up I prayed Asr with a prayer for my dearly departed parents papa and Ammi and the Recently Departed Aslam Bhai



May the dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah have mercy on my dearly departed parents Papa and Ammi and may they be blessed by the dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah and Their Souls may rest in peace in heaven. Amen!




Dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah 

please forgive my dear loving and caring  brother Aslam Bhai and give him the highest place in Jannah 


Amen ! 



اللہ پاک میرے پیارے والدین ، ​​پاپا


 اور امی پر رحم فرمائے ، اور ان کو اللہ تعالی کی رحمت نصیب ہو ، اور ان کی روح کوجنت میں آرام نصیب ہو ۔  آمین!




پیارے مہربان رب اللہ پاک میرے پیارے اور خیال رکھنے والے بھائی اسلم بھائی کی مغفرت فرمائے اور جنت الفردوس میں اعلیٰ مقام عطا فرمائے


 آمین!


Sun 2nd Muharram 1444H 

30°C

Moon: 7.9%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time:31 Jul 2022, 20:25:09
Moon Direction:278.06° W
Moon Altitude:10.02°
Moon Distance:397,427 km
Next Full Moon:12 Aug 2022, 06:35
Next New Moon:27 Aug 2022, 13:17
Next Moonset:Today, 21:14 


prayed 🛐 maghrib with a prayer for my dearly departed parents papa and Ammi and the Recently Departed Aslam Bhai


May the dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah have mercy on my dearly departed parents Papa and Ammi and may they be blessed by the dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah and Their Souls may rest in peace in heaven. Amen!



Dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah 
please forgive my dear loving and caring  brother Aslam Bhai and give him the highest place in Jannah 

Amen ! 


اللہ پاک میرے پیارے والدین ، ​​پاپا

 اور امی پر رحم فرمائے ، اور ان کو اللہ تعالی کی رحمت نصیب ہو ، اور ان کی روح کوجنت میں آرام نصیب ہو ۔  آمین!



پیارے مہربان رب اللہ پاک میرے پیارے اور خیال رکھنے والے بھائی اسلم بھائی کی مغفرت فرمائے اور جنت الفردوس میں اعلیٰ مقام عطا فرمائے

 آمین!

Ordered roll deal from red Apple and paid VAT 








10:16 pm Watched Urdu1 tv weekend serial Zalim Istanbul 

Today is not an ordinary Sunday it was a first day of the first Islamic month in dollar terms the first day of the new year 
But what makes this Sunday very especial and dreadful is because it is also the last day of the month of July . People with cars and bikes who have petrol in their tanks are avoiding to go out . I noticed that most wrongly parked cars yesterday did not move an inch all day today . Obviously it's the petrol bomb night tonight. And despite the great loss of the takht e Lahore nobody expects any relief from Ogra or the petroleum ministry or the PM office in Islamabad.


Just in case you missed the net practice of the foreign funding case reserved judgement




The curious case of Who was Umme Hareem .

Wordle 408 5/6

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Okay there is a slight correction plus minus in the petroleum prices ...nothing to be alarmed about . 

Okay then I believe it's time to go  

All the Best 

Allah Hafiz! 


Sunday, 24 July 2022

The Sunday Blog № 329

 


Today is the Sunday
And this is my the Sunday Blog № 329 ( Three Hundred and Twenty Nine)

Yes , today is 24th of July 2022 AD
The 24th of Zilhij 1443H
Till the Sunset ( 7:21 pm ; Karachi )
33°C / 29°C ( Google)
Moon: 20.6%
Waning Crescent
Current Time: 24 Jul 2022, 00:16:39
Moon Direction: 51.28° NE↑
Moon Altitude: -20.81°
Moon Distance: 403,220 km
Next New Moon: 28 Jul 2022, 22:54
Next Full Moon: 12 Aug 2022, 06:35
Next Moonrise: Today, 02:03

The wordle today ( 400th) was very easy I did it in three

Wordle 400 3/6

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Must have been lucky .

So today is the last Sunday of the Islamic lunar year 1443H
The next Sunday will be in muharram 1444H

It was one of the saddest most unfortunate year of my life . Nothing could change that .
Should have known or prepared myself for it . How could I be so naive and ignorant of all the vacuum coming in my life.

And talking of vacuum... Thunderstorm is predicted for today and tomorrow with a 100% precipitation ...

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/precipitation

Meaning the DHA Karachi would definitely drown with or without our malevolence.

Two years they had to mend their ways but there seems to be absolutely no improvement in the drainage system billions of rupees embazzled

https://www.bhlawfirm.com/blog/2016/06/what-is-embezzlement-what-are-some-examples/

But that is common I believe even in the developed world not to mention Srilanka.

Watched the first test in Galle
The weather was awesome it rained a couple of times caused disruptions in the match but finally the match ended with a result and Pakistan is up one nil in the series of two matches planned to save Srilanka .

A very good gesture by team Pakistan . God the All Mighty Allah Amen 🙏 Bless !

5:20 am Fall asleep !
It's wet outside must have drizzled .
No Thunderstorm yet .

It's time for the fajr prayer 🛐
with a prayer for my dearly departed parents papa and Ammi and the Recently Departed Aslam Bhai

May the dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah have mercy on my dearly departed parents Papa and Ammi and may they be blessed by the dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah and Their Souls may rest in peace in heaven. Amen!

Dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah
please forgive my dear loving and caring  brother Aslam Bhai and give him the highest place in Jannah

Amen !

اللہ پاک میرے پیارے والدین ، ​​پاپا

اور امی پر رحم فرمائے ، اور ان کو اللہ تعالی کی رحمت نصیب ہو ، اور ان کی روح کوجنت میں آرام نصیب ہو ۔  آمین!

پیارے مہربان رب اللہ پاک میرے پیارے اور خیال رکھنے والے بھائی اسلم بھائی کی مغفرت فرمائے اور جنت الفردوس میں اعلیٰ مقام عطا فرمائے

آمین!

Tour de France:


General classification after stage 20
1. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Jumbo-Visma) 76hrs 33mins 57secs

2. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates) +3:34

3. Geraint Thomas (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) +8:13

4. David Gaudu (Fra/Groupama-FDJ) +13:56

5. Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-hansgrohe) +16:37

6. Nairo Quintana (Col/Arkea-Samsic) +17:24

7. Romain Bardet (Fra/Team DSM) +19:02

8. Louis Meintjes (SA/Intermarche-Wanty Gobert Materiaux) +19:12

9. Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz/Astana-Qazaqstan Team) +23:47

10. Adam Yates (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) +25:43


Sun 24th Zilhij 1443H

33°C

7:36 am woke up prayed 

Expecting thunderstorm 

Only drizzle yet .

Had halwa puri breakfast 

Feeling very sleepy. 















Nephew returned from friend's wedding in Lahore brought nankhatai 










The khalifa bakers opened a shop nearby opp Allawala Biryani in Late Aamir liaquat's house but for unknown reasons they move to some other place . 


I am too sleepy now I can't even read Deepika Padukone 's reaction to Ranbir Singh's Nude photoshoot .

I knew we had this coming ....because 

The indian media was avoiding them and instead promoting the younger breed with a repetitive tagline  

...look how she crossed all limits of boldness ... internet on fire etc etc 


11:18 am Fall asleep woke up to rain and thunderstorm ⛈️ 

Not sure for how long this has been going on . 
The second test match in Galle also started 


At lunch 96/2 
Srilanka choose to bat 





The rain continue ....
Not very fast or hard .....but enough to be celebrated as rain .

Saw a leftover puri so I fried the scrambled egg and had the 2nd breakfast while they had lunch at Galle 





Nephew woke and brought haleem 
And chatted during the rain . 

Water board guy has started a regular alert just in case I forget to check the water pumps . He came and rang the bell . Everything is wet and slippery outside so I am waiting for the rain to stop to check the water pumps  today . If the time elapsed then probably I will skip it today and tomorrow . Because thunderstorm is also predicted for tomorrow morning too. 










Galle test update : 
3 wickets down 179 in the 50 overs 
Not bad Srilanka. 

The most important event of the week was in the news from turkey . 

The agreement between Russia and Ukraine despite the ongoing War ., To allow the food grain at the Ukraine port 






AND THE VERY NEXT DAY.....


Could be a celebration 🎉 cracker gone wild ...


Anyways ...
The time for prayer is slipping away and the next spell of Thunderstorm is rushing in ....
So here I take a break for zuhr prayer 🛐With a prayer for my dearly departed parents papa and Ammi and the Recently Departed Aslam Bhai


May the dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah have mercy on my dearly departed parents Papa and Ammi and may they be blessed by the dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah and Their Souls may rest in peace in heaven. Amen!



Dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah 
please forgive my dear loving and caring  brother Aslam Bhai and give him the highest place in Jannah 

Amen ! 


اللہ پاک میرے پیارے والدین ، ​​پاپا

 اور امی پر رحم فرمائے ، اور ان کو اللہ تعالی کی رحمت نصیب ہو ، اور ان کی روح کوجنت میں آرام نصیب ہو ۔  آمین!



پیارے مہربان رب اللہ پاک میرے پیارے اور خیال رکھنے والے بھائی اسلم بھائی کی مغفرت فرمائے اور جنت الفردوس میں اعلیٰ مقام عطا فرمائے

 آمین!

3:27 pm Break ! 

7:19 pm Almost Sunset 
I have prayed 🛐 Asr with a prayer for my dearly departed parents papa and Ammi and the Recently Departed Aslam Bhai


May the dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah have mercy on my dearly departed parents Papa and Ammi and may they be blessed by the dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah and Their Souls may rest in peace in heaven. Amen!



Dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah 
please forgive my dear loving and caring  brother Aslam Bhai and give him the highest place in Jannah 

Amen ! 


اللہ پاک میرے پیارے والدین ، ​​پاپا

 اور امی پر رحم فرمائے ، اور ان کو اللہ تعالی کی رحمت نصیب ہو ، اور ان کی روح کوجنت میں آرام نصیب ہو ۔  آمین!



پیارے مہربان رب اللہ پاک میرے پیارے اور خیال رکھنے والے بھائی اسلم بھائی کی مغفرت فرمائے اور جنت الفردوس میں اعلیٰ مقام عطا فرمائے

 آمین!

 after playing in rain for two hours .....
Now listening and watching  surah Yasin ( 36) 

Somebody is trying to ignite bbq in this weather with Spirit I hope it's not Mr Bean ....or this would be my last Sunday Blog 

اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ لَا إلَهَ إلَّا اللَّهُ وَاَللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَلِلَّهِ الْحَمْد

Transliteration: Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar La Ilaha Ilallah Wallahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Wa Lillahil Hamd


Meaning: Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest. There is no deity (no god) besides Allah and Allah is the greatest. Allah is the greatest and to Allah all praises belong.


Okay  
YouTube started  Tamil movie Ad at ayat 29 of the surah Yasin ( 36) 

Anyway Azan has started 

So here I take a break  for Maghrib prayer 🛐
with a prayer for my dearly departed parents papa and Ammi and the Recently Departed Aslam Bhai


May the dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah have mercy on my dearly departed parents Papa and Ammi and may they be blessed by the dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah and Their Souls may rest in peace in heaven. Amen!



Dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah 
please forgive my dear loving and caring  brother Aslam Bhai and give him the highest place in Jannah 

Amen ! 


اللہ پاک میرے پیارے والدین ، ​​پاپا

 اور امی پر رحم فرمائے ، اور ان کو اللہ تعالی کی رحمت نصیب ہو ، اور ان کی روح کوجنت میں آرام نصیب ہو ۔  آمین!



پیارے مہربان رب اللہ پاک میرے پیارے اور خیال رکھنے والے بھائی اسلم بھائی کی مغفرت فرمائے اور جنت الفردوس میں اعلیٰ مقام عطا فرمائے

 آمین!

Sun 25th Zilhij 1443H
33°C
9:14 pm  we had a rapid fire rain during the maghrib prayer 🛐 


The cooking mafia was too excited today so she forgot that she was not touching the beef . And cooked the  beef Nihari 






















Unfortunately there is no naan bread to go with it ....and the rain is not stopping for the Foodpanda ...
And people are being electrocuted so it is not very prudent to go to the market oven and increase the chances of slipping, falling or drowning in an unchartered pool of rain water . 

Watching the weekend serial on Urdu1 tv 

Had tea with Sooper cookies and dairy milk . Trying to stay up and be able to read till midnight . 

Wordle 401 2/6

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So after praying Isha prayer 🛐  with a prayer for my dearly departed parents papa and Ammi and the Recently Departed Aslam Bhai


May the dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah have mercy on my dearly departed parents Papa and Ammi and may they be blessed by the dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah and Their Souls may rest in peace in heaven. Amen!



Dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah 
please forgive my dear loving and caring  brother Aslam Bhai and give him the highest place in Jannah 

Amen ! 


اللہ پاک میرے پیارے والدین ، ​​پاپا

 اور امی پر رحم فرمائے ، اور ان کو اللہ تعالی کی رحمت نصیب ہو ، اور ان کی روح کوجنت میں آرام نصیب ہو ۔  آمین!



پیارے مہربان رب اللہ پاک میرے پیارے اور خیال رکھنے والے بھائی اسلم بھائی کی مغفرت فرمائے اور جنت الفردوس میں اعلیٰ مقام عطا فرمائے

 آمین!

In the absence of Naan Bread from the market oven ...I boiled falak rice and some cabbage , onion , and chillies to eat with the Beef Nihari. 

















Perfect meal ! 

So I don't know what this is about ...but as expected the eyes are shutting down after supper  
So it's goodbye ...
With a soundtrack from the Charlize Theron movie 

All the best 
Stay safe 
Don't drown ! 

Allah Hafiz !