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Sunday, 5 April 2026

The Sunday Blog № 522


 My Sunday Blog № 522

Today is the Easter Sunday
The 5th of April 2026 CE
The 16th of Shawwal 1447H
6:24 am 
26°C
Now
23°C

Cloudy
Feels like 25°C
Precipitation·10%
.
Wind·11 km/h
.
Humidity·78%

Moon: 91.5%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: 5 Apr 2026, 06:28:35
Moon Direction: 234.78° SW↑
Moon Altitude: 16.24°
Moon Distance: 402,290 km
Next New Moon: 17 Apr 2026, 16:51
Next Full Moon: 1 May 2026, 22:23
Next Moonset: Today, 07:57

Astronomical twilight Karachi 5:02 am

6:19 am
Monday, 6 April 2026 (GMT+5)
Sunrise in Karachi
6:50 pm
Sunday, 5 April 2026 (GMT+5)
Sunset in Karachi


Sun Meridian 12: 34 pm 

Good Morning 🌹 
And a happy Easter 

It has been a very rainy week.

The rain in Karachi as you all may know is fast and furious...
And Karachi is now so vast and big that most of the time one area has rain and thunderstorm 
While others have a clear sunny weather....one area or some areas have flooded roads while others just wondering 🤔 

Anyways I had lots of fun this holy week.

Two of my dear siblings have birthdays in the first week of April.
( March 1, Feb 2, Jan 3 , Dec 4, Nov 5, Oct 6, Sep 7, Aug 8,July 9.)

My 30+10 days of fasting ended this week so I was free with a 10 % discount on Doctor Saab's Happy Birthday....we took a yango ride hoping to be greeted with a happy birthday cake ...but reaching there we were surprised to see that they were having paint job and maintenance.... because everybody is out and busy in the morning...they hired the labour in the afternoon...evening shift.
Satisfied that they were having fun we left before the labour arrived.
Also because we did not want to be stuck in the rush hour traffic....we did find two bottlenecks but still it was a smooth ride back home not a jam.


Despite the rain and hailstorm in upper north of Pakistan ...Karachi kings is doing great in the PSL sorry...HBLPSL 11 . So far...let's hope it continues this winning streak..... don't ask who has replaced the bottoms....of the table...


It is a very beautiful and calm Easter Sunday morning ... yesterday was a Public Holiday..... Bhutto saein birthday....so today is the second consecutive holiday...usually the second holiday is very quiet and relaxed.....

The govt of Pakistan has come up with a very unique way of discouraging the theft of motor cycles.....they have increased the price of petrol to around 460 rupees per liter and offered a 100 rupees subsidy....for motorcycle owners for a maximum of 20 liters per month.
Amazing isn't it ? 
What is more amazing is that ...you don't get this 100 rupees discount on the Petro stations...you will buy the petrol at the normal price of the day....( Around 380 rupees today) And get the 2000 rupees Cashback via a nadra linked govt app .
Awesome....
The super rich provinces of the ruling parties are trying to cash in...on this scheme...by offering ....let's see what happens when the fuel crisis ends....
Cnic and registration plus ownership details are a must....so if you don't get the 2000 rupees...this can be translated to that the motorbike is stolen....

Iran claims to have shot down a US f15 fighter jet on the stealth mission in Iran and captured one of the ejected injured pilots...but failed to stop an open televised worldwide search and rescue ....operation.

Not Sure which game are they promoting.....


Boiling eggs for special Easter Sunday Brunch ....So Help me God The All Mighty Allah Amen 🙏 

10:53 am Break 🍚 


Sun 16th Shawwal 1447H
26°C
1:34 pm Happy Easter Sunday 
Woke up after 6 am 
Prayed Fajr
Started Sunday Blog 
Checked water pump 
Made tea 
Had water melon 
Found a Rose bud ready to bloom mutilated 
Back to bed
Prepared special Easter Sunday Brunch
Bath
Prayed Zuhr 
Back to🛏️ 



1:35 pm Had this For The Easter Sunday Brunch....breaking bread. 
American Jews Not Welcome.

After doing the dishes and clearing the table ...
I had a bath 
And prayed 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 !


3:45 pm 

After post the pictures and reels , 
I fall asleep....
Woke up just a while ago....
The neighborhood is unbelievably quiet ....the penthouse kids under the hot tin roof had the shouting clamouring party late last night...they must have to go somewhere else this afternoon....or they are too tired to get up...because it's a pin drop silence from there.. 

I just realized that I have already prayed before sleeping...so there is no point in waking up so early ...but the battery of the mobile just sounded alarm...so I have to plug it it ....and for that I have to get up and perhaps get a cup of tea .....
Aah ha.

6:43 pm Had watermelon 🍉 
Made tea 
Checked on the pregnant duck...
Watching Turkish drama yarali kuslar 
And now it's time 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 !


6:46 pm Break 🛐 🤲 

7:32 pm NASA has send a mission Artemis 2 to moon just to test the toilets....a ten day mission that spins around the earth and moon and hopefully sink in The Atlantic ocean.

Let's hope it has a better success rate than the Epic fury.

I bid farewell to winter couple of times ...but this week once again I feel cold ...the water was cold ...I was not sweating after hot and spicy meals...

At first before the rain ...I thought I am catching cold viral or mosquito bites....but after the rain ..and especially getting soaked in rain ...I knew I am okay . It's not just me ...it's the wind that's cold and chilling....

Praiseth the Lord All Mighty Allah Amen 🙏 

Started watching a new Turkish drama series Yarali kuslar or wounded Birds....
After the end of dasht e Dil 
Dasht e Dil was a mistake right from the start....but some how I survived the 100 episodes....If you ask me ..I skipped a lot...
Anyways.....

Kral kaybederse or Urdu1 TV's ashiq mizaj is still going strong...and this week it took a giant leap of ten years...removed the unnecessary characters and bring back the focus on the main story infidelity.

Fall asleep watching reels.......








Sunday, 29 March 2026

Fast № 38

 Iftari










Sehri 







The Sunday Blog № 521

 

My Sunday Blog № 521

Today is the Sunday,
The 29th of March 2026CE
The 9th of Shawwal 1447H
12:19 am
28°C
Now
25°C

Mostly cloudy
Feels like 27°C

Precipitation·10%
.
Wind·24 km/h
.
Humidity·78%

Moon: 81.1%
Waxing Gibbous
Current Time: 29 Mar 2026, 00:23:27
Moon Direction: 269.24° W↑
Moon Altitude: 47.49°
Moon Distance: 379,429 km
Next Full Moon: 2 Apr 2026, 07:11
Next New Moon: 17 Apr 2026, 16:51
Next Moonset: Today, 04:04

Astronomical twilight Karachi 5:10 am

6:27 am
Sunday, 29 March 2026 (GMT+5)
Sunrise in Karachi
6:47 pm
Sunday, 29 March 2026 (GMT+5)
Sunset in Karachi

Sun Meridian 12:36 pm

Good Morning 🌹

Starting with Eid ul Fitr and ending with the End of Six Extra  fast post Eid called Shash Eid or ShashaEid ...believe it or not the Lent is not over yet...meaning there is still time to complete the forty days of fasting within lent before Easter....even before the Good Friday which is next Friday....
Usually we have a hot and dry weather around the Good Friday...and a surprise dust storm ....this year thanks to the President Trump's Epic Fury....the weather is very confusing....it's hot and dry all right...but very windy.....infact the wind is so strong some times that it moves and fly chairs and sign boards ....
Yesterday morning as I was waiting to check the water pump some time between 9:30 and 10:30 am ....I suddenly heard a loud commotion ruckus....when I looked outside on the street... I saw the neighbors white alto returning after banging the door on the other side . The driver was outside watching in surprise...he opened the door and put on the parking brakes ...which he obviously forgot to put on when he returned and parked the car on the drive way slope ...not sure but iron gate must have been unlocked ...the new driver seemed very distracted as he was talking to someone on the phone .....
The car slipped on the slope opened the unlocked gate came on the road kept moving ..climbed the slope kerb of the house on the other side ....banged the gate with loud sound slipped back and stopped at the driveway.
No body was hurt .the car also seemed okay...except for big dent in trunk lid...which the driver tried to unbend heard thumping sound...the owners who live on the second floor will probably never know unless somebody told them...I am not suspecting foul play but the driver kept discussing financial issues on the phone after this commotion.

5:06 am Fall asleep....
Woke up at 4:30 am
Did Sehri
The weather is windy and the sky is clear with dimly stars...

Now waiting for Astronomical twilight Karachi 5:10 am

After that I will pray 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 !

7:35 am Got up to check the water pump No luck
Back to bed 🛏️

9:55 am got up to check water pump no luck
back in bed 🛏️ will try not to sleep this time
Sky clear blue 🔵 windy...no rain or thunder ⚡

President Trump's recent statement about the king of Saudi Arabia is being interpreted....by all major Ai tools I hope I can post .....but the original tone of the speech 💬 suggests that the Prince has recently been very rude to him or his aides....

In another slip of tongue 😛 The indian foreign affairs minister the honerable Mr Jai Shankar promoted Pakistan's role in the current criss. He said India is not a Dalal ( broker) nation like Pakistan....

Business is booming.....Iran allowed ships 🚢 with Pakistani flag 🇵🇰 to freely pass through the strait of Hormuz...US humbly requested Pakistan to mediate the cease fire talks....

Multiple foreign affairs minister s have arrived in Islamabad to negotiate a deal....

Praiseth the Lord All Mighty Allah Amen 🙏

It's 10:32 am have to get up and check the water pump....

Sun 9th Shawwal 1447H
28°C
12:30 pm Fasting ...
Lent 2
Hot and dry weather...clear sky ...wind stopped
Woke up at 4:30 am
Had ready to eat Sehri
Cake butter tea
Brush teeth
Prayed Fajr 🛐
Woke up 7:30 am , 9:55 am
Checked water pump
Back to bed 🛏️

Five minutes without the fan ...and I start sweating...
Dear God All Mighty Allah Amen 🙏
Have mercy on the powerless people of Cuba....they are without electricity for days ....just like some areas of Karachi...

After the drones and missile attacks most of the gulf region was blessed this week with heavy rain and hailstorm.....causing flash floods....and closing down even further the already closed Schools and offices.
The cause of such heavy rains is unknown....but maybe the burning oil and gas fields and refinery may have caused this climate change or maybe the cloud seeding by the prince to distract the drones and missiles and navigation.

Everybody hates this war ... nobody wants to be a part of it...yet nobody not even the European union is able to do anything

Five minutes with fan and I start to feel cold....

Very sleepy....

3:55 pm Woke up
Received panda 🐼 mart order
For Dear elder sister
Even when I am all alone in fasting ....in the town or neighborhood...I can't do a simple iftari....khajur pani affair..and I cannot argue because I know without me she must have forgotten to do the lunch ... because she was also sleeping during lunch time ...

Got to get up and pray 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 !

4:14 pm Break 🛐 🤲

While waiting for Asr Azan ...I took out the kino orange juice then I made tea
And prayed Asr 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 !

Then I was making chapli burgers when suddenly the phones began to ring ....it was doctor Saab sending a rheumatic pain relief via yango delivery.....plus ready to eat pani Puri....from nimco....

I received the parcel and hurried back but by that time the bottom of my chicken chapli kabab burger was burned black ....I like crispy....

Anyways ...there was still time ...so I relaxed and

Finally I break my fast and prayed 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 !

Now I am in bed 🛏️...posting pictures and watching reels....

Time to get up and watch the Turkish drama series.....

Oh the breaking News Mr dar fell ( slipped) while meeting with the foreign dignitaries....
In Islamabad....

There are unconfirmed news of the death of former Army Chief qamar Javed bajwa ...RIP

Nothing is happening to Trump and natenyahu....tiger woods the golfer arrested again for drunk driving accident and damage to property .

8:04 pm Break

10:59 pm Watched 1,2,3 ... Turkish drama series....
But before that we had the ready to eat packed pani Puri...which used to be called golguppay in my childhood.....
Don't know when it changed it's name .... usually when someone changes his or her name ....it involves a bet or a  vow...as you may have heard .... " If I cannot do or get it done this ... I'll change my name....or you change my name...

Anyways it was a very historic week.
PSL 11 started with empty stands....due to middle east war . Or maybe the afghan retaliations. Pti protest ....there maybe a million reasons.... Hyderabad kingsmen lost their first match

Trump and natenyahu are desperate for a ceasefire.....evident from the fact that they agreed to a Pakistani mediation.

Time is up
Happy Holy Week and Good Friday

All the Best 🌹

Allah Hafiz 🙏