Pages

Sunday 3 May 2020

The Sunday Blog # 213


Today is the Sunday , the 3rd of May 2020 , the 9th of Ramzan 1441 H till the Sunset ( 7:03 pm ; Karachi ) And this is my the Sunday Blog # 213 ( Two Hundred and Thirteen ) .
The third of May as I remember from my past life was one of the most significant date in my life because my high School board exam started on that date . The trauma lasted a few years more than it should maybe because I used to read the morning 📰 newspapers very religiously those days and for some odd reason it never fell on a weekend or maybe they changed the weekend from Sunday to Friday or the vice versa . They use to do that quite often before the Eighteen Constitutional Amendment . I believe it was a way of saying ....Wasiq ! a change would do you good .
One of the most debated change used to be the dupatta policy . Yes after every regime change or especially when there was tensions on the borders especially the indo-pak borders , the female staff of every govt , semi govt and in some cases the corporate and private female staff using the public transport was forced to wear the dupatta coving the head . Slowly and gradually it use to come down and nobody cared . Some females got use to it and remained perpetual .
Then came the Enlightened Moderation of you know who and when he was ousted from  power  it was technically the time for the revival of the dupatta policy But then came the Eighteenth Constitutional Amendment that took all the power from The Power and post it to the relevant institutions under the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan , 1973 .
It was a rainy season and you know the Constitution Avenue Islamabad does not need a season to have the rain . So I am not sure what happened next .
But I have to admit that some changes that really did good to me personally  and to the country generally had nothing to do with the Eighteenth Constitutional Amendment . And the happened long before I was even born . Like Sind leaving Bombay and joining Karachi the Capital of Pakistan . And then the Capital leaving both Sind and Karachi and tried to settle in Islamabad so close to Rawal Dam and Chaklala . Unfortunately the movers failed to pack the Central ( State Bank ) and Habib Bank . Imagine the Capital of the biggest Islamic State of the World
Without The Capital . Neighbors intervened and tried to save Pakistan but Islamabad was not ready to roll ...I mean Rule .
I am not really sure if the first dupatta policy of Islamabad came before or after the 73 Constitution . There was no mention of it in the approved bill so I believe it must have come before during the fall of Dhaka just a guess .
Anyways
So the Question is What is this Eighteenth Constitutional Amendment and if it is good or bad ?
And ...
Why the first non signitory to the Charter of Democracy Federal government thinks it's bad for the country. ?
Why the previous government or the Parliament never raised any doubts or the Supreme Court of Pakistan did not Rule it against the Constitution .

2:00 pm Break

Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010
President's Assent Received: April 19, 2010
A Bill further to amend the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan for the purposes hereinafter appearing;
AND WHEREAS the people of Pakistan have relentlessly struggled for democracy and for attaining the ideals of a Federal, Islamic, democratic, parliamentary and modern progressive welfare State, wherein the rights of the citizens are secured and the Provinces have equitable share in the Federation;
AND WHEREAS it is necessary that the Legal Framework Order, 2002, as amended by the Chief Executive's Order No. 29 and the Chief Executive's Order No. 32 of 2002, be declared as having been made without lawful authority and of no legal effect, and the Constitution (Seventeenth Amendment) Act, 2002 (Act No. III of 2003), be repealed and the Constitution further amended to achieve the aforesaid objectives;
It is hereby enacted as follows:-
1.Short title and commencement:
(1)This Act may be called the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010(2) It shall come into force at once, save as otherwise provided in this Act. 2.Repeal, etc:
Subject to Article 264 and the provisions of the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010, -(a)the Legal Framework Order, 2002 (Chief Executive's Order No. 24 of 2002), the Legal Framework (Amendment) Order, 2002 (Chief Executive's Order No. 29 of 2002) and the Legal Framework (Second Amendment) Order, 2002 (Chief Executive's Order No. 32 of 2002), are hereby declared to have been made without lawful authority and of no legal effect and, therefore shall stand repealed; and(b)the Constitution (Seventeenth Amendment) Act, 2003 (Act No. III of 2003), is hereby repealed.

It made a lot of changes in the word and the spirit of the Rigid and Written Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan 1973
Only a Constitutional Expert can see and contemplate the rhyme and reasons behind such detailed changes in so many articles of the Constitution , but for the drawing room discussion sake here are the main things this Amendment changed or tried to
Some new features were also introduced into the constitution, including the following:
The name of the former president of Pakistan, Gen Zia, has been removed from the text of Constitution
Sarhad (Border) Province has been renamed Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
The 17th Amendment and Legal Framework Order as introduced by Musharraf has been repealed
The ban on third time prime ministership and chief ministership has been lifted
Holding constitution in abeyance is tantamount to high treason
The Council of Common Interests (CCI) has been reconstituted with the prime minister as its chairperson and the body should meet at least once in 90 days
A judicial commission will recommend the appointment procedure of superior judges and the final names of judges will be decided by parliamentary commission
A Chief Election Commissioner will be appointed through consensus between treasury and opposition
Establishment of Islamabad high court and benches of high courts in Mingora and Turbat
Recognition of the children's right to education and insertion of a new section under Article 25A to provide constitutional guarantee that state will provide free and compulsory education to all girls and boys up to age 16.
The power to dissolve the parliament was withdrawn from the President.


So Technically there was no mention of the Dupatta policy here as well but some how I always feel that the age limit set at 16 years for free and compulsory education of boys and girls suggests that it's more than enough punishment for the parents , guardian and family as well .
Okay I have shared the link url for the Eighteenth Constitutional Amendment will make sure it works when I update this my the Sunday Blog # 213 ( Two Hundred and Thirteen ) .
Ok after I mentioned no Sehri Wala beating the drum in my previous Sunday blog , I heard him for few days at 2:55 am and then he was gone since Friday lockdown . Sirens now sound at the end of Sehri time in the neighbouring cantonment or saddar town . Sounds far away .

Anyways the Astronomical Twilight is

4: 32 am so I better start the Sehri preparation slowly ...

Watching kosem Sultan 2 instead of the Sehri transmission . I missed the original play of the season two in protest for not taking baren saat

Now I am over it and really enjoying it .

 Also they ( Urdu1) are showing the hadis ay mubarika with translation very frequently in the break with the  commercials .
So I may revise them as well .
I believe I will have to leave today's episode here 
Because everybody has done Sehri already ...
3:25 am Sehri time !
4:13 am okay i am almost done back to Urdu1 but the episode is finished and there is a next change ..not good !
So here I am sweating and sipping tea ...
And watching the fake news CNN ...it is amazing here we are all concerned with the reopening of business and markets of Karachi☠️ after such a long lockdown and CNN Fake news is it seems only concerned about the reopening of the Beaches in the US and around the World . Florida beaches are open or will open on Monday but orange county CA is not opening the beaches  CNN Fake news hates the governor the Mayor or whatever ...

So anyways ... metaphorically speaking... opening up of the Beaches or open beaches of Florida 😎 is a sign of life ..a return to normal for them While here in Karachi ☠️ it is exactly the opposite . We try to keep our beaches closed for public as much as possible with swimming ban  ( section 144 ) to save pathans and lahori from drowning above and beyond the age of 16 .
Ever since the Eid day tragedy the Clifton beach is practically closed . Our infamous pathans and lahori killer Clifton beach has become a Battle ground for a war between the ports and Shipping vs the beach front construction mafia .
The so called china port produces an undercurrent which causes the drowning of unsuspecting
Rivers and lakes Champions
Last ten minutes
Pepsi !
Brush !

Wabey Saumi ghadinna waitu min shahr ay Ramzan

وَبِصَوْمِ غَدٍ نَّوَيْتُ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ.

’’اورمیں نے ماہ رمضان کے کل کے روزے کی نیت کی.‘‘

Allahumma salli alla muhammadin wa alla aalihi wassallam
Allahumma Salli Ala Sayyidina Wa Maulana Muhammadin Wa Aala Alihi Wa Sahbihi Wa Barik Wa Salim.
Now Fajr Prayer with a prayer for my dearly departed parents Papa and Ammi

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!


Puisse le cher Seigneur miséricordieux Tout-Puissant Allah avoir pitié de mes chers parents papa et Ammi et qu'ils soient bénis par le cher Seigneur miséricordieux Tout-Puissant Allah et leurs âmes puissent reposer en paix au paradis. Amen!

4:49 am Because of staying up all night I have not been able to recite the Holy Quran  after fajr my eyes are half shut and I try to sleep as soon as possible just to wake up at the earliest possible . But somehow even without the distraction and disturbing all thanks to the lockdown .... Day Forty Two 😳 , I wake up half way and then fall asleep more than I wanted and remain confused whether to go to the market or stay at home and pray and recite . I finished the previous one in record time of Fifteen days could have been earlier but in the end I got relaxed . Absolutely forgot we have another fateha coming next week . How could I so totally forget . Let's hope others also forget or I will have to go to the mutton shop in this lockdown . You won't believe this ....during this lockdown when everything   is taking a tumble down ...dollar , petrol , milk and tomatoes ....the meat sellers are going in the opposite direction they increased the usual Ramzan increase without any fear of any kind . The e commerce and online shopping traps are definitely helping them sustain the price increases without any check .
There are two shows on free media of Karachi ☠️
One with saima qein qein where she keeps a pro poor stance and blames everything on the invisible
While in the other show Mr bilal takes his mic and camera and some officials from market to market and shop to shop and tries to check the balance . For fruits , vegetables and chicken ...no mutton or beef or fish ...
Okay this is where I left the episode of kosem Sultan 2 for Sehri it's now on again on Urdu1 , so I better take the break here and enjoy it .
wow ! Kosem Sultan saved again ..I wonder why I never heard of her in my childhood in the bedtime stories or the history and poetry of Iqbal  ?
7:05 am Break ( 2020 words)


1:21 pm Good Morning !
It is amazing that the media has started warning and scaring against the coming heat wave and when I look outside it is windy with very strong winds and a hazy sky ...and the ten day weather report is also showing a steady temperature so who and what to believe .
It's the first world press freedom day since the media favorite mulla praised the media and became the talk of the Social media and media .
Many Anchor based talk shows invited him to their recorded live shows and tried desperately to divulge the name of the bully . I am not really sure if that was a scripted remark he made at the telethon or the heartfelt . My guess is that he called them liers Because of the double standards of the life style , showing openness , closeness and extra friendliness in the presences of their spouses but when the meet in the elevator they ignore his presence which really hurts his ego 😔
If that is the case I totally support him and also glad  that their own bread and butter hates them . Now I can clearly boast that everybody hates journalists 🤣

Here is the first tweet of the day ...

Sun 9th Ramzan 1441H
33°C
1:01 pm Good Morning !
Woke up about half an hour ago on a windy and Sunny 🌞 Sunday afternoon . Body needs exercise desperately and instead I am sitting in front of a TV thank God I am fasting or I would be munching right now . Aha my favorite show 🤑

Yes Metro1News show on the spot hosted by Bilal Ahsan .
Don't know when he is going to do the show at our Tariq road meat market with the Commissioner Karachi ☠️

His funny price list online is such a joke I can't even mention it here or the parosan will totally give up trying to prove me crazy . And talking of parosan ...there is not a drop of water in the tap and the road is flooded
Praiseth the Lord of Pandemic . Amen 🙏

Is that the sound of the water pump ...yes it is . Prayer heard so quick 🙏

Got to go and check all the left open taps

Then bath and pray 🛐

With a prayer for my dearly departed parents Papa and Ammi

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!


Puisse le cher Seigneur miséricordieux Tout-Puissant Allah avoir pitié de mes chers parents papa et Ammi et qu'ils soient bénis par le cher Seigneur miséricordieux Tout-Puissant Allah et leurs âmes puissent reposer en paix au paradis. Amen!

2:39 pm Break ( 2486 words)

4:09 pm okay did not recite don't want to strain the eyes and the back and the muscles any more than they already are . Instead I did some gardening . Chopped off the burned banana leaves and tried to make the plant grow straight . It usually bends with the weight of the leaves and then falls to the ground . These days I am also caring and watering some Mango plants regularly . Most of the leaves of Mango plants turned rusty red this winter . I felt very bad . So I started watering them even on the days when we don't have water from the stored non drinking I think the politically Correct word is potable not sure will have to Google later ...we normally have the overflowing sewarge water for the plants and trees but the line to the garden manhole seems to have choked or blocked . So anyways here I am praying just to see the new green leaves in the plants I water . I am really not sure if the little ones will survive the dreadful heat wave coming soon

And talking of the surviving ...you know what ...I often have a nightmare while day-dreaming every now and then that what if I was wrong about the PM Imran Khan being 💰 money crazy what if he really really wanted to help the poor during this Pandemic ?

But the thing that I don't understand is Why at a time like this when he shut down the life and living of millions of people and instead of helping them with food and money relief ...he and his over qualified people are trying to help the people who were already on the the side lines not living on the earnings instead on the Charity . I am not saying that these millions of poor people don't deserve a little something from the government , what i am trying to say is that they need help and continuous support of the the govt not the relief at the moment . At the moment the priority should have been those people who lost their jobs , their regular incomes , their businesses .

My neighborhood is turning into a very peaceful quiet place . The number  street parked cars have decreased sharply . Probably sold to get cash in hand for expenses or returned to car finance Banks .The drivers and extra help have gone away either due to social distancing or fired due to lack of funds .
Even the heavily armed guard of the neighbors is now smoking half the number of cigarettes to what he initially did when he joined our kerb not because of the Ramzan but because of the uncertainty . When President Trump took the Whitehouse by surprise and told Pakistan to fuck off . Most intelligent business people took their  business to Iran and other neighbors in the region . I have no idea how they are going to survive during this global Pandemic . Iran totally survived on smuggling due to the US and UN sanctions . With the borders of Pakistan , Afghanistan and turkey sealed , even the religious terrorism ... sorry I mean the religious tourism a major part of it's economy other than the cheap oil it was selling to some non Americans . But who cares the transporters of Karachi ☠️ has threatened to resume the dirty hazardous buses and other vehicles on the roads from next week . And I thought the Chinese would be working night and day during the Lockdown to complete the green bus system like the Builder mafia in my neighborhood is doing .

Okay anyways time for a break . The Azans have ended . So here I take a prayer break with a prayer for my dearly departed parents Papa and Ammi


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!


Puisse le cher Seigneur miséricordieux Tout-Puissant Allah avoir pitié de mes chers parents papa et Ammi et qu'ils soient bénis par le cher Seigneur miséricordieux Tout-Puissant Allah et leurs âmes puissent reposer en paix au paradis. Amen!


5:35 pm Break ( 3188 words)


Sun 10th Ramzan 1441H
33°C
8:16 pm Good Evening !

Yes we did the iftari ....
Every day we Debate about a simple iftari and we end up with so many things despite the lockdown

Okay the homemade things in a hurry are okay but the best thing on the table was the God send ...yes the melon 🍈 kharboza  it was very sweet . Alhamdulilah !
Now because of over eating I feel very 😴 sleepy so I will lie down on bed and relax and maybe I fall asleep 😴 for some minutes .


Okay I am in bed trying to relax or sleep but I can't because the iftari pictures are not uploading .

That was two hours ago now it is 11:00 pm and I am still in bed sweating . So I must have been sleeping 😴 for two hours  and still I am not fully awake .

Okay the Good news is that my iftari pics are uploaded and the bad news is that the Sindh police vacations have ended . Praiseth the Lord All Mighty ALLAH Amen !
For all the days of peace and tranquility he gave in the past few weeks and especially the first ashra of the holy month of Ramzan. 9.4 days of the ten ... Humbled 🛐

Okay let's see if there are any new directions from the Pandemic emergency


#BREAKING Pompeo: 'Significant amount of evidence' virus came from Wuhan lab https://t.co/LdvxNxw3Eh

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2212811/1-sindh-cm-orders-1000-bed-quarantine-centre-paf-museum-karachi/?amp=1&amp=1&__twitter_impression=true

Sindh CM orders 1,000-bed quarantine centre at PAF Museum in Karachi
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=672668660185649&id=623293568142416

Okay so this was a very bad week for the Bollywood film industry
Irfan Khan and Rishi Kapoor died of Cancer within hours of each other .
The Hindu - Muslim Raw divide is getting bigger . No body called for Irfan Khan . But for Rishi ji even unknown numbers are leaving missed calls other than friends and family .
Pure discrimination ...lesser God !
https://youtu.be/IlrSNkEUJlY

But the most tragic news is that for the past five Fridays nobody have heard the imam Saab of the local mosque
Allah Maghfirat kare... Amen !

So the fake video released
By the north Korean media about the un dead of Kim has been rejected by the fake media so nothing has changed from the last week . https://youtu.be/EEhjJYtlY8E

Okay I have prayed the Isha and Witr prayer with a prayer for my dearly departed parents Papa and Ammi

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!


Puisse le cher Seigneur miséricordieux Tout-Puissant Allah avoir pitié de mes chers parents papa et Ammi et qu'ils soient bénis par le cher Seigneur miséricordieux Tout-Puissant Allah et leurs âmes puissent reposer en paix au paradis. Amen!

So I was wondering that among the Seventy Thousand dead people n the US by the WHO declared Pandemic Corona Virus 😷 Could be half non Americans and Who knows how many Americans are among the Global death count outside the United States and Afghanistan . Okay so that was not my point . I was wondering that if a great number of people dying in the United States of America are foreigners . There must be many Muslims among them and a few Pakistan origin as well . So should we be praying the funeral prayers for those Muslims and Pakistanis in absence
It's a farz kifaya and if nobody prays for the dead the blame and azaab comes on the whole town
Am I correct .
You know the Pakistan Embassy in the US does not work like the US government works . It works like the NADRA works here . Separate procedures for the Executive and the Awam .
Meaning if somebody from my family and friends dies of Corona Virus 😷 Pandemic , I will be notified two days in advance with the burial details as well . But if a parosans relative dies during this Global Pandemic in the United States and Afghanistan . I believe she will never know and will keep making up stories till the very end which could take a few months or maybe years or maybe never . America is big and Afghanistan is deep , you can't find anyone there for ages . Remember they never find Osama bin laden and finally blew up  Abbottabad or something and said Hey ! We sent a polio team to the door and they verified the DNA . How simple !
Anyways that is not the point I was making . I only want to know about the farz kifaya .

Please pray the funeral prayers in absence for all the Muslims and non Qadiyani , Ahmadiya Pakistanis
Amen !

Missed the episode of Kosem Sultan 2 , will have to watch it later in the morning .
Interested I did not watch any movie this week as well . There is no time for it absolutely and no regrets either 😔

Okay time for Sehri . The drummer passed the door about forty minutes ago at the top of the hour .

3:45 am Sehri Break

4:25 am done Sehri


Astronomical Twilight
4:31 am

Brush

Last sip

Wabey Saumi ghadinna waitu min shahr ay Ramzan

وَبِصَوْمِ غَدٍ نَّوَيْتُ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ.
’’اورمیں نے ماہ رمضان کے کل کے روزے کی نیت کی.‘‘

Allahumma salli alla muhammadin wa alla aalihi wassallam


Allahumma Salli Ala Sayyidina Wa Maulana Muhammadin Wa Aala Alihi Wa Sahbihi Wa Barik Wa Salim.

Prayer 🛐
With a prayer for my dearly departed parents Papa and Ammi

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!


Puisse le cher Seigneur miséricordieux Tout-Puissant Allah avoir pitié de mes chers parents papa et Ammi et qu'ils soient bénis par le cher Seigneur miséricordieux Tout-Puissant Allah et leurs âmes puissent reposer en paix au paradis. Amen!


Alhamdulilah

Allahumma salli alla muhammadin wa alla aalihi wassallam


Allahumma Salli Ala Sayyidina Wa Maulana Muhammadin Wa Aala Alihi Wa Sahbihi Wa Barik Wa Salim.


So I believe this is it . Yes it is time to say goodbye and take leave until next Sunday

So here I end this my Sunday Blog #213 ( Two Hundred and Thirteen ) with a song video from one of my very favorite recent movies of Rishi Kapoor ...yes you guessed it right  Khudara from the  movie MULK (2018).

All the Best !

Allah Hafiz !


Mujhe bakhsh de, mujhe bakhsh de
Ya mere gafoor-ur-raheem

Main reza reza bikhar raha hoon
Sambhaal mujhe
Andhera mukhmein utar raha hai
Ujaal mujhe x (2)

Main khud se bichhad gaya hoon
Jaise aag se dhuaan
Na zameen na aasmaan
Yeh main aa gaya kahan

Mujhe mera pata de khudara
Koyi rasta bata de khudara x (2)

Aaya kahan se itna zehar lahu mein
Ganga ka paani behta tha mere vazu mein
Jo dikhta hai woh mera wajood nahi
Aaj main apne aap mein kyun maujood nahi

Woh nahi tha jab haamara
To uska gham hai kyun
Dil jal raha hai lekin
Yeh aankh namm hai kyun

Mujhe mera pata de khudara
Koyi rasta bata de khudara x (2)

Lele meri saansein mujhko mar jaane de
Jaane kab se beghar hua main ghar aane de
Kaabe tak tujhe main sochun tera khayal karun
Saamne aa main tujhse ek sawal karun

Main galat hoon ya ke duniya
Ya kahin galat hai tu
Mujhe de jawab maula
Main hoon tere ru-ba-ru

Mujhe mera pata de khudara
Koyi rasta bata de khudara x (2)

Khudara

1 comment: