To keep the friends informed & intact, about some topics, I’m reloading some of the important discussions, which had taken place at www.balouch.com (with some modifications), pertaining to Lyari, Karachi, misc politics, religion & science tech.
Layri & Balochistan News
Lyari news updates in various time frame (formerly launched at www.balouch.com )
Many things have changed in Lyari. The place which once proliferated with gangs & criminals is peaceful now. Thanks to the peace agreement between Sardar Abdur Rehman (former Rehman dakait), and Arshad Pappu. Pappu went to the jail and Rehman have now joined politics, which is a good sign for Lyarites. Business, political & cultural activities are gradually restarting in the area, yet there exist gambling places in Chakiwara, supervised by the police / mafia. The whole Lyari is now under the control of Sardar Rehman, so something better than nothing.
Roads are being reconstructed including sewerage upgradation, but joblessness is still a problem which should be addressed.
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The leaders of Lyari are same i.e. they are celebrated leaders, they don’t need to do job but simply has to make fool people, Bhutto’s tag is still popular. Get a stage decorated with Bhutto’s / Mohtarma pics, the hifi party songs like ‘Delan teer bejan’, there you’ll become a leader! It is so easy in Lyari, but gradually people are becoming aware. There is no doubt that lot of construction work is being carried out during Mush & Zardari’s time e.g. KMC hospital at Bangi para (Kamaila Road) has been rebuilt for almost a gape of decade, where facilities are being provided to masses. Health care facilities have also improved at Lyari General Hospital but still it requires a full operational Emergency Wards like Civil Hospital, similarly, water, sanitation & schooling facilities are not better in the area.
The other reasons of drawback of Lyarit i.e. they are not smart / chalak & educated enough like Urdu speaking folks, where each & every family member is educated & doing their jobs.Certainly you cannot find a job, while wearing a large shalwar & short qameez as compared to wearing pantaloons….Baloch youths must recognize this phenomena… City Nazim Mustafa Kamal is uplifting major Urdu speaking areas of Karachi plus thanks to the party & ‘Bhai’ supports, their every youth have jobs & bikes….Visit Community Police Head office at Civic Centre, probe into the appointments, there you’ll find existence of non-Urdu speaking as hardly as 1% (i.e. Aatay men namak kay barabar).
Earlier, hundreds of Lyari youths have demonstrated at Karachi Press Club for jobs but nothing has been done so far.
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It was the slogan of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto that ‘Lyari bani Paris’ meaning Lyari will become Paris, but people of Lyari must realize that they are far better than dwellers of interior Sindh or Balochistan.. whom can be seen lying outside Civil or Jinnah hospital helplessly, as they still have to travel a lot to reach in Karachi, but here in Lyari, medical facilities are far better now. Near Kharadar, several private hospitals (through the help of Memon foundations are working properly), many Baloch families even come from Iran to get modern health facilities.
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Sardar Abdur Rehman (also known as Rehman Dakait & Khan bhai) was killed along with his 3 allies on the night of Sunday August, 9, 2009 around 1-2 p.m. His funeral attracted thousands of mourners, alongwith international humanitarian social worker, Abdul Sattar Edhi & famed figures. Police & government agencies are reporting that he was killed during police encounter but evidences are showing that he was trapped & killed in a farm house. His 4 X 4 vehicle was never shown, but instead of a Toyota corolla was shown to the media, it is amazing that during encounter no police personal received a single bruise, forget about the police, wounded or killed. Further according to doctors the bullets were fired from 3-4 feet distance. He had a head token of Rs.5 million, and the Punjabi Police Officer (Aslam Chaudhry) will enjoy this amount.
No doubt he was a criminal but due to his good work people also remember him as a ‘maseeha’ & recently there was a total peace in Lyari, Rehman had also good relations with PPPs ministers, his killing have not only sabotage the peace process in Lyari but also bring more miseries. Rehman was no doubt a hope for people of Lyari. The following link from dawn is also telling the true story:-
After Rehman’s murder, as people were predicting & feared the situation in Lyari is again worsening, yesterday night there was a clash between two groups at Ahmed Shah Bukhari Road, where Lyari Nazim, Abdul Rauf was wounded, his house was also torched to ashes by the gangsters.
It was the proposed planning of MQM pro Karachi establishment to sabotage the peace process in Lyari & Rehman’s killing was just beginning of the episode.
Presently Lyari is in the hand of various small groups, but Baba Ladla & Uzair (or Aziz Baloch) are quite famous, who are the members of ‘Lyari Peace Committee’. Small scale operation is also being taken by the Sindh police but no major arrests. More to come…
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The changing Balochistan
After the abduction & release of UNO official John Solecki, followed by the assassination of 3 Baloch leaders & the worst riots taken place in various internal parts of Balochistan, the situation is now under control, but various non Baloch inhabitants have been forced to migrated to their native places. It is also heard that in various schools in Balochistan, national anthem & national flag ceremony has been stopped, owing to threats from the freedom fighters (BLA), it would be nice if any native Baloch can come and share their views about the current situation, because it is better to be heard from observers rather from the media which simply pouring fuels to the fire.
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Misc. politics
Iranian government is quite infamous for its persecution & violation of human rights. The recent drama & fraud in Presidential election is a clear cut evidence. Iran is actually a country of Shites (i.e. a place only for shias) & not a real Muslim country where people of every sects can independently practice their belief.. In the past hundreds of Baloch Sunni Ulemas / common people were killed publically or secretary. Balochs are still second class citizens in Iran.
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Sadly to say the president Zardari leadership is no more different than Musharraf. He is busy with collecting donations & surcharge. The recent Presidential order to undo Supreme Court decision for relief in petrol price is an open example. Certainly Zardari has its interest & commissions.
Shame on such government!
The whole new game of dirty politics is being played in Pakistan and GEO news with its print & electronic media network is playing a key role in all these drama to divert people of Pakistan. It is the biggest game against the people of Pakistan, who are already suffering from worst kind of inflation, lawlessness, political turmoil. Many former cases & secrets have been re-opened, interviews of ex-army officers (who turned out to be patriotic after a decade’s time) are being telecasted regularly. Dictator Musharraf is being protected & honored by Saudi Arabia:
In lieu, Saudi Arab is hopefully gaining a land twice the size of Hong Kong in Pakistan for cultivation purpose.
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GHQ attack hoax & Kerry-Lugar bill
The recent attack on GHQ (Army Headquarter, Rawalpindi, Pakistan) has become suspicious, after US authorities have shown their reservations that .‘whether it was a INSIDE job??.. This is most probably like unending mysterious of Pakistan like Hojiri camp blasts, Zia’s killing, Benezir assassination… This event is happened when Kerry Lugar bill is the major hot issue, where billions of US dollars will be paid as a ‘conditional aid’ to Pakistan. It is almost impossible for any terrorists to enter such tight security area with mass weapons & uniforms, how did they managed to befool several check posts?? besides their ‘intelligent area awareness’, as if they had the maps… & keeping the commando level personnel as ‘hostages’ for quite a long time, which must be the outcome of army training…. It is also pertinent to mention that this event & Peshawar blast happened precisely in the time when according to Pakistan army .major operation targets had already been achieved.. There must be involvement of inner elements of GHQ or it is an all drama, so that easy aid through Kerry Lugar Bill can be fetched & corrupt politicians & army can make ‘good use’ of it, the nation must not forget General Musharraf & Shaukat Aziz, who are enjoying their lives abroad…
Billions dollar aids were given 4 years back during the time of major earthquake in Pakistan, but no reconstruction & rehabilitation have yet done & helpless poor people are still on the open ground.
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Rainy day in Karachi
Saturday’s (18th July, 09) rainy day in Karachi was the worst nightmare for Karachites. The heavy downpour was followed by ‘usual KESC electric breakdowns / tripping’, and the ‘no electricity’ situation was not stretched on hours but days!! as many areas of Karachi, especially Lyari is still without any electricity even after 48 hours!!.
After re-privatization of KESC, this power generating organization is left un-checked by the Pakistani government. Usually break downs, link tripping from Jamshoro & else are ‘routine matters’, yet the organization is shamelessly gaining ‘fatwas’ for power theft, as according to KESC Karachites do not consider power theft or kundas as a ‘sin’….But who will teach KESC that long breakdowns & higher tariffs are also ‘sins’ which are continuously being committed by the KESC and Karachites are mere sacrificial goats in all scenario…
After KESC, poor built roads & underpasses, which almost flooded with rainy waters are yet another proofs that Pakistani is a failed state (Nakam Riyasat). If this is the situation in such mega metropolitan city like Karachi then what will be going on in villages & towns….it is worthwhile to mention that Mohtaram jinaab Mustafa Kamal said that Karachites are ‘enjoying’ rain, well they are enjoying indeed, thanks for your award winning reliable constructions…
Shame on such country which cannot provide proper electricity & infra structure to its people but claim to be a ‘atomic state’, every next month Pakistan army launches new missile technology, but remain unable to produce even a watt of electricity or a drop of drinking water…, and the leaders…. Don’t talk about them.. they live like lords in London & Dubai, owning, luxurious cars, villas, besides their children are studying abroad. Pakistani leaders always treat their people like insects. People of Pakistan are facing dark ages of the history as notorious Zardari i.e. an unworthy is the President of Pakistan!!! I don’t understand why Mohtarama Benezir (educated from Oxford, may Allah bless her soul in eternity) had compelled to chose such third degree person like Zardari as her husband?? who is now making decisions for people of Pakistan.
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As the holy month enters into it mid, the power crises in all over Pakistan specially in Karachi has further been worsened. During sehri (sahoor) & iftaar timings, usual load shedding is common & people are using ‘candles’ during these times, besides shopping centres, boutiques are directly hit by the power breakdowns. Shopping trend usually accelerate after 15th of Ramadan in Karachi but it is for those who have successfully saved some money after the mind blowing price hikes of commodities & survived after the ‘holy month’
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Many areas of Karachi are still without electricity & water, as if Katrina storm hit the city (God knows what will happen in that case…) Yesterday people were protesting, torching tires, and trying to reach & record their protest in front of Sindh Minister House, Karachi but our ‘ever loyal police’ successfully halted the mob & filled the trucks with protestors. So agitation is also a banned item in this ‘failed state’…
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Ramadhan & price hikes
I’ve no idea what is the criteria in other Islamic countries during arrival of holy month of Ramadhan, but for traders in Pakistan this month is only meant for making more money.. As soon as the holy month arrives, prices of every daily commodities like flour, pulses, sugar, vegetables, fruits, milk & other Ramadan eateries go beyond the reach of ordinary people. The worst case is, after the holy month there is Eid, which is must celebrated festival by every person, but routine price hikes, horrible inflation has made these sacred festivals as financial burdens. Salaried persons, middle class & poor suffers a lot, they will fall prey of heavy debts & loans which they pay whole year. In all these situation our Moulvi sahibs are usually keep ‘silence’, they have no courage to speech against this money earning menace, except teaching people how to earn thawab in special nights …i.e. why in every Ramadan, before the arrival of Eid we always encounter with heart breaking news that poor people commit suicide for not arranging Eid clothes for their children!!
It is a matter of shame that in western (Christian) counties during sacred festivals like Christmas & Easter, usual prices are voluntarily cut down by the traders / government to even 50%, where people do shop & enjoy equally, but in Pakistan & other Islamic countries????
Personally speaking, in Pakistan, this holy month is only by name ‘holy’, otherwise for ordinary people this is ‘zehmat’. In each & every aftaari and sehri 200-500 per day expenses are usual, because every fasting person (rozadar) try to arrange iftaari for his family & children, as this is the only month to enjoy. Later arrangement for the expenses for upcoming Eid festival, where even an ordinary chappal or dress costs in thousands of rupees!! and think of a large family, having only one single earner….
Here are some current prices details of commodities in Karachi:
Flour Rs.32-35/= per kg
Sugar = Rs.48-50 per kg.
Various pulses = Rs.40-120 per kg.
Basan i.e. flour of pulse (a must item for making pakora items) is around Rs.70-80 per kg.
Fruits like apple = Rs.50-70/= per kg.
Grapes = Rs.80/= per kg
Mangoes = Rs.40-60 per kg
Milk = Rs.44 per liter
Curd = Rs.60/= per kg
Ordinary thandori naan are sold in Rs.5/= each!! (suppose a person have large family members……)
Meat chicken = Rs.200/= per kg.
Beef meat = Rs.200/= per kg
Mutton (not even think about it) Rs.350-400/= per kg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(poor Muslim fellows only take it during the month of Eid-ul-Azha.)
Dates (which is must & sunna) = Rs.60 to Rs.100/= per kg!!
(Normal salaries of middle class are ranges from Rs.6000 to Rs.12000 per month, forget about the corporate culture who draw salaries as high as Rs.100,000/=, they are not in the category).
Please note that cost of utility bills, medical, monthly children school fees, mind blowing Eid expenses including Eidees for children, & conveyance are not included. In every year, tailors increase stitching charges, presently the charges are ranging from 150 to 250 per dress, beside cost of clothes..
In Karachi Memon community are directly responsible for these artificial price hikes as they are the sole merchants of all kinds of groceries & fabrics. They depict as being hard line religious, having large beard & regular attendant of thraavee etc., but all their religious Olympics are mere drama & they are among the wicked in Karachi. In reality for them, .the money is GOD.
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Science Tech..
Following are the excerpts from my scientific discussion about brain, dreams, memory. The discussion was held with our good friend nicked ‘ihb’, topic titled: sodium potassium pump.
Dear Ihb:
Thanks a lot for such useful brain information especially the image link of brain where different functional segments / emotions points are labeled. Now I’ve a question?? For many years, this notion has been disturbing me THAT if a person is by borne blind i.e. he didn’t witness even a ray of light, let alone the beautiful world with its detailed 3D definitions, in depth colors with several thousands tones & textures. BUT he do see DREAMS with utmost details, as we usually see dreams, where we walk in the garden, feel its fragrance, BUT actually without being ‘there’. SO how a naturally blind person can see dreams????.
Because the portion of the brain which is responsible for ‘seeing’ is there but eyes are not functional. The same question can be applied to all limbs, sensory organs of our body i.e.. If they do not exist naturally by borne, then how the brain’s specific part (which is responsible) for that organ functions??.
Since dreams are the outcome of our accumulated memories, we sense all the day or in our entire life, through our sensory organs i.e. eyes, ears, nose etc. but in case of non existence of any organs or partial or full disability, how our brain forms dreams?? Because what we experience in dreams are full freedom of motions & details….This is may be the most interesting question…..this will also prove that our memories are not dependent upon material existence of brain BUT reality is something else and deeper…..
In order to ‘register’ and ‘perceive’ outer world & any shape, color and characteristic of a matter, brain is totally depended on all sensory organs & their certain ‘associations. i.e. upon eyes, ears, nose, hands etc. Eyes are the only gateway where colors or chrominance details enter to our brain and suppose a person is by borne total blind, but he do see dreams with full color details which at the moment are not depended upon sensory organs by resides some other dimension of brain, so how is it possible for a person who don’t have any eyes by do see colorful dreams??. It is another topic that whether he or she is capable to recall or describe his / her dream’s details i.e. what was the colors. Because we forget 99% dreams, when we awake. Let alone other mysteries of dreams like future predictions etc.
Similarly the same notion is applied for hearing & smelling (In case a person is by borne deaf or without any sense of smell (which is quite rare, as compared to blindness & being deaf).
Before I going to tell you something amazing, you’ll also agree that even an infant enjoys music, the beautiful nature, fragrance of rose, bright colors etc, while the infant have never been encountered before!!. E.g. when one make funny face & smiling face, children in response giggle but if you want to terrify them by crying loudly or showing them something horrible they begin to fear & cry…So what is it?? How such information is available in ‘advance’??.
The possible answer is, it could only be ‘embedded’ into their genes, i.e. information of various things have already been pre-written in some brain’s ‘templates. Various animals demonstrate same behavior, a new born crocodile, when coming out egg shells always run after water. A beast will still be a good hunter if secluded & kept away from his own kind….so it is logical to say that certain traits are not necessary to be learned but ARE EMBEDDED. In the same manner, we, human beings also observe that a son walk, smile & reacts like his father or mother i.e. ‘gifted he or she demonstrate ‘inherited traits’.
Such things are also the signs that we (human being ) are not simply composed of ‘matter’ but are more than that. It is not at all necessary to perceive & depend upon sensory organs but brain is a wonderland. Because the world we perceive through our sensory organs is not ‘outside’ but ‘inside’ of our brain. Perhaps it is a paradox for many people.
Unfortunately, our medical & science is quite infant in many fields & human brain is still considered the least discovered place. I’ve dig up everywhere, including personal enquiries from various neurologists and scholars but was not given a ‘satisfied answer’.
According to by borne blinds, they do see dreams, like common healthy beings, but the problem is, they are unable to describe the full details of the dreams, since they’ve not witnessed any color, detailed 3-day shapes in their entire life. They see their people, the ongoing events .and during the course of dream they are not blind!!. Dreams are the most mysterious things to be discovered, the best time to recall a dream is just after walking, one has to note down immediately the details of it (I usually do it). Because as soon as we engage to start our routines, it disappears in no time, except some unforgettable dreams, which are not deniable. I bet, try to interview a by borne blind…..
Science is still helpless to describe that how a person, when he is in deep rapid eye moment, encounters a world with full of its details without the help of its sensory organs (which are in state of ‘rest’ at the moment) especially touching & seeing. While hearing senses may be still active during our dreams. For example, if a dog is barking outside the street, and you are in a rapid eye moment (i.e. in the dream world) so may be what you see that ‘dog is chasing you’. In other words your brain is interpreting the sound of barking dog in other mean (dimension), since your eyes are shut down and you are lying on the bed (I hope you are getting my point).
Theory of Attraction (will be discussed later) will also help any individual to foresee future events (in their dreams) but it requires skill, focus & dedication…It is totally another topic. May be, this mysterious trait of brain i.e. to see future events means that for BRAIN everything in this world has already taken place & finished!!! But to see & experience one has to ‘fine tune’ these frequencies.
Inherited traits are simply ‘different physical behaviors’ .demonstrated by human being, since as a human being, we are much used to ‘fully understand’ facial expressions, body languages, speaking traits etc. i.e. why many a times we encounter that off-spring of a person demonstrate identical facial traits, physical movements like walking, talking (which are inherited and not accumulated by sensory organs), so we always see that one talks & walks like his father or mother... Even these traits remained intact & copied into other generations (if individuals are separated). Other traits like opting for forefather’s occupations like becoming a singer or painter etc .are always not genetically inherited but cultural, social and family based..
The lizard tail example is worthwhile to understand ‘reflex action’, where .sensory support is lost., but in order to understand the level of reflex action among human being one has to conduct experiments upon human being. What we see after sudden decapitation of human being, that heart still pumps for quite some time (in case of head decapitation) i.e. why blood flows with full pressure from the slashed veins of neck & throat ( I witnessed these horrible moments in videos, as Saudis /Sudanese practice with accused). May be some interested scientist can conduct research upon brain that during these moments of sudden head decapitation, what brain feels and sense when the whole body i.e. billions of nerves are lost immediate contact!!
In the same manner, some eye witnessed also told me that during sudden blast, the human organs are also show reflexes like ‘lizard tail’…. May be these reflexes are the counter reflexes of last messages received from brains, while the brain is still bewildered that WHERE ARE MY BODY??
In case of limb or organ transplant, where even after certain ‘medial matching’ one has to use pills for his/her entire life is yet another chapter of reflexes, because the brain (the headquarter of our body system) hardly accept those organs, which were not remained its part. There must be something difference in the frequencies of neurological codes where body with its ‘genuine organs’ shares.
In Pakistan, each & every doctor (including specialists) have different opinions for diagnosing different diseases and amazingly each & every condemning & blaming other doctors. They prefer their own ‘recommended laboratory tests/reports’ (may be for some personal means). Finally the patient dies because of such failed experiments.
Many times, we read in newspapers that surgeons usually forget their surgical apparatus in patient’s body or some grave mistakes are done by them, costing one’s life. In various incidents in Civil Hospital, the victims were alive but even declared as dead by doctors!!
Personally speaking many of doctors are my friend, but they are only master in their own fields. Once I enquired one of my doctor’s friend (MBBS from DOW), about the functions of ‘vestigial organs’ he was then dumbfounded. Another story is quite amazing when I was on a training session from my department, a child specialist (belonging from interior Sindh province) was my room-mate. While discussing about topic of interests, I mentioned planet Mars, he then childishly asked ‘What is Mars??!! Each year a lot of people in the world lost their lives or become handicapped because of doctors negligence & Pakistan is quite notorious in that field, thanks to the sub standard education system & wicked doctors.
Dow medical college is presently infested with large number of ‘girls’ than boys besides many position holders are girls too. No doubt, many of them after marriage will take care of kitchen business rather opting for a regular doctor’s career…
Homeopathic & alternate medicine, in some fields are far better for curing certain chronic diseases than Allopathic. For instance, one of my relative, having hepatitis ‘c’ have been told by the ‘specialists’, that he have to wait for his death, because there is no cure for his disease at this stage, but after using Balochi herbs amazingly he is recovering rapidly.
Many locally assumed diseases like T.B, common flue, various forms of hepatitis, diabetic, cancer, aids, numerous viral fevers, cancer, epilepsy, parkinson are still un-cured!! So where is the ‘alleged medical progress’?? There could be some better treatment for eliminating cancer cell rather burning it gamma rays…
The sudden cut limbs or organs of humans do not show higher level reflexes but slight skin vibrations can be noted when the limbs are cut suddenly. Ask a butcher, he will show you such ‘reflexes’ when goats or cows are slaughtered…These reflexes are shown in ‘sudden decapitation’ when limbs are chopped off all of a sudden, without giving a ‘local anesthesia’..Only organs with a specified time frame & frozen in specific conditions can be re-transplanted to other patients (because the cells within these limbs or organs still active at the moment) which after sometimes die.
