You only live once, make the most of it!
For the last three years, I have been engaged in doing social work on a stop-start-stop basis with various small community-based organisations. During this time, I have had the opportunity to go all over interior Sindh, from Sehwan Sharif to Jacobabad, in flood relief and development activities. In almost all the trips, our organisation has been doing…
Its very easy to get despondent in Pakistan. The day to day life in this nation is a mixture of acute stress, dashed hopes and little streaks of brilliance which only a country so raped by strife and conflict can come up with. Add to that the fact that doing social work here or anything…
Participants of the youth tech conference in Islamabad show a lot of energy, enthusiasm and dedication on being part of this community of world wide learners. Here are some of their responses on what they have experienced so far : All these technology related stuff that we get to learn it here in…
Pyar karo tu jano ge ke pyar dil se hota hay dimagh se nahi pyar taranum se hota hay zimaydari se nahi pyar darya ki tarah hota hay kinare ki tarah nahi pyar karo tu jano ge lahu jis tarah gardish karta hay dil ke gird parwana bhi usi tarah gardish karta hay shamah ke…
“Jalal I do not like her at all this whole place its weird, you are acting weird and she is well†He smiled looking at her his grin like a six year olds who had just discovered something he had never thought existed “Really zari sometimes you are really paranoid†She literally snarled her…
Its been really harsh waiting for rain in Karachi this year. This may have to do with the obvious concern brought by the last two years gigantic rainfall and the resulting floods which saw this city open its arms to those in strife around it in an effort the likes of which I at…
Year after year in Pakistan we see the security situation drop another notch, a bit more of crime becomes acceptable and we go through our paces as if nothing is wrong with us or this society. This year the notorious activities of criminals in Karachi have gone up another level, as from the start of this holy…
Having done relief work for over two years now one thing has become plain to me, you have to focus on one thing and do it well. When the floods hit the first time round, we were all over the place providing food rations, cooked meals, tents, water proofing roofs, medicals camps, etc etc, we literally ran our selves and our group (SA…
Pakistan has a bit of a problem, ok that’s the understatement of the year. Pakistan has a huge problem and it has nothing to do with guns or terrorists or politics or anything of that nature. No this problem is limited to our social behavior or perhaps we should call it lack of it,…
Socialmediamela2012’s photostream on Flickr. The SOCMM12 social media melas photostream was snapped by Tapu javeri, Ali khursid, Fursid & me. Was proud to organize and work with this team..see the results for yourself