Recipe for a God Only myopic interpretation of scientific revelations can lead to such preconceived notions. How can we turn a blind eye to thousands of scientific facts and evidences that are living proofs of existence of God ?

Speechless A beautiful write-up laced with touching and flowing expression.

The Book Fair Chronicles Good to see it on the FP.An absorbing read, sweeping expression and amazing narration.

Keep writing!

How Long Could He Hold the Avalanche? A fair and logical analysis.Owing to the president's leadership of the party, its popularity has reached its lowest ebb.The cracks and resentment is much visible within the party and the old guards.If PPP doesn't stand up to the challanges now it is going to be history.

Mr Zardari is Fighting a Losing Battle Re # 9
Ironically that's exactly what has been happening. Let's not forget the mother of all evils_The Zia regime. See where has it lead us today. A pious, dedicated and honest general doing all sorts of cleansing for 11 good years until he had to be cleaned and eliminated to safeguard certain interests.

The Stone Age has Come Please read its upon us....in the last line of my last response.

The Stone Age has Come Re # 3
Even if the issues are engendered to some external source they stem from some internal weakness. The root cause lies within in any case. The issues and probs are our own and I agree its for us ( Pakis ) to sort them out in the first place.

Mr Zardari is Fighting a Losing Battle "One can recall the spate of resignations in India following the Mumbai attacks. Even the Prime Minister had offered to step down when it became clear that the state had failed in its duty of providing security to its people. No such luck in Pakistan. No one offered to step down, no one did. Governor Taseer and the Punjab police chief are as unapologetic as ever."

In contrast, that's how the govt. intends to tackle the issue

http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=20834

Nightingale of Pukhtoonwala: Rehman Baba Powerful and rhythmic.

Sun Running the Cells Re #2

Agreed.Unfortunately no serious effort has been made so far to utilize the enormous potential available in the form of coal. With energy prices going up, threshold doesn't remain an issue when it comes to cost effectiveness ( of coal ).

Furthermore, if I am not wrong residential sector consumes some 34% of the total gas consumption of the country. A few initiatives ( at very basic level) have been taken whereby solar water heaters have been introduced in the household segment.

Pen-Pals Very captivating.Amazing the way highs and lows of a relationship are portrayed.

Sun Running the Cells Pakistan confronts serious and ever growing demand supply gap in terms of its energy needs. According to the Energy Year Book FY2007, we are heavily relying on gas for fulfillment of our energy needs. Share of gas in the overall pie is 48.5% followed by oil i.e 30%.

Gas reserves are depleting and the situation is threatening.

We have got 7th biggest coal reserves in the world in Pakistan (3rd according to some sources ) but the enormous resource lies unutilized. Sulphur content is high but no serious effort has been made to benefit from this huge potential resource.

Solar, wind and other renewable energy can only play a marginal role in closing the demand supply gap. Efforts are underway to explore the substantial solar resource that is available.

A link to an article about an initiative with regards to exploitation of solar energy is attached.

http://pakistaniat.com/2009/02/17/utilizing-solar-energy-in-pakista n/

Torture me, hurt me, yes...yes...YES!!! Intriguing. Nicely brings out a whole mix of emotions. A blend of love, lust, guilt and remorse.

A Muslim’s Memo to Obama: Words Cannot Camouflage Cluster Bombs The thoughts resonate with the effusions of Mahathir Mohamad expressed by virtue of his open letter to Obama

Open Letter to Barack Hussein Obama, President-elect of the United States of America
By Dr. Mahathir Mohamad and Former Prime Minister of Malaysia
January 1, 2009

Dear Mr. President,

I did not vote for you in the Presidential Election because I am Malaysian. But I consider myself one of your constituents because what you do or say will affect me and my country as well.

I welcome your promise for change. Certainly your country, the United States of America needs a lot of changes.

That is because America and Americans have become the most hated people in the world. Even Europeans dislike your arrogance. Yet you were once admired and liked because you freed a lot of countries from conquest and
subjugation. .

It is the custom on New Year's day for people to make resolutions. You must have listed your good resolutions already. But may I politely
suggest that you also resolve to do the following in pursuit of Change.

1) Stop killing people. The United States is too fond of killing people in order to achieve its objectives. You call it war, but today's wars are not about professional soldiers fighting and killing each other. It is about killing people, ordinary innocent people by the hundreds of thousands. Whole countries will be devastated.

War is primitive, the cavemen's way of dealing with a problem. Stop your arms build up and your planning for future wars.

2) Stop indiscriminate support of Israeli killers with your money and your weapons. The planes and the bombs killing the people of Gaza are from you.

3) Stop applying sanctions against countries which cannot do the same against you.

In Iraq your sanctions killed 500,000 children through depriving them of medicine and food. Others were born deformed.

What have you achieved with this cruelty? Nothing
except the hatred of the victims and right-thinking people.

4) Stop your scientists and researchers from inventing new and more diabolical weapons to kill more people more efficiently.

5) Stop your arms manufacturers from producing them. Stop your sales of arms to the world. It is blood money that you earn. It is un-Christian.

6) Stop trying to democratize all the countries of the world. Democracy may work for the United States but it does not always work for other countries.

Don't kill people because they are not democratic. Your crusade to democratize countries has killed more people than the authoritarian Governments which you overthrew. And you have not succeeded anyway.

7) Stop the casinos which you call financial institutions. . Stop hedge funds, derivatives and currency trading. Stop banks from lending non-existent money by the billions.

Regulate and supervise your banks. Jail the miscreants who made
profits from abusing the system.

8) Sign the Kyoto Protocol and other international agreements.

9) Show respect for the United Nations.

I have many other resolutions for change which I think you should consider and undertake.

But I think you have enough on your plate for this 2009th year of the Christian Era.

If you can do only a few of what I suggest, you will be remembered by the world as a great leader. Then the United States will again be the most admired nation. Your embassies will be able to take down the high fences and razor-wire coils that surround them.

May I wish you a Happy New Year and a great Presidency.

Yours Sincerely,

Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad
(Former Prime Minister of Malaysia)

First 11 Months of PPP Government Demise of BB has left PPP like a living corpse. The champion of 73 constitution (PPP) is now offering the biggest threat to the restoration of the same and denying its own fundamentals, philosophy and basis of existence.

On top of that, we are devoid of any visionary leadership today and are left at the mercy of ordinary self-proclaimed leaders with their own vested interests. Their caliber and background hardly leave any doubts with regards to their intentions and motives.

Year 2008 in Review-Pakistan We may have a major and more powerful middle class today as asserted. But what we lack today is able and sincere leadership to set direction for this rudderless ship. BB may not be the best of choices and was controversial. But she was one potential leader we had of extra ordinary caliber and intellect.

Now there is a serious dearth and no one to take charge of the situation.