@kemuofficial
alum 21’ | Another doctor who belonged elsewhere | At cross roads of sciences ; medical and social | An aspiring Psychiatrist, of course.
Scotland and England are heading towards a possible partition at a time when one of them is headed by an Indian and the other by a Pakistani. The nature’s brutal checkmate is at it again.
Just watched Heeramandi. Found everything but heermandi in it.
I mean either you don’t set your story in 1940’s Lahore, or if you do- you don’t set it in Agra’s landscape, Delhi’s Urdu, Lakhnavi dresses and 1840’s vibe. My not-so-sorry Lahori self can’t really let it go.
Never in my life time did I ever imagine that a living politician will make the military top brass come to the front and do an uncensored attempt at defending themselves. This has pushed IK into a political league where no one has ever been before.
Stop making your child's life hell if he/she couldn't be a doctor because Hello, I'm an MBBS doctor from THE King Edward College and i've been jobless since the day i have graduated. And so is more than half of my class. All of us - left with little room to stay in this country.
This is why you should all be outside your city’s RO office. Wazirabad just snatched back their mandate. Official results declared PTI’s win. The crowd didn’t move till the results were out. Exercise your constitutional right to protect your vote. Guys, go out!
Jinnah and Ruttie : love, war and beyond.
It was 1918, a young Parsi girl from the elitest of all Mumbai’s elite, turned 18. A grand party was thrown by her rich father in Taj hotel. She thanked every Nobel for coming but ended her gratitude with “…..and I am marrying Jinnah”
Bureaucracy just gave us a hero : Shoaib Nissoana, ADC finance Sargodha, resisted the khaki pressure even when his office was barged, him threatened. They couldn’t get him to issue a form 47 so asked him to sign the one they generated. He refused. Has been transferred now.
Am I dreaming? Just returned from polling station after hours of being cut off from the world to such lead. God. Volunteering up as an agent was one of the most emotional social experiences ever. The voter’s rage, the pain and the sense of duty was so pure, so moving…
Shoaib Malik and Kamral Akmal’s era was such a peaceful one, midway between the match - we’d know for sure that we’re losing so it’s better to switch TVs off. These new guys make us stay till last ball. So unethical.
This is so fascinating, so brave : two men have put up a fight all night long in one of the NA constituency, NA 85. The candidate Khudadad Kalyar didn’t back down, the RO Shoaib Nissoana didn’t sign the fake result. This is a fight for civilian supremacy playing out in real time.
Now the game begins. Thank you for being dumb enough to push Salman Akram Raja to the line of victims. He’ll drag the process to courts and god, we love our fighter here. We’re with him and before you’ll translate what his salees grammar is calling you, you’ll be dusted. Watch.
Jinnah mishandled, Liaqat Ali Khan shot down, Zulfiqar Bhutto Hanged, Murtaza Bhutto encountered, Hayat Sherpao blown in blast, Shahnawaz poisoned, Benazir Bhutto shot down and now ; Imran Khan - each time public gets a leader to rally around, the guns come out. Strange much?
In 2016, Coke Studio released it’s famous song “Paar Channa De” which was an instant hit. So many jammed with it but only a few knew that it was based on a folk-love legend from Punjab, Sohni-Mahival.
As the title suggests, it’s a story based around Channa ; river Chenab.
Just realised that Urdu word for depression is “dil-shakistagi” (دل شکستگی), the defeat of heart ; the feeling that whatever wars you were fighting for sanity are lost, your walls are broken and now you need a rescue. Whoever coined it really knew what it felt like :’)
Love finds you in strange ways. So some months ago, a friend told me that she had a crush on this one guy from extended family. But she thought that he was way out of her league. Also, she had too much competition with dozens of cousins way prettier than her to chose from.
No two lovers have ever loved as they did : Amrita and Sahir ; an unrequited tale.
It was 1944, Preet Nagar, Lahore. A 25 year old Amrita Praitam was invited for a mushaira & so was the famous lyricist, Sahir Ludhianvi. In a hall full of words and promises, their eyes met.
If Barrister Gohar isn’t here, let your common sense guide you. Help your candidate. Go get the results. To RO office, now! Take your friends and family. The officers are scared of public reaction. I just witnessed it in my city. Go win it back, this is the time!
Allama Iqbal and Attiya Faizi ; a duo too good to be true.
It’s 1905. A 28 years old young lad who is famous in his country as a poet moves to England & 1 day, his Indian Hosts in Cambridge tell him that he has to take dinner invitation to a girl who lives in a town near by.
How a pre-Nikkah screening can help country’s economy : The case of Thalassemia in Pakistan.
Pakistan has one of the highest recorded number of Thalassemia Patients, a disorder of blood caused by abnormal Red Blood Cells which needs repeated blood transfusions for survival.
A real life Veer-Zara : the story of Zainab and Boota Singh.
It's 1947. A line has been stretched through punjab and thousands are fleeing on each side. A young Sikh army man is working in his fields when a girl running away from some killers storms his way.
I really wish borders were open so I could invite you to my humble slum city and explain that our identities don’t have to be based on other’s relative suffering, that seeing India doing great doesn’t hurt us and that Urdu is sweetest when spoken authentically. Love & prayers ✨
If I’ll ever morally rank all the politicians walking alive in this country - and I mean all - I’ll put Karachi’s Hafiz Naeem Ur Rehman at the top. There is no debate. He has the sort of principled integrity which baffles you and makes you question your own hopelessness. Respect.
Was booking an international exam & when all the slots in Pakistan got finished, I could still see slots in Mumbai & Delhi. And despite the fact that they were just some 100s of kms away, I had to book a gulf country. Imagine the educational ease if the border was a friendly one.
A Turkish kid’s letter :
“Dear Ambassador, I am upset by the floods in Pakistan and I feel their pain. My prayers are with them, my mother recites for them all day, and my family wishes them well. I had kept 50 lira for a school trip but sending it to you, for Pakistan.”
IK naming Major General Faisal Naseer as the prime suspect in his assassination attempt is the litmus test. If army proceeds against this guy, their commitment to neutrality can be believed. Otherwise, the common belief is the the actual truth. They’re behind it. Period.
Shut down the Gymkhanas. Shut down the mighty army clubs, golf courses, riding grounds and luxury cantonments. Shut down the hefty services to this bureaucratic white elephant. Shut down the parliament lodges. Shut down the mockery of the underprivileged. Leave Sehat Card alone!
When I read Ad-Duha where Allah says “By the morning sunlight, and the night when it falls still, Your Lord has not abandoned you, nor has He become hateful of you!” - it breaks me. He knew. He always knew. That one day, some of us will feel irreparable.
Dr. Alvi just put his family and loved ones’ life in burning pot of vulnerability by sticking his neck out and telling the world how a non-political force is suffocating a constitutionally appointed man’s authority & putting the last democratic lights out. Massive Respect.
We just secured 3 NA seats in Sargodha to PTI’s bucket by showing up outside RO offices. If your constituency results aren’t out yet, please go help your candidate in getting the results. The officers are succumbing to public pressure. It’s happening all over the country. Go!
It’s 1980's. PTV is having it's richest time ever. An emerging writer gets a call and is asked if he can manage a 10/15 episode script. He says yes & sets his pen to it.
Within 15 days, Amjad Islam Amjad comes up with one of the most famous Pakistani TV drama ever : Waris.
You arrest him- you make him more popular. You let him go- he runs a powerful campaign. You kill him- you immortalise his hero image and his party still wins. You don’t kill him- he comes for you. Whatever you do, you’ll lose. Better go back to bunkers & London before it’s late.
You did what? Salman Akram Raja? With a crazy lead of 100,000? Out of all the things that could’ve backfired, this will backfire the most. Do you know what you’ve just done? You’ve pushed the last sensible man to the brink of utter disillusionment. You’ve signed your sentence.
Each time Khan gets a relief, geo almost always calls Rana Sana and starts grilling him for not being successful yet. The anchor literally said “Rana saab koi to muqadma hoga jis pr andar kr sktay hain. Dekhain na”.
Perfect. You arrested Salman Akram Raja. Nothing could’ve been better for optics. So there was this guy addressing the international media just yesterday with cutthroat clarity and today, you’ve rounded him up. It’ll be such joy watching the two clips playing together.
I am in an age group where there’s a lot of anxiety about relationships, marriages and how they work.
For most part, I was confused. I always struggled to understand what is the core value one should be looking for in a partner - till I came across the this ayat from Suarh Rum:
No Bilawal. You won’t rule. Neither will Maryam. Your disconnected prince syndrome that only 2 people out of a god forsaken country of 231.4 million will be handed over the right to twist every state apparatus is delusional. The ascend of middle class will be the end of you.
As a doctor, I’d like to register my protest against Dr. Javed Akram (Ex- VC UHS) who sat with the CM & IG to pull the most lousy medical cover up ever. The story contradicts all medical & forensic evidence present on the ground. I refuse to believe your dishonesty to your oath.
1960s : Pak has a head start in space exploration. US helps launch Rehbar-1.
1970s : Abdus Salam, who created research hubs & training agreements with NASA leaves over persecution.
1980s : Zia’s man says Jins can create energy.
Onwards : Series of military men head SPARCO.
I see many senior girls moving abroad, posting stories & that - just the site of them happily sitting on a roadside, walking safely at nights, cycling in mountains, playing in public parks makes me think of the very basic human freedom they missed in this country. Happy for them.
There can’t be a better time to remember our queen than the death of their queen ; A tribute to The Last Queen of Punjab who fought the British Monarchy.
Maharani Jind Kaur, the last wife of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was the sharpest thorn in the British throat back in 1840s.
Arrange marriages are scary what if he’s an Andrew Tate apologist, calls Khalil Ur Rehman Qamar his Murshad, thinks Feroze Khan is fighting a holy war, shares only those videos of Mufti Tariq Masood where he’s promoting polygamy and subscribes to Peterson’s Alpha male jingoism.
Commissioner Sargodha’s house is actually the largest government residence in the country spanning over 104 kanals and selling it at its current market rate will bring 5 Billion Pakistani Rupees - a sum enough to rebuild another Sargodha!
The way Maryam is releasing videos after videos of the operation tells how the whole fiasco is being reported to her live and it was created to satisfy that vile woman’s ego and wish of political victimisation at the first place.
This picture is art. Nature’s joke. She takes oath and the guy behind her, Sultan Bajwa- an MPA from Nankana, stands all polished, ready to vote her in. Irony? He ran his campaign riding on Khan’s mandate. You banked on your worst rival’s popularity wave to bring you here. Sad.
Guys, we have a situation. I was watching Ms Marvel when I realised that I’ve somewhat of a similar bangle in my old trunk, which kinda runs in the family and I’ve no idea how to turn this thing on. Wondering if anyone can help. Have tried Ayat Al Kursi. Still not shining.
My favourite piece of art always will be this Nawaz Shareef’s election campaign poster from 1988 where recently killed General Zia is painted in the back with 4 hoors shown to receive him in Jannah.
Stop it. You can’t just slide 50,000 of our votes away with a random number you write on a slip. Fifty goddamn thousand. What are you? It is so insanely deranged that even the ones who have been declared the winners can’t claim the victory without gallons of reluctant guilt.
Yesterday, they got engaged and she sent me her picture with the caption, “marrying my Bugatti Veyron”.
And god, Nothing can convince me more that love meant for you will find you, even in your stupidest, worn out days!
I'm in a daewoo and a guy here has portable speaker. He has just started playing Nusrat and for some strange reason no body is objecting. Also, some uncles at the back are saying 'zulm, zulm' on some lyrics. Saray totay dil hain yahan.
Do you know why they rigged it at its weakest link? Because they weren’t prepared. They lied and lied and lied to themselves ; they bathed, slept and clothed in it. They bribed the screen to lie and watched till the thin footnote started telling a different seat toll. Pure fun.
Handed Afia Siddique to Americans, gave them Air force bases, allowed drone attacks, did Laal Masjid, sent an elected govt home, ran a dictatorship, pushed Pakistan into a foreign war & killed Bugti - don’t ask me today to forgive a criminal with a thousand bloods on his hands.
I would like to congratulate
@MaryamNSharif
on becoming the first female lackey of the continued military empire’s authoritarian rule. A win for feminism, no doubt. Who said females can’t compete? We can be tyrants, abductors, mandate eaters sprouting from dynastic cradle too.
10 months ago, Arshad Sharif aired on live TV with 4k pages against the Shareefs. 3 of the people mentioned in video - the officer investigating the case i.e Dr. Rizwan, the Shareef’s front man Maqsood Chiprasi & Arshad himself- are dead today.
This is what we are up against.
Some things about turning 25 : you start realising that a heavier wallet solves most anxieties, that careers are more of class jumps than actual knowledge manifestation, that beauty is a currency, creating art is a risky finance decision and that people - inevitably disappoint.
I’ll use this opportunity to Stan this man who’s too good for anything which defines him - Karachi, Muhajir, Jamaat, mayorship, anything. In my Erdogan stan era, I realised that if there was one man who could replicate climbing up from ground in Pakistan, it was him.
The political pressure in MLC cases is so insane that when I read Zille Shah’s report, I rushed to the last page to see which doctor still had the guts to do absolute justice to his oath. Dr. Owais Qureshi from LGH, I don’t who you are but you’ve given me a standard to look upto!
What if tell you that your favourite character from Peaky Blinders - Thomas Shelby had Punjabi ancestors living on the banks of River Ravi?
Let me explain.
In season 1, You can see Tommy & the other Shelbys speaking Romanian language & often being referred as “gypsies”.
The delay-elections playbook : a 1977 story.
It was 70s. Zia had just imposed martial law and sent Mr. Bhutto home. Underestimating Bhutto’s approval in masses, Zia announced elections to be held in 90 days. He thought that the opposition alliance- PNA, would hold it’s ground.
There’s a massive outbreak of cholera/gastritis in Lahore. 75% of the patients we’re receiving are coming with watery diarrhoea. Wash Hands rigorously. Avoid public Bathrooms. Use bottled water. Avoid street side drinks. Save your hydration status, save your kidneys from failure.
What if I tell you that there’s a tea house in Lahore which stands from the pre-partition times - where Manto smoked, Faiz wrote, Sadeqain drew, Nasir Kazmi sat, Ishfaq Ahmed and Ibn-e-Insha met, Mumtaz Mufti created and Jalib revolted. What if tell you it’s open to all. What if.
No, Munizae. This is not how it’ll go. This is not how we will let you write it in for history lessons. She sits on murder of mandate. She represents everything wrong with the system : dynasty, military’s brazen might, the rabid bureaucracy left to hunt people down.
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@MaryamNSharif
adopts a reconciliatory note towards opposition
@PTIofficial
in Punjab,shares her win with women of Pak,honors her mother Kulsoom Nawaz for teaching her to be tough,thanks Convent of Jesus & Mary where she studied.Convent has produced first woman PM & CM of Pak.
When I say that this man here inspires me, this is why. The way he breaks down midway - Each word, each emotion echoes the pain of a thousand of us standing in the stream of national evolution and wondering, what went wrong? Who did it? For how long do we have to bear it more?
Please. It’s 12:10 already and all we need is someone from the party to come forward and declare victory. This is what will make it to the headlines abroad, set the air, project the course, build the pressure, make rigging even tougher. Somebody please own it, this is our time!
After eating half the land in DHAs, when the department-which-must-not-be-named tried to occupy the Gawadar port, one man rose against them. Maulana Hadayat Ul Rehman. And when they couldn’t find a single charge against him, they arrested him for a pamphlet he wrote in 2008!
GE 24 : A brief explanation of Form 45, Form 47 and how the process of rigging stretches between the two. Putting it here for any international observer covering the story.
2017 : It was an international medical forum in Turkey with 300 global representatives. 12 of us from Pakistan. We were asked to introduce our respective countries.
My fellow from Bolan stood up :
“……and I am from Balochistan”
Confused, our host asked if she meant Pakistan.
I still ask my parents about 1979. I ask them, why did you let them kill Bhutto? What were you doing in your houses? Why didn’t you break the wheel? They say: nobody believed he’d actually be killed. We thought, there’s time. Or maybe, he’s exaggerating. And this- this scares me.
Our schools never taught us how to console a grieving friend, how to say sorry as you mean it and how to be a good listener. I guess we're spending lives applying Newton's 3rd law everywhere not knowing that human reactions can be disproportionate sometimes & that can be okay.
THE RESULTS ARE OUT ; DO WHATEVER ; THE COUNTRY KNOWS WHO IS WINNING ; CHANGE IT AND YOU WILL FACE A NATION’S DISGUST AS MISCALCULATED AND UNDERESTIMATED AS TODAY’S RESULT.
My ICU just started & two people collapsed in 10 mins. A woman is holding his brother's feet, yelling that she forgives him, he should just open his eyes now. But he's dead. Dead beyond apologies & final expressions of love. Ah,Run back, people. Express it while it can be heard.
It was 2024. Salman Akram Raja was yelling about a 20 year old girl kidnapped and manhandled to force her parents into submission. Another woman- just released- was narrating a story of rape videos being sent to her mother. And you, with your banner, with your voice- Ignored it.
Acha Waseem Qadir suno, you just cut your political wrist. Your electoral mandate will bleed out. The young voter block you rode till here is there to stay for next three elections. You’ll break the last pennies of your 8 crores in the museum of absurd irrelevance with Shareefs.
So a friend asked me what I wanted in a relationship and unable to describe it, I said “umm, magic”. And her reply to this was the most profound ever. She said “In that case, listen - when Harry got a letter from Hogwarts, he didn’t even know magic existed. That’s how fate works.
People who paint leaving Pakistan as the ultimate utopian solution to everything wrong with this country are either blind to see that a majority doesn’t have the resources to do so or don’t understand that 200 million can’t magically resettle. We’ve to rebuild this wreck, anyway.
A 70y/old buzurg in the waiting area asked me how I was getting vaccinated despite being young. I told him that I was a health care worker. "Acha, Acha. Meri to apni umer itni reh nhin gai keh is ky liyay laron, mgr Pakistan ky liyay lagwa raha. Darta hon kahin phaila na don" :')
الیکشن ملتوی کرنے کا تاریخی سکرپٹ : انیس سو ستتر کی کہانی۔
یہ سال ۱۹۷۷ کی بات ہے۔ جنرل ضیا مارشل لا لگا چکے تھے اور ایک منتخب حکومت کو گھر بھیجا جا چکا تھا۔ مارشل لا کے فوراً بعد ہی ضیا نے نوے دنوں میں اگلے الیکشن کروانے کا اعلان کر دیا۔
There was a time our dramas raised basic existential questions and showed characters searching for philosophical answers. Unmatchable acting, pure class & cinema. How did we go from Ishfaq Ahmed's metaphysical/physical quests to modern day souless content, i've no idea.
Mohsin Naqvi is lying blatantly. In any accident there are 3 types of injuries :
1) Primary: by the initial collision with car in which the bumper strikes the legs & usually results in a a fracture of the legs bones. (Patella/fibula). Zile Shah didn’t have any such fracture.
15 minutes ago, Geo’s poor anchor couldn’t get a breath out - had a broken constipated chain of thought. Was asking in a mute hysteria “there has to be another case Mir sahab, nhin??” As soon as the cypher news came in, his lungs inflated back in relief. Act neutral, at least.