BAITULLAH MEHSUD

33سالہ بیت اللہ محسود کا تعلق محسود قبائل کی ایک ذیلی شاخ شوبی خیل سے تھا اور یہ صوبہ سرحد کے ضلع بنوں میں کینٹ کے علاقے داؤد شاہ میں پیداہوئے تھے اِن کے چھ بھائی تھے اِن کے والد مولانا محمد ہارون داؤد شاہ ایک چھوٹی سے مسجد میں
امامت کیاکرتے تھے جوکچھ ہی عرصہ ہوا کہ انتقال کرگئے ہیں جبکہ ان کی والدہ زندہ ہیں جوان کے ساتھ ہی جنوبی وزیرستان میں ہی رہائش پزیر ہیں اوران کے اِن چھ بھائیوں میں سے چھوٹے یحیی خان محسود کو گزشتہ سال ہی بنوں میں نامعلوم افراد نے فائرنگ کرکے ہلاک کردیاتھااِ س کے علاوہ بھی اِن سے بڑے بھائی ظاہر شاہ اور ایک چھوٹے بھائی محمداسحاق کابھی ان کے گروپ‎ ‎س‎ ‎بڑاگہرا تعلق بتایاجاتاہے بیت اللہ محسود سے متعلق یہ بھی کہا جاتاہے کہ ان کے اور سیکیورٹی‎ ‎فورسزکے‎ ‎ساتھ7فروری 2005 کوسرروغہ کے مقام پر ایک امن معاہدہ‎ ‎ہواتھاجوکہ کچھ ہی عرصہ بعد ٹوٹ گیاتھااور اِس معاہدے کے ٹوٹنے کے ساتھ ہی بیت اللہ محسود نے تحریک طالبان پاکستان کے نام سے ایک تنظیم کی بنیاد ڈالی جس نے جلد ہی تمام قبائلی علاقوں اور سرحد کے مختلف علاقوں میں‎ ‎اپنااثرورسوخ قائم لیااور وہاں کے لوگ اِس تنظیم میں جوق درجوق آنے لگے اور یوں یہ تنظیم دن بدن متحرک ہوتے گئی اور ایک وقت ایسا بھی آیاکہ اِس تنظیم نے اپنے زیر اثر علاقوں پر اپنا مکمل کنٹرول سنبھال لیا اور ایک وقت تو حد یہاں تک پہنچ گئی کہ اِس تنظیم نے کھلم کھلا حکومتی رٹ کو بھی چیلنچ کرناشروع کردیا بعض لوگوں کا یہ بھی کہنا ہے کہ اس تنظیم کالعدم تحریک طالبان پاکستان کے سربراہ (امیر) بیت اللہ محسود اپنے آپ کو "پاکستانی طالب‎"‎ کہلانا زیادہ پسند کرتے‎ ‎تھے۔بیت اللہ محسود نے اپنی
پہلی شادی بنوں میں کی اِن کی پہلی بیوی سے جب کوئی اولاد نہ ہوئی تو انہوں نے اپنی دوسری شادی گزشتہ سال ہی جنوبی وزیرستان کے ایک‎ ‎قبائلی سردار ملک اکرام
الدین کی بیٹی سے کی (حملے کے وقت بیت اللہ محسوداپنے انہی سسر کے گھر پر قیام
پزیر تھے)بیت اللہ محسود نے ابتدائی دینی تعلیم بنوں کے علاقے داؤد شاہ کے پیپل مدرسے میں ہی حاصل کی اور پھر اِس کے بعد انہوں نے مزید دینی تعلیم حاصل کرنے کی غرض سے شمالی وزیرستان کے صدرمقام میرانشاہ کے ایک مدرسے میں داخلہ لیااور یہاں بھی وہ اپنی طبیعت میں ٹھیراؤ نہ ہونے اور دیگر مصرورفیات کی وجہ
سے تعلیم ادھوری چھوڑکر واپس بنوں چلے گئے جہاں ایف ار بنوں کے علاقے مالی ممن خیل میں انہوں نے کچھ عرصے تک ایک مسجد میں امامت کی اور ان سے متعلق یہ بھی کہاجاتا ہے کہ میرانشاہ میں جب یہ طالب علم تھے تو ان کی اِس دوران افغانستان کے طالبان سے اکثر ملاقاتیں بھی ہوتی رہتی تھیں کیوں کہ یہ بھی خیال کیاجاتا
ہے کہ میرانشاہ بازار کے مغربی حصے میں جلال الدین حقانی کا اسلامی مدرسہ
جوپہلے ہی انغانستان کے طالبان کامرکز ہواکرتاتھا اِس طرح بیت اللہ محسود کا بھی اِس مدرسے میں آناجاناتھایہ وہ معلومات ہیں جن یہ پتہ چلاکہ بیت اللہ محسود کون تھے ۔

Workshop for sex workers of Karachi

Last month, a 3-day workshop for female sex workers was held in Karachi for the first time in history by gender and reproductive health forum (GRHF) in collaboration with United Nations Fund for Population (UNFPA) to create health awareness among female sex workers.

According to BBC, prostitution is a real fact of Pakistan but due to Islamic country, many refuse to accept this reality. Even after much Islamization, this culture has only grown.
According to BBC report, there are atleast 100000 female sex workers in Karachi only so it was necessary to arrange such an event to prevent AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

It was very first event of this kind. Women feared to attend it because they could be identified by theirs family members if appeared on media. They were given 1000 rupees per day to attend it. They attended on condition that no media men be allowed to capture photos or footages. Even then about 100 females attended the workshop. After attending it, many women said that they were unaware of these safety precautions.

Many social and religious parties protested against it saying that in Islamic country such events should not be encouraged.
If we think openly, we may conclude that this is good initiative and such programmes should be arranged regularly. There aim is not to create more sex workers or to teach more sex techniques but their aim is to prevent the diseases and promote health. Its a bitter reality that sex workers and prostitution is increasing in pakistan. Such brothels are secret and many a times in private apartments where no one can doubt. Moreover, even if its done openly, it is possible with the little help by police by a fair deal with them.
Sex is a natural desire for all the animals and humans too. It is impossible to control sex working, so it becomes necessary to train workers to prevent many fatal diseases.

The Decision Is Yours!

Why have we been created into this world? What is the reason for our creation? Why are we born? These are the questions which perplex us.

Adam and Eve were the first to be created. God sent them to Paradise, but due to their 'mistake', both were expelled out of Paradise and sent down into this world. They lost Paradise only because they have not acted upon the order of God and God punished them. We are the descendents of Adam and Eve. We have to get our lost Paradise, for which we have to strive.

The only reason for our creation is to regain Paradise. But how can we do this? It is the another question which perplex our minds. We can get our lost Paradise only by "submitting our will to God". We have to obey His commands and we have to do what He wants. It is the simplest way we can achieve our target.

The path to our destination is a straight one. The only interception is Satan. Satan....Yes, due to which Adam and Eve were punished. We have to obey God, not Satan. But if we obey Satan, we will be punished. No, this punishment is not like worldly punishments like 10 years sentence, death sentence, or death but it is a punishment which will never come to an end. No death, no time period and no mercy. Punishment for infinity time period in Hell.

All right, we will obey God not Satan. But.... it is not as simple as it seems. Satan attracts us to his evil path leading to Hell by decorating its path with comforts, relaxation, happiness, money, music, and women/men. Thus Man forgets his mission and begins to follow Satan. We can reject Satan by constant determination. strong belief in God, and solid hatred with Satan.

We have to see with our third eye that all these charms in the world which often attract us are made up by Satan just to make us come to his evil track.

Remember, the eternal place for Satan is Hell and he wants you to give him your company. If you will give him your company, you will be thrown into Hell. If you obey God, you will achieve your goal. Just leave your laziness, passion for comforts, passion for money, and take the path which is absolutely straight ultimately reaching Paradise.

Decision is yours, which path would you follow!

Before Cursing Pakistan...

Before cursing Pakistan, don't forget that......

- It's the land of Allah, made by Allah for Allah's religion and Allah's human beings.

- It's the land of Saints of Allah, Abdullah Shah Ghazi, Shahbaz Qalandar, Data Gunj Bakhsh, Shah Latif bhitai, Baha'uddin Zakaria and hundreds of others, all sleeping in this holy land.

- Your ancestors are buried in Pakistan's sand.

- It's the only country which was founded on the basis of Islam.

- Thousands of innocent muslim women were raped just because they wanted a muslim country Pakistan.

- More than 1 million muslims sacrificed their lives just to get their own Pakistan.

Always remember,  no Land
is bad, but the system, society and the people make it !

Yes, you may relieve your mental tension and depression by cursing
Pakistani system and the Government. You may curse the rulers, you may curse those factors which are reponsible for the bad status of Pakistan but you should never cirse or abuse this land.

Pakistan is wounded, poor and ill, suffering from many diseases. And we, being humans, are supposed to take care of the sick and wounded instead of praying for its death.

State Of Education In Sindh

Everyone knows that educational standard of Sindh is far behind NWFP and Punjab right from the primary to PhD. Sindh is much criticized in media and among common people for that but it has no effect on deaf Sindhi govt. Copy culture, bribery, political influences, aristocratic influences on education are not hidden from anyone. Due to all these practices Sindhi students lag behind others in all aspects of education. Conditions of Karachi are better a bit in this respect from rest of Sindh.
Recently, the board result of matric also favours our arguments. Despite the worst situation of education, you will be amazed to know that, Sindh has got the highest percentage of pass students. This may be because of two reasons. Reason 1 because Sindh has best education and reason 2 because Sindh has most copy culture, most politics in educational institutes, most bribery, most Sifarish culture. While in the boards of Punjab, the passing fraction is from 50 to 62 percent, in Sindh the result is 95 percent in Mirpur Khaas board, 85 percent in Hyderabad board, 70 percent in Sukkur board. As compared to interior Sindh, Karachi board has 70 percent. Everyone of us knows that Karachi has better education than interior Sindh. So, what can be the reason of better percentage of Sindh, you decide it.
This is the reason why Sindhis cant get jobs in many places where Pathans nd Punjabis get. Then why Sindhis are shouting in media that our rights have been snatched by other provinces?
Educationalists say that sindh should have not more than 40-50 percentage passing.
Not only in boards but also in entrance tests, universities, industries, and everywhere same situation is present. Its because of illiteracy and laziness of Sindhis that they are still behind others.

Citizen Journalism

By Mohammad Zohaib Siddiq

Most powerful tool and weapon that a man possesses is a small piece of muscular boneless organ placed in his mouth between his teeth.
It has the power of medicine as well as poison, power to create peace as well as power to wage a war, can flourish nations as well as can ruin nations. It depends only on the quality, quantity, mode, volume, time, and etc of its use by the beholder. It takes three years to learn how to use it but, it takes a life time to learn when & where and how to use it.
Its the tool to convey our internal feelings our thoughts our imaginations our ideas our fancy. Lo those who dont know how and when to use it or they intentiolly dont use it cant be succeeded no problem even if they have lots of talent and energy for success. Its proper use can make you a ruler from a clerk.
To estimate the power of the tongue, consider following example.
One Day Teeth and Tongue were in Conversation..
Teeth Said:
"If I just press u a little, you will get cut"
Tongue Replied:
"If I misuse one word against someone, all ur 32 will come out of the mouth.
This is the power of tongue, power of expression. How do we express, has an impact on the listener and reader. Abuses in good manner seem sweeter than praises in harsh manner.
This same power of tongue is also possessed by pen. Yes, people have said that pen is a bigger weapon than sword. How do we use pen, how do we fight war of words, what to write, where to write, when to write have the same consequences that the tongue brings about but in a silent way. Who knows the use of tongue and pen better than a journalist? Yes, the techniques journalists use to spread the news via media can turn day into night and night into day. Problem is created when some politicians, for their personal gains, "buy" journalists to wage a war of words and impose this war on the poor people. We must be aware of the false propaganda these politicians use with the help of journalists, and media to prove or disprove certain assertions.
Nowadays, what we are knowing via the mainstream media is influenced by these politicians. Politicians hide their faults, express their achievements and make the innocent people fool. Internet is the media to curb this menace. Here we can tell the world what is true, what is false, what is real what is fake. This is the era of Citizen Journalism. Everyone is a journalist now a days. You are adviced to use your wit for the cause of truth...!

Karachi Rains and Sequel

The rain on 18th and 19th July in the largest city of Pakistan was proved very devastating for karachiets. Only the 3 hours of rain unblanketed the false claims of city government. It was city government who used to say that all drainage system has been rconstructed and no rain can ever produce any problem for the city but victims of this harsh conditions are themselves witnesses of this.

Imagine only 3 hours of rain and:

· Blockege of drainage system, which had no pumping stations to pump the water actively
· Water accumulation on roads, streets and homes
· Resultant problems of water accumulation eg decreased public transport, delayed trains and flieghts, Road Traffic accidents, overfilling of gutters and its water causing breeding of mosquitos and health and sanitary problems.
· Short circuits, tripping of power generation units, increased load-shedding actually 40 hours without electricity in most parts of the city. Due to absence of electricity, water shortage for domestic and industrial purposes an the resultant problems.
· Due to accidents, roof collapses, electirc shock more than 40 people were dead and above 70 injured.
· People came out on roads to protest against the absence of electricity and water, they burnt tyres, stoned govt and private properties. To control this situation, police shelled, used tear gas and fired which killed 1 youngster.
· Due to blockage of roads, delayed goods and foods delivery caused shortage of food and increased prices e.g. sugar reached Rs. 47 per Kg.

What we call this...? Is this the management of a megametropolitan city with a population of 1.8b, which is among the worlds top 10 largest cities. Who is to blame here, the common man, govt, Taliban, USA or the God who sent baraan-e-rehmat in this scorching hot weather.

Okay...leave it. All it was past... now think about the future... how much cost, manpower and time will it take to return to previous state? I ask you who will repay the people their billions of rupees of damages?

My Advice to all

:::ALWAYS:::
1. Always speak the truth
2. Always Respect elders
3. Always Love youngers
4. Always help others
5. Always b sympathetic
6. Always listen to others
7. Always remain simple
8. Always fulfil promises
9. Always inspire ur friends
10. Always Be the first to salaam
11. Always share your happiness with weeping persons
12. Always pray for others happiness
13. Always kiss little children whenever they approach you
14. Always walk with lowered gaze
15. Always accept invitations
16. Always embrace others while meeting with them
17. While working in group, always work more than others

:::NEVERs:::
18. Never abuse
19. Never be angry
20. Never laugh loudly
21. Never waste time
22. Never discourage others
23. Never expect from others
24. Never show off
25. Never make fun of others
26. Never make annoying face b4 others
27. Never call anyone with odd or abusive nicks
28. Never call elders, go to them even if its their work
29. Never try to deceive others in any matter
30. Never look in the eyes of elders while talking with them
31. Never break anybodys heart
32. Never harm any animal
33. Never say uff to anyone
34. Never be overexited or overconfident
35. Never refuse of taking responsibilities
36. Never turn on tv while eating

:::DOs:::
37. Speak smilingly
38. Forgive ur foes
39. Regularly visit ur neighbours
40. Spread smiles in ur home
41. Stay calm while others r talking
42. Wipe tears of others with love
43. Feed atleast one hungry before eating everytime
44. Regularly send gifts to your relatives
45. Be a reliable person
46. Discuss your problems with elders to solve
47. Pass sometime alone with your own soul
48. Show hospitality
49. Stand up if any senior enters
50. Expect for the best prepare for the worst.

:::DONTs:::
51. Dont let others feel inferiority b4 u
52. Dont sit on chair, when others are sitting on floor
53. Dont put hands in pockets while talking to elders
54. Dont place one leg over other while sitting on chair before elders
55. Dont chew while talking
56. Dont signal with hands or face, use mouth and tongue
57. Dont doubt over others
58. Dont use mobile while in company or with family
59. Dont call on ones mobile phone while landline is available there
60. Dont whisper while in company

'The myth of the chemical cure'

Dr Joanna Moncrieff
Mental health expert

Taking a pill to treat depression is widely believed to work by reversing a chemical imbalance.

But in this week's Scrubbing Up health column, Dr Joanna Moncrieff, of the department of mental health sciences at University College London, says they actually put people into "drug-induced states".

"If you've seen a doctor about emotional problems some time over the past 20 years, you may have been told that you had a chemical imbalance, and that you needed tablets to correct it.

It's not just doctors that think this way, either.

Magazines, newspapers, patients' organisations and internet sites have all publicised the idea that conditions like depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder can be treated by drugs that help to rectify an underlying brain problem.

People with schizophrenia and other conditions are frequently told that they need to take psychiatric medication for the rest of their lives to stabilise their brain chemicals, just like a diabetic needs to take insulin.

The trouble is there is little justification for this view of psychiatric drugs.

Altered states

First, although ideas like the serotonin theory of depression have been widely publicised, scientific research has not detected any reliable abnormalities of the serotonin system in people who are depressed.

Second, it is often said the fact that drug treatment "works" proves there's an underlying biological deficiency.

But there is another explanation for how psychiatric drugs affect people with emotional problems.

It is frequently overlooked that drugs used in psychiatry are psychoactive drugs, like alcohol and cannabis.

Psychoactive drugs make people feel different; they put people into an altered mental and physical state.

They affect everyone, regardless of whether they have a mental disorder or not.

Therefore, an alternative way of understanding how psychiatric drugs affect people is to look at the psychoactive effects they produce.

Drugs referred to as antipsychotics, for example, dampen down thoughts and emotions, which may be helpful in someone with psychosis.

Drugs like Valium produce a state of relaxation and a pleasant drowsiness, which may reduce anxiety and agitation.

Drugs labelled as "anti-depressants" come from many different chemical classes and produce a variety of effects.

Prior to the 1950s, the drugs that were used for mental health problems were thought of as psychoactive drugs, which produced mainly sedative effects.

'Informed choice'

Views about psychiatric drugs changed over the course of the 1950s and 1960s.

They gradually came to be seen as being specific treatments for specific diseases, or "magic bullets", and their psychoactive effects were forgotten.

However, this transformation was not based on any compelling evidence.

In my view it remains more plausible that they "work" by producing drug-induced states which suppress or mask emotional problems.

This doesn't mean psychiatric drugs can't be useful, sometimes. But, people need to be aware of what they do and the sorts of effects they produce.

At the moment people are being encouraged to believe that taking a pill will make them feel better by reversing some defective brain process.

That sounds good. If your brain is not functioning properly, and a drug can make it work better, then it makes sense to take the pill.

If, on the other hand, we gave people a clearer picture, drug treatment might not always be so appealing.

If you told people that we have no idea what is going on in their brain, but that they could take a drug that would make them feel different and might help to suppress their thoughts and feelings, then many people might choose to avoid taking drugs if they could.

On the other hand, people who are severely disturbed or distressed might welcome these effects, at least for a time.

People need to make up their own minds about whether taking psychoactive drugs is a useful way to manage emotional problems.

To do this responsibly, however, doctors and patients need much more information about the nature of psychiatric drugs and the effects they produce."

Courtesy: BBC, 15 July 2009

Tax on Children!

Federal minister for population welfare Dr Firdous Awan said that tax may be imposed on excess children to control population growth to curb the menace of poverty, hunger, unemployment, illiteracy, robbery and other social problems.

(This idea is very illogical. According to 1981 census pakistans population growth rate was 3.1%, which according to latest estimates stands no more than 1.9%, but have these social menaces decreased or increased? Population has nothing to do with controlling problems. Governments, to hide their faults and failures, hold increasing population responsible for poverty, and run campaigns to treat the "symptoms" rather than treating and eliminating the "agent" that is etiology. "Increasing population is responsible for problems of lack of food, and hunger", this theory was put forward by Malthus. This theory has been totally proved wrong. Moreover, if government has to control the social evils, it should provide quality education. This will wipe all problems out of society. Interestingly, level of education is inversely proportional to fertility of women that means this will also decrease population growth rate. Moreover, if govt wants to control the population, it should take measures to increase the age of women at marriage, provide health education, promote child spacing and contraceptive prevalence, genetic counciling and breastfeeding. Moreover, idea of tax will ignite poor and religious circles creating more problems. So my idea is attack the ETIOLOGY, not SYMPTOMS)

Attention CNG vehicle owners!

Punishment for RAPE!

In USA, there is 7 years rigorous punishment in law for rapists but we know that there is one woman being raped every 32 seconds and all rapists never get punishment. Even if rare persons get, it is reported that after release, 95% of them again commit rape. Now if you were the judge, and someone rapes your sister or mother, will you want that after release the same person again rapes you sister or mother the chances of which are 95%? Answer, i am sure will be No. Then what punishment will you give to him who raped your mother? Death Punishment, will be the answer if you have any ghairat. Then why do you call 'muslims' "barbaric" when they give death punishment to rapist While you doing same thing? Why is this double standard? I want to tell non muslims that we muslims alhamdulillah love our mothers and sisters and we have ghairat. We will give rapist death punishment if he rapes my mom or your mom. You non muslims may leave the rapist and let him rape other peoples mothers and your other sisters, we will not leave him even if you call us barbaric. We love our mothers sisters wives and daughters.

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This is a piece of jang karachi on 21 feb 2009.