What you do during load shedding?
Friday, 24 May 2013
Everyone is effected by load shedding? On the one hand, it is destroying the economy and on the other. It is taking its toll on human beings. Load shedding has changed the character of our social fiber. You can’t visit each other. Most of us are on the edge; jittery and short tempered. Students are suffering the most. Can you study and concentrate for your exam when temperature sores to 45 and above, your UPS system has stopped working and you have to light a candle. Other categories that are suffering the most are old people, patients and kids. Someone rightly tweeted this, young kids in future may ask what is electricity? No pun is intended here.
Labels: Energy Crises, Load Shedding
posted by S A J Shirazi @ Friday, May 24, 2013,
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The Meter-Gauge of Sindh
Wednesday, 22 May 2013

The photo above is courtesy of Agha Waseem Ahmed and shows a class YD 2-8-2 locomotive No 518, a veteran of meter-gauge railway, now at display as a monument at Sukkur’s Pakistan Railway Museum.
Labels: Railways
posted by S A J Shirazi @ Wednesday, May 22, 2013,
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The State
As per Plato every thing in the world should be given its appropriate place. Biologically human body can be divided in three distinct and incompatible parts. Wisdom comes from head; stomach is responsible for distribution of calories to the whole body through intakes; hands and feet work for the body and act as guards. Humans die when this appropriation is disturbed. Head cannot act in the place of stomach or hand and vice versa.
Like human body he classifies the state population. The philosophers work as head, businessmen, presents and technicians work as stomach and soldiers and administrators work as arms and legs. If one of them takes the place of another, it will be a gross imbalance. With that the state shall fall sick and ultimately die. If each is at its own place, the state will become ideal.
Labels: Governance
posted by S A J Shirazi @ Wednesday, May 22, 2013,
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Gentleman Cadet Shirazi, Number 14811 from Khalid – 4 Don't Move
Monday, 20 May 2013
And we all know Nuaman moderates very well (no one else speaks when he is there. He has so much (interesting) to tell.
Labels: 55 PMA, Men At Their Best
posted by S A J Shirazi @ Monday, May 20, 2013,
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African Pakistanis
Thursday, 16 May 2013
Labels: Indigenous Culture
posted by S A J Shirazi @ Thursday, May 16, 2013,
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To Carry the Dust to Multan

posted by S A J Shirazi @ Thursday, May 16, 2013,
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Mandi Bahauddin Mein
Tuesday, 14 May 2013
The name Mandi Bahauddin originates from two sources: Mandi (market) was prefixed because it was a flourishing grain market and Bahauddin was borrowed from nearby old village Pindi Bahauddin, which has now become part of the town. After the partition, thousands of refugees from India rehabilitated on the evacuee property of Sikh and Hindu landlords. Lately, after the construction of Rasul Barrage, people from the belt along southern edge of Salt Range up to Pind Dadan Khan and other areas across the River Jhelum came settling in the town. Due to migrations and increase in business activities, the town has expanded in all directions. The result is that more than half of the population is living outside municipal limits without any civic amenities. More unplanned localities and kachi abadies are coming up everyday. The tendency to move from rural areas to urban centres is on the increase.
Labels: Travel
posted by S A J Shirazi @ Tuesday, May 14, 2013,
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Living in a fort
Monday, 13 May 2013
Historic Baltit Fort is at a short walk from Karimabad. Around 700 years old castle has been rebuilt a number of times during the centuries it has seen. The present structure was constructed some 600 years ago and the architecture reflects a marked Tibetan influence. The story goes that a Princess from Baltistan married the local Thum and she brought in Balti masons, carpenters and craftsmen to build it and it. According to local legends, 300 labourers for the construction of the Fort were also part of the royal dowry of the Princess from Baltistan. In former times this impressive fort ensured the survival of Hunza regimes. But even before the Fort is reached, the old cobbled streets of Baltit village spanned by easily defensible archways seem to provide enough of a deterrent to all but the boldest of intruders. Within the fort itself, narrow stairs with a small opening into the living quarters on the first floor are features, which must have helped ensure that the ruling Thum stayed out of harms way.
Labels: Built Heritage, Travel
posted by S A J Shirazi @ Monday, May 13, 2013,
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Every day is a mothers' day
Sunday, 12 May 2013
Labels: Personal
posted by S A J Shirazi @ Sunday, May 12, 2013,
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Battle within
Saturday, 11 May 2013
Labels: Sitaroon Ki Bastiyan
posted by S A J Shirazi @ Saturday, May 11, 2013,
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Blogging fusion
Friday, 10 May 2013
Labels: Fine Art of Blogging
posted by S A J Shirazi @ Friday, May 10, 2013,
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Data Gang Bukhsh
Monday, 6 May 2013
Ram Saran’s sons were isolated in one room. Ram Saran narrates that one night he woke up and saw a pious person praying in the room. “Who are you,” Ram Saran asked perplexed. “I am your neighbour Data Gang Bukhsh. I could not see your dilemma and have come to pray for your sons. Do not worry. Allah willing they will get better,” Data Gang Bakhsh assured him.
Labels: History
posted by S A J Shirazi @ Monday, May 06, 2013,
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Balochistan Karez System
Friday, 3 May 2013
Balochistan is scarcely populated, mainly due to its daunting arid geography. It includes the mountainous country separated by intervening valleys. Balochistan receives very low rainfall annually. But innumerable natural springs known as "Karez" and streams are found in most of the areas.
Labels: Balochistan
posted by S A J Shirazi @ Friday, May 03, 2013,
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Temples of Katas Raj
Thursday, 2 May 2013
Labels: Heritage, Katas, Salt Range
posted by S A J Shirazi @ Thursday, May 02, 2013,
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Celebrating 38 years together
Monday, 29 April 2013
Labels: 55 PMA, Get Together, Men At Their Best
posted by S A J Shirazi @ Monday, April 29, 2013,
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