Look on

Coming from a closely knitted family, i was invited to Facebook by cousins, two years ago. Staying in touch was revolutionized. Now work mates, college friends and few radio fans make up most of my friend list there. Last week i received an email warning about a "draw Mohammad (PBUH)" contest. Now with efforts of Pakistan telecommunication authority, a block on the social website has been put in place.

Headlines and media is reporting all levels of society heating up with strong protest. From students to doctors; some marched while other talked.

In recent years, from danish cartoons to South park, there have been several events testing nerves of Muslims globally. Bans on products from these countries were also put in place, in some Muslim countries, which was lifted later as soon as people realized their own incompetencies to produce instruments, medicines etc.

Karachi; my home town, is engulfed in bloody series of target killing, resulting in deaths of more than 40 people in 48 hours. If any one of my friends might be wondering...

Shoaib's status update: I have a pulse...

Last night i couldn't brag to my friends in other cities, about special summer winds in this coastal paradise. It was hot, seriously hot. I couldn't even keep a count on number of showers i had. No matter how warm the day feels like, after sunset its a place of envy for the rest of Pakistan. Coastal sea breeze makes Karachi a place to be, specially in this season. But yesterday even though there was wind, it felt like Sahara.

From Governor to Chief minister level, meetings are being called to resolve differences between several key political parties active in Karachi. Apparently its these groups, which are believed to be settling their scores with streets and bullets. In the civilized world today, there is not a second example of political rivalries going this wild all over the globe.

Courtesy to Dawn(newspaper), i just wish to share a picture of some Afghan ruin where a young boy is seen playing cricket.

It's not the bullet with my name on it that worries me. It's the one that says "To whom it may concern"