Illusive Love

Oh! Love
The illusive love
The kind that ...
Stops your mind
And races your heart ???!!!!
The kind that exists in books
And movies
In fairy tales
And mythological stories

The love that kills all other loves and vanities,
The love that gives birth to all new feelings and sensitivities....

The illusive love ....
The kind that stops the heart,
That pauses the racing thoughts.
Where do I find it ????

Honour Killings

No justification
I will give.
No heed
I will pay.
Execute me;
Strangle my deep rotten soul
But
My bulging eyes will remain
Open,
Wide !
Paying tribute to my endless strength and tireless confrontations !!!
I rebel,
I say nay.
I am the nay sayer !!
Slay me for the greater good ......
Justification, I give none !!!!
My behaviour is validated by your need to silence me.......

Election 2018

Count me in !!
I want change,
I want to see all children in school
I want to see mosques safe again...
Count me in !!
I want change,
I want to see the deserving get their just
I want to sleep with my doors unlocked ...
Count me in !!
I want change,
I want to eat pure
I want to drink milk not soap ...
Count me in !!
I want change,
I want to become a change maker
I want to be brave enough to do what is right ....
Count me in !!
I want change,
I want to keep my young ones in Pakistan
I want to die of old age here ...
Count me in !!
I want change,
I want to look into the eyes of the world
I want to be proud of being a Pakistani, when handing over my passport ...
Count me in !!
I want change,
I want to do more than making and breaking parliaments in my withdrawing room
I want to stop being a lazy idealist ....

Count me in because I am ready to roar ....
Count me in because I am going to be a better Pakistani .....
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At my talk today a lot of young girls came up to me and said I inspired them to do more with their lives. They enthused that I opened their eyes and now they will break barriers and follow their dreams with a passion ....
Of course I was flattered but at the same time their remarks left me wondering ...
Why did they need a push from me? Where are their close family members? Why is society still an oppressor? Why haven't times changed (for the better) for the educated young girls living in Pakistan during the 21st century? Where have we gone wrong? What is "taraki" if the young girls still need pep talks and motivation to recognize their potential and worth !!!?????

Empowered women should be seen as strength of the society not barrier breakers !!!??? They are the future that will bring about the change that is much needed in our society today !! The future mothers and teachers are so unsure of themselves and their potentials because behind them there is no parent or loved one telling them that the sky is the limit.

Please invest in the emotional strength of the girl child and help her recognize that she matters too. Please empower your daughters and raise them to be ambitious too. Invest in their futures and see a better Pakistan. Women and girls should get equal opportunities to follow their dreams and live to be the best that they can be .....

Motivate your daughters, sisters, mothers and wives to be happy, enriched, educated and independent thinkers. Believe it or not they will thank you and your confidence in them will be rewarded with success of Pakistan.

"Taraki sirf aik pari likhi maan la sakti hai"

Don't be afraid of empowering women because women hold up half the sky 😎🇵🇰😎

Defence Day

Pak Fauj is in my veins and arteries and heart forever (sentiments of an army brat).

However the Fauj that I experienced, growing up in a totally marshal family, was not the Fauj of today.

Those were peaceful days, the days of my youth ...... War on terror had yet to begin !!! Cantonments were happy places, safe places, fun places ... Families were stable and complete ....

Alas, the Fauji bachay of today live in constant fear for the safety of their fathers .... Every officer is directly or indirectly linked to the horrors of war inside our borders ; everyday a shaheed's family cries in some cantonment or the other. Posting seasons are a time of fearful anticipation. A stint in Waziristan or on the borders leaves officers and their families distraught; the stress is too much and too real.

I salute the officers, soldiers and the families of today's Army for not backing off and not giving in despite the fatal conditions....

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Pak Army Zindabad
All armed forces Zindabad
Pakistan Zindabad
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