Four Famous City of Pakistan.

Karachi:

Karachi is the heart of Pakistan, Easily the biggest city with a population of 13,052,000 (2010). It was the previous capital of Pakistan and a massive metropolis with a cosmopolitan lifestyle. Karachi has absorbed the charm and beauty of modern and conventional way of life. What makes the city more proud is the fact that Quiad-E-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan was born in this city and his mausoleum  is the identity of the city.

It is the most populous city in the country, one of the world's largest cities in terms of population and also the 10th largest urban agglomeration in the world. It is also known as the city of lights and the bride of cities due to its liveliness where people from all over the country come for jobs and labor. Other famous places of Karachi include state of the art Air Port, The famous National Stadium, Tooba Mosque, The National Academy of Performing Arts, The National Museum, Karachi Expo Centre. The Port Grand Food and Entertainment Complex is the largest food street of Asia. It is located near the Arabian Sea and  once It was the world's most popular silver-sand beach and health resort during 20th century.

Islamabad:

Islamabad is the capital city of Pakistan and was built in early 1960. The city is more famous due to the political hub, beauty, cleanliness and more Importantly the location in the beautiful Magrala hills which are regarded to be one of the earliest sites of human settlement in Asia.. Faisal Mosque of Islamabad is the biggest mosque of South Asia and sixth biggest of the world. The famous places for food and cafe' are Jinnah Super Market, Blue Area, F10 Markaz.

The city is a developed one and divided in different sectors. F-9 sector is called Fatima Jinnah Park which is one of the biggest in Asia. Some of the famous places of the city Include Daman-e-Koh, Monal, Shakar Parrian, Islamabad Zoo, Rawal Lake, Khanpur dam lake, Pakistan Monument, Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Golra Sharif. Islamabad is home to the some of the top-ranked universities in Pakistan, including Quaid-i-Azam University, Air University, Pakistan Institute of Engineering & Applied Sciences and the National University of Sciences and Technology. Allama Iqbal Open University in Islamabad is one of the world's largest universities by enrollment.  The Saudi-Pak Tower is an example of the integration of modern architecture with traditional styles. The beige-coloured edifice is trimmed with blue tile works in Islamic tradition, and is one of Islamabad's tallest buildings.

Multan:

Multan is one of the oldest cities in the Subcontinent Indo-Pak, this peculiar due to almost never-ending history of religion and politics for near about five thousand years, according to many historians it is the oldest city with a history in the modern world. Multan is the City of Saints. It is also known as the City of Sufis and Madinah-Tul-Oleyah due to the large number of shrines and Sufi saints from the city. It is also known as the City of Mangoes and produces the most juiciest of mangoes. The people of the city are polite and the thing that differentiates Multan from other cities is the calmness.

It is also a city where the five rivers of Punjab meet.  Multan is famous for its crops: wheat, cotton and sugar cane as well as mangoes, citrus, guavas and pomegranates. The best part of the city are the shrines of famous Sufi saints like Bahauddin Zakaria, Shah Shamas, Shah Rukn e Alam etc. According to Hindu legends, it was the capital of the Trigarta Kingdom and stayed a power house after that. Multan is also one of the hottest cities of the country. It has a population of over about 3.83 Million, making it the sixth largest city in Pakistan. Nishtar Medical college and hospital was once the largest in Asia, The parks such as Cantonment Garden, Jinnah Park, ShahShamas park are the biggest in the country. The State Bank of Pakistan, BZU Campus, Arts Council building with and auditorium, MGM, Multan Railway Station building the famous Clock Tower building of the Multan Municipal Corporation are the other worth places of the city.

Lahore:

Undoubtedly the heat of Pakistan, Lahore is the second largest city of the country and one of the most densely populated city of the world. A legend based on oral traditions holds that Lahore, known in ancient times as Lavapuri. It is the City which never sleeps and also known as the City of Gardens thanks to the Mughal Emperors. Lahore also has a rich cultural and architectural history which goes back over a millennium. Lahore has a lot to offer, including, from its popular film industry known as Lolly wood, Mughal and highly ethnical architecture to the most hospitable culinary fiestas, Lahore has a breathtaking charm and charisma that enchants every one that happens to be in Lahore.

 It is the city of happenings and colorful events, Festivals like Basant, Spring Flower Festival, international Theatre and Film festivals and a lot more that adds the colors of vibrancy, animation and joie de vivre to the city full of energy and life. There are many places you can visit in Lahore and you can go on and on with the names, The Badshahi Mosque, Mausoleum of National Poet Allama Iqbal,  Lahore Fort, Shalimar Gardens, and the mausolea of Jehangir and Nur Jehan are popular tourist attractions for the city. Golden Mosque; 13 Gates of Lahore and Lahore Zoo are also visited by people. The National College of Arts is a place where people all over the world come to learn the modern arts, whereas many famous universities are also in this city. Food Street of Lahore is the most famous in Pakistan which people mostly visit after midnight.

New Place, New Beginning?!

Its been a while since I posted something about myself, yeah its been a long time. After coming back from Multan I directly came back to the New Apartment as we had already shifted the luggage and stuff. This place is in the F11 sector and its beautiful. There are many parks in he sector one of which is in front of our apartment and most of my time, the free time passes in that Park.

It was a really busy weekend as Hamza and I had to make affidavit for the new flat which, thanks to Ameer we did after lots of trouble. Both of us had to go on foot to the Court and the shop we went in was a total fraud. They asked for 600 rupees from us without any reason and bad luck was that we just had a total of 480 rupees, and because of this reason we had to come back to the University on foot as well which was really annoying and tiring.

During the weekend we did wonders really and finished up bundle of work on Saturday. We arranged for the cook, we got PTCL connection and DSL the same day, we also bought all the food we needed for our menu, we bought all the crockery, and also shifted the refrigerator and other stuff from our old flat YESSSS! ALL IN A SINGLE DAY! :D

I just started studying this week and I hope so that I continue to do so as the new apartment and its calmness is very tempting not to study. I also have my FYP in June and there are 6 semester projects to deal with until the end of  may!

In short, Life is bitterly sweet for me! :)

Time at Home!

Whenever I come back to Multan there is always a sense of calmness about this city. Life here is so simple and smooth that I forget all my tensions.

Saturday was my first day here and It passed mostly spending time with family. Tamur had a holiday and we played games most of the day. The lunch today was Chicken Karahi and it was delicious. I also had 'Karri Pakora' and 'Gajar ka halwa'.

Sunday is supposed to be funday and thats what it exactly turned out to be. We three brothers played hard ball Cricket and at one stage I played out 336 balls or 56 overs without losing a wicket. The sand storm tried to interrup our session but we kept on playing. Earlier in the morning we had our favorite breakfast 'Bhatti k Chanay'. We went out with Papa to Uncle Khan's home, also went to order a book rack for my room.

Monday was a quiet day as I was alone at home and nothing much to do. Playing cricket for that long was taking its toll and I felt tired all through the day. At night we went out to have dinner and there was no guessing where we went.

Early morning on Tuesday hamza and I went out to take magazines, dvd's and also to take some stuff that Papa had asked. But the most tough phase was when we had to submit the license form at the Police office. We have half watched Rango and it really is a nice movie!

A Trip back Home! =)

Post 1:

Its that time again and I'm going back home. Right now as always I'm passing the mountains with only a slight difference that the sun is out this time. The weather is neither hot nor that cold so the atmosphere inside the bus is pretty fine.

I will be staying in multan for almost 9 days. This by the way will also be my first travel blog for Travel Pod! :)

The bus scheduled to arrive at 3pm but as is usually the case in Pakistan, we were late. I had already booked the tickets on wednesday as hassaaan, hamza and Ameer were also coming with me. We reached the terminal on time and got the tickets half hour before the actual time. Its 4:18 pm right now and I'm still passing through the mountains! =)


Post 2:

The mountains have passed and the vast fields have started. All around the area there is greenry. This pattern will now follow us all the way to multan. We made a stop at Siyal Chawk for about 15 minutes and had KFC packed for us which I just finished eating. Its almost evening time now and the night has started to fall, but still theres a long way to travel, its 18:25 h right now.


Phase 3:

We have just started the last phase of our journey, although there is still a long way to go. Jhang has always been one of my favorite places because I like the food at the terminal. This time I could not eat anything because of the heavy KFC meal which I am regretting right now. most probably I will pass these hours sleeping as I have no IPod to listen any type of music. Its almost 9pm.


Post 4:

I have reached home and its was about 11:30 pm. Papa and Tamur were already there to receive us. We reached home and had a delicious dinner. Its almost 1am. one thing that I really missed all the way was that there was no one to remind me recite Ayat-al-kursi!

Relieved !

It has been a really tough time as I have mentioned many times now, but the point is that this bad phase is not showing any signs of ending at all. Hopefully we will leave the flat by tomorrow and start anew. We almost have shifted all the luggage. But the good thing is that may be and hopefully I'm going home tomorrow if everything goes well. Its has been a long time since I last visited home and as usual visiting home makes me really excited. I had bought a new IPod so that I can listen to music on the long way back home but my bad that It did not work and has a space of 0 bytes. I tried a lot to sort the problem out but the last chance is to claim the warranty of the IPod.

Exams of Taimoor have finished and I'm really planing to hear his interesting comments on most of the things. There will be no Cricket to watch so this time I will read as many novels as possible. More Importantly I wont be having to skip my classes for going home because its Sports week here and there will be no lectures taking place.

The AU time is going good and there has not been that much tension this time because of the nature of the subjects, although I did not do that good in the exams but I'm hopeful that I will get a good result InshaAllah. We also have our final year project coming up and will have to give some time to it. There are also many term projects remaining upon which I have not work at all.

I'll try to keep in touch and post more often, but of course there will be no big posts coming as all my research material is here in Islamabad. There are many interesting topics remaining on which I want to write and I will try my best to complete them as soon as possible.

My That life is not going well at all and I'm really hurt by what has happened recently, but then its usual and that never understands the problem. The behavior and the seriousness not at all there and once again I can just hope!!

Multan Time

Standing on the balcony of my flat, I see the mountains everyday. Most of the times i wonder that when will that day come again and i'l be going through these mountains on my way back home. That day is today and right now I'm passing through these mountains. The weather is beautiful, least to say and Its raining for more than two hours now.
It wasn't a bad time that I usually pass in Islamabad, actually this time I was not that tense or burdened that I usually get. But going home is still the biggest attraction for me. Moreover its World Cup time and the first fruit that i'l get is the all important match between Pakistan and Srilanka. Ofcourse I pray that Pakistan wins the match and God willing they most certainly will.
Tamur and Manal will have their exams approaching so it was not the best of plan to go home but we didn't have a choice as we had to cancel everythin at the last moment.
Praying that we have a nice time at home and that Pakistan performs well in the World Cup..bubye till the next post.

Sleepy Day..

Woke up early today as well, offered prayer, read newspaper and then I slept again. Lol :D
After I woke up again hamza, me n tamur watched the movie 10000 B.C which was simply awesome. Mama joined inbetween and we all completed the movie. Later everyone went buzy with their work but I kept on watching movies n saw Ice age 1 n 2 which were nice. Later I played some cricket n was so tired. While reading the novel in the evening I fell asleep and woke up at night to have dinner and then again slept :D

A Happy Day.

It was indeed a happy day. Pakistan won its first series after a gap of FOUR years and it was their first series win overseas after 7 years. Gone are the golden days when winning a series was just a formality. It was a well earned win though, with an inexperienced team, after lots of controversies, new captain, alien conditions, it was a hard work. At one stage it looked as if Pakistan will lose, at the end Pakistan could have easily won but Misbah, as he said at the post match conference, that winning the series was more important than the match. Its a big boost for Pakistan, lets see the ODI's..
My day started with the match. Later we watched a movie and went to Shangrilla Bar'be-cue for dinner.

Earth Quake..

Today I was able to offer prayer. But the light didnt permit me to watch the match so I switched the TV on with UPS. It was a tough day for Pakistan in the field who drop many chances and fielded poorly but it was Umar Gull's day who wrapped up the New zealand innings with late reverse swing, swinging the match slightly in Pakistan's favour. My day was fine, after watching the match Tamur and me played cricket for sometime. In the evening Hamza, tamur and me went to News Corner and I bought a few novels. At night I watched Pink Panther 2 and it was really funny. There was an earth quake later at night and it was horrifying.

Movie Day.

I woke up quiet early today but late enough that I couldn't offer prayer. I watched the match for an hour or so and sadly Younis Khan who was playing really well was given out caught at short leg by a strange decision from the umpire. At the end of the day it was even stevens.
Papa mama went to hospital, sis to college so me, hamza n tamur completed open season 2 n watched the 3rd part as well. The character elliot which was a dear was the best part of the movie and it was fun. Rest of the day was passed just resting and making plans. We again watched a movie in the evening. Later at night when papa was back we just sat near the heater and talked about different subjects. I slept early at around 10:20pm.

Cricket time.

The second day of the test match was mostly Pakistan's day and they batted really well except for the last ball at which Taufeeq Umar got out. Australia won the 1st ODI in thrilling fashion.
My day went really good mostly. Woke up early and watched the Cricket match and had 'Aalu k parathay' for breakfast. Then sat in the sun and enjoyed sunlight reading novel. Later we went to meet our cousins and enjoyed alot with my 'four angels'. Papa had lost his cellphone during Hajj so we searched and bought a new one for him and then came back home. Hamza, Me and Tamur played cricket in the evening with me scoring my first run in the 3rd match. Was totally out of touch but managed to score a 50 later :D I bowled really well especially the visious turning delivery at which hamza was clean bowled. Later we watched movies and then after dinner I went to sleep.

The Series of Unfortunate events Continue.. :D

The bus was half empty on my way to Multan. But still I cudnt sleep because the weather was so beautiful and while crossing the mountains it was raining. Crossing that it was all fog so we reached the terminal as late as 00:30 in the morning. Papa and Tamur had to wait for 2 hours at the terminal. But it was nice to see papa coming to take us once again (No compensation with the Rickshaw drivers this time) :)
We reached home, had dinner. The match had to start at 3am in the morning so I had initially all the plans to stay awake as it was already 2 in the morning but thanks to load shedding I was forced to sleep. Although I woke up at 5am in the morning but sadly in was a lunch break during the match and I had to go back ko sleep again. New Zealand were 98/4 when I switched on the TV in the morning but load shedding again destroyed all the plans. Pakistan had a good day overall but New Zealand are fighting their way back I think and will score in the excess of 300.. Australia won the 2nd T20 after almost throwing it away. And India won a nail biter against South Africa.
My day was drowsy, I couldn't sleep well at night and because of that had headache all day. Got a hair cut as well.. Slept in the evening again and went hoteling at night with family and enjoyed alot. Watched 'Open season 1' (1st of my 50 downloads) and it was fun! Im feeling relax after such a long time ( btw, had a kind of fight with someone special) ppl change don they?!

How did the exams go..

Well lets start with the first paper. The subject was such that no one was able to understand anything about it all these four months. The last day of classes was on tuesday and the first paper was on thursday so there wasn't much time to prepare. Although i tried my best and revised and solved again and again yet still I wasn't able to do well. The second paper was always going to be unexpected as the past experiences tell and thats what exactly happened. The paper was a half disaster, but the Sir is good enough to grade us. The result of this subject was displayed just after 5 days of paper, now thats what u call true speed.
The third paper was well a cheat. The subject teacher did not feed us that advance as was the paper. It was high and wide above everyone and I bet if Sir was himself given such a paper he would'nt have been able to solve it. My fourth paper was, well supposed to be a cake walk but my asusual blunder might ruin it. But overall it went fine.
The fifth paper was a real butter. It was expected, we had the previous year paper and thats what was going to come, and with a few changes thats what it came. Even our supervisor said that 'Now start solving it as I know u people have learn it by heart, because thats what we did. '
My next and the worst part was my last paper. It was easily the most under studied subject and after all this burden of going through exams my limit to study was finished. The second last paper was in the evening and this was early morning next day. So there was no time to prepare. The course was too much. But what I think I have done fine with this, atleast hopefully I might not fail. HOPEFULLY!!!

Something was VERY wrong!

Breaking News: Atlast I'm done with my final exams..
Right now I'm sitting in the bus going back home to Multan. The papers did not start well and ended on a sedate note. I wasn't thinking that I would have such a difficult time during the finals because my preparation was ok if not good. At the same time I wasn't feeling the same space I have during the exams. It was cold no doubt and it was difficult to study, I was sick and that could be a reason, there were seven papers to give that could be an excuse, but the real problem I think was a supernatural one. When ever I tried writing I could not. When ever I tried to memorize something I could not. Whenever I tried concentrating something distracted me. And strangely enough mostly when I wrote the pen stopped writing. I took 4 ball pens to the examination hall yet everyday I had to buy new ones as they stopped writing. Well but still the exams went Ok! Not what I had anticipated but still seeing the circumstances better than what it could have been..