Author: Minerwa Tahir

5.88 magnitude in Balochistan. My sincere prayers. Up to 20 people thought to have been killed. Several houses destroyed. Reports of deaths as earthquake strikes Quetta, Pakistan. This is again the month of October and we have another massive earthquake.

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Heavy casualties in harnai! Which is said to be the center of earthquake. Our prayers are with harnai. A 5.88 magnitude earthquake has occurred near Harnai, Balochistan, Pakistan at 03:01. Earthquake in Quetta. Sinjawi Harnai Pishin, Ziarat, Hope that every one is ok.

Qurat-ul-Ain Baloch, mother of four young kids (the oldest aged 9 and the youngest aged 2), was brutally murdered by her husband, Umer Khalid Memon, in Barrage Colony, Hyderabad, Sindh on 15th July 2021.

Domestic violence causes far more pain than the visible marks of bruises and scars. It is devastating to be abused. Domestic violence needs to stop. A heart wrenching incident has happened in Hyderabad. Quratulain, a mother of 4 children was brutally murdered after being tortured by her husband. We request higher authorities to take strict action against murderer.

Pakistan is still facing domestic violence, it’s very horrible to know the murder of a young woman killed by her husband. Justice needs to be done in this case. Another day another atrocity, How long will we suffer this? What kind of creatures are they? This is why we need domestic violence. A woman died because of Domestic violence by her husband & shocking to see that Aurat March didn’t speak a single word yet, when it comes to oppressed people no one is ready to speak, the poor are always helpless under this system.

May Allah swt punish and humiliate the oppressors in this life and the next, aameen. May Allah swt rest her soul in eternal peace and grant her highest portions in Jannat ul firdous, may Allah swt protect her children from all harm and illnesses, aameen. There are laws passed to stop domestic violence against women but challenges remain in enforcing these laws, limiting women and girls’ access to safety and justice. Not enough is done to prevent violence, and when it does occur, it often goes unpunished. He must be punished.

Just so deeply heartbroken reading about this. With every passing day I’m losing my faith in marriages. May Allah rest her soul in peace. Remember that Man who shot the murderer of his son in front of the court when the victim was going for trial. Police was protecting the victim also. That’s the only way of getting justice in this country. I think your family is also responsible of this murder. When this psychopath was torturing your sister for about 7 years, what were you doing that time. Tearing now is not enough. Your family cant be forgotten at the moment. Sorry but this is truth.

Not acceptable! It’s a predicament state of affair – he should have just leave her if they have issue of alignment. Now the 4 kids ? What will they do? Police’s reluctance to take action at first is deplorable but now that the murderer is arrested after uproar on social media hope the family of victim won’t reconcile come what may & take the case to its logical conclusion by ensuring the killer gets maximum punishment.

Nature can be so cruel but this cruel and unfair I had never thought about that before having these gruesome periods. Pakistani girls periods are a taboo to discuss but why not? It’s just a natural phenomenon and its painful too and we need to discuss so that we could lessen the pain with common wisdom.

Has anyone else’s pms/period cycles gotten worst as they advance into their twenties? before my period not only do I feel out of it and unable to focus I also feel like if someone touches me I’ll shatter and break. Mood swings is one thing but the whole bady shakesa and I really want to melt down. I really want to go back to my childhood or just become a boy to not to have these very painful periods. Boys would never understand. They will laugh or just shrug it away. Only we know our pain.

Actually in mid twenties body demands are changed but we ignore it and then wait till 30 it becomes worst. The pain has gotten 10x worse, the mood swings too. Also the mood swings are exceptionally severe and unpredictable. Twice every month unless I act like a perfect human being one month i.e proper sleep diet exercise good mental health. It is exhausting.

I feel the mood swings and its impact gets stronger. Even body pattern changes and all this goes down the hill after 30. The reality is that the mood swings are so much more intense now. i think my hormones have changed. it’s all completely unmanageable without the pill. I don’t know how easy it is to access in Pakistan for unmarried women but mirena coil is good.

Period pain on the first and second day is literally a near death experience. If God could just grant me one wish biologically, I’d tell him to pause my period, till I’m ready for childbirth. I always tell God to make me a man when my period is coming and take me back to being a woman after the time it’s supposed to come elapses. The struggle is real and painful.

• Is it tummy pain?
• Is it the intense lower abdominal pain /pulling?
• Is it the crazy thigh and back aches?
• Is it the nausea that accompanies it?
• Is it the lack of appetite and irritability?
• Is it the diarrhea/constipation?

My biggest prayer is that during my period , it should not hinder me to loose an opportunity because I’m always paralyzed throughout that period. I used to drink yerba buena tea, mint. That, a heating pad, and midol helped me. Share your remedies and tips please.

Pakistan’s youngest climber Shehroze Kashif successfully climbed highest peak Everest (8848-m) this morning. Shehroze Kashif age 19, is from Lahore, he climbed Broad peak at age of 17. Pakistan’s Shehroze Kashif seems to have made it to the summit of Mount Everest (8848.86 m).

This morning Kashif successfully climbed the Mt. Everest as a part of Seven Summit Treks – Everest Expedition 2021. Seven Summit Treks has a network of experienced professionals spread across Nepal, China and Pakistan, who will strive to make your trekking and mountaineering experience worthwhile. We have personnel, whose prime purpose is to facilitate your goal of mingling with nature, or of conquering it. And it goes without saying that we keep the safety of our clients, our number one priority.

With his eyes on the summit which is only a matter of couple of days now, the youngest climber on Everest this season and youngest Pakistani attempting to set foot on the highest point of the world, Shehroze Kashif. The 19-year-old,mountaineer Shehroze Kashif has become the youngest Pakistani to climb 8000m mountain.He started climbing at the age of just 12 from 3000m &took his passion to the next stage by reaching 4& then 6000 &now to 8000.

Shehroze Kashif about to become youngest Pakistani to climb Mount Everest, he has already entered the death zone (8000+), he will push towards summit tommorrow morning InshaAllah, and Sirbaz Khan has reached C3 he will climb toward C4 in the morning. “As the distance between me and the summit decreases, I would like to request whole Pakistan to pray and be ready for the moment.”, said by Shehroze. Wife of Shehroze is also very happy and so is Shehroze family.

In the words of Shehroze:

After years of wait and prep, the moment has arrived finally so it is getting very hard to control my emotions. I’m bursting with excitement, energy and determination. The last couple of years I have done all I could to prepare and be ready for this moment. From research to physical training, from dreaming to motivating myself, yes, I have done it all. I am into mountaineering for years but this expedition is one of its kind. Despite becoming a commercial route, there is no denial to the fact that Everest is not a piece of cake. Take out the prepared route, ladders and ropes, and you get the toughest mountain in the world to climb with all kind of hazards. Just imagine going through Khumbu Icefall on your own without ladders, ropes and safer route markings. Western Cwm and Lhotse Icewall are later challenges and then the never-ending climb to the world’s highest point. Simply, Everest commands respect!

راحت فتح علی خان کا نغمہ پاکستان سویٹ ہوم کے نام آج تین بجے نیشنل پریس کلب اسلام آباد میں ریلیز کیا جائے گا۔ سب دوستوں کو شرکت کی دعوت ہے۔

So who is boy and girl hugging in University of Lahore? The video of university of Lahore Hadiqa Javaid and Shehryar is making rounds at social media hugging and kissing and loving each other in front of public. The couple is hugging and kissing in front of other students after flower exchange. Profile of Hadiqa Javaid and Shehryar Ahmed of UoL is quite interesting. This comes on the eve of controversial Aurat March in Pakistan so the gossip is quite rife and ripe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GerUb_MnbX8

All they did was to promote “Uni Wala PyAar” and Glamorize it by showbiz industry, Now Youth is just simply following it. Moral Policing in Universities have become a norm lately. UOL’s action against students on their private matter is extremely condemnable. Ironically , there has been no swift action against known harassers and harassment cases on campuses.

Secondly, harassment is punishable and pathetic but what they did was wrong AF. Don’t try to justify and act like a fool. If this starts, adults will go rebellious you’ll see kisses and proposals all around. Islam has rules and there are reasons. Simple. People fighting that expression of love is not allowed etc and uni didn’t do anything about harassment. Consider too, that it was due to social media that uni took action. If this clip hadn’t gone viral. No one would have asked the students or expelled them.

It will bring restrictions to most of the girls who wants to study. When Maulana Tariq Jameel Sahab said that co-education as the cause of immorality in our society, and spreading Beihai in our country, many people criticized on him but today time has proved that he was right. Educational Universities are always Achilles’ Heel for the liberals to water their values. JamiatPK always toiled to redirect Youth towards true essence of Islam and high moral values.

I tweeted recently regarding the incident people are saying me look in Turkey but let me clarify that Pakistan is not your father’s land it is land of Islam it is land where every Muslim can live and feels safe Pakistan is back bone of Ummah. Good step by UOL. Both Hadiqa Javaid and Shehryar Ahmed are expelled from the University. No tolerance policy should be adopted in case of any attack on our religion or our traditions and culture. Well that is one point of view.

Buying and selling wild birds is illegal in Pakistan and you could be heavily fined if you get caught while in the act of doing bird business. For some people, it has become quite a business to just set traps for birds, catch them in a brutal fashion, and then sell in bulk in the markets of Islamabad, Lahore, and Karachi. 

I also often encounter street hawkers selling poor, weak , hungry birds trapped in small cages. They go from door to door, shouting at the top of their voice, luring kids to buy  birds. They sell them very cheaply as its a free money for them. They don’t really care about the food or anything else about those birds. If the bird dies in their cage, they just throw it away on the way and move on as if nothing happened. The plight is quite dismal and conditions are very poor for the wildlife in Pakistan. 

IWMB staff catching captured birds from bazaars in Islamabad on almost a daily basis & setting them free. population of these Mynahs & house sparrows are declining in wild. Please report these activities & don’t buy caged birds from vendors. Let birds live without cages, as they have every right on this planet as we humans do. This should be the mantra of Pakistanis all across the country. Very few people have awareness about it in the country as they think that birds are just there and will always be there.

Already birds are dying due to pollution. Birds will either die or they will go away. My concern is that due to climate change and disruptions in the food chain due to rising levels in pollution will force several of these habitats to migrate to other parts of the world. We will be left with empty skies thick with smog and toxic air. Increase the green cover and plant more trees but more importantly curb the bird trade in Pakistan. Law should be enforced all over the place and authorities must follow it to the punch.

Pakistani avian species is precious like any other. It’s a gift of nature and we must protect it. We must protect our beautiful birds from this toxic air including carbon monoxide (CO), ozone (O3), sulfur dioxide (SO2), smoke, and heavy metals, as well as mixtures of urban and industrial emissions.