Jum'ah Journal- Ahmadis/Mirzais friends

 Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Mahmood-ul-Hassan whom I discovered through, well of course Google
 Was the first surgeon who diagnosed my Hemorrhoids about 1953 or thereabout. He was posted in Lahore and so was my brother who was his Junior house surgeon in 1948 Dr. Mahmood went on to become a surgeon with FRCS and was surgeon general of Pakistan Army as Lt. General when he retired So I knew him as I had seen him when he was house surgeon for Prof, Riaz Qadeer.
 Those days Ahmadis used to get  any high posts as is the case here. He was however a soft-spoken and kind gentleman and I respected him
 The other friend of my brother who was chief of Army medical corps was Gen. Nasir. I have some good memories of my early days in Lahore with my older brother as I lived with him in the "house surgeon Quarters" of Mayo Hospital, where I too lived when I became a house physician a few years later.

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Winehouse

 I must admit I did not know her until I saw Hassan's note about her death. Then, of course all the usual news etc. of young death drugs alcohol addiction illness and the end.
 So everybody saying how tragic such a young talented girl......
 The name is coincidental? perhaps
 Others say the same things that it is nothing new and they start counting how many others at young age have gone the  same route. There is a long never-ending list. Some of them that come to my mind, include
Michael Jackson
Elvis Presley
 Marilyn Monroe (Apparant Suicide)
 and also
 Meena Kumari (Alcoholic Cirrhosis)
  Sa'adat H Minto (Alcoholic Cirrhosis)

 I have been wondering about this strange but predictable association of talent/Artist and addiction since my childhood. I read psychology psychiatry and medicine and still at a loss to figure out why these personalities resist treatment approaches and why they never seem to have a real friend who can save them. 


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Sunday Surkhi- Hanging 8 yr. Old Boy

  They say that the boy' father, a police officer in Afghanistan refused to let them (Militants--whoever they are but evidently Muslims) use police vehicle. So they abducted his son only 8 yr. old and hanged him.
 Again and again I come across such news that make me wonder how could any human being be so callous and commit such heinous act as to kill a completely innocent child. How sinful, how ugly. Do they believe in a life hereafter? Do they believe in God? Do they understand they have to die one day? Do they have any religion?


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Jum'ah Journal-Late

GEMS from Ali RA
   " Love your friend with some reserve, for he might become inimical to you some day.
     Despise your enemy with some reserve, for he might become your friend some day"

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Sunday Surkhi-

She wore a pink T-shirt and jeans.
 Well, Casey Anthony was freed from Jail at 10 mts past 12 midnight in the company of her now famous attorney Mr. Baez, out to face a chanting crowd "Baby-Killer".
 She was hurried into a station-wagon and disappeared.
 A book, if she agrees to get 1 million dollars
 That is just for a start.
 in Urdu they say
بدنام ہوںگے تو کیا نام نہ ہوگا
  That sure tops even the Obama's 4 trillion ceiling


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Jum'ah Journal-Islam spreading still

        I got info about a young British Actress became a Muslim.
 There was a statement that many British girls are accepting Islam. Most of them indicate that they were not getting all the answers to their questions and Islam-Qur'an answered. They mostly indicate the condition of the Muslims is poor, meaning that they do not understand the spirit of Islam. There is truth in that.


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Loss of days- ISNA

Made a program to attend ISNA conference in Chicago so left on Friday and came back Tuesday.
 Tired , very tired
 Grandchildren and my niece was there also so one more grandchild and we had fun
ISNA bazar is visited for books and such things these days but I remember long time ago MSA had these traditions and we would get 'Islamic things' in the bazar. Now of course there is a whole lot of things and very nice (and expensive) things available there from jewelry to rugs and curios etc. Food used to be good but now it is terrible. and is more expensive than ever. Those things are not attractive any more anyway for us but younger people swarm the bazar as before.
Since I cannot hear anything I hesitated even meeting friends whom I did meet but could not make any conversation-felt terrible  and somewhat depressed.




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