Life's Clearer path aur Nagar-e-Yar!

Street art: someone with their thoughts in a whirl

Someone somewhere will have greater problems than yours, someone somewhere will be more than grateful to be where you are. There will those who believe they have better understanding of this world than others and there will be those who will feel they failed to understand it in first place. All hearts shall, one day be broken, all souls must taste the sorrow from death of those who they love the most. You must have your share and consider it the worst, while sip on mine and bear the pain. Piece by piece things you value, will be taken away, the life left, will have less in it. The heart shall be conned by you and you only have the right to, con it. But not for long. A day shall come when you desire to open the truth from the deep sea coffer. Alas! its boring. The life you constructed with your perceptions, was nothing but a fallacy.

If I am not educated from an elite varsity, I am not an intellectual? If I am not rich, I am not successful? If I am not loved, I don't deserve to live? If I am not on social media, I don't exist?

I am a fool, a failure, facile being, fictional. But yet, to be conquered, championed, and consumed to the bone, at the pleasure of those who are not me. It is an irony. Sometime I look at my life, and I see that I have done, the best I could. As I saw but dreams, borne out of my own perceptions, get broken time after time, I realized that things we wish for, are often what we don't need in life, henceforth, we don't get what we want. So with these life experiences the path becomes a little more clearer. The science of signs. The dark truth, that I would hand it to you: the signs are beautiful when your loved ones at still in your life. Least, you can share a cup of tea upon the dusk, and drain the sorrow down your throat, while, they hold your hand.

For what it seems, the society has turned life into sex comedy, where there is no sex but only comedy. There are principles with responsibilities and then there is comedy, you do the math. You are doped into considering the need to have a panther rather than a partner, and then you become slaves to their vicious whims. That is a hard price to pay.

I am here recommending the amendment to perception bill as per mindset's health policy that you for so long have delivered as a cherry to the privilege of getting in mood, being motivated, finding your mojo, etc. Our elders are as scared and freaked out as we are, because in reality no one wants to be on the losing side, least have to fight their way to grave. The dilemma is: history tells us that conquered don't find a sacred ground, 6 feet down. No one can know everything, worse, only the intentions and even they are buried in the given soul. Our life's decision don't always pan out in the same manner each time. At times its a bluff and gamble, at times its a lesson in the offing.

There is one fact to life; it has its own terms, if you try, you get compromise on some. In the end, life is the distance towards death. So what ever lies in between, cherish it, may be. Life on the flip side is acceptance and adaptation. Failures are not the ultimate outcome of life, they can be converted into lessons and in the end, your biggest asset is, the ability to learn. The way forward, as in words of Sir Winston Churchill,'keep buggering on'.

The word. For now. 

P.s. گلوں میں رنگ بھرے باد نوبہار چلے
چلے بھی آؤ کہ گلشن کا کاروبار چلے

قفس اداس ہے یارو صبا سے کچھ تو کہو
کہیں تو بہر خدا آج ذکر یار چلے

- Faiz Ahmed Faiz

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Minimalism aur Maslow!

What is it like to be from a land of the pure? rhetoric and tea, comes like a perfect duo. If you are a liberal, the country must give you freedom to drink your black label, and if you are a conservative, the country must give you freedom to drink your yellow label. While, who gets to do what, only depends on how much money your account holds. The ruling elite has that! and they are free to be liberal or conservative.

Now Maslow's hierarchy of needs comprising of basic needs, psychological needs and self fulfillment needs, has gone haywire in my society. For us, psychological needs comes first, where everyone is obsessed with intimate relationships. If you are a middle class, your parents approval means everything. But thats grossly incorrect. Why? because we are mostly idealizing the perfect marriage with finding our soulmate. Some cunningly use it an opportunity to climb the socioeconomic ladder. And yet the unhealthy need for sex, on the many levels has led to harassment at the hands of men and women, who have power to-do-what-they-want. Its ubiquitous in educational institutes, in corporate culture and within families. 

Food is a need and for some a luxury, water is going to become a luxury, the right to shelter and rest, is relative, security and safety, well, its deterrence...... the gold statement is that... its all about money. Money is prestige, money is accomplishment. If you don't believe that, you are not normal in view of modern Descartes. 

If you feel like playing cricket the Wajahat Ullah Wasti way, then you can survive, yes you can. Forget about money, basic needs, or getting married. Be a minimalist. Many of us spend money we have earned or not, upon consuming ideas and commodities, we don't want, to impress people we don't know or worse hate. So, the peace probably lies in our love for ourselves, and the pact to be comfortable to live on our own, for ourselves. 

The world after COVID 19 is going to be changed, the markets have gone under recession, so as a reaction we have to change the perception of self actualization. It starts with me, and ends with me. The tendency to consider pleasure or its presence as happiness, has to end. Consume less. Donate more. With that said, this piece comes to an end. 

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Pakistan's Millennial aur Ghar kharidne ki khwahish!

If you are a millennial in Pakistan, you might feel more of an existing history-log of world’s transformation. From the Sega Mega or Nitendo, in 90s, to getting excited about the upcoming Play Station 5, you have had the experienced the ecstasy of virtual gameplay. In political spectrum you have seen the worst political turmoil prior to a seemingly less harmful enlightened dictatorship followed by the wishful era of recycled democracy since last one decade. From the one shop in city centre for buying Eid clothes to Mega malls with air conditioning, it feels like, you have really gained the increased level of quality of life.

My dear fellow inhabitants, from land of the pure, aging 26 to 40 years of age. Most of you must have been married by now or simply, taking the route of living your life with your own terms. Yet, when it will come to having a roof over your head, it would most probably be that you are living with your parents (which is the traditional way of living in subcontinent) or having your ‘own’ place with help of your parent’s fortune or blessing. Don’t take me wrong, but, our parents have done most of the work for us. Some planned investments and some luck, could have landed them a good piece of land.
Unfortunately, for us the chances are slimming down, to have one’s own house in a formidable locality in coming of age, by ourselves. Much is to be blamed on the governments for not subsidizing enough on low cost housing projects and curbing on development of luxury based housing societies. Though, not all blame goes to them, as globally the trend is, in creating high profits out of real estate sector with an angle of providing better ‘living conditions’, whereas, low cost apartments and housing are left to become ghettos due to negligence defended in name of less profitability. As a result of such a change, it’s speculated that millennial might not be able to afford buying houses in future. It is indeed alarming and worrisome for us, even more after two recession within a decade. With money losing its worth and inflation going haywire, the income seems to go on a snail’s pace and opportunities seems to getting scarcer. Hence, many millennials, risk everything, prefer to go abroad, work hard and gain prosperity.
When you go on the road, you see numerous advertisements of this city, that city, this town, that town, this housing society, that housing society. It’s like they are everywhere, and like, the moths to the flame, when you zoom around for details, get estranged. Either the ready-to-build-on plots or ready-to-live-in apartments are too costly to buy or the instalment plans of new or ongoing projects by even big brands are too good to rely upon (in such situation you might expect a 10-20 years or more of a delay in getting your property handed over to you or worse…. Never!). In the end you develop acceptance of your current state of living and have your aspirations burn down to dust.
Can we change this predicament? In short, NO!
In over economic system, much of the money in ‘economy’ comes from real estate and the richest people in land of the pure, are real estate Mongols or have conglomerates which have part of their empire invested in real estate sector. Inspite of what you want, their profits comes from selling lands bought with pennies, sold in gold to costumers, with a touch of polishing and patronization. While, we the working class, instead of being proud of our sweat, tears and blood… regrettably, are all divided on desire of achieving that social status which comes from a having a piece of these high end places. No law, no court, no religion, stops ‘them’ from squeezing out our life’s saving and pouring them into their cauldrons of profits.
In past, I did write about, suggesting construction of housing schemes for 3-5 marla plots – or houses plus limitation on the cost to 15-30 lacs (including construction). These housings must be met to be inhabited by working class which would help reduce the strain of their ever-so-dropping buying power. Whereas, subsidy and laxation should be given in zoning of 3 storey flats apartments, with range falling in 5 – 15 lacs. But when the governments announce such projects or approve such projects, which they seldom do, the ‘will’ behind carrying them out is weaker than hopes of cure for superstitions. I wish they could have built them quickly and efficiently, like motorways in our country, magar dost, hazaron khwahishen aisi ki har khwahish pe daam nikle. Least, I hope if the government subsidizes the graveyards and improve their maintenance, kiun kay jab ab, daam nikal hi jaye to kahi qabar kay paisay bhi na kaam niklay.

Cancel Culture aur Rowling gee!

Canceling a career or fortune, with a single press on a typewriter, is it right?

In the 21st century we have seen a lot of change in behaviors of the masses, much of it is attributed to the access to information. Most of the time it is not something positive. You can say that the media and more specifically, social media is responsible for it. Nonetheless, people have developed lack of tolerance as a culture. Freedom of expression has become, a weapon for everyone. Does it put a silent majority at risk, at the hands of a vocal minority? Does an individual deserve to suffer for one’s past action or is it relative?

Cancel culture or callout culture or woke mob, has risen to limelight in the last 3 years, as in a phenomena that is recognized. What happens is, people on the social media take action against an individual who is deemed unacceptable due to one’s past or present deeds, and a ubiquitous reaction surfaces, including humiliating, casting-off and curbing the individual’s support, over the internet.
The outcry does come, from those who are affected. Ironically, the recent hype developed when unlike the conventional affectees, like the conservatives, were not the instigating party but liberals were. An open letter in Harper’s Magazine titled “A letter on Justice and Open Debate’ signed by 150 prominent writers, journalist and professors, was published. The highlight of them was the signee J K Rowling gee(as I call her, for being a fan of Harry Potter series), who was facing backlash for her views on Transsexuals, recently, on the twitter. On one side you can just discredit them all, as old school, about-to-be-outdated writers, liberals stuck in a pickle, about to be losing a book deal, a job or a publication. For better or worse, these people are strong personalities, who, at their peak of careers’ have created change and set trends which have shaped the world that we live in today.
There are certain categories which need to be taken very seriously, such as antisemitism, homophobia, islamophobia and racism. But if I take on someone, just because the fall of that person for a particular mistake, will give some advantage to me, well that’s controversial, nonetheless. Something similar seems to be happening right now as the recent callouts, which one can consider as just-simply-rattling-the-furnace, and pushing a shift or a change with ousting of the old bloke and creating space for new generation to take over, with its own set of values. 
There are examples of top executives who were convicted of sexual harassment, to have been finally brought down, through Metoo movement. Nonetheless, at times seeking justice beyond the judicial system seems correct to a crowd of protestors when they see someone walking free for lack of legislation or loop holes in the existing law. Thus, questioning, has the system failed? Does it not give them the right to take matter in their own hands? And when they target past idols or famous celebrities for their wrongdoing, the basic principle is ‘toxic smart people vs non-toxic smart people’, meaning, you can find equally good people to fill the positions for these wrongdoers.
We have seen the issue of Mark Walberg’s past racial violence coming to up after he tweeted support of justice for George Floyd. We have seen the famous streamer at Twitch, Mr. Disrespect, getting banned for abuse. Jenna Marbles went into social exile after events from her past, revolving around offensive comments and blackface, came up in the media.
The dark side of the cancel culture is when internet trolls start to send death threats to celebrities and personalities whose name comes up due to some scandal or inquiry. Cancel culture is borne out of digital activism in our human society, yet, at times it does seems to lack compassion and have more totalitarian spirit in it. In the age of social media, can an impulsive judgement, give a group of people, the right to call, death to someone’s career or fortune, with a tweet?
There is so much to say, as there are so many layers to this issue, and it’s impossible to enclose an ocean in a cup. To me, I do agree to this part of the letter published in Harper’s, “The way to defeat bad ideas is by exposure, argument, and persuasion, not by trying to silence or wish them away.” Maybe, we need a more calibrated reaction to each individual’s wrongdoing. But in the end, the justice system across the world needs to be at par, to handle these aspects as well, with due process of law that has to be there and with fairness of its process. I perceive that over the period of time, we will learn to coexist and as need of the hour, improve our wellbeing in modern society. Likewise, the wrongdoers will also find a way to reach a resolution with their past or present, which-so-ever, had them found of, going astray.

Suicide aur Sushant!

No more deceptions, no more retreats, no more betrayals, no more disappointments, no more bullying, no more rejections, no more ostracizing, no more failures, no more loses, no more weaknesses, no more pain.

The revelation of an ode, from a depressed mind is just a slight glimpse.
The world have lost Sushant Singh Rajput, who finished his life by the painful act of suicide. The 34 years old, actor and entertainer, was among the top A-listers of his age and industry. Yet, it came as a shock, as to why he would take such extreme step. Everyone wants to know. Why? From Kangana Ranaut to Arnab Goswami, even Saba Qamar and Mubashir Lucman, had their two cents on the on the incident. We have witnessed, of what started as a call to raise awareness campaign on topic of depression, turning into, a sh*tstorm of a campaign against nepotism and the dark turn of all kinds of opportunism. From posting by celebrities excluded by industry, raging and prophesizing, about nepotism and implying its repercussion, respectively. 
In reality, none of your thoughts or your take on the issue matters to the departed soul. The best anyone could have done was, not to embroil his name to achieve their ulterior motive and be kind to his family. But most of all, stop scolding him for his extreme step. Whereas, on the other side, if he wished anyone to be incriminated for his extreme step, one would have found something in a note or a post.
I am a fan of Sushant Singh Rajput, since, I watched Detective Byomkesh Bakshy, and uptil now have watched 7 of his movies. However, it was, when I watched Chhichhore, was when, I am completely won over. After Shahrukh Khan, he was the most admirable actor for me, moving every other actor aside. Why? Well it was the expressions, the smile, the insightful roles he played and most of all that niceness and humbleness of his persona which he carried through his roles that felt so much relatable. When I heard the news of his death, I could not wrap my head around it. It was absolutely unreal. Then the news started coming in and followed by background stories. That’s when I got to know that Sushant lost his mother earlier in his life and I read the poetry he wrote for her. I was speechless. I felt some of his pain. I was silenced. For me, Sushant Singh Rajput, deserved his right to life and deserve his right to peace after death. Rest in peace Sushant.
You cannot bring him back, and nothing can be done. The moment in which you are alive, there will be hope, there will be light. Once, the hearts stops beating and the lungs stop breathing, the light goes out of your eyes, some will have a smile and some will a have distress on their face. Sushant deserves your respect.

I wish to share a few lines I wrote, dedicated to him:

The battle unheard on the high seas.
The last sail, against even the low tide.
Sinking under the twilight to a place no one will find.
Pity from the shore, returns to the next sailor.

The tendency of our social media to take a tragic event and turn it into a hatefest against some other part of the society and propagating negativity, is so common. It’s ubiquitous, you see trolls hitting at other actors label as fraternity of nepotism and debating who deserves and who does not. Well, seeing after the future of your children is integrated in our Asian society, and parents who reach some point in their lives, will always, protect their children. Politics, grouping and lobbying, is a common place in our corporate structure. Climbing up the ladder on your own is not simple at all, it’s complicated and gruelling upon one’s soul.

If someone wants to help the depressed, then, they should start with not telling them that their suicide will leave people in pain behind them or with time everything is going to be fine. Fact is, with the growing numbers and untested population, Depression 2020 might just be the other COVID 19, that’s silently creeping into our society and lurking around like an invisible monster. So, just listen to the person next to you, hear them out, and be kind, because, it’s not some kind of a weakness to ‘catch’ depression, which is everywhere…….. but yes, it can happen to anyone, you, me or anyone we see…

P.s. aur dosto apna tou kuch aisa hai, dard jab haad say guzar jaata hai, tou hum likh letay hai… 

Clinical Pharmacist aur chirag dekhana!

Mana humari maadari zabaan urdu hai, par exam kay paper say lay kar visa apply karnay tak, har jaga angrazi hi istamal hoti hai... tou bahi angraiz nahi hai, bus angraizi istamal kar rahay hai....

The follow piece is especially written for my pharmacist brothers and sisters. Rest of you can just enjoy the ride and in best case scenario, be an inspired Pakistani.

More than a decade ago, when I enrolled in pharmacy program, least did I know what will my future be like. For most part, the goal was to keep up, in the line of study and further education, aka, degree after degree. The reason being that in the land of the pure, the more degrees you have, is considered proportional to the security of your future and development of your career. As most of us students land into pharmacy after spilling over from the cup of MBBS, most of us are just hungover the dreams of becoming doctor, in some capacity.

Down the road, I came across the option of landing in Healthcare, more specifically hospital based, clinical pharmacy. At the time of my graduation, a career in clinical pharmacy, was supposedly and ironically, not in the hospital, where all the action was suppose to be but in academics, which would rather involve me having a masters and then a PhD degree, in clinical pharmacy, and succeeding in getting a post for lecturer at some university. So, one would end up teaching something you don’t have in practice. Though, if one were enthusiastic, you be starting from the scratch, and unfortunately, against all odds. Luckily, now, as you read this piece, realities have changed for good, a number of hospitals across the country have clinical pharmacy departments in them.

To the layman, a clinical pharmacist is someone who helps in resolving issues in patient therapy, such as dose adjustment, drug interactions, adverse effects of drugs, etc., and is an active member of the medical team looking after the patient. As for you, the pharmacist fraternity…. ahem! Clinical pharmacist!? Naam tou suna hoga! Ab suraj ko kiya chirag dekhana…

America has been a major influence, in the making of our perception, of what a clinical pharmacist is. And when we think about it, I wish to direct your attention to the part many of us, especially me, were not aware about, regarding the clinical pharmacy. In America, ever since, the development of clinical pharmacy, the focus had been towards enhancing the role and capacity of the pharmacist. In name of developing advance patient care, in 1976, a body was formed by American Pharmaceutical Association, Board of Pharmacy Specialties, which tested the skills of clinical pharmacists and hence, helped in differentiating the cream in the field, from the rest. Therefore, giving them credibility and confidence.
In matter of facts, as of today, board specialties are offered in, Ambulatory Care Pharmacy, Cardiology Pharmacy, Compounded Sterile Preparations Pharmacy, Critical Care Pharmacy, Geriatric Pharmacy, Infectious Diseases Pharmacy, Nuclear Pharmacy, Nutrition Support Pharmacy, Oncology Pharmacy, Pediatric Pharmacy, Pharmacotherapy, Psychiatric Pharmacy and Solid Organ Transplantation Pharmacy. Up till 2019 there are 46000 board certified pharmacist across the world. The interesting bit that I like to share is that there are 3 incredible pharmacists, who have 5 board specialties credentials individially (which are the highest recorded up till now) are, Elsayed Murad Younis, Donald E. Shamblin II and Moh'Dnour Mahmoud Bani Younes. When we want to talk about Pakistan, yes! The land of the pure too have its share of board certified Pharmacists. Amjad Khan, a gulf based Pakistani has passed 3 board specialties. While many other Pakistanis who have passed board exam are mainly settled in Gulf or America. Currently, Pakistan has 11 board specialty-credentials-holding-qualified-clinical-pharmacists working in country, 7 in Pharmacotherapy, 1 each in, Infectious diseases, Geriatric Pharmacy, Nutrition Support Pharmacy, and Oncology Pharmacy. The current Board Specialty qualified clinical pharmacists include, Awaisullah Babar, Ghulam Mujtaba, Gul Ambreen, Muhammad Rehan Khan, Nida Ayoub, Saba Mazhar, Sidrah Andleeb, Shahzad Akram and Zafar Iqbal. Well do you know, what the best part is, patriotically speaking, India has no Board Specialty qualified pharmacist. So…
Pakistan: 11, India: 0
Pakistan’s achievement does not end here, Shaukat Khanum Cancer Memorial Hospital and Research Centre is now running the only, American Society of Health-system Pharmacist (ASHP)’s accredited, International Pharmacy Practice Residency(IPPR) program in Asia, under the leadership of Mr. Omar Akhlaq Bhutta, Associate Director Pharmacy. This is a structured training program that trains resident pharmacist in-line with the PGY – 1 program(run in America under ASHP), in accordance with the needs of the healthcare system in JCI-accredited hospital in Pakistan. Metaphorically speaking, this seems like a spark that is going to set fire to the rain, as such high quality structure training program, in future, will be run at more number of hospitals in the country. As a result, we will witness high quality clinical pharmacy departments across Pakistan.
So if you are a Pharmacy student thinking about future and career, or a hospital pharmacist in pursuit of better prospects and a great learning opportunity…. Plan your Board!
You can attempt your board exam in Pakistan and gain the credentials. Each board exam has its own requirements. For instance in case of Pharmacotherapy exam (BCPS), if you have completed 1 year IPPR at SKMCH&RC or you have 3 years of pharmacotherapy based clinical experience in Pakistan, you are eligible. The exam costs around $600 and it’s taken biannually.

So, what are you waiting for, Pakistan ka naam roshan karo!! Your country needs you.

p.s. wo yaad hai na 3 idiots ki line… Baba ranchoddas sahi kehte the... Baccha kabil bano kabil.. Kamyabi to sali jhak maar ke peeche ayegi

Corona COVID 19 aur Qalandar vaccine!

Yar contagion film dekhi hai?

Yes, people, we are living in the times of corona virus. What we have witnessed in the last 6 months, is nothing short of a sci-fi thriller. The whole world is affected by this highly contagious virus, that is spreading like wild fire. It becomes the leading cause of deaths in many corners of the world. The government is trying to control its spread and the spread of panic. Fake news and conspiracy theorists take the lime light. The fabric of society starts to tear apart. Economy crumble under its own weight. The masses begin to look for a messiah who can put an end to their ordeal, a.k.a. the vaccine. 

If you scroll down the news feed of your social media handle, you will read about, either the corona stories or corona tragedies. Many of you in last few months would have had worldometers with your breakfast to see where is the COVID 19 death toll is headed. Sticking to statistics from United States to COVID 19 India lockdown. Listening to science, begging to you to stay home and self-isolate, with international agency like WHO and local institutes like Robert Koch Institute, briefing about the telly. Every time, you only wished to see the falling numbers on this pandemic.  So, whether it was raised from Wuhan or John Hopkins, your salvation will only be the vaccine.

Lahore ended its last good memory with the Pakistan super league(PSL) where Lahore Qalandars cricket team, for the first time seemed to get to the finals. Unfortunately, Lahore did rise to the peak, 3 months down the road, but it was in the numbers of corona patients. About 1.5 to 20 million people are estimated to be infected with corona virus in Lahore, which means 1 to 5 in 5 people in this metropolitan city. 9th class result of BISE students and end of ramazan eid shopping, both had high emotions. Matric and metrics of economy, what a combination. 

The worst picture does not end here, the panic for shortage of treatment has resulted in shortage of Azithromycin, Hydroxychloroquine, Ivermetin, Actrema (banned for local sale) as well as price hike of herbal remedies, like senna makki, and the demand of corona survivor plasma upto 0.5 million rupees, and that’s a donation. Whereas, you can’t find oxygen cylinders or even oximeters (costing upto 10k).

The movie is reaching its climax…. But one thing is for sure:

The world will be changed after this pandemic. 

p.s.

Ghabrana nahi hai, picture abhi baki hai meray dost!

Government aur Ghabrana!

Congratulations my fellow country-people

so between the aurat march and corona virus, which is a danger to our existence?
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ofcourse, corona kills!!!
- mic drop -
so be it the government working for you or against you. you are going to be dead anyways. so... when the water in our taps runs out, the air entering in our nostrils is a death song, the neighbor becomes your mortal enemy, the fabric of this very society is torn to bits, .... lets first make sure you know, you have been eating dabba roti not double roti!!
while the tabdeeli has arrived and in full throttle, with sharifs abroad and zardari in jail! public under the burden of taxes, dollar hike, rising petrol prices and depression of qalandars! and someone from heaven says, abhi tou ibtada-e-ishq hai rotta hai kiya, agay agay dekh hota hai kiya!!!
well for a better tomorrow for your kids, iss zindagi ko sacrifice kar deta houn,... bhai hazir hai!!! bring on you taxes, faxes, waxes ... whatever you have to throw at, big brother.
look at error of comedies! - umer akmal style-
the generation of a-thousand-selfies-strong-narcissism, filled with self entitlement, and egoistic dispositions, is enforced with 'sacrifice of the century'... with a simple: ghabrana nahi hai! and bonus.. sakoon sirf qabar mein hai!
in this pickle that we have got ourselves in, least we can do is, to our self-centered country-women and country-men, to stop being pretentious and begin a journey of brute honest bluntness, to hold trust of this generation. this is because, whatever government comes, things wont change, but yet, if its a consolation, start by telling the governments and future governments too: how terrible they are!!! even if it kills you! because sakoon sirf qabar mein hai!
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p.s. use their medicine, against, them!