Happiness for Elderly People – خوشیاں بزرگوں کے لئے
February 23, 2012 Leave a comment
شکایت کیوں اسے کہتے ہو یہ فطرت ہے انساں کی
مڑ کے ديکھا نہ کسي نے جو قلمکار چلا
چھيڑ محبوب سے لے ڈوبے گي کشتي جيدي
"Religion is sincerity" Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)…To get things organized is just one step away from betterment. "Well begun is half done"…Aristotle
February 23, 2012 Leave a comment
February 22, 2012 Leave a comment
‘Women Empowerment’, what is so fascinating about this slogan? And more stupid it sounded when thousands of men sent their women on streets to beg before a politician who being the citizen of another country, self-exiled for many years, promised them to help in getting their rights through Pakistani parliament. It appeared to be even more hideous when women started the jalsa with emotional speeches and ended with singing and dancing for no reason.
Which rights and authority are they talking about – that women will not be treated inhumanly at homes (the homes that they had come from), get their rights of education and making decisions for their life? These rights are already mentioned in both constitutions – Qur’an and the national constitution of Pakistan. It is only that men and women don’t respect both of them and obey none.
Those women at Bagh-e-Jinnah were representing thirty or fourty thousand families of Karachi. Were they there as a victim of their men’s injustice at home? Then what would parliament do about this? If Altaf Hussain is their saviour, as their quaid he can just order the Karachiite men to behave and that is it. This way it would set an example for ‘macho man’ all over Pakistan.
So basically, what I think that this jalsa was arranged to achieve many goals, such as, diverting people’s attention from Balochistan issue and to warm Imran Khan to keep his hands off Karachi – but to solve women’s issues.
Just think about it. There was no Altaf Hussain when Ms. Fatimah Jinnah, Mrs. Rana Liaquat Ali Khan and Mrs. Bilqees Edhi were born. How these honourable ladies grew up to be so powerful and stepped forward with leading and administrative qualities. Their men at home encouraged them and helped them, not the stupid strangers on the streets.
LEARNING is important for women. Women need to learn how to read, write and calculate, how to raise their sons not as their supporting cane but as a useful citizens for all, how to discuss issues with their men at home and find their solution, how to keep their honour while being out on the streets. Why do they wait for men to give them a purpose of life, define their status in society, teach them what Qur’an says about their status?
Men’s period of tranquility begins when they accept women as equal human beings and let them live and perform accordingly. Crushing women’s rights in the name of securing their honour and dignity results in men’s own destruction.
March 12, 2011 Leave a comment
Life is really rough and tough for single women in Pakistan. At government level, there has never been any project under consideration to solve their problems, no expectations from them in next hundred years.
I tried but I couldn’t find any information about any such housing facilities. Edhi Foundation, Darul-Aman and another one (I forgot the name) take girls or women in severe cases but their environment is not suitable for normal single women.
Usually these women do earn their livelihood but obviously cannot run the whole budget on one income. Separate housing is unaffordable because of high rents. Sharing a house with family members or relatives means share the food and utility expenses, plus the unrest by family visitors. Mostly they become the victim of sexual harassment by their own relatives, which they are expected to ignore in courtesy. Finally, being overburdened with family favors, they are usually deprived off the right of taking decisions for their own children.
I wish if there was a hostel type of housing available in Karachi for single women or single mothers at reasonable cost. It is not that hard. Someone just need to build three or four story building with few spacious rooms with attached bath, one study room, a cafeteria, a hall in the middle to be used for various purposes and a lawn or a playground. The residents can be charged for rent, utilities and food. They should be made responsible to follow regulations and to maintain the premises. As soon as they save enough money, they can move out to place of their own.
In our society, women are counted as dependent upon their fathers, brothers, husbands or sons. They are not allowed to do their financial activities independently, they don’t open separate bank accounts, they are expected to handover their inheritance to their men in house and most of them don’t even travel unless accompanied by their male family members. Even if they want to do all this, they still need a male support to deal with the men outside otherwise they are cheated very easily. They are not aware of the laws, they don’t know the documents, they have no idea about the legal process of any activity. If they employed then their employment gradually causes them to lose the main financial support from their husbands.
Pakistani women need to do something about making their life easier. They need to learn to do things on their own. They should find out the ways that can lead them to a peaceful and independent life style.
March 10, 2011 Leave a comment
Years ago, when I was asked what would I do if I fail to do anything in Pakistan? My reply was that I will still prefer to live in Pakistan because they have Edhi Centers. From cradle to grave, they take care of everything.
The name “Edhi” in Pakistan is the symbol of humanity, sincerity and trust.
I had to spend the whole day yesterday at the funeral of one of our relative. She died in her nineties. On Tuesday night she was taken to the hospital and an hour later her body was sent to Edhi Center to be kept in freezer until it was ready for burial. The next morning, her daughters and a couple of relatives reached there to wash the body (ghusl) and wrapped it in white clothes (kafn) and brought it home for final procession (i.e. the family members may apologize the deceased person, his/her debts are paid off, pardoned or transferred to another person, final sight and funeral prayer).
Few years ago, Mr. Edhi made an exclusive request to donate for burial services. They needed money to buy land for grave, coffin and clothes for unclaimed dead bodies.
Now I came to know that most of the dead bodies, even of the well off people, are brought to Edhi Center for this purpose. They use electricity, maintain the premises, buy wood to prepare coffins, buy clothes for kafn, pay to workers and drivers, use petrol or CNG, use stationary for documentation. I am not sure if they charge everyone for their services but they should. Why Edhi Centers? Isn’t it the responsibility of government hospitals or private hospitals to provide this facility?
If they can’t, then….
1) people should force government to allocate land and funds to establish Edhi funeral homes all over Pakistan
2) professionals from related fields can sponsor training sessions for their workers
3) rich people can sponsor jobs or the salary of Edhi’s staff on yearly basis or they can finance their own employees to spend few hours a week or month to work at different branches of Edhi Foundation.
4) Schools, colleges and universities can arrange practical workshops for their students to volunteer at Edhi centers on weekends or holidays. The hours of their volunteer services and their progress report should have points to be included in their mark sheets.
There is a lot that people can do for them to maintain and beautify their centers. Their gates , grills and walls need to be painted, their floors need to be leveled, their passages need to be filled with plants and flowers, their slaughter house need to supplied with disinfectants, their children need to be provided with activities, their animal shelter need to be equipped with vet-staff, animal food, grassy patches, trees, flowers, plants, water and handy food for their workers at the shelter.
Edhi Foundation is not a charity anymore. It has become the soul of Pakistan, a trust-building amenity between all Pakistanis. Edhi’s name and services should immediately be made the part of our educational curriculum from Elementary to Ph.D. His photos deserve to be placed right next to Allama Iqbal, Quaid-e-Azam and Ms. Fatima Jinnah. May God bless him and his family and the entire team for symbolizing Pakistan with true spirit of humanity, Ameen!
http://edhidoc.com/
http://natashasuleman.wordpress.com/2010/07/23/the-man-called-edhi/
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