Thursday, June 30, 2016
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Belinda Lewis @Belinda_Lewis1 British DHC Karachi
We're pleased to welcome our new Deputy High Commissioner to Karachi @Belinda_Lewis1We know you will enjoy it here. pic.twitter.com/xqtl7CxetH— UK in Pakistan (@ukinpakistan) June 28, 2016
My favourite #Shakespeare quote from RichardIII. First I ever heard & stayed with me ever since. #PlayYourPart pic.twitter.com/0nmRyjvTg0— Belinda Lewis (@Belinda_Lewis1) January 7, 2016
#Shakespeare brings out the thespian in me,but surely even #JudyDench fluffed a line or two?#HappensToTheBestOfUs! pic.twitter.com/xaYu37B5tb— Belinda Lewis (@Belinda_Lewis1) January 7, 2016
Education
Heaton Manor
Experience
Deputy Ambassador, Baghdad (Des)
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Head of Mission, Helmand Provincial Reconstruction Team
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Director, Rule of Law and Operations
UK Government's Stabilisation Unit
Deputy Director, Information Policy
UK Ministry of Justice
Deputy Director, Border and Visa Policy
UK Border Agency ( Part of Home Office)
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Monday, June 27, 2016
Sunday, June 26, 2016
#Fire in 9-storey commercial building Clifton Diamond
#Fire in 9-storey commercial building Clifton Diamond erupts again at 3pm. Fire tenders/ ambulances back #Karachi pic.twitter.com/ODSTyzwe8f— Wali Zahid (@walizahid) June 26, 2016
Sunday Blog # 12
Today is the 26th of June 2016 and 20th of Ramzan 1437 . This is my Sunday Blog #12 also this is the 3rd Sunday Blog in the Blessed month of Ramzan . So Once again Ramzan Mubarak to All.
Doing a Blog , yes doing is the correct term when it comes to writting a blog, Tonight and all day Sunday is very challenging because there is a constant net and cable issue here with my infamous cable company. The Sad part is that unlike most of their unsatisfied customers/clients most of the time they are very good to me most of the time . For the past few nights the cable has been like a famous hindi serial character THAPKI yes the reception is stuttering like thapki signals breaking up with changing intervals . during the day these intervals are longer so its almost bearable . I have registered the complaint by sms but there was no response from them so i thought maybe because its Ramzan . During taravee prayers i saw a cable guy on the pole outside the mosque checking the connectors of cable just reminding me " haan toh Ramzan hai toh kya ..." Anyway this is our personal matter you guys don't worry because my Sunday blog # 12 will be done no matter how or when .
This past week has been very relaxed for me infact it has been the most relaxed and peaceful week of Ramzan ever in a Ramzan in my entire life and also the most relaxed third week of Ramzan in any given Ramzan in my entire life. There were no real challenges for me during this past 3rd week of Ramzan not to mention that power outages , water shortages and cable & Net disturbances are no longer Considered to be challenges with any plus point marking specially during the holy month of ramzan regardless of the level. The Net closuer gave me a few hours of extra sleep and cable disruption saved me from you know what the playing God Live Trans. What confuses me like most is that was it an elimination from a death race or was it a decree to condemn all those who were delibrately avoiding to watch those live shows till the end of Ramzan . Thanks to the Thapki Cable i haven't been able to watch much tv for the past three days so iam not sure if they are still giving away free motorcycles per cycles with the same enthusiasm as they were at the beginning of the week. I very sincerely hope that the bike used in the crime was not one of those free ones .
Anyways , back at the mosque it was also a very relaxed week as most of infected ones must have got seriously ill and lost all will to get me infected with flu virus by coughing and sneezing on or near me. As the night markets and shops begin to open some of the time wasters also decided to quit. I really missed the
Kunta kinte (From the very famous tv series of my childhood called Roots won many awards and an equally popular book was also written on it. ) gang . Its an agile family of coloured people a very regular feature of our mosque which gives our local mosque that authentic Islamic feel . The whole gang disappeared this week probably selling fake US Visa'z and letter of recommendations on Tariq Road. Only two and a half rank rows were left this week . But don't worry the fun week is about to begin infact the remaining ten days will be nothing but fun. This is probably the first time in my life of Ramzan that i am going in the last ten day of Ramzan without being infected or hurt or without losing weight . infact when i see myself in the mirror or selfies i feel as if i have gained some weight this Ramzan.
3:00 am second modem light blinking no net . Sehri Break .
10:10 am I am up and iam excited there is net . let me first check my other stuff there is a google warning about a possible hecking attempt .
10:30 Ops the load shedding i was this close ....This week KE the Karachi Electric has sent thousands of inflated Bills to its dear customer in the neighbourhood. and there are also rumours about a possible sell out of its owership to a chinese firm sounds like the Dubai saein lost a gamble again. In the political game of Karachi the Saein Sarkar of Dubai seems to have scored some points against the two main forces accused of having strong hold on the people of Karachi , yes the MQM (9zero) and the Police . While The MQM was crying out loud the half hearted Rhetoric of the seperation of Karachi from sindh in the honourable Sindh Assembly Budget debate , Everybody who is Anybody in karachi and Islamabad was being escorted by Gen Bilal Saabs army of Rangers to liaqatabad to the house of martyred . The people on the other side of the bridge must be feeling very elevated and free visiting an almost no go area . They seems to have broken out of the shackles of the iron-fist of Police both physically and mentally. all those who have not carried out this excercise yet are at the extreme risk of being teased by their own kids and friends . The Rangers also has whatsapp number and please don't forget to inform the media as well .
BTW Gen Saab attended the soyem ceremony in civil dress and looked dashing . Saein CM went there yesterday but unfortunately i haven't had the opportunity to see how he arrived due to Cable fault never mind i will check it out on the net soon . All eyes now on the visit of Chaudry Saab . Lets Pray fateha for the dearly departed.
11:11 am load shedding continues i take a break here .
3:00 pm i am back after Zuhr prayer and mann its cooking out there...yes the temperature is Hot . 
I believe chaudry saab will be the last one to arrive as usual . Army Chief is also on his way to karachi or probably already here. PTI's information gatherer Mr Pervaiz rasheed has already visited Liaqatabad . I saw it on almost normal cable tv news channels. Thankyou . CM saein is believed to have mentioned Junaid instead of the deceased the twitterville is absolutely elevated.
The British people have two things to celebrate this week no i am not talking about the Queens 90th birthdays 90th I mean the To leave EU brexit vote and the PM decision to quit . Remember the Mr cameron had become a National + irish shame after being mentioned by the Panama Papers
as tax fraud linked offshore companies. Doing a Blog , yes doing is the correct term when it comes to writting a blog, Tonight and all day Sunday is very challenging because there is a constant net and cable issue here with my infamous cable company. The Sad part is that unlike most of their unsatisfied customers/clients most of the time they are very good to me most of the time . For the past few nights the cable has been like a famous hindi serial character THAPKI yes the reception is stuttering like thapki signals breaking up with changing intervals . during the day these intervals are longer so its almost bearable . I have registered the complaint by sms but there was no response from them so i thought maybe because its Ramzan . During taravee prayers i saw a cable guy on the pole outside the mosque checking the connectors of cable just reminding me " haan toh Ramzan hai toh kya ..." Anyway this is our personal matter you guys don't worry because my Sunday blog # 12 will be done no matter how or when .
This past week has been very relaxed for me infact it has been the most relaxed and peaceful week of Ramzan ever in a Ramzan in my entire life and also the most relaxed third week of Ramzan in any given Ramzan in my entire life. There were no real challenges for me during this past 3rd week of Ramzan not to mention that power outages , water shortages and cable & Net disturbances are no longer Considered to be challenges with any plus point marking specially during the holy month of ramzan regardless of the level. The Net closuer gave me a few hours of extra sleep and cable disruption saved me from you know what the playing God Live Trans. What confuses me like most is that was it an elimination from a death race or was it a decree to condemn all those who were delibrately avoiding to watch those live shows till the end of Ramzan . Thanks to the Thapki Cable i haven't been able to watch much tv for the past three days so iam not sure if they are still giving away free motorcycles per cycles with the same enthusiasm as they were at the beginning of the week. I very sincerely hope that the bike used in the crime was not one of those free ones .
Anyways , back at the mosque it was also a very relaxed week as most of infected ones must have got seriously ill and lost all will to get me infected with flu virus by coughing and sneezing on or near me. As the night markets and shops begin to open some of the time wasters also decided to quit. I really missed the
Kunta kinte (From the very famous tv series of my childhood called Roots won many awards and an equally popular book was also written on it. ) gang . Its an agile family of coloured people a very regular feature of our mosque which gives our local mosque that authentic Islamic feel . The whole gang disappeared this week probably selling fake US Visa'z and letter of recommendations on Tariq Road. Only two and a half rank rows were left this week . But don't worry the fun week is about to begin infact the remaining ten days will be nothing but fun. This is probably the first time in my life of Ramzan that i am going in the last ten day of Ramzan without being infected or hurt or without losing weight . infact when i see myself in the mirror or selfies i feel as if i have gained some weight this Ramzan.3:00 am second modem light blinking no net . Sehri Break .
10:10 am I am up and iam excited there is net . let me first check my other stuff there is a google warning about a possible hecking attempt .
10:30 Ops the load shedding i was this close ....This week KE the Karachi Electric has sent thousands of inflated Bills to its dear customer in the neighbourhood. and there are also rumours about a possible sell out of its owership to a chinese firm sounds like the Dubai saein lost a gamble again. In the political game of Karachi the Saein Sarkar of Dubai seems to have scored some points against the two main forces accused of having strong hold on the people of Karachi , yes the MQM (9zero) and the Police . While The MQM was crying out loud the half hearted Rhetoric of the seperation of Karachi from sindh in the honourable Sindh Assembly Budget debate , Everybody who is Anybody in karachi and Islamabad was being escorted by Gen Bilal Saabs army of Rangers to liaqatabad to the house of martyred . The people on the other side of the bridge must be feeling very elevated and free visiting an almost no go area . They seems to have broken out of the shackles of the iron-fist of Police both physically and mentally. all those who have not carried out this excercise yet are at the extreme risk of being teased by their own kids and friends . The Rangers also has whatsapp number and please don't forget to inform the media as well .
BTW Gen Saab attended the soyem ceremony in civil dress and looked dashing . Saein CM went there yesterday but unfortunately i haven't had the opportunity to see how he arrived due to Cable fault never mind i will check it out on the net soon . All eyes now on the visit of Chaudry Saab . Lets Pray fateha for the dearly departed. 11:11 am load shedding continues i take a break here .
3:00 pm i am back after Zuhr prayer and mann its cooking out there...yes the temperature is Hot .
I believe chaudry saab will be the last one to arrive as usual . Army Chief is also on his way to karachi or probably already here. PTI's information gatherer Mr Pervaiz rasheed has already visited Liaqatabad . I saw it on almost normal cable tv news channels. Thankyou . CM saein is believed to have mentioned Junaid instead of the deceased the twitterville is absolutely elevated. Octogenarian CM Sindh hs called Junaid Jamshed shaheed instead of Amjad Sabri pic.twitter.com/7DuPA2JB8l— Ameer Abbas (@ameerabbas84) June 25, 2016
So as they Say in English we all so very much miss these days ..."STORM IN THE CHANNEL continent ISOLATED
6:45 pm After sleep and Asr prayer i am waiting for the iftar . it is still very hot out there and because of it and the kitchen the inside temperature is also rising. Water in the cold tap is boiling hot and very little left can't even have a shower / bath in this hot weather. Let us all pray that people of karachi no matter where they are in the world may have plenty of water , cheap power and super fast internet /wifi . Amen .
COAS Army chief has arrived in the Rangers HQ and is getting a briefing from all . I am sure they will do the damage control and take whatever steps necessary to catch the criminals and terrorists . But the thing is that few years from now my lawyers friends will read and quote PLD's of the decisions of todays higher courts as precedents to plead their cases nobody will mention that these cases were decided by judges who were under constant fear and coercion . The chief's son was kidnapped. And nobody was able to restore the confidence of the judges and remove the fear which should have been the most important thing in the life of a judge . It is very very sad indeed.
Another thing i remember there use to be an ad about presumably unnecessary advertising on a reputed news channel some time ago. it showed that if we remove all the ads from a news paper what we will be able to get instead would be a small plain paper . I love that commercial still do . So what i am trying to say is that no matter how much we hate the tv show anchors and host or dislike a particular expert . without them our tv channels would lose all the attraction and sponsors . Please Save the people on my tv screen and all those who work with them behind the scene . Once again we pray fateha for the martyred .
Iftar Break
7:45 pm 21st Ramzan . This was my iftar today
. Praying directly under the fan and still sweating . and now having tea so more sweating . so if it is already decided about junaid jamshed and others probably because of this heat wave then i don't want to interfere in the governmental affairs my only humble request will be to leave badami i like that one very much specially the way he tells stories to kids and takes selfies with them. O God 3rd modem light blinking ....net troubles again. Okay so i guess its time to end the Sunday blog # 12 here. I am even not sure if i will be able to update this last part today probably have to do it tomorrow. It was fun doing this sunday blog with a very bad internet and cable connection the 40°C hot temperature and less water. But still i want to apologies to everybody who after reading my Sunday blogs are feeling bad for not realising earlier that their super smart scholar kids were just a little dumb.
11: 40 pm Back from Taravee . Aitiqaf of Ramzan has began .Wishing everybody a very reverend peaceful and blessed youm-e-Ali
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