Maah Shabaan alazam almubarak--The favourite month of Sal-alla-o-Alle Wassalum fixed by Allah almighty as the month of forgiveness, the special day of fasting on the fifteenth of the month cleanses and purifies one of sins

september-2009–by Gazala Siddiqui–Fragrance of good deeds spreads all over and so has the aroma of urdu flavoured Pakeeza anchal in asia , towering above all the rest , may god bless its readrs and save them all along with the magazine”s popularity from evil wicked eye

Anjum Ansaar editor of a pakistani woman"s magazine , short story writer and a novelist of international fane replying to Gazala Siddiqui in september issue-- Corrupt politicians destablize and demorolize their nations, its the duty of good writers to wake up the soul of the country through good sound writings, characters reflect the part persona of her in her writings, she observes people walking , talking their life style and behaviour patterns but what her invented characters think is partly her own true self, the more imaginative a person is, the better he is at telling lies, the bigger he is a liar the better writer he becomes chuckles she, as a writer she is influenced by many other female writers namely-Sajdah Jaib who with time has proved a sister to her, women in asian countries are defining freedom as neglecting their homes and dancing in hotels with men, this is not right, but getting equal rights and opportunities for women would help them

2008, December-hazrat Imam Abu Hanifah was famous for his intelligence , honesty, wit and justice, one day a man approached him with his problem, his neighbour had dug up a well right next to his house wall, he feared the water might damage his walls and as a result his house could collapse,The Hazrat advised the poor man to dig a drain in his own territory to empty the well of water, soon the well dried up, thus The Hazrat showed his remarkable intelligence by guiding the righteous istead of stopping the wrong, the principle used was damage the damage

2008, December--Hazrat Imam Abu Hanifah was greatly respected for his sense of justice and remarkable wisdom--One day a man came running asking for his advice, he wanted to carve out a window in his wall that was his property, but the over clever neighbour took the Qazi in his confidence and stopped him from opening the window, The Hazrat advised him that if it was his wall he could open a window or a door on the condition his sole purpose was good ventilation and not prying into the house of the wicked neighbour, but the Qazi Ibn Laila intervened , The Hazrat advised the righteous man to pull down the wall and The Hazrat said he would readily pay for the damages, The owner got ready to pull down his boubdary wall , this time the Qazi also had to agree that he was the rightful owner and could not be refused or rejected his rightful appeals of opening up a window for ventilation or could be ever challenged from taking apart to pieces his own property--this time under the guidance of the Hazrat both neighbours went away peacefully contented

2008, December, page 315–Hazrat Imam Abu Hanifah fell down unconsious as Hazrat had mistakenly stepped oner the boy”s foot when he heard the boy scream –that was he not fearful of the Allah Almighty”s justice on the day of Judgement .He was brought back and asked the reason of his fear-Hazrat replied -the boy”s voice was spiritual instruction of the supernatural power

Gazal- by Sayad Ahesaan Ahmed Ahesaan-He was the only one found full of goodnessWhose life was spent in absolute shame.Never befriend he who gives his brethren testIgnoring him try your best.Your foe turned a foe--But you never pondered whyRelation of heart had memorable timesElation is pain with softness of breezesShadows never floow in life or do theyShadows are accompanied detachedly, aren"t theyAhesaan someone watches intently the playThe one lonesome with lonely life stay

Bazam-july--Replies by Gazala Siddiqui to readers " querries--Q-Suggest a couplet by Hasrat MohaniAnswer-Sitting speechless now impassivelyThe surrender carries the attitude of arrogant warrior

july, Teri Chah Mein--Fakhra Gul-Folding my palms I want to decorate you in my heart"s enclosureWishing to turn you into my personal magic charmNow the only desire is-on the next turnWe meet again-You shattered, I prtect you from life burn

gazal by maqueet azmi, july–

look what my life has turned to

Siver moonlight has disappeared

Difference of apparent-hidden got cleared

Curse in disguise turned to blessing

No christ appeared to take away heartache

All my cries desrted stifling

Soul departing body sighed farewel

Animosity merged deeply in hues of friendship

Whose so-called religion is absolute unfaithfulness

His persona totally became complete faithfulness

Faras had taken so many rounds of Peshawar by now and it seemed in comparison to kerachi a boring boys hostle, he missed the gaeity and fun life of Kerachi so much, he had been working in an office and befriended Sayam , they were inseparable like summer heat and load shedding--july, page 271

july, page 261--Heart is a weird metal--partly hard stone, partly soft wax --pakeeza anchal

six gazal couplets from august, 2006, by S Alam-

1-One lasting look my lovely spring of life

Stays madly cutting off all touch of life

3-Yourencouragement is ever gratifyingLove behold remains enhancing

4-Efforts innumerable render me evilmen purehearted truly are civil

5-Broken sleeps make eyes burnRuins of my dreams devilish turns

6--BReeze of single communion are thankful

Seeding eternal Edens in mindful hearts

9--Alam was destined to be nothing moreGazal writer thus turned galore

2008, august-Nasib by M A Rahat-- ramzan khan wants desparately to get away for a while from the superfluous city life, away from the rich Bgum"s house, from her life, from their colony and takes up a small job of a truck cleaner with Zarmir khan the truck driver of Babur khan a rich man whose friend mazhar khan is saved from falling from a cliff by Ramzan khan and this becomes the reason for their liking each other, both have no family waiting for them, both loners , Mazahar khan has to take back with him to the hospital Ramzan khan as his leg needs some attention, after the operation, they drive to where Mazahar lives, , eentering the colony, turning the corner, seeing the Bgum"s house, Ramzan is shocked, now he is back and would be staying five bungloes away from where he was running away to breathe in some fresh life into himself--mazhar turned out to be a multi billionaire many more times wealthier than the Begum

august–2008–page-189

,gazal by Majib Bastavi
I was not alone on my way to the liquer vendor

Everyone was drowned–noone thirstying any more

Tears, sighs, pain, desire

Tell me what was in my heart

I became a tireless travellwer on the path endless

My native soil not is mine any more

Lowliest of creatures dare question the hieght of the brightest stars

Emperors no better above mere beggars

Pitiable was my wait for you

The one I thougt arrived-never approached

Endlessly forever was your communion expected

T”is unexpected as ever before

Inteqaam-august--Costa kills Ramsey, his sister shows him a letter that Ramsay had written and sent her before his arrival, the last lines read--he wanted to reform himself and needed a second chance with them, so he was coming to meet them, --a story of guilt reigning control of miserable lives lead by quick tempered people to regret their decisions thereafter

Shan-e- Bandagi in august is a moving and touching story--dctors are mere mortals who can just try save a life by stablising the condition of their patients, doctors are not gods who is almighty powerful moving in mysterious ways,Amana and Remaan have migrated to New York leaving Pakistan their home , they are childless, Amna craves for a christian infant fourth child of the family born with a rare disease, needing blood trasfer every two months , doctors declared her dead born but Amna"s prayers cough up new life in the child , it is declared she would live only for maximum eighteen years, during nine eleven amana and her husband have to return to their native land accompanied with Angelina -seventeen year old sick and dying teenager, but was it not a divine route chosen by invisible hand that she gets aid through strangers in a foreign land?

Shaitan ka wakil by Kashif Zuber in august justifies that life gives back what one puts in, values invested produce values and this is what Rose Ash the devil"s advocate gets when he is murdered, no lawyer is willing to touch the case, finally a fresh new lawyer Ben Aidder comes forward who takes the case and becomes a star advocate, every time he fights a case of any innocent he loses, all hard core driminal cases are won , he marries a school teacher who gets the taste of wealth, for two years she lives with him not knowing exactly who he was, she is made to resign from her job, she gets enough time to watch TV in her newly aquired leisure time , following the news she comes to know about Ben who justifies life is nothing without name , fame and dirty wealth, Shelly leaves him for good but twenty years later life gives back Ben what he had invested , life also waits for its turn to return all.

Target in august concludes happily with Julie getting Dilawar as a life partner, who gets his mother who in turn decides to live with her husband for the remaining days of their life, so with that good mood the novel ends upadivising the reader life is too short and unpredictable, never waste it in useless things, life is the target one should focus on.

Muhafiz by mariyam Khan -august--Two ex- american mariners open up a security agency-Handrick & Erickson in partnership, one beautiful young tennis player Sherin Oliver top seeded needs a guard for fifteen days on a secluded island near Australia before she enters Australian open championship two months later, Erickson meets her in her seventeenth floor apartment in Miami, Thirty thousand dollars besides every day allowance is decided , the money is transferred through her small lap top, erickson confirms on his cell phone and the agreement is signed up, he has to reach her office the next day with his papers for the flight at eleven .

Shinakht in august takes a u-turn, our good hero Vajji turned Vikki invites Shehaz to a restaurant to expose her to Khan Ali , Ashley comes with Khan Ali as planned by both her and Vajji-the hero who so far is not aware that Vikki is still alive and soon break into the Boss:s office to get files from his iron safe posing as Our hero a junior officer detective from the scotland Yard, Ashley takes her position in the restaurant in such a manner that she is directly looking at Shenaz in the corner seat, who in turn is monitoring her four hired killers who have been given instructions to open imediate fire on the man who would come out with her, thinking it would be Vajji-the hero, Ashley instigates and provokes Khan Ali against Shenaz, He says he is in love with her, she is gone to meet her doctor with her mother, Ashley asks him to turn around to see her sitting alone waiting for someone, He gets up to join Shenaz leaving Ashley waiting alone at the table now its Shena"s turn to look shocked, she is afraid Vajji might also join them it would be an awkward situation, a scene could be created by both rival men, she tries to leave the place without Ali escorting her, but he shows deep courtesy and at the entrance the hidden killers start firing from the parking, Ali shields Shenaz , Ashley takes a bullet for Ali , now Ali loses interest in all other things including Shenaz , picking up injured Ashley he takes her to the hospital. All this is being witnessed silently and secretively by Vajji who is present in disguise.

Saanjh Ki Bela --august--Farkhanda Jabeen was extremely self confident, every emotion and feeling has a limit, when fear touches its limit it becomes fearless, she had told her son his father would one day return from Dubai loaded with many gifts for him, now her son was there to receive her at the station, telling her cheerfully all about the arrival of the non-existant husband she had invented , Farhan"s eyes shone like diamonds, happily he narrated how his father had turned up in his school to collect him and then because keys to the main door lock were not with them Sulatan had jumped over the wall carrying the boy effortlessly after throwing his suitcases in, a germ of hope flickered through her mind.she also had a life obligation to return that she had been granted by the old dancing woman long ago.

Saanjh Ki Bela by M A Rahat-august-, Sultan and Gulzar were both prison cell mates seving life term, they scheme to run away by bribing one of the electricians and the canteen man who served tea to the sentries, Sultan picked the jailer"s pocket, for their needs, when they were being checked the amount was in Gulazar"s pocket but it was not found on him, later Sultan revealed he had picked the money from his pocket and transfered the amount to his, when his was being checked he transfered the fifty thousand to the pocket of the one checking him, and when the checking was done they left Sultan again had picked their pocket and stolen the fifty thousand and put it back quietly into Gulzar"s.

Kaam Ki Batein are useful home tips.Figs taken daily increase good health.Neem leaves in the rice container keep away worms. Carom seeds after meals taken with plain water are beneficial for digestion.Water in which eggs are boiled is good for plants.Frozen lemon juice mixed in water applied to skin helps restore its glow.Vinegr washes away all the dirt from glass ware.From page 282-august

from Ahad-e- Harun --august--In those days in Baghdad a new trend was said to have been set by Shehzadi Abbasa the youngest sister of Khalifa Harun al rashid , the women folk all paid a tremendous amount of money to talented tailors who had the expertise in cutting pashwaz shirt from the waist and pleating it tightly to show off the tiny waisteline to advantage, this invention was made with silks embroidered with gold threads , rich borders and accessaries of bright vibrant colours were emphasised by the lightness of the knee-length shirts, , face silk veils were studded with gems in intricate patterns , and gold threads were used to weave exquisite designs, the slim slippers were also richly covered with gold and other colourful embroidery , heads were crowned with their black long hair in beautiful hair-dos

Ahad-e-harun by Humayun balgarami-august-Shehzadi abbasa opened her window to see in the night lights her brother the ruling Khlifa Harun was roaming in the lower garden with a young man his age who glanced up at her unveiled face, frightened she shut the window , later she was asked by the Lady -in-authority if jaffery barmuk had failed to see her, she miserably confessed but he had seen her face, it was a tradition of yore that no lady from the harem of the royalty could step out without permission, written application was to be sent in advance to the care taker who forwarded it to the high minister and who would forward it to his superiors finally the application would be presented for consideration to the ruling Khalifah who only had the prerogative to accept or discard their appeal according to his mood, but having been seen by Jaffery barmuk was stirring Shehzadi"s mind to rebel,, she was told Barmuk was a word derived from sanskrit origin Pramukh meaning The Head

august-page 99--One housewfe asks her teenaged lovely maid surprised--Why do I always find you with my husband in my bedroom on bed alone?Replied she respectfully -Madam, if you just stop wearing those rubber soled sandals , you would always find me in the kitchen

from page 101-august-The housewife speaks to her husband leaving for office--Using this hair tonic helps prevent hairfallThe husband giving back the bottle of hair tonic replies--I am young and dont need that.But your attractive secretery does--says the wife taking out strands of long hair from his shirt.

Seedhi Chaal by malik Safdar Hayaat-august--It was a pleants fine morning in February, the chill had passed , the poilce officer-in-charge was about to leave for his office after getting over his daily breakfast, there was a knock at the door, he was quite surprised as it was unusual that someone should come so early to his one room quarter at this early hour, if there was anyone in need of his help he would have gone straight to the office or waited outside for him to come out, but the knock meant there was some emergency.

Ishq Pesha by Asif Malik -august-Rikki martin was born in 1888 in a small junction county in Texas, there were few houses inhabited with women, one such was theirs, his father was a physically strrong and very peace loving ironsmith, Rikki"s brothers had also joined the family trade, When Rikki was born everyone was stunned by his clssic beauty, blonde hair and blue eyes, he grew up to be very popular among the school girls with whom he freely flirted though he never got too close to any, but when he was fifteen Rikki turned a profession lover when Hilda the mayor"s wife fell to his charms.

Bagule-august--you are so clever, you Zaram shah , are most clever, you know exactly how to build people, , today i concede my defeat, , no wonder i am not your equal, , just in a moment you have deprived me of my life time effort, smashing me to ground to lick the dust, shattered me completely , i salute you , you have won me over. Zaram shah was not able to contain himself , his tearfilled eyes tiredly looked up at his enemy , the soil below was absorbing his tears,, in sorrow drenched voice he said he had misunderstood the real meaning of victory, that now he accepts his enemy is the greatest of all human beings,the best of the grandest man ever lived , who was wrongly condemned.

Khauf by m A Rahat -August--Chaudhary Sardar ali ses his maid come in with his nightly glass of milk, he recognises her as she has been in the house hold for many years, he shudders at the sight of milk, remembering what had happened the previous night, when he was woken up by a soft voice calling him to get up and drink the milk, she was a new face, she was extremely polite and introduced herself as Jamila dead nasiruldin"s dead daughter come to avenge their innocent family"s death, she specially to get equal with Noor Chaudhary"s daughter, he looked keenly at the maid and asked where she had been last night, she in a hushed tone replied he would have to wait till she closed the door ,when she turned she was the same Jamila, Chaudhary screamed.

Burj-e- Arab is a world famous most beatifully constructed many star hotel in Dubai set amidst the sea , if one has missed seeing it one has not suppoedly seen Dubai

Guftagu by Khalis Mustafah siddiqui --august- India is one of the most enchanting nationas in the world wher hindi was born and so was urdu, a multi cultural blend of christainity, Sikhism, islam and hinduism are some of the main besides other ethnic groups but who is there to hand pick each unique fragrant traditional string to bind them together in a new exotic bouquet of ethereal look, who is going to step forward to make ties stronger between brethren of different opinions?

muhabbat meri Humsafar by anjam Ansar -August--Every sunday started lazily, the maid also took the day off, parents of Danya after Fajar namaz again rested till late, only the grand mother listlessly roamed about the sleeping house aimlessly, there was a ring of the doorbell, shattering the peaceful silence,, grandmother was shocked , who could that be at such a time, opening the main door she found Sayadah standing there smiling pleasantly with a tray in hand, entering informally she chirped she had early morning made special potao stuffed parathas for all of them, although at her place they were eaten with curd raita but she had brought marinated minced meat that she would readily roast in the kitchen there, grandmother asked her not to go to so much trouble at their expense , but Sayadah gladly roasted the kheema of which without the exhaust fan the delicious smell spread all over the house waking the young man who wanted to if it was the maid who had arrived on a sunday , granny explained it was Danya"s friend, so Danya was woken up to ask her why her friend was bothered to make their breakfast, Sayadah willingly replied she was happy to to so, to be at their ervice, Danya says hr friend was crazy hungry for fetching compliments as she was mad passionately for cooking and seeing others rlish her meals, and then Danya turned over going back to sleep late.

Sher-e-dil, August- Manaal gets engaged to Hanza who is accompanied by his best friend Dayam who addresses Manaal as sis- in -law and his remmark that it is her second engagement irks her , she retorts she would pray for his second engagement too, Dayam is terribly embarrassed, this does not go unnoticed by Apa who comments on Manaal being over friendly and too familliar with him, Hamza explains they all are Arfan"s friends. Hamza shows his eagerness to telephonically chat with Manaal sometimes but she adamantly refuses to accept that even though now engaged, this causes some rude reaction from Hamza who asks his friend Dayam with whom Manaal is secretly in love, to persuade her to give in , this sparks off a chain reaction and everybody is disturbed and leave

Nigah-e-Zauq-August,Why does it happen all the time with people that what they want desparately slips out of reach and what they get is they were running away from. God the creator has made us all knowing fully well who deserves what, the fishes he created do not have wings , He never intended them to fly, but if these fishes dream of having filghts in the sky they would live to regret it, Almighty gives the needy what is needed.
August --by Akasa Seher ImaamYour love seeped in my mind -My love, That thinking of forgetting you-Life is anguished-All is extinguished.

From page 275-August;- Allah the Almighty Supreme when decided to construct The Mother his angels were ordered to collect qualities that he wanted to instil in her--coolnes of the moon, tears from the dew, melodies fro the nightingale, passion from the partridge for the moon, shades from the roses,sweetness of voice from the cuckoo, depth of oceans in behaviour, force from the waves, flow of the rivers, earthy shine, sun beams, beauty of the milkyway. Finally the image was built as he wanted, then He was asked what Allah had contributed from himself Love, Allah replied

Pudina-Mint, August--The� herb� is� considered� a� native� of� Greece� now� used� in� almost� every kitchen� by� housewives� in� south-asian� subcontinent. In� Arabian,, Russian, Roman, Dhinese, Indian, Pakistani� cuisines� Mint� is� used� as� a� digestive,� aroma� and� spice

Fun-e-Zaiqa serve Stuffed minced meat capsicum, biryani and narghasi poori , one who does not enjoy being a chef would become a fulltime cook, friends will drop in uninvited

Bibi Manafaqat is a character that can be understood if one is enlightened with his faith in Allah the Almighty Powerful and Right Understanding Wisdom. for Bibi Manafaqat is hidden beneath many thick layered coats of false pretensions

Muhabbatein Jab Shumar Karna by Gazala Rao--August--She had started walking on the long road alone. Either side was lined up with trees. It was teribly silent. Passing by a tree she strained to listen to the hush surrounding her. Her steps echoed enhancing the empty stillness by breaking its quiescence her delicate feet made. She shivered uncosciously as a shade of fear ran through her.

Hazrat Khwaja Farid-ul-Din says he fasted for three days without seheri or Iftaar on the third dy some roti bread was offered him by a rich liquer merchent, the food was good but after consumption the Khwaja fell sick, He was explained the reason for not being able to digest them was simple as they were earned and provided by the liquer money.He again for the next three days fasted as promised without seheri or iftaar, becoming extremely weak and feeling hunger pangs he picked up small pieces of mud , putting them into his mouth to swallow them he found they tasted of unrefined sugar lumps melting softly . Disturbed by the experience he helped himself with more mud lumps all tasted thick sweet treacle lumps, there fore he was became famous as --Hazrat Baba farid-ul-Din Masaud Ganj SHAKAR Shakkar--Unrefined sweet sugar lump

Khali Ghar by RRukhsana Negaar Adnaan-August The narrative is in first person- He is rudely woken up by the noise of something breaking in the kitchen, farzand"s rabit like face emerges round the door with a perpetual funny smile on his face , who pushes himself inside the door and entering the bedroom of the narrator tells him that the plate is broken whether its a piece of crockery or a person , life is fixed and sometime it must come to an end yet it hurts because a relation of attachment is always established between them. The narrator usually gets up early t Fajar but this particular day a wicked thought made him fall back to sleep.Farzand serves his master a hot breakfast of bread toasts with fluffy omlette of two eggs, later tea and aromatic spicey paratha is placed before the narrator on a huge master dining table , just his corner is cluttered the rest of the table is empty. But he gets up and away from his untouched plate.

Abaad Shehr-e-Jaan Rahe--August--She pushed the glass door open and came out from the flower shop with a lovely bouquet of red and pink rose buds, the ink of dusk painted the sky dark, cool winds brought messages of soon approaching rain, overcast heavily the clouds began to shower tiny droplets, she remembered how she survived the previous day"s accident, actually she was not such a fool as to hit someone and stay there to be caught, but the public had immediately gathered , she was surrounded by a fierce crowd demanding her to take the handsome man she had carelessly hit, there were minor scratches on his body but his head injuries looked serious as they bled profusely, she had taken him to the private clinic where now she was carrying the bouquet.

Humshergaan by Faizah Iftikhar-August--Ordinay person in daily life earches for some ammuement in daily soaps and TV Channels give him something he is not ready for , moodily the narrator switches the channel on, a brotherly sisterly song was quite boring , turning on to another channel he was fully impressed by a delicate fragile woman whose hand was tightly held by a young man emotionally looking into her eyes the hero spoke he would bring down all the heavenly bodies to touch the dust under her feet, he would load her from head to toe in heavy jewellery, he would fulfil all her unuttered wishes he was her brother ofcourse, this last dialogue shattered the impresion of the narrator , this time he turned on new pakistani channel, Bahar Begum was rapidly engrossed in delivering her long sonorious lines that made Faisal Qureshi quite agitated and he seemed impatient of waiting for his turn to speak his part, last evening also he seemed to be in his hurry to catch the train, his curvy sagging hanging cheeks gave him a fixed expression of looking ever worried

Abaad Shehr-e-Jaan Rahe--August--She pushed the glass door open and came out from the flower shop with a lovely bouquet of red and pink rose buds, the ink of dusk painted the sky dark, cool winds brought messages of soon approaching rain, overcast heavily the clouds began to shower tiny droplets, she remembered how she survived the previous day"s accident, actually she was not such a fool as to hit someone and stay there to be caught, but the public had immediately gathered , she was surrounded by a fierce crowd demanding her to take the handsome man she had carelessly hit, there were minor scratches on his body but his head injuries looked serious as they bled profusely, she had taken him to the private clinic where now she was carrying the bouquet.