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What is man without talent

what is dusk without prayers

what is veil without shame

what is legal court without justicewhat is tongue without politeness

what is knowledge without its uses--absolute useless

Pul-e-Sarat--Qesrah Hayat

Marriages are a neccessity that turn nuisances for they are highly reactive material if the partners are not of truly compatible substance, meryam who seemed suitable before marriage turns out to be for zakya begum an uncaring self -centred woman who just got the marriage certificate to be absent from the house, mayraj who had expected his wife to be homey and give company to the family was disorriented

Eid ke Zaiqe

have a great unforgettable memorable time together with happy eating this season starting with-sheer khurma, zafrani sewyan, shahi zarda sewya, chatpati biryani, dahiwada, qawami sewya, kheema kachauris, eid cake,

Baad-e-No Bahar--Atya Omar

hyder picked all the jasmine flowers he found early morning after his namaz, placing them in a plate on the center table , the room smelt deliosiously of refreshing fragrance,

Hyder and lababah got married, he agreed to marry her because he had accepted the decision of his elders, she signed the papers and resented their desicion for she was an emotional fool, she would pick a quarrel before anyone including the staff, insulting him, she was unhappy, hated everyone, overslept, screamed at all for no reason , rashidah was grateful that hyder was not like his begum and was more understanding and mature in thoughts

Eid Ki Dunya--Khalid Siddiqui

eid is celebrated in different parts of the world in different manner--

@1-by exchanging gifts

@2-Women rightfully turning more demanding

@3-Iraqis by interacting and socializing

@4-egypt lingers on celebrations till after eid is over

@5-philistine cooks meat in sugar to make a sweet dish

@6-somalis serve halwa and vermicili

@7-indonesians for a month long celebrate every day as eid and night as shabberaat

@8- Malaysia makes tradional rice puddings on eid

@9-Iranians like dressing themselves up in new clothes for the namaz

@10-turks remember the dead after their eid by paying homage on their family graveyards

The Most Beautiful Names Of Allah

for the faithful , there is noone greater than Him, He alone is the Greatest, The most Highest, The most superlative

Aur Kuch Khwab--Ashna Kauser Sardar

Anya comes home with meraj in his car, he had drove her home, her mother and grandfather were not in their usual comfortable perches , she was not aware of the new power cut schedule, she starts screaming, blaming meraj for keeping her family hostage, holding them prisoner somewhere , the reason for their disappearnace,

Dil kanton Mein Uljhaya Hai--Suhail Khan

Turn your heart to a reflecting mirror-

Showing your true inner pure self-

Wiping your face with sunshine-

Giving a moment's precious smile--

She jumped up with a surprise, seeing wasit sitting on the next seat to hers, she had got it reserved some eight days ago, in shatabdi train from delhi to lucknow, he usually flew or drove in a jeep, what a coincidence it was, then she realised it had been arranged coincident, she smiled at herself feeling very pleased

Shab-e-Qadr

Hazrat Aishreza allah enna once asked even if he knew when the night of shab qadr was how and what should he pray for, what ought to he ask for from the almighty allah, to this salallahoallewassallum replied --ask for forgiveness because almighty is the only one who can fogive,

explaination--allah almighty already knows what you want, so why ask for money, property and other superficial things, He is watching over us, He knows what are our needs

ibadaton Ka Inam--Ghazala Sidiqui

Felicitations by pakeeza anchal to the readers on id-ul-fitr mubarak tenth september, sharing moments of pure joy, distributing sweets , , showing gratitude to almighty allah, giving gifts to those who are not as fortunate as you, bringing smiles on pathetic faces , truly showers immense merciful blessedness on the doer

Sazish Ka Jal--Ibn Safi

The two well dressed men in the cabin became impatient as they looked at their wrist watches, they belonged to no community in particular, but each one depended entirely on the other for his own survival, a tall guest arrived as they were about to leave, showing them a photograph of them strangulating their last victim he asks them to do their next job willingly , accepting the money on the table or...they had to abduct a poor girl for five thousand , their interest was on fire , that was a huge amount for a girl from that area

Mekri Ka Jal--kashif Zuber

The doctor--ryan smith was forlorn, absolutely torn between leading a life of shame or kill himself to save his honor, he was raised in chicago--the city of the rich, sixth of the seven children , at three his mother died , the war started, the ration they were given in the slum of chcago of dry meat and powder milk twice a week was stopped to divert the supplies for their warring army , by five he was sent to school where he buried himself deep in books, as a result he emerged as an extra ordinary brilliant student

Bawal-e-Dil--Samar Abbas

Nik and julie were running a motel with restaurant next to their cottage for twenty years on the link highway between canada and america, as a rule they stayed in the office till late night, their three teenager children helped them in the business, they had a part- time help during summers when the season was in full swing, but in winters they needed to keep an accountant now with their middle ages , tiring them out, it was a harsh winter night when nik was winding up to go to bed that he saw a poorly young man george entering the office , he needed a single room to spend the night in less than half rate, with complimentary snacks --nik did not know him but the free tourist was a petty thief

Sem Qatil--kashif Zuber

Walter was Norgay's instructor twenty thirty years ago during hippi culture, he was trained as a secret agent to assist the agency to become most powerful by generating money to buy weapons and cultivate crops of death, the inflow of which was not stopped through other routes , nor cultivation prevented for it was bringing in secret swiss accounts to multiply , yuth was affected, futures of nations were at stake but ...norgay had support of the governments

laughter -from page 283

a man looking for his pet dog enquires a shopkeeper if he had seen it, he replied the dog had broken off many jam bottles, jumping from shelves to shelves , over and under them , making catch up containers to drop off , a customer was hurt, the owner of the dog without an apologetic look took out from under his arm a huge poster to stick it on the main front entrance glass door about his missing dog, the reaction of the pathetic shopkeeper is left to the imagination of the reader

Khabron Ki Duniya

Doha preapring itself to send off muhammed -1--a science lab on moon to probe and make research in 2913

Akhri Nukta--Tanvir Rayaz

Both Tom and Collin sat discussing after they had finished their heavy dinner at a nearby restaurant , washing down with their favourite wines , the theme of mary"s baby -a story about an actor who uses his wife to promote his career at the broadway , later who settles down at hollywood with their son, it all started when tom had signed a contract with lengtons company to do two movies with them, after the first he had become a matinee star, another company offers him a major exciting role which he was not allowed to do for he was tied up to his contract

namurad--Alif Siddqui

The lady criminal lawyer gets a case to solve , a young woman working in a garment factory , her father paralysed , a younger brother to raise , a simple family background approaches her as the man who is killed --murad has nobody who could discuss his case on his behalf, nadira discloses that saira is the one who pushed murad from the third floor , it was not accidental fall as shown

ghazal--page 23

Ghazal--page 201

Aseeb--M.A.Rahat

Shahab takes his trusted friend qesar khan to visit the sellf proclaimed goddess of supreme knowledge , she suggests he married gorni or he would regret a hint of supressed threat shahab lightly changes the whole scene , turning the game to his own favour, challenging her fake friendliness , mocking her at her place, what could she do to him to make him regret if she was his wellwisher

Hissedar--Malik Safdar Hayat

One fine day four men approach malik safdar- the- police -in -charge , there had been a highway robbery , all expensive belongings, jewellery, cash had been taken away , the bride"s dowry was gone, it was traditionally a typical wedding that was arranged , dowry was given, the bride was given away, function was over, because of robbers the rukhsati was fixed during the day so that the groom could reach home before dark, the police men were unable to find the robbers, so a special trained man --a khoji --was appointed to trail the highway robbers, as it is said kill the producer and not the robber , the narrator shares his job experience with the readers

Perwaaz--Tahir Javed Mughal

Salar Shah Khawar stops again on a rainy monsoon night at a rural cottage with an old woman reminding him of his own mother, she does not know him , talking about the chaudharies she critisises salar shah for being a bad influence on the family, next morning he rides off followed by hamid and his gunman who stop him , he comes to know that raunaq whom he had thought dead was alive , he had the cassette of confession in chaudhary aziz"s voice khawar had thought was with the police or gone missing, the tape was heard by the whole village , he was a free man, floating light in the air , breathing free once again, he need not any more be on the run. the beautifully penned sculpture of a story of hurt of separations, secret affairs joys of reunions

Muhabbet, Daulat Aur Raja--Kashif Zuber

Jalil a young unmarried man escapes the unmanned drone missile attack directed towards him of a shoe by his ageing mother who declares remzan"s approach , all must fast during the season, he humourously observes khalil"s cat dozing off , a threat to the pigeons , he is not willing to settle down happily with ghazal an only daughter of their family friends, for he likes shanno

--continued from previous--

Both Imran and tabi are given a mission by the elder sister of nadya to get the gandhar artefact five thousand year old hidden away somewhere in the hotel from where they had begun their pursuit of following majid who was dead trying to find the fasting budhha

Lalkar--Tahir Javed Mughal

Tabi is extremely surprised to be caught in a trap along with salim and imran by nadiya , because salim had known the correct positionings of the cameras and private eyes and private ears , but she showed him how she had found out of their presence when they were in hiding their shadows fell on the corridor which was being monitored

Muhabbet Ghazeedah--Wasim Khan

Sally a glamourous actress at forty gets a main role in a mexican movie of a warrior princess , she had been almost forgotten for other new upcoming actresses , so she quickly accepts the offer , the trend of film making had considerably changed from large to low budget movies, the flight would take just two and half hours to reach their destination, there were thirty two passengers in the chartered boeing , that had capacity to accomodate one hundred ,

Pas-e-Divar--H.Iqbal

Firozan -an only child of a business tycoon goes regularly for jogging in the morning , she one day is threatened by a man pointing a revolver towards her and disappears quickly in the near by woods, she discusses the seriousness of the matter with her cousin , she has hired sher khan for a reason she does not disclose to anyone, she arranges a secret meeting changing her appearance in a newly bought apartment , sher khan tells her he can kill, kidnap, and do dirty things but can not give her security, for it would mean exposing his men, she comes back , someone is shot when she opens her car driving door, the man in the jogging park calls her on her cell phone menacingly

Guftgu--September Huma

Law of the land in every country ensures enforcement of law , relaxing implementation promotes crime, which is quite a dangerous way to any lifestyle, the message huma gives to its readers is to live a peaceful life, leading honest life, earning a living through hard work or the end of the bad and their associates are always as the stories in huma end with the evil getting punished

Muhabbet Humsafar Meri--Anjum Ansar

Waniya lives in rais block building in a flat, she likes raza who has a apartment on the upper floor and has just moved out with his family to his uncle's house with huge spacious rooms and lawns, waniya misses him as she without seeing him could recognize him approaching on the stairs as others can identify car horns of their loved ones on the roads , as welcoming signs

Hazrat Bilal---Salim Ghilani

The Holy Quran descended through prophet Muhammed to the faithful, hazrat bilal is the biographer of the prophet , the hazrat was born slave and released by the kind prophet, hazrat bilal was educated and became a historian biographer, the prophet teaches the quran is source of knowldge , if almighty created once he can create the same twice, He alone empowers all

Shehr-e-Dil--Shamma Hafiz

Dayam is married , after spain he goes to england and settles down there quietly, seven months pass by, he comes home never could he have imagined that arfan and shamir were next door neighbours, that he would again meet manal

Ramzan Mubarak to all

Ramzan Mubarak

Jan-e-Jan Tu Jo Kahe--Rahat Waqa

Tanya goes to return her library book on a hired auto . she keeps it waiting for her till she is in, adil pays the driver and releases him, forcing her to join him on his bike , she hates him but he is adamantly overly possessive about his belongings whether inanimate objects or animate friends family or she a fiancee, that evening she declares war at home, all family women were cleaning up their heavy silks and georgettes , moth balls smelling room filled with them discussing her decision of not marrying adal, to cancel their marriage quickly

Makeover--Sherwat Nazir

Good looks are traps to catch rich partners whose money matters to the shehjas of this world for useless frequent renovations to impress others, to waste money to pass time , to establish her supremacy by showing off husband"s money, to be able to afford what others can"t, to get joy out of seeing the flame of jealousy in their eyes , shehla wants her ordinary looking college goer daughter bina to change her looks to catch a good life partner

Aik Kahani Badi Purani

What makes a house a home, meeta is the only grand daughter , in a leaking monsoon home , full of warmth of mutual trust and sincerity she gets from elders, relationships are personally inter woven tightly to secure the bondings or one himself gets lost somewhere

Mujhe Rang De--Nebilah Abar Raja

Heryah spends her time in doctor aftab"s clinic waiting room reading beautifully framed couplets on the wall, before she is allowed to see the doctor himself attending her ailing aunt admitted in there, who wants her younger son henan marry her , but he married his love natasha-

Tucked away are pathos hidden in depth

All tears are not meant to be shed

Pul-E-Sarat--Qesara Hayat

Zahida searches for little joys , desparate to settle her son down by getting him remarried to someone , she tells him if sadrah wanted to stay with them she would never have left him with his son zishan, one day he comes back home to see a group of guests arrive to fix their daughter"s marriage with him, both zahida and kashif are badly beaten up by the guests when he refuses to marry their daughter because he was already married , he is called up on his duty to repair a transformer , he falls down accidently , from the hospital a nurse informs his wife sadra about kashif undergoing treatment in hospital

Woh Naya Savera--Maryam Aziz

She was reading khalil jibran --Past is a pile of ash stay happy never look back, present is sand slipping by step forward boldly, future is aimless empty be alert keep your eyes open , it was around nineish late evening , her mother called her thinking she was worrying about khizer, but life was slipping by , she felt she could not control her past or change the present nor could she ever be able to paint her future better

Fun -E-Zaiqa

This season during mah remzan almubark delicious yet easy to make esy to digest fruit chat, alu chena salad chat, dum kebab, Legen koftas, followed by chicken kheema, Achar chena omlette, mirch pakodas, alu chhole, cocktail pakodas, lechha gosht , and a new varient of biryani decorate the home table

Cactus Ke Phool--Shireen Hyder

Sofi is a wealthy young educated woman engaged to a family friend"s son , she was browsing on computer when her father calls her on her cell phone to meet him in the library immediately, she finds him in a terrible mood, his tone was changed , he was so affectionate but this time he seemed very disturbed before he asked her who chenghez was, she could not understand why such an irrelevant question , casually she could count many , then one classfellow from her college days she recalled, father handed her a white envelop , she finds a sheaf of papers, a bundle and looses her consciousness remembering how she had been to a trip with chenghez with other classmates, it was fun , but it was true, but it could not be really true

Muhabbet Zad Hayat--Shireen Hyder--Iqr Ahmed

Diler comes home one weekend unannounced to find his brother ali in a romantic mood reading out poetry to his wife komal , something unnatural seemed in komal's tones , she who has a most beautiful loveable nature, is full of life and spontainaity was not responding laughingly her usual self, he knocked on their bed room door, ali was very happy, komal wanted he should have fried kebabs with salads, biryani and nerghesi koftas were already ready, diler is told she is expecting, but to him she was altogether a different person, one day he picks up the phone , and overhears komal talking to a chirpy bold female on the other side inviting komal who pleaded she was now married, wife, and soon to be a mother, to let her go free

Aur Kuchh Khwab--Ashna Kausar Serdar

Anya is a wedding organiser, she must find a suitably attractive spot for ladies gathering and a musical evening, for that she goes to a far away from city to a remote farm house , she hurts herself , maraj helps her out, she in the beginning was quite suspicious of his giving her the first aid , specially the painkiller tablet,

Dil Kanton Mein--Suhail Khan

Abnaar finds a store room in a mansion in delhi to hide herself , she enrolls to engineering college at jamia milia islamia , there is a long waiting list for hostle accomodation, her parents in lucknow were dead, she has a distant uncle"s family in a two roomed flat too tight for themselves , she peeps from the store to see the old couple , owners of the huge palatial mansion , with extra large rooms, spacious kitchen and just the two of them with their maids attending on them, she comes out and cooks herself fried eggs and toasts , after finishing it cleanly she usually for past eight days used to go back to her room to study for next day classes, she saw again the door to the passage was open, the maid must have forgotten , she closed it with a creeking sound that disturbed the dinosaurs--the owners name she gave them herself for their bulky sizes, extra largeness and wholesomeness of their perspective of property

Isteqbal-e- Remzan

The faithful has a right to show his gratefulness to allah by fasting for his own happiness--albaqrah 184-5

Fasting and reciting from the holy quran during remzan multiplies virtues, temptations get under control of the practioner, his will power increases manifold , getting up at early pre dawn hours for sehri to stay without a morsel and a drop of water during the day to close after sundown with iftar with proper decorum and dignity till dawn is a hard regular exercise to maintain but with amazing results

Mah Remzan Almubarak

The holy month of remzan is a month of fasting , simple living and discipline, invite friends to share the feast of rich literature of pajeeza anchal with your special friends, what to eat, how much to eat for sehri and iftar during remzan , is as much of importance as fasting itself is signifacant to cleansing and purification

Tenant

A tenant paid a pittance after ages to his apartment owner, the owner asked him he could pay a little more, the tenant replied he should be grateful as that is the only amount he could get by selling off a door of his apartment