Eid-ul-Zuha Special

pamper  your  taste  buds  this  season  of  festival  with  meeruti  seekh  kebabs, shaahi  raan, fried   chops, special  stylish spicy mesala   kaleji, paye , haandi  kofta  curry, meghaz   masalah, gharelu  roasted  mutton, shahi    qorma,   memni boti  kebab, warm  up your  cullinary  skills  ,  try them  out  , your  time  begins  now  , because  eid  -ul-  zuha  is  on  the  seventeenth, brace    yourself   tight  for  a  happy  meal  --bismillah

Pul-e-Sarat--Qesrah Hayat

rasheedah  remembers  just one  --rashid, she  aimlessly    roams  the  street, like  a  vagabond  her  dirty  clothes   smell  foul, she  does  not  let  anyone   help  her  at  home  to  tidy    up, every  mnorning  she   religiously  goes  out  in search  of  flowers, that  she  gathers  from trees,  hedges  and  the  wilderness, collecting  them  in   sheets  , making  bundles  , bringing  them up  to  rashid's  grave  to spread  them out  , talking    at  his  grave  missing   rashid  , spending  entire  day  there  , she  had  completely  lost  her  mental  balance

Agar Milna Nahin Humdum--Zakya Belgarami

Arslah  was  just  coming  out  of  the  wash  room , her  cell rang  persistently, by the  time  she  picked  it  up  to  answer  it  ,  it  had stopped  abruptly, the  number  was  new from unknown caller, it  again rang  , it  was  shahab  who  had  got  her  private  number  from someone  and  calling her  to  congratulate  her  on  her getting  the  first  position   this  time  his  was  second, but  her  father  with  whom she  could  have  shared  the  joy  of    proving  herself  the  best  was  no   more, success  means  a  lot  when there  is  some one  you  could  celebrate  it  with or  it  becomes  a  meaningless trial

Al Rezzaaq

an  attribute  of  almighty  --   the  sustainer  , the  provider

Hajj Aur Idul zuha--khalid siddiqui

Hajj  is  one  of  the  five  main pillars  in islam,   shahada, namaz, roza, hajj and  zakath, hajj  to  mecca    purifies  the faithful  practitioner  testing  his  metal  of  virtues and  values   giving  him a  shine  , three  varients  of  hajj  are  explained --hajj afrad, hajj quran  and  hajj tamma

gunehghar ke Ansoo--page 21

khwajah hasn bsari  in a  celestial  ecstasy  at  a  mosque  shed  tears  that  fell on a  passer by, the  amazed onlooker  was  explained  that  they  were  the  soul  cleansed   filthy  of  his  sinful inner  being  and  asked  for  his  nerciful  forgiveness

Yun Ehed Wefa Ker Lein--Lareib Momin

as  kashif  was  returning  home  she  noticed  juneid  siitting  very  quietly  at  the  steps  of  the  dispensary, he  looked  pathetic, she  asked  him the  reason  , he  would  not  answer, at  home  her  widow  mother  and  other  sisters  waited  for  her, minutes  later  juneid"s  mother  steps  in with a bundle  of  gold  jewellery  she  must  have  been given as  wedding  gift   , she  needed  twenty  five  thousand  cash  for  it  was  the  last  day  of  making  it  possible  for  juneid  to  get  admission in the  engineering  college, only  kashif  was  in the  position   to  help  , and  she  would  certainly  on  time  lend  the  money  for  life    shows  her  a  mirror  of  her  own  circumstances  she  had  overcome  like  juneid  she  was  once  in the  same  position

Faridah Ashfaq---interview

writers  are  a  breed  apart, they  tend  to  create  a  different  world  , a  virtuality  which  is  inviting, full of  dreams,  release  from the  reality , in urdu  literature  one  new  star  is  creating  waves--faridah  ashfaq--an eminent  known personality  to  pakeeza  anchal  reader

Eid-e-Qurbaan--ghazala siddiqui

to  all the  preciously  dear  readers  of  pakeeza  anchal , celebrate  life  with  performing  your  duty  faithfully  , haj  is  one  of  the  four  pillars  of  islam, it  is  a  life  time  opportunity  the  blessed  get  to  visit  the  holy   place

Tarik Saye-ibn sufi

Defining  beauty  is  almost    next  to  impossible, for  what  pulls  one  , can  make  another  sickly,   faridi    feels  greta  an italian  performer  apeals  to  many  in the  audience, very  attractive  to  hamid  who  followed  her  to  the  niagra  hotel  on the  outskirts  of  the  city  zig  zagging    through  the  city  shadowing  her  car, in a  hired cab, he  was  not  allowed  to  enter  without  his  evening  suit  a  dress  code  for   members,  at the  hotel   he  had  to  use  his   identity  card  to  steal  in  , he  shares  his  table  with  faridi   who  already  is  a  wizard  with  all  his    life  experience  to   make  a  quick  assessment  and  a  very  accurate  one 

Khabeesh--babar nayim

moddy  had  met  sara  five  years  ago  in las  vegas  casino, he  was  a  most    ruthlessly selfish  man, sara  was  an  entertainer  who  had  always  ambitiously dreamt  of  being  rich  and  famous  model, but  showbiz  world  gave  her  tough  competition, she  failed  to  dazzle  the world, and  entered  a  casino  as  a  cheap  commodity

Jeet Haar--M Alyas

To  make  his  quest  , in pursuit  of  winning  over  his    girls  to  kill  his  time , anwer  from dubai  once  in two  years  would  arrive  to lahore  , or  kerachi, it  is  more  difficult to  make  inquisition of  beautiful  attractive   female  friends, it  needs  more  hard  work,     more money  is  spent  on them , so  this  time  he  scents  his   hunt     in zahidah  --a  plain, dusty  single  woman  waiting  at  the  stop  , he  offers  her  a  lift  in his  new  car, because  every  woman  is  basically  an  Eve, every  man  an Adam, girls  believe  they  are  cleopatras  , just pay  a  little  attention, be  extra  attentive  and  they  fall  into  your  lap  like  an  over  ripe  sweet  fruit

Woh Jo Milne Aya--ghazal

Yeh Kya Likh --ghazal

ghazal

Aseeb--M.A.Rahat

Tahira khanum like  a skillful spider  knits  a  game  plan  to  draw  shahab under  her  dominion, to  marry someone  who  appears  a  dream  come  true, he  agrees  to join the  community  of  her  ideology  when he  gets  a  information from a  family  friend  that  his  father  antyaz khan is  alive  , and  secretly  gave  instructions  to  locate  the  details  of  legal  documents  from where  they  had  earlier  found  his  dead  body  as  they  had  been duped 

namkeen Coffee--salim anwar

  she  was  the  most  beautiful  of  all in the  party, every  one  desired  to  have   a   dance  holding  her  , but  one  particular  young  man  silently  sat  aloof  at  a  side  , finally  he  asked  her  to  have a  cup of coffee  with  him outside  somewhere  in a  cafe, his  polite  manners  , decent  countenance made  her  accept  the  invitaion, at  the  table  coffee  was  ordered, taking  a  sip  he  called  the  waiter  , and  orders  to  get  salt  for  him, many  heads  turn to  stare  at  him, the  young  man  turning  red  adds a  spoonful of  salt  to  his  coffee, it  begins  their  story  of  meetings, datings,   romance  and eventually  getting  married  ,  but  how  salty  is    sweet  memory, how  bitter  life  is, and  how  much  salt  can  make  a  life  sweet?

from page 145

a  man  on  a  lonely  lane  is  approached  by  a  passerby  if  he  had  a   spare  coin to  lend  for  a  moment,
sure, what  possible  need  can  it  serve  ?
--me  and  my  partner  would  like  to  make  a  toss   to make  a  decision--who  takes  your  cell phone, and  who  your  wallet

Josh-e- weheshat--asmaa rashad

he  sat  leaning  against  the  wall, his  arms  wrapped  round  his  folded    legs, he stared  as  usual  blankly  in the  oblivion, he  had  been  brought  two  months  ago  to  this  cell  from the  previous  one  where  he  was  serving  life  term   for homocide and  there he also  killed  his  second  victim 

Mehengi Humdardi--mirza amjad beig

as  his normal  routine  mirza  beig the  lawyer  goes  to  the  courts, where  he  happens  to  meet  a  familiar  looking  man -faisal  , a  marketing  officer   accused  of  murder  of  his  office  mate  , his  defence  laywer  appointed  by  his  wife  ferzana    for  six  months    would  not  move    the  case  any  further, faisal  was  being  taken  back  to  the  cell  by the  police, beig  offers  to  take his  case  and  questions  his  ignorant  wife  who  has  no  information of  facts , but  expertise  of  the  criminal  lawyer    shapes  up  the  infrastructure  of  the  incident  quite  quickly 

Anjaane--maryem .k. khan

meryana  is  signed  up  by  the  company  manager  for  two  main reasons, she  is  extremely photogenic  undoubtedly  and  she  is  not  busy  like  other  super  models, she  is just  a  new  face  in the  modelling  field, she  is    also  very  happy  to  get  selected  to  do  just  three  photo  shoots  for  two  different  companies  in a  distant  remote  coral  island  , the  forty  metres  long  vessel  sails  carrying  eight  of  them , it  had  been her  dream  to  sail  to  such  a  coral  island   with   a  generous  package 

Meghaltah--rezvana menzer

derek  lovingly  looked  at  his  knife, before  keeping  it  in his  leather  bag, gave  a  last  look  at  his  own clean   strong  thirtyfive  year  old    rough  and  tough reflection in the  mirror  , he  had  to  reach   his  destination  out  of  town  before    ten   urgently , it  was his  only  chance   he  had  been  waiting  too  long  for, he  had  to  drive  his  car for  some  hours  in this  rainy  stormy  night, the  radio  weather  report  disturbed  him  , he  must    find  a  restaurant  , gas  station  and  a  store, but  his  car  is  hit 

Talash-Kashif Zuber

mark  -  a  field  officer anti  narcotics   force  , married  to  neta  -  a  super  model  actress  of  showbiz  world  turned  house wife, had  two  kids  , when  he  was  working  on  marcia  cavin  a  spanish  drug  lord "s  case  , who  had  become  an  american  citizen  ,  mark  was  given  threats  to  drop  his  investigations  ,

Lalkar--Tahir Javed Mughal

The  Challenge  of  life  for  the  narrator  is  presenting   obstacles   barricading    his  successes , he  is reminiscent of  his  freinds" goals  they  shared   with  deep  understanding , a  community  of  thought  they  belonged  to , giving  each  other  moral  support

Sadmaat Ka Aalam--Alif Siddiqui

another  edition of  reputed    criminal  lawyer  salah-  abdul-kareem"s  skillful handling  of  a  comlicated  case, ready  to  help the  innocent  , ashfaq  husain  of  lahore  living  in  kerachi  pleads  guilty  of  murdering  his  father"s  killer,  who  was  missing  for  twenty  years  , he  had  avenged  till  the  missing  killer  comes  to  the  courts  in  support  of  ashfaq the  accused

Lash Ki Chori--Tanvir Rayaz

Quenn  returns  home  after  a  month long  vacation , he  is  called  by  a  wealthy  financer-investor"s  forty  year  old  balding  son  at  their  palatial  mansion  to  find  his missing  father,   The  hostess  is  seventish  , quenn  had  heard  so  many  intriguing  tales  of  them  all , but  got  to  see  them  first  time, he  promises  to  find  the  abducted  old  man  as  quickly  as  possible, the  son  tells  him  its  his  father"s  dead  body  that  is  missing  from their  family  cemetery

Karishma -e- Najoom--Humayun belgrami

the  haji"s  family  with  the  khwaja"s  help  get  to  buy  a  house  in the  neighbourhood  and  put  their  little  daughter munibah  in the  same  school  where  yusuf  as  a  commoner  goes

Karishma -e- Najoom--Humayun belgrami

it  was  during  the  reign  of  belul  lodhi  in  hindustan  when haji  bilal  with  his  family  was  threatened  by  a  hakim"s  relative  , haji"s  wife  was  a  descendent of  iranian  invaders  of  india  , born  indian  native , with  two  daughters  aged  seventeen  and  eight  defect  to    sada  town  in iran  where  the  khwaja  the  merchant  also  lives

Karishma -e- Najoom--Humayun belgrami

The  crown   mother  and  the  loyal  maid  of  the  little  prince  yusuf  make  a  double  deal  secretly  with  an  iranian diamond  merchant  who  also  sells  slaves  , and  exchange    a  the  boys  , the  prince  goes  with  the  khwaja  to  iran to  study  with  his  sister"s  sons  in  a  school , the  childless  merchant  couple  adopts  the  prince  in exile,   floating  it  that  he  was  a   dead  turkish  sister"s  son

Karishma -e- Najoom--Humayun belgrami

a  story  set  in the  past  , opens  in the  courts  of  turkish  empire  , the  old  sultan  murad  is  dead  , whose  elder  son  becomes  the  king, who  is  not    just  and  wise  like  his  father  , but  is  most  aggressively  cruel  and  has  a  violent  streak   declares  his  six  year  old  little  prince  brother  be   killed  at  sunset , because  there  was  a  prophecy  made  by  a  court  astrologer  that  yusuf  would    become  a  great  emeror

Editor"s Note--Huma November

with  price  hiking  touching  the  skies  many  local  newspapers  have  shut  down publishing,  but  huma  is  here  with  its  new  amazing    short  stories  , hopefully  by  the  grace  of  almighty  , huma  is  always  going  to  be  unstoppable  , reaching  out  towards  the  endless  skies, unending  universal  territories,   will  go  on  and  on  and  on  till  the  other  end  of  this  creation

from page338

Padmashree indian urdu poet arrehmen farooqi is decorated by the government of neighbouring country pakistan by their highest award for his literary contribution to urdu literature of sitara e imtyaz

khabarnama

according to a survey and american public poll nineteen percent americans believe obama is a muslim

ghazal

Muhabbet Humsafar Meri--Anjam Ansar

Einie feels ignored , married to saram -who was at home having evening tea , relaxing after his office hours with his family , there a persisitent door knock disturbed them all, the door was opened and raza stood there with einie"s love card she had sent him before marriage, he is silently beaten up , the card was read out , the familiar signature of einie stared back , a decent lover of the wife returned claiming he had burnt all the rest of them

Tauba Ka Kissa--

Once hezrat abadulqadir jilani was preaching to a faithful congregation, when suddenly turning his eyes heavenwards the hezrat declared it was just a matter of one hundred gold dinar coins, everyone thronged with pouches of coins, just one was selected with the necessary amount, then a most honest slave was sent with it to a town of dead silence where a very old man who played tradional music when he was young was praying

Hazrat Balal---Salim Ghilani

From the archives of hazret Bilal-- leaving the town for sehra both hezrat bilal and rasool allah, salallahoallewassalum quietly lived in a remote area for a while , a delegation of twelve distinguished men from madina arrived to invite them to solve the rivalry problem between the two main tribes there and settle down there for life, rasool allah was waiting for some offer like this but he sent masab bin amir for a year with them on the condition that after one year if they still wanted the paighamber sallallah o allewassalum , he would visit them ,masab bin amir was sent also because he was salallahoallewassalum"s look alike

Jan-e-Jan Tu Jo Kahe--Rahat Wafa

Farhan "s marriage is being arranged with zertashya, who is happy at the thought of samya coming to stay with them , unaware she is farhan"s wife, farhan gives a heart shaped floral bouquet to samya and hides before others enter the room and admire the flowers , loyalty-disloyalty, agreement-disagreement, brains-bran, what it takes to be walking firm on the solid path of bonding in life to lead your precious ones?

Kis Qayamat Ke Ye Name--Afat Seher

A long buried incident in the past , when she was in the middle school was evoked--she had written a letter --a letter for success in exams-- found by the class teacher during exams-- to the elder sister, that results are out, announced by the principal madam, those who passed are happy, those who failed want to cry , but do not cry because they are ashamed to,

Chand Ki Rat--Aniqa Muhammed Beigh

It was sayad and alina"s first eid moon sighting after their marriage of four months, he was working late , though he had earlier promised her to take her to get her palms tradionally designed in henna on this occasion, his friend in office compares his own wife who shuts the house door on his face if he is late, and never serves him dinner , he has to heat it up himself , also listen to his mother"s complaints that that is what happens when the wife pampered , she is the head of the family pulling the reigns,

Adha Such---nayab Jilani

Driving back home shervar repeated the psyciatrist"s words --the deprived can not let others be happy .their senses are satiated by starving others of what they think they rightfully deserved themselves, a life story of a well educated woman whose mother also highly educated had divorced her husband, shervar "s husband brings home a second wife like his father had, life is more than a test

Baazghesht--Seher Ali

Knowledge, good education for women ,can earn a decent living in bad times in life to support themselves and their families and near and dear ones, so thought Huma"s father before getting her admission in a college for a degree course, against all odds and strong opposition from his knowns , huma was in her final year responsible , ready to face her life equipped with inner courage , she had promised her father she would never disgrace his name , never let him down, she would just concentrate on her education, enhance her peronality with her new enriching experiences , she happens to meet all kinds of students there , there for different reasons

Junoon Ki Rah--Nayab Jilani

Mortals and their desires are short lived, , shafiq throws away the receiver , someone was threatening , persuading , compeling her to give up what was hers , what was in her custody as someone else"s belonging, she recalls how fourteen years had elapsed , she had desparately prayed for him to be her soulmate , never to be separated , then she later begged from the same super almighty to remove him from her life for life

Dilkesh--Najma Shakir

After giving a helping hand in the kitchen dilkesh returned to her room , holding her book she lay down, she had to prepare for her approaching exams, the curtains swayed , the room trembled, her bed shook as nasima jumped in , she demanded tea be served her--a mystic that she was would bless dilkesh with wisdom so much to fetch her five extra points more than full marks , that dilkesh was the queen of super workoholics, the harder dilkesh studied the better for nasima who would easily pass just by copying dilkesh"s answer sheets

Pul-e-Sarat--Qesrah Hayat

Almighty resides in a clear conscience, elina was stubbornly misbehaving , she had decided to divorce her husband for jimmy who was already married with a perfect housewife--lazy, pretty and crazy foolish, he did not want elina as a wife, desires were playing with her, she was being chased passionately , suddenly her friend naghin dies , stirring elina's inner soul with her dying last word --Don"t, that begins to change elina , stopping her just before she could err, guiding her somehow because if one clears his conscience then noone can mislead him, never,,ever

Pul-e-Sarat--Qesrah Hayat

With elina"s doctor husband gone abroad she becomes even more uncaring and irresponsible, roaming about unreasonably , marriage for her is nothing , for she fails to understand that in her culture the celestial instructions that contain words of wisdom marriage is a willingly accepted for life agreement , a duty she must perform to be together , she does not take it as a commitment, but the husband is ready to tolerate her , for he has invested his life in this marriage , if it does not work out, the marriage breaks there would the remains of marriage be left lifeless

Ulti Ganga --Saima Akram

Apa "s rounds to mona"s and aram"s house were seen as raid rounds that left the family in recession periods, apa would boldly snatch their expensive gifts , bought with care and lots of love for their daughters, Apa"s house was considered headquarters by the daughters of khalid who was extremely respectful of his sister --apa"s every wish , rightful or unrightful , till one day he decided to take his family to visit apa who was just back after their arrival with huge shoppers as if emptying the entire tariq road for ramzan al mubarak

Aur Kuch Khwab--Ashna Kauser Sardar

secrets of nature are predictable, weather forcast is sometimes accurate, signs of climatic changes , seasons and moods of the winds , water, elements and forces can be read by experts, but woman whether its anya malik, or anarkali or laila can never be understood , their mood- swings are as unpredictable as a disaster ,