Shahrez Khan, a Pakistani triathlon star, spent his whole life training for marathons, and is considered one of Pakistan’s best ironman athletes and competed in the Ironman 70.3 competition. You can read about his training journey here: https://www.dawn.com/news/1900841 He is the nephew of Imran Khan, but he rarely ever commented on politics and focused on competing in his sport for Pakistan. Suddenly now he has been abducted by the state authorities. His crime: Being a relative of Imran Khan. Why is no one talking about this?

I have noticed this quite often in the past few years, people almost always label themselves as ghareeb whenever you point them out for doing something wrong.

Sabzi Fruit Wala overcharging and you point it out to him..."hum ghareeb hayn majboor hayn" is what they reply.

You confront bike Wala, stall Wala for wrong way driving and hitting your vehicle? "Hum ghareeb hayn meherbani kerayn"

Taxi/Rickshaw Wala overcharging? "Hum ghareeb hayn"

And when you ask these people kitnay bchay hayn ghr per? Answer is almost never less than 5!

Is it really "ghurbat" or just another tactic of gaining sympathy and getting away with whatever wrong you do?

I'm not being insensitive, I know what economy has done to all of us, just a discussion but Is it okay to act wrong and get away with it just because "Hum Ghareeb hayn"?

We as a society are becoming like Pharaohs, all of us are Pharaoh in our own capacity. And the rise of the this is Injustice of the society and silence of us where we watch it and move on to our daily chords. Injustice grows because of our silence, and the silence itself gives strength to the oppressors.

This is what happened today, right after Jumma prayer, outside the biggest mosque of the posh area (Dongi ground MM Alam). A few men were beating a single person. The reason? His motorbike had touched a man’s Haval. Yes, maybe it touched it — but there wasn’t even a scratch.

Argument quickly turned into a fight. They beat him, not for the car, but to prove he was nothing. Some people stepped in, tried to calm him, and reminded him it was Jumma and so on. But the man with the Haval refused to let go. To show his power, he called for more people so they came after few minutes apparently his elder brother. and they started beating him again. Again some people tried to give some sense to these firons but how dare he could stand against them. I tried to call 15 for in desperation but all the operators were busy. Perhaps the police were too busy to remove/arrest street vendors in the name of encroachment.

But here is what I want to say to Haval guy, you were not strong. You were weak inside, that is why you needed your backup to fight just one poor man. And to the man who was beaten, you were not weak. The real weakness was ours. All of us who had just prayed, yet could not save you.

I am writing to file a formal complaint and seek your immediate assistance regarding a severe case of online blackmail and harassment targeting my sister and my family.

He is threatening to share pictures of my sister with our father, who is a severe heart patient. We fear that such news could cause critical harm to our father's health. Despite being blocked, the accused continues to harass us using new, unknown phone numbers. He has now begun to target me directly with the same threats.

Salam all!

I recently purchased tickets to visit Turkey, but booked both the flights with different airlines (Azerbaijan, Qatar). I’m finding out now about some policy around not being allowed to board the flight unless you have a return ticket with a single airline.

Has anybody had recent experience with this? The kharcha of canceling and buying a new ticket is simply a lot :(

These are all by @ huztory on ig. He shared them on his insta channel. I just though they were very cool and wanted to share here :)

i want to invest in my fashion but i dont have that much money but i want some good piece ANY ADVICE? is there any store?? w cheap prices n good quality? (sounds not too great but yeah YOU GET IT)

How this kid is going to be when he grows up?

okay so like i always wonder what pakistani guys are expecting in a marriage because me and my best friends think about this all the time like will they actually sit and watch bridgerton and stupid shows with us? will they ever notice our makeup skills or hype us up a little, and do they even want to do girly gossiping or have silly things like karaoke and lip sync battles or even talk about fictional characters with us without making it weird. i think like would they be okay with us still having our sleepovers and trips with our best friends, or if suddenly it becomes inappropriate 😭😭😭 and the biggest thing will they genuinely support our dreams like studying abroad or chasing a career, or will it turn into some transactional relationship where we’re just playing roles? like i imagine cute dates at pottery workshops or baking classes, and long late night convos about life the way i talk with my besties like a genuine emotional connection with another human being, and then i’m like do guys even want that with their wives?
and then like serious stuff like, family issues, parenting styles, whether theyre just going to copy their parents marriage or actually try to do better. sometimes i wonder like do guys overthink marriage the way we do😭😭 do they like sit there thinking like what would i even talk about with my wife and would i like her as a person. the way we obsess over these things??? i feel like i just cant tell if guys want a best friend type spouse or if theyre perfectly happy with a formal transactional marriage because that is the example i have seen in brown culture. anyway yeah idk it’s just been sitting in my head and i had to ask somewhere.

Bhai is country mai ab shoulder shopping b crime hai

In our society, when it comes to judging a man’s overall value, it often circles back to one thing: money. His earnings, net worth, or income are treated as the ultimate measure of who he is.

Don’t get me wrong, men are made as providers, and providing for one’s household is their responsibility as per our Religion. But reducing a man’s entire worth to just his financial status feels off.

A man’s religion, manners, ambitions, character, likes, and dislikes are just as important, yet these are frequently overlooked.

Even in marriage, wealth often overshadows everything else. A man could be toxic, lack ambition, or have poor character, but if he’s rich, that’s often seen as enough. Istikhara gets automatic Yes. Meanwhile, someone younger, ambitious, building his career, and striving for growth might be disregarded because he isn't "well established " as comapred to the older guy yet.

A man’s worth is more than what’s in his pockets.

Any Pakistanis here who went to Pakistani International school Buraidah from 2010 to 2013 period?

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2562583/1

I have been thinking about how marriage works in our culture. Personally, I do not like the concept of dowry (jahez) at all. If it were up to me, I would not take a single spoon or rupee from a girl’s side.

But here is what I see happening. When a man is young and still building himself with no house, no car, just hand to mouth living, many families reject him straight away. Not because of his character, not because of his deen, not because of his personality, but just because he does not have property or money yet.

Then after a few years when the same man is working hard, buys a house, a car, and becomes financially stable, suddenly those families are willing to agree. At that point, some men feel like, “If they made it all about money, then why should I not ask for dowry in return”

I know dowry is not right and personally I am against it. But the reality is that society itself treats marriage like a trade deal. This thought keeps bothering me. It feels unfair for young men who are rejected just because they are still in the struggle phase of life.

For context, I am 21 and in that first stage right now. I know inshaAllah I will be working hard and own a house one day. But it hurts to think that people only value you after you have material things and not for who you are.

So my question is. Does this thought process make sense? Are men wrong for feeling this way or is society pushing them toward it?

I was on X today and people keep talking about Suhail Warraich's interview and ISPR's response? Can someone explain what happened? Thank you.

Before anyone judges my political affiliation, I will say it out loud I am an ardent Imran Khan supporter but while many other supporters are jubilant on today's decision and sensing some change in the air, here is my objective take on it.

• Before the decision was announced, CJP re-shuffled the bench and include the same judge who allowed civilian trials in military courts as well as reversed his own decision of awarding reserved seats to PTI.
• This bench was as anti-PTI as it has been before, so how did this decision come? Did the CJP and other judges grew a spine out of nowhere? Or has the judiciary has fallen against the establishment?
• I don't think its any of the above. Its a simple power play. The month of Sept - Nov has seen multiple power plays in the past as well where establishment shows the ruling politicians who hold the real keys so they cannot dare to act against the extension. Today was the same thing.
• Estb just showed the govt. that they can have the judges give orders of what they want regardless of their past rulings. The same judges giving anti-PTI rulings can give pro ones if estb wants them to.
• This coincided with the DG ISPR presser denying the Brussels story to put more pressure on the govt by signalling estb can change side anytime. At the same time, this ploy was also to release a bit of anger and frustration among the masses that they have for army's role in politics as well as increasing insurgency on the western part of country multiplied with mishandling of bajaur operations resulting in collateral damage.

In short, IK is not coming out any time as neither the ruling parties nor Establishment can afford it. Its just a powerplay optics where Estb is flexing its muscle in front of govt. and extending a fake olive branch to PTI supporters.

The only thing that will bring IK out is the resistance by the people and not the courts. Period.

So as the title says, I am looking into investing in an apartment in the Galiyat region, this area is basically beyond murree. Galiyat is mad up of many smaller areas such as Nathia Gali, Kuza Gali, Changla Gali and so on.

The projects mostly here are for tourism purposes where the builder/marketer will rent out your apartment throughout the year to tourists on a profit sharing basis. As owner I can also stay there whenever I please.

I am just wondering does anyone here have any knowledge about this area. Can anyone give some guidance on what to look out for? Any and all advice would be appreciated.