Intro
A beautiful evening (25th of May, 2007)
Random Thought: I write when no one listens to me. (A5)
Favorite Line: If dreams are like movies, then memories are films about ghosts. (Mr.s Potter’s Lullaby)
<— PS: This photo was taken by me! 
Current affairs, security issues and challenges, local and international politics, social, cultural and legal issues, sports (mostly cricket and tennis), astronomy and cosmology (to the extent of watching documentaries), music, movies and literature – everything interests me.
Note: All photos accompanying the blogs are taken from the Internet. I have tried to credit them wherever possible.
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Welcome to wordpress! Hope you’ll embellish your blog with your brilliant writings.
umeed laram che sta blog ba da ranha yao koshish wee, pa de gloomy wakhtoono ke
Thank you Aadil, I’ll try my best
Ayesha
Welcome to the world of Worldpress….Writing is not unfamiliar to us but its these layers of presentations, we have to learn….
I hope you put some more short stories. I have already added you on my blogroll….
Keep up the good work
Sure Kashkin, I’ll keep trying.
Pages looking real good – Very good posts as well. looking foeward to readin new stuff from you soon.
Thanks Nadeen!
the header’s beautiful! dark overwhelming clouds.
Love the new header – Its WAY WAY COOL!
Thank you guys
It’s my photography
“It’s my photography”
Yeah right! Next you will tell us you lent Dali a hand in painting The persistance of memory. *raised eyebrow*
you stand at the crossroads
of highroads and lowroads
and i’ve got a feeling
it’s right :p
Shobig, you don’t believe I took these photos? Hmm, means the pictures are nice.
The persistence of memroy (the painting) was made in 1931, I am not that old…
love the new header – Yellow is the best colour in pictures!
Thanks Nadeen!
Yes, it is indeed.
Ayesha, I’ve listened so many times a song on ptv, sung by ‘malka-e-tarrannum’ ‘Kabhi kitabon main phool rakhna’.I think that should be a red rose but ‘aap ki kitab main yellow’ What does its logic?
Convenience!
I didn’t find any other flower excpet for yellow jasmine.
should I say this header is an eye candy? yes probably …
Thanks aadil
I got it from the internet.
Nice page layout – You keep changing – Its good to have fresh outlook on our pages!
Especially your pages!
Thanks!
But I am planning to keep it for a while. There ain’t much to choose from. And actually in every theme some thing is missing. I like this one too much but if you notice the category and tags don’t appear under, above or on the side of the post.
I think I am finicky
*I think…* Uff! these mistakes and this theme doesn’t have the edit thingy either.
I love the header with the candles -Its beautiful – as usual, pages looking good
You are a designer – I bet you decorate the house as well – you have great artistic sense.
Thanks Nadeen! I basically changed the theme for you because you had problem seeing the comment box. As for the header yep it looks good
I live in the junk yard
I’ll decorate and unleash my artistic abilities only when I have my own home one day.
Thanks for your comments [rather no comments:)] for Daman-e-Koh pics. We were there with Aadil as he had not viewed ISB from there yet. chalo qasam tou tooti!
Thanks a lot – I love the candles in this theme –
And Goonga – you read comments on my pages but you never read the topic – you were one good addition to my comment box
I am there… Its just could not curb my nerves to respond her comments there, you know Api what I mean!
Ayesha – I had a room in my moms house – I loved it – kept it nice and clean – my room – and had colur theme in it – it was practice – when I got house of my own – I was already trained – I had issues cooking proper pakistani food – that was the real challange.
LOL – Rashid ji aap darr gaey – khoon sookh jaaey to insaan GGONGA ho hi jaata hai – Aapi ka danda – i like that – chalo parh to liya karo – khairiat ki khabar de diya kejiye please!
GGG..GOONGA is more like it – Shahrukh style – LOL!
…lol.
“Aap bhi kamaal karti hain Api, abhi abhi to apne Rashid bola, aur ek hi pal mein Goonga kar diya…”
But
“It‘s alright Senorita, Bade Bade Deshon Mein, Aisi Choti Choti Baatein Hoti Rahti Hain.”
Goonga…
DDLJ… I love it
And yes, your pictures are really very nice.
Nadeen, my artistic sense works well in the virtual world
DDLJ
I had watched it more than 50 times in one year when it was released. I had memorized its dialogues as we friends had a game of playing any of role(called by friends) any time at random. And I never got failed whenever I was challenged. {Raj: You son of a gun!}
I can’t tell how many times I have watched it. But what I know is that it is my all time favorite movie. And DDLJ made it to the Guniese Book of World Records as a longest running movie in the history of cinema.
If I am not wrong it still runs in some theater in Mumbai (since it’s release – non stop), one show per day (matinee show)
Testing…
What are you testing?
I checked the settings in my cell phone. They are fine and still the problem hasn’t been solved
I bet Rashid here is testing his Shahrukh Khan accent – please dont go shahrukh on me – I have had a crush on him since he came out – and he is 42 – right age for me too
Hey Goonga, I wish you would use your name Rashid in here – Its such a nice name – use it!
Chowk mein goonga hona behtar hota hai
If he was testing SRK’s accent he should have written KKKKK-Kiran
No Kiran in DDLJ – It was SIMRAN!:P
Yaar – go watch it again!
I know Raj and Simran
But Darr is my second favorite… so I thought he might be testing KKKKK- Kiran
I was just testing configurations for N-Series which I mentioned elsewhere.
Yes its Simran (Simi) & Raj and Guljeeta and chutki & O potchi, O koka, O bobi, O lola etc.
KKKK-Kiran has been real controversy involving SRK, Amir Khan and KKKK-Karan.
Hmm, already figured that
:Testing:
KKKK- Karan? I thought SSSSS- Sunny
Nice website. I also invite you to read interesting news, views and more at http://sheddy73.wordpress.com.
This is one my favourite headers in here.
Nice
Thanks Nadeen!
I got it from the website that has lots of headers…
Nice blog. I hope to return. And I ve added it on my blog roll; you don’t mind that?
Ayesha, u rock!
Assalam o alaikum. How are you
Ramadaan Kareem
Thanks Faiqah
Good to see you here!
Thanks Asma for dropping by!
Hmmm…you have not recognised me yet…check the IP address
Well… I don’t need to recognize friends 8)
Beautiful header! Good choice!
Thanks! I liked it for the bright color
bright colors
will need it after two weeks
Shades of red are so You. Good choice
Salam dear,
haven’t heard or seen a post from you lately. Hope everything is alright.
Happy fasting
Hey,
Thanks Exquisite… have to catch up on your blog!
Welcome back
Glad everything was okay and thank you for paying my blog a visit.
Eid Mubarak!
Thanks G… Eid Mubarak to you too
Hey Ayesha – How have you been – Eid was ok?
Asma! Check the mail!
I am fine
Welcome
yeah i m late but had your blog bookmarked with me for a very long time and now i m on it
happy blogging
Dear Ayesha,
Accept my warmest wishes on scoring 10,000 views. On my click your tracker showed this five digit number
Thank you so much Shahid! I am amazed at the number of views because it seems just like yesterday when I had started this blog.
Thank you once again!
And thanks to all my regular readers/friends/visitors as well.
Love the header.
Gorgeous.
Thanks!
I keep changing it but this one is there for almost 2 months
Tagging you today – I dug up old photos from christmas here last year and also wrote about them – you have to read the post as a sample (Christmas 2007), then dig up old pics at your end, post them and also give info about them.
Lets see how you see things from your camera’s eye
Well, I never took photos of any places (as such)
Let’s see if I could post other photos (by me) and have some commentary
Good – looking forward to it
A nice theme:)
The header looks great on it!
Although I liked my previous theme but just for the sake of change, I changed it
yaar – this theme is same as my original one? Never realised how convenient it is to go through posts in this one – maybe I will change mine now too – high time!
Beautiful theme Ayehsa, and ur page is now full of coloures and various objects. Its awesome! Keep it on.
Asma: Sure do change your theme. I am looking forward to it
MZ: Thanks… wordpress is giving me some problems but hope that would be sorted out soon
This is the first blog from Peshawar that I’ve come across in blogistan. And I guess I would’ve followed it anyways.
Welcome!
You are also from Peshawar?
i can not read anything in the “About Me” section…
every single line is merged with the second one..
Really? But I can see it fine and no one else has complained either.
Yups, I’m also from the city of the bored.
Welcome!
Not everybody is welcome, eh?
Why not? Though can’t do anything about this stupid moderation thingy
You’ve just been TAGGED by ME!
http://youhavebeentagged.blogspot.com/
Hmm, it’s tagging season…
Swades is my movie! Do drop a comment
I did – good one too!
Hey – thanks for putting the logo up for You’ve been tagged.
@ Ayesha
I just noticed that you’ve added me to your blogroll
I just noticed that you’ve added me to your blogroll.Thanks !
I love your site!
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nice poem. here is another one …
I carry a torch in one hand
And a bucket of water with the other
With these things, I will set fire to Heaven
And put out the flames of Hell
So that no one worship God
Out of fear of Hell
Or greed of Heaven.
- Rabia
Great!
Ayesha,
I recently came across your blog and was moved by your words and your story. I am writing from World Pulse Magazine, a media organization dedicated to broadcasting global issues through the eyes of women.
I would like to invite you to share your story on our social networking newswire, PulseWire, for possible syndication in our upcoming online and print editions. A newly created group on PulseWire called the “Pakistan Cafe” provides a platform for the unheard voices of women leaders and changemakers from Pakistan. This group offers a collaborative and safe discussion forum for you to share your thoughts, ideas, struggles, and emotions surrounding Pakistan. We invite you to speak about the issues and obstacles women are facing in your community, and to share the solutions that are already underway, or that we can develop together.
Our next print magazine, to be published in June, will include a Country Focus piece on Pakistan. We are looking to offer perspectives on the country that go beyond the image portrayed by mainstream media. By joining the Pakistan Cafe on PulseWire and posting a blog entry, your story has the chance to be included in our upcoming print issue. We welcome you to utilize this space to share whatever you’d like—be it your own portrait of Pakistan, your stories of struggle and conflict or your hopes and visions for the future of your country and people — with a supportive community of other women from Pakistan and across the globe.
I sincerely hope you will accept this invitation to join PulseWire and make a post in the Pakistan Cafe. We encourage you to post something new, or something you’ve written in the past. Poetry, stories, opinion pieces, or just a simple introduction are encouraged! The idea is to truly provide a space for women to join hands across borders, and all opinions and experiences are welcome.
To join this group, please visit http://worldpulse.com/pulsewire/groups/5053 and click “Join this group.”
You will need to register an account on PulseWire to be able to participate. If you need help doing this, please let me know!
And of course, I also encourage you to pass this invitation on to other friends, family, or colleague to spread the dialogue!
I am available to answer any questions you may have and to support you in any way possible.
In partnership,
Amelia Hays
Editorial Outreach Intern
World Pulse
I love your site. Keep it up !
You’ve been given an award here;
http://saadil.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/the-lemanade-blog-award/
Hope, you’ll respond to it
@ knowledgetoday: Thank you!
@Aadil: Thanks for the award… will sure respond!
Good site, admin.
Atleast some one knows how to use a digital camera for blogging
we need more and more female bloggers .. keep blogging
I absolutely LOVE the new theme of your blog – These days, I am obsessed with GREEN myself.
I love this shade of green!
Thanks!!!
I also like it
Green, blue, white and black – My favourite colours always.
I like all those color plus maroon
Maroon is cool too.
I believe it suits me
Ayesha,
If you want to add Facebook or email sharing buttons to your blog posts, there’s a plugin that does it for you: http://tinyurl.com/sharebuttons
Hope you find it helpful!
Cheers,
Brody
Good site, admin.
Good site, admin.
Ermm:) Interesting introduction.
There seems to be a lot which can be learnt from you! (: Hoping to know you in a better way.
Adding you to my blog roll, in order to enrich my thoughts with the help your writings
Bless thee always and everafter (:
Thank you for stopping by but what’s your blog’s URL
Errr… sowiee just seeing your reply today
Well it’s : http://www.spotlesssoul.wordpress.com
Will add to the blogroll
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Its been a highly successful blog as it aptly conveyed your take on so much random topics. Hope you’ll keep it running.
Go well!
*so MANY random topics* .. mishtake .. shorrry ..
Thank you for your wishes. It is successful because of friends like you.
(:
My name is Abbas Mushtaq and I am a Journalist in Islamabad. I saw your Blog and find you quite active in blogging; I am going to write an article on Pakistani bloggers so I need your comments which will be published in “Weekly Pulse” magazine. If you are interested then kindly reply on my email address so i could send a questionnaire.
http://www.weeklypulse.org
Good work Ayesha..A word of advice from my side….. “KEEP IT COMING AND KEEP IT ORIGINAL”
Thank you so much for stopping by! I’ll try my best to keep this blog active
The new theme’s beautiful!
Whats the concept?
I was simply bored of those nature based headers. I tried uploading a painting but it didn’t work so I instead uploaded this beautiful illustration by Jeremy.
This is basically a desktop wallpaper. The concept, honestly, is not known to me. Let’s use our imagination and figure out.
By looking at the picture I feel the boy and the girl are about to start a new life but separately.
Hi Ayesha, you have an impressive blog. Good job, keep it up!
visit my blog, http://www.pakistanviews.wordpress.com
Hi Ayesha.You have a nice blog.Would you like to blog at my blog http://www.FunDelight.com/blog
I need a quality blogger for my blog which i made today .You can write anything there what u want to.
Please reply me back at ars188@hotmail.com
thankyou
Hey Ayesha,
hope you are doing well. for past some months i am trying to start Peshawar Metblog and put Peshawar on the metblogs group. but, facing lack of regular contributors from the city.
as your r a Peshawari and have been quite active blogger, so i wanna ask u to join this group @
http://metblogs.ning.com/group/peshawar
and could also invite ur bloggers friends from the city to join the group and start posting abt city, so that we could put Peshawar on the metblogs network.
regards
Manzoor
Hi Ayesha
I was just roaming around on net and fortunatly checked ur blog, i m ust say its admireable. very simple and makes its presence written by the one among us not from out of this world…
keep it up…
i am amazed Peshawar is renowned by its bloggers…
Thank you for stopping by. There are quite a few bloggers from Peshawar. I think being a regular, female blogger from this city gives me a little edge
Your testing post via email came in my google reader but I can’t find it here on your blog
Same here… it came in my links on dashboard but said file not found.
Yea…your blog is on steps quite well and grabbed my attention to focus on the blog from the one of my city…
It’s good to see more and more people (read the women) from my city
HA, I come across another blog that has “iwrite” in its title. Well done.
http://www.iwwwrite.blogspot.com ( a blog that used to have iwrite in its title..anymore).HA
iWrite dreams! What do you write?
Hey, this header header is an amazing one; did you design it yourself?
Thanks!
Yes, I did it in MS paint…
hey ayesha…nice header…u r a designer as well…great
Thank you!
It isn’t a rocket science. Did it in MS paint and the sketch in a program called Picasso or something
But i am feeling like to study Rocket science to understand the picture in it….
Don’t ponder too much! I changed the header
Nice blog Ayesha!
it’s one of the nicest and allround blog in town, but it’s been quite a while since author was seen on wordpress…
Natasha: Thank you!
Yasser: I am honored!
//it’s one of the nicest and allround blog in town,//
I agree.
acchi blogsite hai aapki !!
it was nice reading ….
Hi, Oct 28, 2009
Car Blast in Peshawar, 15 killed (see full story at this website) http://www.youwantweserve.com/
send me your email and i’ll send you a wave invite. send me an email thru the one i just provided in this reply (hopefully private)
Ayesha! It’s really a very interesting blog.. U have got a great taste and habits.. Here I should really mention my heartiest feelings about Peshawar, the city where though I lived only two years of my life at the start of my career when I was posted there after graduating from Punjab University Lahore. I really loved my old memories of those two years I spent at that Lovely city of Roses, Great Peshawar. I really enjoyed my time and I used to go Peshawar University, Islamia College and The British Council and French Cultural Centre at University Town. I am very sad about recent bombing going out in this great city. I really feel sorry for the city and the peace living citizens of Peshawar and let me tell U that we the people of Punjab and other provinces are with U in this time of sorrow and grief. May your great city finds its old peace and calm. Let us pray for that….
Adnan
Thank you for the kind words. Things have been changed quite a lot though all the places you mentioned still exist but common people aren’t allowed to visit.
Amen to your prayers for peace.
Hey Ayesha, are you Ayesha Banerjee from Wake Up Sid? I gotta talk to you then!
I hope you aren’t being sarcastic here!
Oh well, if you want to contact the beautiful actor who played Ayesha Benerjee in WUS then try your luck here: @konkonas
Well done job.
I thoroughly enjoyed your blog.
It interests me to say that I am also looking forward to make one. Here I would like to know can I make my URL like this, dryasirqureshi.com on word press? If yes, tell me step by step how is it possible.
Thanking you, once again, I appreciate.
Yes of course you can start one if you wish. You can contact me at nabeel@nabeelzafar.com for any details. Take care
Hey – guess what. I made an Urdu Quranic blog but couldnt get it to work. In deleteing it I deleted my English Quranic blog by mistake – My 110 posts!!!! So much work – gone in a click.
AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
ok ok calm down calm down….
Posts should have back up copies too – note to wordpress – please leave room for a genuine mistake.
I have made new one from scratch. You know me. I can redo anything.
http://quranicblog.wordpress.com/
Am glad you fixed it! Thanks to backup files…
You know pushto? oh, wrong question, Are you a pathan???
I came across your blog only today and I shall read it after my exam
Is my ethnicity important for you or one should see whether a person is good or not?
Oh well, even good or bad shouldn’t be the criteria even. As Oscar Wilde put it:
“It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious”
Welcome to my blog!
heh! Ethnicity, definitely, takes a backstage =D. It’s just very “exhilarating” to see another pathan out there
Oscar Wilde is too plain awesome
.
Thanks!
. I’m going to .. erm.. stalk you on your blog regularly now (not because you are a pathan though 
. )
You are most welcome! I’m pretty used to stalkers now
Hello there,
I am writing from the website http://www.PakUSonline.com, a comprehensive platform website for Overseas Pakistanis. We offer a wide range of informational and interactive resources for the community, among them, blogs. I came across your blog on Pakistani Bloggers and liked it a lot. So I wanted to ask you if you would like to cross post your blog within our Chat House (blog area). We get daily average hits of 33,899 from Pakistanis all over the US so you could expect a wide audience. We are currently reaching out to young bloggers writing from the Pakistani perspective and would be delighted if you joined.
Do let me know. I look forward to hearing from you.
Best,
Aaliya
Yes, you can link my blog!
Thank you!
Ayesha
Wonderful. It’s done. Thanks!
My pleasure!
Ayesha let me know that how much traffic you get from Pakistani bloggers because I was thinking to add it too.
Thank you, and I’ve started getting spam which are showing me relation from your blog
Not much traffic from Pakistani Bloggers.
Hey,
Just stumbled across your blog ayesha. And thoroughly enjoyed my visit here. Great blog.
Good job
Best,
Leenah
Leenah thanks for stopping by! I am pleased you liked my blog although these days I’m terribly out of form in terms of writing!
Hi Ayesha,
Very nice effort at your blog – enjoyed reading it. I am a Masters student from School of Oriental and African Studies and I am actually doing my thesis on studying blogs written around the cases of Dr. Afia (and the girl-flogging video and news around it that came up from Swat). Your blogs popped up when I put in Dr. Afia in wordpress tags search engine. I was wondering, if you have come across other “bloggers” writing about Dr. Afia or if you wrote more stuff about her. I would very much like to include these in my thesis studies. Was wondering if you would be so kind to give me some leads if you have an idea.
Thank you so much and look forward to hearing from you,
Fiza
Hi,
You can check out Tazeen’s blog. The link is in ‘I like to read’ on the right side bar of my blog. She has written some blogs about her but she holds a totally different view.
Good luck!
Ayesha
good Ayesha….i would like to join this site too…i know i can be a very good bloger but just need some free time to do this stuff….my example is “Looking busy doing nothing”…well this is a general perception every PhD student has…lolz…anyway nice site..
Writing is about passion. If you have it then there is no stopping!
Hello there…I think you should consider blogspot for one there are countless templates out there to choose from…wordpress gives such limited options that way…but nevertheless all the best
I like WordPress better. Now even WP is coming up with a new theme every 10th day! I do have a blog on blogspot though my regular blog would always be on WordPress!
Hi Ayesheee da tasweer kho de badal ka mari….:D
Great. Found another good blog to read. Mhm, mhm.
”I write when no one listens to me.”
I loved that.
Thank you!
Hi, I really like you blog. I’ve added your blog to my blog-roll, I hope you don’t mind.
Your blog is awesome, reflects your views on varied aspects of life. Keep the good work going.
Dear blogger,
I am a Pakistani writer and I have recently released my book titled ‘Women & Economy: The Politics of Empowerment’. My second book is titled ‘Contemporary Pakistan’ which is due for worldwide release in the fall of 2011. However my first book is available on Amazon, the link is http://www.amazon.com/Women-Economy-Empowerment-Bushra-Zulfiqar/dp/3838388879I
I would request you to please give some coverage to my book on your website or other related sites for marketing and book promotion purposes. In this regard, I shall be very happy to do any homework if you so wish.
I deeply appreciate your cooperation,
Bushra Zulfiqar
Dear Writer.
We came across your blog via link sent by a friend.
With your permission we would like to add to our article section at
http://www.MeraWatan.PK
Please leave us a reply at support at merawatan.PK. We are also looking for bloggers and writers who can contribute to the cause of keeping the nation informed.
Pakistani bloggers can join us at http://merawatan.pk/index.php/articles/1752-merawatan-need-volunteers
Good work Ayesha on this blog!
Keep it up!
Regards,
Good intro. Ayesha is my mother’s name, that’s why I stepped in from another blog you commented on.
|you got lots of comments here, not expecting a reply
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Hello,
I was wondering if you accept guest post for your blog. If you do, I would like to submit a few. You can see a sample of my work at LaptopComputers.org under the author James Mowery. I’ve also written for several high-profile blogs like Mashable, Performancing, and CMSWire. Thank you for your time.
- James
Salam Ayesha
You are doing Grrrrrrreat.
love the line “i write when no one listens to me” – it’s one of the reasons i started blogging, i think, though nowadays i’m too busy and mainly post photographs
Thanks for liking the line
I did check your photographs. They were really good. I too take photos you can check them on flickr
have a writing opportunity for us – please do get in touch if you are interested
omar r quraishi
editorial pages editor
the express tribune
have a writing opportunity for us – please do get in touch if you are interested
omar r quraishi
editorial pages editor
the express tribune
omarrquraishi@gmail.com
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Hello,
Beautifully writtend and informative blog.
I really like the layout of your blog and the different issues that you tackle!
What has happened to Fifth Junction?
Hello Ayesha, It is interesting to find another person who shares same interests as I do.
I too am an aspiring writer and a photographer. You may like to visit my blog and my flickr
http://ranausman.wordpress.com
http://flickr.com/ranausman
i enjoy ur blog .. but your blogspot is closed