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Huda TV has been doing great work since its launch. I came across this lovely channel back in April 2009 during my stay in Qatar. There are number of programs that help you gain more knowledge about your prayers, duas and daily life matters.  And the best part is every piece of information is followed by Hadith. In Middle East, the channel has helped many non-muslims to convert.

Unfortunately, the channel is currently facing serious financial problems due to which they need ‘our’ help. Let me quote their message:

Asalam-o-Alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh,

Brothers and sisters, HUDA TV has been facing financial trouble through the recent times. Please visit HUDA.TV for more information to help. Keep the light on!

Quoted from Siyaada Alli: “Quoted from the group ” Keep the Light On – Save Huda TV ” and the show that was just aired on Huda TV:

“Unfortunately this light is on the verge of extinguishing. Huda Tv requires $ 2 Million to stay on Air for the year. Our responsibility as Muslims is to ensure that this Light stays on & grows.

How can we help?

A small donation from your side, or getting a business man to sponsor this beautiful channel even if it be a part of its cost. Spread this message to all your Family / Friends. Leave no stone unturned. May Allah Reward us with good in this life & in the hereafter (Ameen).”"

May Allah (swt) help us spread the message of Allah (swt). All it takes is a message to those who can support, all if takes is a single donation. May be that paves your path to Jannah inshAllah.

Jazakumallahu Khairan,
Wsalaam wrwb
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs_9zbUI4NU

Muslim brothers and sisters who wish to contribute can visit their website for contribution details. I, along with other friends are also gathering funds locally so that we can send a payment altogether. In case you’re interested, please leave a comment on this post.

JazakAllah ul khair!

A week back or two, I came across a really lovely video clip that I found in Nokia E-series (63/71). Checko:

Yep, another year has passed by. I have been a little busy with the MBA program along with job due to which this post got a little delayed. During the last year, I could not blog much due to some random busy-ness but I do not wish to carry forward it for 2010. Anyway, the year started very well and was progressing smooth until we (me and STUPEFY) decided to opt for MBA degree not realizing weekend classes will make the schedule more hectic. Initially the idea seemed all well but when we actually started taking classes, the whole scenario changed until we got used of the ‘change’ and finally got pretty used to of the busy-busy schedule.

March 2009 marked the completion of 1st year of Connect2Pk and by the grace of Allah, we have been progressing well on it – Mash’Allah! During Q4, we finally mustered up some courage, took out some time and finalized upon 1 more idea. We were done with paper work by the end of October 2009 and planned a soft launch by the end of year 2009. And Alhamdulillah we made it! We managed to do a soft launch of project Infiniti (currently targeted to a very limited audience) and we hope to market it as soon as we complete the set of features planned for beta release.

I, on the other side, still believe in few more things, few more ideas related to services that might ponder up during 2010 Insh’Allah. Things around me have changed a lot during 2009. Apart from that, I have completely shifted to LAMP and enjoying the open-source experience on Ubuntu.

activeDimensions, a little space where I share my thoughts and happenings, had the following statistics during year 2009 (sharing top10 posts by unique page views):

1. Doddle – a free SIP web client
2. People I admire..
3. Will ‘Sheesha.pk’ hammer the rest?
4. Say NO to pirated softwares!
5. Em 2007-2008: A year in review
6. The victory was celebrated all over Twitter, #PakCricket!
7. Good luck, Imad & Munir!
8. Revolution starts within!
9. Connect2Pk.com reviewed at KillerStartups.com!
10. Creative browser effects!

Hmm, I just updated my blog theme today and I feel the categories and tags need a re-touch. I feel more inclined towards new technology and working with new stuff related to web. I hope to share my experiences with my readers as I go through year 2010 Insh’Allah.

Have a nice day!

We all are living in geographical boundaries created by men, separated from our loved ones. The distance between us and the people who matter in our life keeps on increasing with time, due to limited resources. Together with infiniti, we’ll make you feel closer and connected to your loved ones! Stay tuned..

Most local shops that sell unbranded PCs will install a pirated copy of Windows for you. It happens not only in Pakistan but also in many other countries. I have myself experienced this when I purchased my very first PC in Qatar (Middle East). But not many of us realize the problem in using pirated softwares. [Read more →]

Oops! It’s been a while since people heard from me on this blog although I was posting regularly on the Connect2Pk blog. Life is full of changes, and that’s the most interesting part about it. The MBA program along with daily job makes my schedule little hectic and boring due to which I haven’t updated this blog recently. However, it’s about time to bring things back on track! [Read more →]

A brilliant initiative by the Pakistani youth to stand up and register their protest against American-Indian-Israeli involvement in terrorist activities inside Pakistan. The platform being used for initial assembly is a ‘Facebook’ group and will grow on to open student ‘chapters’ or ‘branches’ in every college and university in Pakistan. [Read more →]

I haven’t been watching TV lately but somehow I do come across AirTel advertisements aired recently. And this one is really funny & creative:

Yesterday night, when the final match of ICC T20 word cup was played between Pakistan and Sri Lanka – bunch of twitter users from Pakistan tweeted a lot and before the match even started, #PakCricket was among the trending topics. It’s really fun to TWEET about cricket match on social media. You don’t miss any of your friends and the conversation keeps on going along with the match.

I wasn’t at home all day long due to MBA class and then had to visit some relatives. But as soon as Pakistan won the ICC T20 world cup, I was back on my PC and started tweeting with my fellow tweeters. And in a matter of few minutes, ‘Pakistan‘ was also among the trending topics on Twitter along with #PakCricket.

Pakistan not only won the T20 cup but twitter users from Pakistan showed the world that it was us, who played superb cricket and won the world cup! I was following trending topics on Twitter for hours and I could see users from western side commenting ‘what is this #PakCricket? :S’. Trending topic #PakCricket was receiving approximately 75+ tweets every minute.

People dance, eat, drink and celebrate. We TWEET to celebrate our victory and tell the world it’s us, Pakistan!

Today, common phrases have been developed which we get to hear every now and then. ‘Government kitna paisa khaati hae’ is one of the favorites. But if you ask me, its not them only – look around and you’ll find same situation on every level. Not that I favor any political party (because I am least interested in politics) but I have myself experienced the same theft on different levels. During my previous job, I saw peons and officers of different levels doing the same typical theft as per their capacity. Students in university try to do the same during university events. It’s just that we blame others before even analyzing ourselves.

We are a collection of individuals who all together can form ‘land of pure people’. But every one of us is heading in the wrong direction. As Muslims, we are divided into many sects instead of being one. As a nation, we are divided into Pathan, Baloch, Sindhi etc. As humans, our deeds are not even near humanity. We have great authors, people who blog aggressively and can really inspire some audience. But all we do is complain. We talk about change, politics, we discuss others but our attitude is not changing. We are not ready to take any responsibility on our shoulders, and our sufferings continue. The British/Hindu rule ended years back and we are a free nation now, yet we still do ‘Mangani’ and judge people by the way they speak English!

It’s about time we think, plan and act. Every one of us, each individual should adopt change, should seek some responsibility, and should avoid hurting people if only we want to leave a better nation for our generations. Now is the time when we can make a change because tomorrow will be too late for any of this. Rise and shine, wake up and hear the call, seek religion the way Muhammad (SAW) bestowed upon us. Perform deeds that have grounds. Respect humanity and love people around you. And it all starts from one-self because revolution starts within!