Random Ramblings of a Loner
Today, I am beginning a new category in my blog, it will be called as “Jagged corners”. “Jagged corners” will look at things as they are and not as they appear. I am very happy to tell you that a Kashmiri woman, well actually Indian American who belongs to Kashmir has very kindly agreed to […]
Read More A Kashmiri woman speaks about post article370 annulment in IndiaI woke up to a beautiful morning that day, had a shave and brushed my teeth when a friend took this photo of me. Hi, today I am starting a new category in my Blog, it is titled , “Military stories”. These are true stories based on my military life experience of 29 years! And […]
Read More The day I got “10” points in “The Mile Test”It is more than four years that the previous Government decided to place a complete ban on import of weapons and ammunition, and grant of arms license in Pakistan. Ostensibly it was done to control the worsening law and order situation, but in retrospect it might have been anything. I have strong reasons to lament […]
Read More After effects of the weapons import ban in PakistanBook Review: Flight of the Falcon. When a friend suggested this book to me, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to read it. That’s because I have stopped reading Military history and stuff, but then one day I ordered it from Vanguard and after reading a few pages I found it was one of those […]
Read More Book review. Flight of the FalconThere has been a lot of talk about the Pakistan Citizen’s Portal in the media. They say it is efficient and citizen’s problems are addressed swiftly. Since I work in a public office so I can vouch for it. That is because every week I have to give update to my superior office regarding public […]
Read More Pakistan Citizens Portal – A Godsend AppBook Review: Memories of a lacerated Heart 1971. Author: Maj (Retd) Iftikhar ud Din Ahmad. Translation by: Moeen A Bhatti, M.D. (USA). Editor” Rida K Bhutta (B.A. Hons) Hello, hope you all are good. This book has inspired me to take the pen and write my heart out on a subject which has bugged me […]
Read More Book Review: Memories of a Lacerated Heart 1971This post is for all those people who want to import a weapon using No Objection certificate given by the Ministry of Commerce to the Defence Forces/Government officers. It is not for commercial purposes, but for personal use in self defense or competition shooting. There is a lot of confusion regarding this issue, and most […]
Read More How to Import a Weapon in PakistanImage Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/ “Motorcycle Girl” is a new Pakistan film based on Zenith Irfan’s solo journey from Lahore to Khunjerab on a motorbike. It was her father’s dream to travel the world on a motorbike that could not be realized due to his death. Zenith then took it upon herself to travel the journey in […]
Read More Motorcycle Girl! Inspirational stuff!It was 2006 when I bought my first UPS. It was a basic model 700 VA thingy with a 12 V, 100 AHC battery attached to it. It was good enough contraption to power my small house with three bulbs and a fan. That was the time load-shedding had reared its ugly head. I needed […]
Read More The Electricity Conundrum in PakistanGetting a weapon license modified (for change of weapon) from the Ministry of Interior (the infamous MOI) is no easy task, this I learned the hard way. A dear friend called me up and asked me to do it on his behalf, he sent me his old MOI license, with a request to change the weapon […]
Read More MOI License Modification (Change of Weapon) – A Saga