CJ warns loan defaulters

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has issued a final warning to the persons who got their loan written off during the last 38 years.

Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry in his remarks criticized the government on failure of recovery from defaulters and said court is ready to take on any resistance.

A three-member bench of Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry heard Rs.54 billions

Aaj Ki Hadith

Hazrat Al-Bara` bin `Azib (d) reported: Rasoolullah (j) said, "Whenever you intend to go to bed, perform Wudu' asAl-Hadith is done for Salat (prayer); and then lie down on the right side and recite: `Allahumma aslamtu nafsi ilaika, wa fawwadtu amri ilaika, wal-ja'tu zahri ilaika, raghbatan wa rahbatan ilaika, la malja'a wa la manja minka illa ilaika, amantu bikitabik-alladhi anzalta, wa binabiyyik-alladhi arsalta. (O Allah! I have submitted myself to you. I have turned my face to you, entrusted my affairs to you and relied completely on you out of desire for and fear of you (expecting your reward and fearing your punishment). There is no resort and no deliverer from (hardships) except you. I affirm my faith in Your Book which you have revealed, and in Your Prophet whom you have sent).' If you die during the night, you will die in the true religion. Let these words be your last words at night.'' (Al-Bukhari and Muslim).

This Hadith point s out the desirability of performing wudhu' before going to bed and reciting this du`a which shows genuine worship and complete submission to Allah.

Honey

1- Introduction

Honey is a sweet yellow liquid produced by honey bees. Honey is created by bees as their food source.Honey In cold weather or when food sources are short , bees use their stored honey as their source of energy.Honey is about 36% denser than water.The composition of honey consists of varying proportions of fructose, glucose, water, oil , minerals and special enzymes produced by bees. As a rule, darker honeys contain higher amounts of minerals than the lighter honeys . Honey comes in all types of colors and flavors. The color , flavor and the properties of the honey depends on types of honey bees and the kind of flowers that were used to extract the nectar (sweet Juices). Honey is considered to be the only food that includes all the substances necessary to sustain life. Honey collection is an ancient activity. Since the ancient times honey is used as a medicine . There are many hadith in which RasoulAllah had recommended honey for the healing purposes. The Qur'an promotes honey as a nutritious and healthy food. In the Quran, the honey bee is mentioned more specifically than other animals. There are many examples of animals in the Quran but none of them is mentioned in successive verses. The name of the 16th surah of Quran is al- Nahl and it means the honey bee . Following are the verses 68 and 69 of al- Nahl that mention the honey-bees .

"And your Lord inspired the bee: build homes in mountains and trees, and in (the hives) they build for you. Then eat from all the fruits, following the design of your Lord, precisely. From their bellies comes a drink of different colors, wherein there is healing for the people. This should be (sufficient) proof for people who reflect." (16:68-69)

2- How do bees make honey?

The first step in making honey begins when field bees fly from flower to flower collecting the sweet juices or nectar that a flower provides. With their tongues, the field bees suck out the nectar and store it in sacs within their bodies. After filling their sacs with sweet juices or nectar that a flower provides , the field bees fly back to their bee hive and regurgitate the stored nectar into the mouths of house bees.

These house bees are assigned the job of adding enzymes from their bodies to the nectar. The enzymes cause the water in the nectar to evaporate-thereby turning the nectar into honey. Lastly, the nectar is stored in a cell of a honeycomb ( hive). Overtime, the nectar ripens and becomes honey. Some details about the honey bees , properties and uses of honey are given below.

3- The uses of Honey:

* Mixture of equal quantities of honey and ginger juice is a good expectorant. It helps in colds, cough, sore throat and runny nose.
* For asthma, mix half a gram of black pepper powder with honey and ginger juice mixture. Drink this mixture a few times a day.
* Honey can soothe and encourage the healing of sores in the mouth.
* Honey has been used for thousands of years as a topical dressing for wounds because germs cannot live in honey.
* Honey is a great moisturizer and can be used on the skin as a natural revitalizing mask
* Eating a little local honey will make you “immune’ to pollens in the area.
* Honey can improve the eyesight, when taken with carrot juice.
* Honey can reduce the fat and constipation, if taken in the morning with a glass of warm water with 6 drops of Cumin oil.

How to Become Popular?

Would you like to be the most popular person among your friends? Would you like all your relatives to praise you and cousins to envy you? Would you like your parents to be really, oh, so proud of you? Well if the answer is yes to all these questions just follow the rules we’re going to give you here, and you’re sure, a hundred percent, to become the most popular person around.

The first rule is simple enough: Say ‘As-Salaamu ‘Alaikum’ to everyone you meet. I know you already say that but are you sure you are pronouncing it the right way? It’s not ‘salaam alaikum’ or ‘saam alaikum’ you know. It’s ‘As-Salaamu ‘Alaikum’. Pronounce it correctly and with love and fervor.

It’s such a lovely greeting! When Muslims meet each other they ask Allah Ta’ala Almighty to bless the other person with peace and security. And you know that a person who gets security from Allah the Glorious, cannot face any distress or difficulty at all. So Allah Ta’ala will accept your prayer and the other person’s prayer and bless both of you with the so-much-cherished peace and happiness.

Hindus perform ‘dandot’ or say ‘Namastay’. The British say ‘Good morning. The Americans just say ‘Hi’ (which is very similar to the word ‘hai’ in Urdu expressing pain!) The French say ‘Bon jour’, the Spanish say ‘Buenos dias’ and even the Arabs sometimes say ‘Sabah-al-Khair’….. all of which just mean that you may have a good time in the morning. Not much of a prayer is it? On the other hand ‘As-Salaamu ‘Alaikum’ is a prayer for well-being, security and happiness, having no restriction of time. It is a good wish a prayer for all time to come.

Let me tell you a Hadith over here and you will realize just how beautiful our salaam is. Narrated Abu Hurairah radhiallahu 'anhu: The Prophet sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam said, “Allah created Adam in His Image, sixty cubits (about 30 meters) in height. When He created him, He said (to him), ‘Go and greet that group of angels sitting there, and listen to what they will say in reply to you, for that will be your greeting and the greeting of your offspring.’ Adam (went and) said, ‘As-Salaamu ‘Alaikum (peace be upon you).’ They replied, ‘As-Salaamu ‘Alaikum wa Rahmatullah (Peace and Allah’s mercy be on you).’ So they increased ‘wa Rahmatullah.’

Thus when greeting someone with salaam it is better to add the additional prayer of ‘rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.’ Thus As-Salaamu Alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh would mean ‘May Allah Ta’ala’s peace be upon you and His mercy and blessings.’ The answer should be: ‘Walaikum As-Salaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.’ Some people, instead of giving the correct answer, say ‘Assalaamu Alaikum’ instead. This is wrong. So make it a point to give the correct answer.

Remember that to offer salaam is Sunnah and to return it is Wajib(essential). And this reminds me that if you’ve had a fight with someone and are not talking to them then the best way to make up is to offer salaam. Try it.

But don’t get carried away and start offering salaam to everyone. There are some occasions when salaam should not be said. They are:

When two people are talking to each other it is not good manners to interrupt them by offering salaam.

If a person is busy in reciting the Qur’an or in some other religious activity don’t say salaam to him.

If you find someone having lunch, dinner or eating something, wait till he has finished.

In a gathering where a wa’az, talk or discussion is going on don’t offer salaam to anyone. Just sit down quietly and offer salaam later.

Don’t offer salaam to a person who is performing wudhu or is taking a bath.

Don’t offer salaam to non-Muslims. If they offer salaam to you answer them with the words, “ Wa Alaikum” only.

So as I was saying you can become very popular, in fact you can make other people love you, by offering salaam to them. Well if you don’t believe me you will believe Rasoolullah sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam won’t you? He said, “ May I tell you a thing that will produce a

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US Special Forces conducted multiple raids in Pakistan’

KARACHI: US Special Forces have conducted multiple clandestine raids as part of a secret war inside Pakistans tribal areas where Washington is pressing to expand its drone attacks, a report in Britain’s Guardian newspaper said. Citing a former Nato officer, the Guardian said these incursions, only one of which was previously reported, occurred between 2003 and 2008. It involved helicopter-borne elite soldiers entering through the border at night. The incursions were never declared to the Pakistani government, the report said. The source said Pakistan was kept in the dark about the operations and that the United States would not officially confirm the procedures. After the only publicly acknowledged special forces’ raid in September 2008, Pakistans foreign office condemned it as ‘a grave provocation’, while the Pakistani military thre atened retaliatory action.

PML-N may demand President resignation: Nisar

ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on Tuesday that his party can not guarantee that it will not demand the resignation of President Asif Ali Zardari, reported CHANNEL 5 NEWS. “We can not guarantee this… But Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz will not demand President Zardari to resign if the government acts upon Supreme Court’s verdict,” he told the newsmen here. Commenting on Farhatullah Babar’s statement that PML-N has assured of not demanding President’s resignation, Babar has no right to define the policy of PML-N. Nisar said his party can’t guarantee anyone for not demanding President Zardari to resign. “Farhatullah Babar’s statement is absolutely absurd

Saeed Ajmal finds form in drawn tour game

he offspinner Saeed Ajmal picked up four wickets and the Pakistanis' top order had another hit out before the three-tour game ended in a draw. On Saturday the tourists face Australia in the Boxing Day Test and they will head to Melbourne with some confidence after a strong hit-out against Tasmania in Hobart.

Tasmania were finished off for 193 before lunch on the third day, with Ajmal taking 4 for 84 in his 24 overs. Ajmal is competing with Danish Kaneria, who did not play, as the No. 1 spinner in the squad and will be content with his performance, which included the wickets of Jason Krejza (23) and Brendan Drew (14).

Abdur Rauf, Mohammad Aamer and Imran Farhat all earned two wickets each, with Farhat's collection coming when he dismissed the tailenders Brett Geeves (33) and Tim Macdonald (5). The visitors earned a lead of 244 and moved to 4 for 141 before calling the game off early.

Farhat retired on 40 and Faisal Iqbal, who was promoted to open, got 32 and Umar Akmal was 55 off 50 balls when he was run out. Misbah-ul-Haq (1) and Fawad Alam (2) both failed, but they got starts in the first innings.

Ajmal believed his doosra would be extremely handy as Pakistan look to clinch their first Test series in Australia. ''In these times, Test scoring is very fast,'' he told the Sydney Morning Herald. ''Ten years ago, Tests were slow and easy all-day batting for about 210 runs. But these days it's over 300 runs in a day. So if you have any variety [as a bowler] you can survive. If do not have variety you cannot survive in international cricket.

''Depends on the wicket, but the doosra is very difficult. If they [the pitches] are turning, it should be difficult for Australia against me.''

Among Australian spinners, Ajmal said Shane Warne had lots of variety, but the current crop were yet to impress. ''But these days the Australian spinners are just offspinners and it's not like they are taking five or six wickets every match, maybe two,'' Ajmal said.

N.Korea says it may open fire near disputed sea border

SEOUL: North Korea Monday warned South Korean warships to steer clear of the disputed Yellow Sea border, saying its coastal artillery would target the area as part of firing exercises.

The North's navy command, in a statement carried by official media, said the move came in response to provocations from the South.

Tensions have remained high since a Yellow Sea naval clash on November 10 left a North Korean patrol boat in flames.

"In response to the South's reckless military provocations, our navy has declared waters near our maritime border in the Yellow Sea as the firing range of artillery units along our coasts and on our islands at normal times," the statement said.

Kasab denies shooting Karkare

n the special court hearing the Mumbai attacks case here, the lone gunman Ajmal Kasab who was caught alive from one of the attacks site denied all allegations against him on Monday.

Today he said he had not killed slain police officers Hemant Karkare, Vijay Salaskar and Kamte. He said he was not present at the Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus or the Cama Hospital- two places where he is alleged to have fired shots at the police and general public.

When the judge asked how his hand was injured in what was retailiatory firing by police, Kasab said there was no such firing and that police had stabbed his arm deliberately. He also denied stealing Skoda from near Valmiki Chowk.

Kasab's retraction came during the recording of his statement under Sec 313 of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) before Special Judge M.L. Tahaliyani, a vital procedure that is undertaken after the prosecution completes examination of all its witnesses.

Kasab had earlier claimed that he was dragged into the 26/11 case because he was a Pakistani national and resembled Abu Ali, one of the terrorists killed by the security forces during the anti-terror operations of Nov 26-29, 2008.

Explosion in suburb of Peshawar

PESHAWAR: An explosion occurred at Shamto Road in Armar area in suburb of Peshawar on Monday. However, no loss of life was reported in the incident.

According to bomb disposal unit, unknown miscreants planted a time bomb near Khailo bridge at Shamto Road that went off with a bang. More than one kilogram of explosive used in the blast, they added.

Australia name squad for series against Pakistan

SYDNEY: Cricket Australia's National Selection Panel (NSP) has announced a 13-man squad for three Test matches series against Pakistan starting at the MCG in Melbourne on Boxing Day.

NSP Chairman Andrew Hilditch said: "Phillip Hughes has been added to a squad of 13 players for the Test match against Pakistan. While Ricky Ponting is expected to be fit for the Test, the NSP has picked a squad of 13 players for the match so there is adequate cover in the event that Ricky Ponting does not recover as quickly as is hoped.

"Peter Siddle has recovered from injury and returns to the Australian squad,” Hilditch said.

Squad: Ricky Ponting (c), Michael Clarke (vc), Doug Bollinger, Brad Haddin, Nathan Hauritz, Phillip Hughes, Mike Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Simon Katich, Clint McKay, Marcus North, Peter Siddle, Shane Watson.

Kamran Khan calls govt for bolstering media

llegations leveled by the government, Geo’s senior analyst Kamran Khan said this has not happened for the first time, adding whether there is a civilian government or a military rule, such accusations appear at a time when the government comes under pressure over its own failures and actions.

While the government should encourage the journalists, he said.

Talking to GEO News, he said when the government’s actions are investigated and correct facts are brought before the public, the media is blamed for this. The one, who tries to bring the real facts before public with sincere efforts and professionalism, faces such pressure.

The work we did while performing our professional duties proved correct and the policy of issuing threats and allegations always failed and will continue to fail in the future also.

People know very well why these threats are issued to the journalists, he said, adding that the media faces such pressure from the government and private organizations also.

“On one hand, Pakistan is confronting the worst corruption, while on the other hand armed forces are engaged in fighting the terrorists,” he said.

The Pakistani media, he said, has played a decisive role in the war against terrorism. Instead of giving threats and allegations, the media should be encouraged by the government for raising voice against the corruption, he said.

No assurance on demanding resignation from President: Nisar

ISLAMABAD: Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Tuesday said his party cannot give any assurances for not demanding a resignation from President Asif Ali Zardari and that a decision of PML-N in this regard is linked to the implementation on the Supreme Court’s verdict.

He said this while talking to reporters here at Punjab House Islamabad.

“Muslim League-N has not given any assurances for demanding resignation from the President Zardari and the statement of the Presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar is incorrect,” Chaudhry Nishar clarified.

He said Farhuttullah Babar is the spokesman of PPP, he (Farhatullah Babar) should refrain from representing PML-N.

The Opposition Leader said PPP is maintaining double standards – on one hand it is issuing statements in favour of implementing the SC verdict and on the other hand threats are being issued to use the ‘Sindh Card’.

“On one hand Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani talks sweet while on the other hand the outspoken Salman Taseer has been let loose,” he said, adding, “the matters of corruption should not be fudged with provincial discrimination.”

He said if the talks of cases being politically motivated are taken as correct, then a fact remains that courts of Switzerland, Spain and other foreign

PPP’s outcries meant to scare judiciary: Sanaullah

LAHORE: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan has said that Pakistan People’s Party, instead of removing 3-4 of its ministers, is creating all the commotion in a bid to scare the judiciary, political parties and people.

He said this while addressing a press conference at the Department of Public Affairs here Tuesday.

Rana Sanaullah said if the PPP continued to follow this practice it would end up bankrupt in terms of popularity.

He called the Governor Punjab Salman Taseer ‘agent’ of former president Pervez Musharraf. “He (Salman Taseer) has held the entire PPP Punjab’s leadership hostage … he is misleading his party and creating differences with PML-N.”

He said if PPP decides to make a commitment not to indulge in corruption in future only then the people might forgive it. But, if it continued with its current way of creating turmoil then the media and independent judiciary will never forgive it.

French chiefs of defence staff meets Gen. Tariq

RAWALPINDI: General Jean-Louis Georgelin, French chief of defence staff, met with Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Tariq Majeed here on Tuesday.

According to ISPR, during the meeting views were exchanged on overall security and promotion of military cooperation between Pakistan and France besides matters of mutual interest.

CJ warns loan defaulters

ISLAMABAD: ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has issued a final warning to the persons who got their loans written off during the last 38 years.

Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry in his remarks criticized the government on failure of recovery from defaulters and said court is ready to take on any resistance.

A three-member bench of Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry heard Rs.54 billion written off loans case. The State Bank submitted the list of Rs.193 billion loans written off from 1997 to date. The court has directed central bank to prepare a list along with other banks of loans written off during 1971 till date.

Chief justice in his remarks said only one chance will be given to defaulters to return the loans and action will be taken against them if they will fail to do so. He said SC is ready to take the blame if anyone raises the question why the court is doing this. The country is facing uncertainty, financial irregularities and corruption, he added. The SC has adjourned the hearing till February 2.