Saqib Razzaq

Words from KESC Management

2011-07-22T10:08:00.001-07:00

What the hell.... I was surprised to see this email sent from Kesc.news@kesc.com.pk address.

Dear Customers,

As you are all aware of the grave situation KESC has been facing for the past over 2 months. Hostile attacks on people and property and threats by union miscreants have crippled company’s operations.

Despite all odds KESC’s management, officers and workers have been relentlessly working day in and day out for the relief and comfort for the people of Karachi. However, we have now reached a unfortunate point where continuing field operations and repair and maintenance work, in the absence of law enforcement and protection of our people and other assets is no longer possible.

KESC has gone beyond the call of duty in the most dangerous of situations, but some of the recent incidents, especially those on July 20, 2011 suggest that our lives are gravely endangered, especially where law enforcement seems to be siding with the offender.

We would like to share our recent communication with the higher ups in the government regarding the current situation. This will give you a clear idea of the gravity of matters. Following are some of the main points covered in the letter for your knowledge;

Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA) stand as silent spectators as KESC’s people and assets continue to get attacked by union miscreants
Summary of the gross violations for the past 2+ months;

The fifth attempt to gain access to central store at SITE, which contains critical material (PMTs, Cables, and Joints etc), culminated in a 12 hour long hostage situation while law enforcement assumed the role of spectators.

In view of the above and other incidents KESC has decided to discontinue its field operations and expose its people to a bunch of hooligans who are free to break the law at any time. Hence starting from today KESC has suspended all its operations till there is adequate protection for us which is our fundamental right.

On top of all this our Head office was attacked and was brought under siege and our people were made hostage. The load operations center was also disconnected today.

Our hearts go out to all our consumers who have suffered at large alongside us. We once again regret inconvenience and hope that the necessary authorities will assist us and take appropriate measures in restoring business as usual.

Regards
KESC Management

Peace TV banned in Pakistan

2010-10-27T04:09:00.000-07:00

I read on other websites and blogs that Peace TV Urdu was banned by PEMRA in Pakistan, due to license issues. Well, I don't know what is the real reason behind it's ban, but you can continue to watch it online at http://islambox.tv/watch/Peace-TV-Urdu. This channel is free and video quality is fine (watchable).

facebook account block - This is ZION and I am NOT AFRAID!!!!!!!!

2010-10-01T02:23:00.001-07:00

Few months ago, I deactivated my facebook account, when there were groups abount "Draw Muhammad Day". Did not use facebook for few months.

Now again, few days ago, there were another groups created with names like "Burn Quran Day". I just wanted to check these groups and re-activated my account, with no problem at all.

Then one day, I just visited few pages about "Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion". I found some pages and clicked on the links mentioned on these pages. And after few days, my account got blocked.

This makes me want to believe that facebook is also controlling the flow of information on internet media. If you visit pages like burn Quran and draw Muhammad etc, they do not care whether these pages contains insulting material about a religion and promotes hatred.

Suppose, if facebook is in favor of freedom of information, then why does it blocks account when visiting, creating or posting on groups which exposes information about the protocols of Zions....

Read Quran in English, Arabic and Urdu: http://www.quranexplorer.com/Quran/Default.aspx

Get the copy of "Protocols of Zion book": http://www.4shared.com/file/stjkjhRW/Protocols_of_the_Learned_Elder.htm (This is the scanned copy of the original book - around 58MB in size)

I am a Muslim

2010-09-14T02:49:00.000-07:00

Installation and configuration of PHP 5 and MySQL 5 on Windows IIS

2008-02-17T02:34:00.000-08:00

I spent almost a full day to finally install and configure PHP on my windows system. I am basically a .NET developer and used ASP.NET, C# and MS SQL Server. From that background, configuring PHP with MySQL was a hell. I even tried the installer from php.net website but when it gave the option to choose from list of servers e.g.

IIS CGI
IIS ISAPI
Apache etc etc....

I selected IIS ISAPI and it gave some omnihttpd config error and told to configure manually. A nightmare for a Microsoft tool user :P

I un-installed PHP 5 and downloaded a zip file version from http://www.php.net/. All I did was the following to fix the errors.

Let me first tell you what errors that I was facing.

No Input file error while opening php page in a browser
MY SQL 5 was not detected when I was trying to install PHPBB3
When I executed a test.php file with code, the information screen said that php.ini path is c:\windows and no php.ini file is currently loaded

So, I did the following fix above

UnZip php5 in some folder. It is recommended not to uses spaces in folder names. I unzipped in X:\Data\Web\php\php folder.
Set user permissions: Give "Everyone" user the "Read and Execute" permissions in C:\windows, the php unzip folder and all of your php virtual directories. Just right click on the folder, select Security, Add user "Everyone" and give "Read and Execute" rights.
Set the path of unzip php folder in you system variables path. Right click on "My Computer", go to "Properties", then "Advanced", then "Environment Variables". In "System variables" tab, find "Path" variable and edit it. Append the php path at the end. The paths must be split by semicolons.
Copy the php.ini file to c:\windows folder. Now, php will use this as its configuration file.
Open php.ini from c:\windows folder and comment the line "doc_root="
In php.ini file, set "extension_dir" variable to your "ext" subfolder of php folder. I have set this as extension_dir = "X:\Data\Web\php\php\ext"
Set your virtual directory to run php files. Open IIS --> Default Website --> Your PHP virtual directory. This would contain your web application or the php pages that you want to run. Right click the virtual directory, go to "properties", then "Configuration". In "Mappings" tab, press "Add" button. In"Executable" browse for php5isapi.dll from your php unzip folder. In "Extension", give ".php". Remove the double quotes in both text fields, if there are any
Restart IIS. A short way of doing is to Start --> Run. Type iisreset.

Don't FORGET to Reset the IIS services.

After performing all the above steps, I executed test.php which has the phpinfo(); function call in it showed the php information screen and showed that php.ini path is c:\windows and currently loaded php.ini file is c:\windows\php.ini.

All this effort just to configure the php correctly........

Now, to configure this for MY SQL 5.0, I did the following steps:

In c:\windows\php.ini file, set extensions_dir to your extensions folder. Mine is extension_dir = "E:\Data\Web\php\php\ext"
By default, all the extensions in php.ini file are commented. So, uncomment the following 2 lines for MY SQL 5
extension=php_mysql.dll
extension=php_mysqli.dll
Be sure to download the php connectors dlls from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/php/ and copy them in your php extensions folder. The default ones did not work in my case. Download both MYSQL and MYSQLI and unzip in the extensions folder. My extensions folder in this case is E:\Data\Web\php\php\ext
Make sure that MY SQL 5.0 is installed. Download the My SQL Administrator tool to verify that the server is installed and the services are also running
Save the php.ini file and reset the IIS services. Use either iisreset command or IIS management console.

After performing the above steps, the phpbb3 install was showing MY SQL and MY SQL with My SQLI extensions both available.

Man!!!! I was so happy to see that green available word.

I thought to post the solution to all the forums that I visited for help, but I forgot which forums I visited. I remember google as the search engine... lolz...

Finally, I thought to post a blog for it for my own records, when I need it later in case of problems. All the best to googlers if you find it and fix your configuration issues.

Naruto - My new craze

2008-02-12T06:42:00.000-08:00

As long as movies and TV are concerned, I was first addicted to Friends seasons. Now, a friend of mine gave me some episodes of Naruto, a japanese animation series. It seemed stupid first that the characters are talking in japanese and English translation is showing at the bottom. But the story is so great that I am watching it non-stop. One of the best resource for downloading the series is http://www.narutocentral.com/.

Below are the 2 main characters from the animation series.

A must watch if you are a fan of martial arts or ninja. Below is the whole team of the Konoha villiage

Downloading audio files from esnips as real player format

2008-01-24T11:47:00.000-08:00

For saving audio files as real player format, please install the free/basic latest version of Real Player. During installation, enable the download link on the browsers. You will notice the Download link from the Real Player when you move the mouse over the audio file on esnips page. In this way, the Real Player will save the files as .rm to your hard disk and you will be able to listen to them in real player only.

Alternate way to Download mp3 files from esnips.com

2008-01-15T21:50:00.000-08:00

Open the audio file web page in Internet Explorer.
From the Internet Explorer menu, select "View" --> "Source". It will open a notepad file.
From Notepad menu, select "Edit" --> "Find". It will open the find dialogue box. Type "divPlayer" in it and press "Find Next".
There should be a line like this:
makeWMPlayer("/nsdoc/8a219b01-26e3-415f-bd85-6c0138afc83d", -1);
Copy "/nsdoc/8a219b01-26e3-415f-bd85-6c0138afc83d" and open a new Internet Explorer window. Type http://www.esnips.com/ in the address bar and add the copied text above after that. The address should become like www.esnips.com/nsdoc/8a219b01-26e3-415f-bd85-6c0138afc83d
Press "Enter" to open that link. The Internet Explorer should ask you to browse where to save this mp3 file. Select your desired folder and save the file.

Google Suggests shows my name

2007-09-05T12:47:00.000-07:00

Finally, after a long long time, Google Suggests page shows my name and number of results in its search textbox. I was trying to see this from around the past 6 months. I have also created a personal website along this blog but it was not there. But google takes some time to build the page rank and include popular text searches in its google suggests box. Ohhhhhhh did I say "Popular"? :P

Desert bikes riding on Hatta track

2007-08-26T00:54:00.000-07:00

One of the thrilling adventure that can be done in Dubai is the desert motor bike riding. There are several tracks in Hatta for desert safari and motor bikes riding. We did not try the safari yet but enjoyed the riding on bikes alot.

We had to buy the ticket for the driving. Following were the rates and bikes configurations as on August 26, 2007.

1. 250 cc - Automatic - Dhs 200

2. 350 cc - Manual - Dhs 250

There was a special track with boundary for driving the bikes. But we were also allowed to take the bikes outside the boundary area in the desert. We were 4 friends and we rented 2 bikes, 1 manual and 1 automatic. The automatic was very easy to drive. For manual, some motorbike experience is needed. The shifting of gears was similar to the sports bike.

I took the manual one first and took it outside the boundary area. But was not successfull due to the sand. The bike stuck in the sand and the watchers came to help me out. I took it inside the area. There were dunes in the area as well. You can either drive on the straight desert track or have some funs on the dunes. But its dangerous for beginners because if the speed is low, the bike stucks in the sand. And if the speed is high, we experience a free fall after jumping over the dune. It feels like we are flying in the air while jumping. So, you have to be very careful while doing such stunts. Because, I saw a person that fell from the bike and he was not able to stand by himself due to some injury. 3 of us fell too :P. But no serious injuries. Just there were scrathces on the leg. If the bike gets out of control, its much better not to regain its control. Because its in speed and you can fall seriously and roll with the bike. Its better to leave the bike and let it go. Less scratches will come :).

Some precautions and advice:

-- Wear jeans. Dont wear shorts. Because in case of falling, jeans will save your legs from scratches.

-- Get extra piece of cloth. Because after the drive, you will get alot of sand on your body and cloths. There is no facility to shower, so your car can get dirty.

-- Always wear the helmet.

-- Make sure that there is no one on the other side of the dune, in case you are jumping.

-- Ride on manual 350 cc only if you have experience of riding bikes. Its better to check out the automatic bike first and then try out the manual one. Because the manual is so powerfull and it can get out of control easily.

-- Lower the speed when near to the bikes parking area. Because there are people who are taking pictures and some people are starting their bikes to get in the track.

Doing just the acting of falling :P in the above picture.

It was great fun. This was out first time with the desert bikes. 1 hour was more than enough. We felt tired. The wrists felt little pain after riding, because while jumping and doing corners, there is much pressure on the wrists and hands. And there is pressure on the right thumb all the time because we have to use the thumb for accelerator instead of twisting the handle.

Certainly, its one of the best entertainment you can get in Dubai, if you are fond of adventure.

Harry Potter

2007-08-10T21:56:00.000-07:00

One day i was bored sitting in my home on a holiday and then visited a book shop and bought Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone from J K Rowling. She is such a good writer that she really arouse interest while reading the book. I was so impressed with this first book that I bought all the seven books of Harry Potter series and also the DVD movies. Last weekend, I saw Harry Potter 5 on cinema which was released recently. It was cool but compared to the book, its nothing. Personally, I like reading books more than watching movies.

Who Moved my cheese book, audio and video download

2007-07-27T04:18:00.000-07:00

Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life, published in 1998, is a motivational book by Dr. Spencer Johnson written in the style of a parable. It describes change in one's work and life, and four typical reactions to said change with two mice, two "little people", and their hunts for cheese. A New York Times business bestseller since release, Who Moved My Cheese? has remained on the list for almost five years and has spent over two hundred weeks on Publishers Weekly's hardcover nonfiction list.

This book is based on 4 characters, 2 mice and 2 humans, who live in a maze and look for the cheese. When the cheese is finished in one station, the mice are not surprised and soon they start looking for the new cheese station. But, the humans are very surprised and they dont beleive that cheese has been finished. Then they start getting new ideas and they start searching for the new cheese.

Following are some of the morals of the story. The humans in the story also write these on the walls of the maze.

Change Happens
They Keep Moving The Cheese
Anticipate Change
Get Ready For The Cheese To Move
Monitor Change
Smell The Cheese Often So You Know When It Is Getting Old
Adapt To Change Quickly
The Quicker You Let Go Of Old Cheese, The Sooner You Can Enjoy New Cheese
Change
Move With The Cheese
Enjoy Change!
Savor The Adventure And Enjoy The Taste Of New Cheese!
Be Ready To Change Quickly And Enjoy It Again & Again
They Keep Moving The Cheese.

I have collected the pdf, audio and video version of the book. You can download them from the following locations.

Man folder of esnips: http://www.esnips.com/web/Who-Moved-My-Cheese-Book/
PDF: http://www.esnips.com/doc/b4ce89fc-0980-40ce-8167-0725890c0f26/who-moved-my-cheese
Audio: http://www.esnips.com/doc/00464298-9419-4927-af34-9a1251fc928f/[Audio-Book]Spencer-Johnson---Who-Moved-My-Cheese
Video: http://www.esnips.com/doc/45631b6b-8801-4a21-81c5-162a7324d653/Who-Moved-My-Cheese-video

Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) Friday prayers

2007-07-27T04:07:00.000-07:00

Faithful people refused to offer jumma (friday) prayers in lal masjid when new khateeb Maula Ashfaq reached there. They enchanted slogans against the government. They wanted to bring back the previous khateeb Maulana Abdul Aziz.

The new Maulana was very dissappointed and refused to accept the imamat of Friday prayers. He also said that he will never lead prayers in lal masjid.

Snooker in F-8 markaz Islamabad

2007-07-27T03:53:00.000-07:00

Since I have got a bad habbit of playing billiards with my friends while my stay in UAE, I start searching for some nice billiards or snooker clubs in Islamabad. Then, I came over to a nice snooker club in F-8 Markaz. Although, I played billiards in UAE, but I played snooker there with my cousine. Its harder than billiards but more fun.

Goodbye to table tennis. I also had purchased the table for table tennis, but now I want snooker table in my house.......

Back to Pakistan

2007-07-27T03:47:00.000-07:00

Finally, after official tour of 3 months, I came back to Islamabad, Pakistan on July 15, 2007. The trip was very successful and I had alot of fun there. Credit goes to my friends Imran, Sameer and Arslan. I had very enjoyable moments playing billiards, going to cinema to watch movies, visiting places, shopping malls, eating food at popular places, sheesha, playing cards (I still dont know how to play), beaches, wild wadi, aqua park, alt of gossips and watching Friends seasons when we had nothing to do.

Anyways, after having alot of fun, I am back in Pakistan, my homeland. There is no better place than your home, wherever you go in the whole world.

A visit to Dreamland Aqua Park in UAE

2007-07-14T09:09:00.000-07:00

In summers, me and some friends visited Dreamland Aqua park http://www.dreamlanduae.com/. Its in Umm al Quwain state of UAE alongside a long beach. No doubt, its one of the most amazing family water park with full of fun rides and slides.

Its worth to spend the whole day there. If you get tired with the rides, go to the relaxation pool. There is also a bar in the middle of the pool. Various kinds of drinks and sheesha is available there. KFC and some other food places are also there.

Below is the picture taken during the trip.

From the left: Sameer, Arslan and Me. Imran cannot be seen because he was taking the picture.

This is a must see place if you are visiting Dubai or any other state of UAE. The park is about 60 kms from Dubai, but die to the large traffic, it may take 1 to 2 hours to reach there.

Check out all the pictures at http://www.esnips.com/web/saqibrazzaq-Pictures/.

Miscellaneous Books related to career growth and business

2007-06-26T02:04:00.000-07:00

There are alot of e books related to business development, wealth management, getting rich, self improvement, career growth and communications skills at http://www.esnips.com/web/saqib-Books-CareerBusinessPersonality.

Brian Tracy Audio Books

2007-06-26T00:42:00.000-07:00

Check out http://www.esnips.com/web/Audio-Book-Brian-Tracy/ for audio lectures and books of brian tracy. He is very popular motivational speaker about business, career growth, self improvement and communication skills.

For the list of all the shared files, visit http://www.esnips.com/user/saqibrazzaq.

Paulo Coelho Books

2007-06-24T22:59:00.001-07:00

All the famous and best selling books written by Paulo Coelho are available at http://www.esnips.com/web/Paulo-Coelho-Books. He is one of my favourite writers. The book which I like the most is The Alchemist. It is about following the dreams (omens). Its the story of a young boy who follows his dreams and gets what he wants. There are alot of moral lessons in the book which you can adapt and apply in your own life to become a successful person.

Paulo Coelho is a brazillian novel writer. He has sold almost 86 million books in over 56 countries. His books has been translated into 57 languages.

The list of books and the links are below.

http://www.esnips.com/doc/85cf6f4a-66d1-4143-9de5-2726bb65ef7f/Paulo-Coelho---The-Devil-and-Miss-Prym

http://www.esnips.com/doc/b1de9e59-29bb-413d-a9a4-d17515a4beaa/Veronika-Decides-To-Die-By-Paulo-Coelho

http://www.esnips.com/doc/8bfeebb1-60e1-4916-a342-3a7a07db990b/The-Zahir-By-Paulo-Coelho

http://www.esnips.com/doc/6e0581e4-3c7c-4b63-9f2e-e381836f0407/The-Alchemist-by-Paulo-Coelho.

http://www.esnips.com/doc/d6a6dcdd-6cad-4305-9a6c-92463a3edafd/Maktub-by-Paulo-Coelho

http://www.esnips.com/doc/708941eb-2672-4c58-9787-0d3a25c9fc99/Eleven-Minutes-By-Paulo-Coelho

http://www.esnips.com/doc/64b034bc-6774-43a5-914d-7d14028bdc24/By-the-River-Piedra-I-Sat-Down-and-Wept-By-Paulo-Coelho

Tafseer of Quran by Dr Ghulam Murtaza Malik

2007-06-24T22:41:00.001-07:00

Dr. Ghulam Murtaza Malik was a great Islamic scholar. He did a TV program about the Tafseer of selected ayats of Quran. All of the the mp3 audio files are available at http://www.esnips.com/web/mp3-Audio-Quran-Tafseer

Each file contains of one para. Only the selected ayats are explained because its impossible to even very briefly describe about all the ayats of a para in just 20 to 30 minutes program.

This tafseer is an excellent source of motivation towards reading the Quran and understanding it. I also have these files in my mp3 player and whenever I get a chance during long travel, I listen to it.

Dr. Murtaza Malik is one of the persons that inspire me. He is not with us but I pray to ALLAH that may his soul rest in peace.

Bill Gates Books and Articles and an Interview with Warren Buffet and Bill Gates

2007-06-24T22:36:00.000-07:00

Check out http://www.esnips.com/web/Bill-Gates-Books for books written by Bill Gates, the IT leader, great business man and the richest man on earth.

There is also an interview with Bill Gates and Warren Buffet about their success stories.

Below is the list of all the books and audio interview links.

http://www.esnips.com/doc/3358b85f-e446-48bf-91ca-807912b396e1/Warren-Buffett-and-Bill-Gates-Audio---Buffet-and-Gates-On-Success

http://www.esnips.com/doc/1f98c37e-d589-4570-b1b0-14110458d527/The-Road-Ahead-by-Bill-Gates

http://www.esnips.com/doc/dc95a0e4-f361-418e-a771-dc82ccf1c8b4/Inside-The-Guru-Mind-Bill-Gates

http://www.esnips.com/doc/3a53ac64-5515-47b5-a01f-aff6865a38b9/Business-At-The-Speed-Of-Thought-By-Bill-Gates

Warren Buffet Books and Articles

2007-06-24T22:27:00.000-07:00

Good to Great by Jim Collins

2007-06-23T21:32:00.000-07:00

Finally I found the electronic version of the book Good to Great by Jim Collins. Its uploaded at http://www.esnips.com/doc/2eb7df2c-a250-4621-b613-d0f66d10c0ca/Good-to-Great-by-Jim-Collins.

It an excellent book about the success of companies. Jim Collins made a research group and studied about different big organizations and compared them and did some analysis about how one organization did better than the other. What were the reasons behind their success.

mp3 Audio Quran with Urdu translation

2007-06-23T21:24:00.000-07:00

http://www.esnips.com/web/mp3-Audio-Quran-with-Urdu-Translation

Check out the above link for mp3 files of Quran. The files are divided on the basis of surah. The files are originally from www.aswatalislam.net. The voice is of Qari Abdul Basit Abdul Samad.

The mp3 files are compressed for easy download. Total file size is 268 MB and total number of files is 121. There are 114 total surahs in the Quran. Some of the surahs are divided in multiple mp3 files to keep the file size low.

Quran with Urdu translation

2007-06-23T20:56:00.000-07:00

http://www.esnips.com/web/Quran-with-Urdu-Translation

Check out the above link for whole Quran with Urdu translation. The files are zipped on the basis of para number. Each zip file of a para contains the scanned images of the Quran. These files are originally from www.asanquran.com. The Urdu translation is in two colors for easy understanding of the arabic words. The arabic text and the translation goes side by side on a page.

The idea was proposed by Maulana Syed Shabbir Ahmed in 1988 and he founded an organization (Quran Asan Tehrik http://www.quranasan.org) for this purpose.

U2 Lyrics

2007-06-20T21:12:00.000-07:00

Another Day
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Wake up
The dawn of another dull day
Take up
Your dreams and on your way
Oh oh ooh

Daylight
Mother stands in the hall
Last night
Head against the wall
Oh oh ooh

When night turns to day
And the children come out to play
Another day

Stop, shake out
They came my way
Oh oh ooh...

Boy, salute in a street uniform
Toy, soldier ripped and torn
Oh oh ooh

When night turns to day
And the children come out to play
Another day

Stop, shout
They came my way
Oh oh ooh

Beautiful Day
==================================

The heart is a bloom
Shoots up through the stony ground
There's no room
No space to rent in this town

You're out of luck
And the reason that you had to care
The traffic is stuck
And you're not moving anywhere

You thought you'd found a friend
To take you out of this place
Someone you could lend a hand
In return for grace

It's a beautiful day
Sky falls, you feel like
It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away

You're on the road
But you've got no destination
You're in the mud
In the maze of her imagination

You love this town
Even if that doesn't ring true
You've been all over
And it's been all over you

It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
It's a beautiful day

Touch me
Take me to that other place
Teach me
I know I'm not a hopeless case

See the world in green and blue
See China right in front of you
See the canyons broken by cloud
See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out
See the Bedouin fires at night
See the oil fields at first light
And see the bird with a leaf in her mouth
After the flood all the colors came out

It was a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
Beautiful day

Touch me
Take me to that other place
Reach me
I know I'm not a hopeless case

What you don't have you don't need it now
What you don't know you can feel it somehow
What you don't have you don't need it now
Don't need it now
Was a beautiful day

One
===========================

Is it getting better
Or do you feel the same
Will it make it easier on you now
You got someone to blame
You say...

One love
One life
When it's one need
In the night
One love
We get to share it
Leaves you baby if you
Don't care for it

Did I disappoint you
Or leave a bad taste in your mouth
You act like you never had love
And you want me to go without
Well it's...

Too late
Tonight
To drag the past out into the light
We're one, but we're not the same
We get to
Carry each other
Carry each other
One...

Have you come here for forgiveness
Have you come to raise the dead
Have you come here to play Jesus
To the lepers in your head

Did I ask too much
More than a lot
You gave me nothing
Now it's all I got
We're one
But we're not the same
Well we
Hurt each other
Then we do it again
You say
Love is a temple
Love a higher law
Love is a temple
Love the higher law
You ask me to enter
But then you make me crawl
And I can't be holding on
To what you got
When all you got is hurt

One love
One blood
One life
You got to do what you should
One life
With each other
Sisters
Brothers
One life
But we're not the same
We get to
Carry each other
Carry each other

One...life

One

Out Of Control
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Monday morning
Eighteen years of dawning
I say how long
You say how long

It was one dull morning
Woke the world with bawling
I was so sad (so sad)
It was so bad

I was of a feeling it was out of control
I had the opinion it was out of control

Boys and Girls
Go to the school and girls
They make children
Not like this one

I was of a feeling it was out of control
I had the opinion it was out of control

I was of a feeling it was out of control
I had the opinion it was out of control

(Out of control)

I fought fate
There's blood on the garden gate
The man said childhood
It's in his childhood

One day I'll die
The choice will not be mine
Will it be too late
You can't fight it

I was of a feeling it was out of control
I had the opinion it was out of control

Pride (In The Name Of Love)
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One man come in the name of love
One man come and go
One man come, he to justify
One man to overthrow

In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love

One man caught on a barbed wire fence
One man he resist
One man washed on an empty beach.
One man betrayed with a kiss

In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love

(nobody like you...)

Early morning, April 4
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride

In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love...

Sunday Bloody Sunday
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Yes...

I can't believe the news today
Oh, I can't close my eyes
And make it go away
How long...
How long must we sing this song
How long, how long...
'cause tonight...we can be as one
Tonight...

Broken bottles under children's feet
Bodies strewn across the dead end street
But I won't heed the battle call
It puts my back up
Puts my back up against the wall

Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Sunday, Bloody Sunday

And the battle's just begun
There's many lost, but tell me who has won
The trench is dug within our hearts
And mothers, children, brothers, sisters
Torn apart

Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Sunday, Bloody Sunday

How long...
How long must we sing this song
How long, how long...
'cause tonight...we can be as one
Tonight...tonight...

Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Sunday, Bloody Sunday

Wipe the tears from your eyes
Wipe your tears away
Oh, wipe your tears away
Oh, wipe your tears away
(Sunday, Bloody Sunday)
Oh, wipe your blood shot eyes
(Sunday, Bloody Sunday)

Sunday, Bloody Sunday (Sunday, Bloody Sunday)
Sunday, Bloody Sunday (Sunday, Bloody Sunday)

And it's true we are immune
When fact is fiction and TV reality
And today the millions cry
We eat and drink while tomorrow they die

(Sunday, Bloody Sunday)

The real battle just begun
To claim the victory Jesus won
On...

Sunday Bloody Sunday
Sunday Bloody Sunday...

The Unforgettable Fire
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Ice
Your only rivers run cold
These city lights
They shine as silver and gold
Dug from the night
Your eyes as black as coal

Walk on by
Walk on through
Walk 'til you run
And don't look back
For here I am

Carnival
The wheels fly and the colors spin
Through alcohol
Red wine that punctures the skin
Face to face
In a dry and waterless place

Walk on by
Walk on through
So sad to beseige your love so head on
Stay this time
Stay tonight in a lie
I'm only asking but I...
I think you know
Come on take me away
Come on take me away
Come on take me home
Home again

And if the mountain should crumble
Or disappear into the sea
Not a tear, no not I

Stay in this time
Stay tonight in...
Ever after, this love in time
And if you save your love
Save it all

Don't push me too far
Don't push me too far
Tonight
Tonight
Tonight...

Unchained Melody
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Oh, my love, my darling
I've hungered for your touch
Alone, lonely time
And time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine
I need your love
I need your love
God, speed your love to me
Lonely rivers flow to the sea to the sea
To the open arms of the sea
Lonely river sigh, wait for me, wait for me
I'll be coming home
Wait for me
Oh, my love, my darling
I've hungered, hungered for your touch
Oh, my, lonely time
And time goes by so slowly and time can do so much
Are you still mine, I need your love I need your
love, God speed your love to me.

With Or Without You
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See the stone set in your eyes
See the thorn twist in your side
I wait for you

Sleight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails she makes me wait
And I wait without you

With or without you
With or without you

Through the storm we reach the shore
You give it all but I want more
And I'm waiting for you

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you

And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away

My hands are tied
My body bruised, she's got me with
Nothing to win and
Nothing left to lose

And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you
With or without you

Some pictures of me and my friends

2007-06-19T05:56:00.000-07:00

http://www.esnips.com/web/saqibrazzaq-Pictures

this is a public folder that contains some pictures of me and my friends.

Links of E Books

2007-06-19T03:39:00.000-07:00

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/3ec83d6a-d87b-43d1-bd78-1b8c737ee72d/The_One_Minute_Manager - The_One_Minute_Manager

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/8731a3b5-bd66-4c37-83fd-9bdb94625d0e/Why-Should-you-do-MBA - Why-Should-you-do-MBA

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/ecd55f63-6b1d-49e8-8d7b-fa9050784c79/YOU-CAN-WIN - YOU-CAN-WIN

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/f883a536-b934-40f4-88c6-fe47703396da/Top-200-Secrets-Of-Success - Top 200 Secrets Of Success

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/43146377-7498-4308-9925-0bfec6fba524/What-Smart-People-Do-When-Dumb-Things-Happen-at-Work - What Smart People Do When Dumb Things Happen at Work

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/8db9791f-ae9a-4a85-8ece-7fc4113d5662/Time-Power - Time-Power

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/d83228db-e7d1-4449-8dda-60dd812caf01/Powerful_Communcation_Skills - Powerful Communcation Skills

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/55f747a9-0e23-4771-aa75-15a07299b6b9/Rich-Dad-Poor-Dad - Rich Dad Poor Dad

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/95b6bc86-698f-442b-aa89-6edea6c86c70/Stephen-Covey---The-7-Habits-of-Highly-Eff-People - Stephen Covey The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/2cf283a4-9853-422a-9b40-6e861604a760/The-Critique-of-Pure-Reason - The Critique of Pure Reason

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/eda43ca9-158a-4d47-843e-3daaf1b606b2/The-Power-of-Mind-Mapping - The Power of Mind Mapping

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/3b6d6c08-18cf-45ef-befd-bbb5ec4b7b75/The-Seven-Spiritual-Laws-of-Success - The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/4abb9ddf-8f36-4129-b1e2-9d58059df4bc/the-speed-reading-course - the speed reading course

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/de941f78-ad20-4be2-b680-155950a0a372/Mind-Mapping-How-To-Guide - Mind Mapping How To Guide

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/45959cd0-3eb6-4db6-8609-faed001fd11b/Law_Of_Success_By_Napoleon_Hill - Law Of Success By Napoleon Hill

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/c88ba923-de9e-4182-ac44-ffb98c3b3fc0/MBA_In_A_Day - MBA In A Day

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/287e695f-480d-4058-bff4-830426fc60f8/McGraw-Hill---29-Leadership-Secrets-From-Jack-Welch - McGraw Hill 29 Leadership Secrets From Jack Welch

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/0eb5a51e-0049-4d1a-ac41-912bce665809/McGraw%5B1%5D.Hill.What.The.Best.CEOs.Know - McGraw Hill What The Best CEOs Know

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/88b8655d-012e-45e6-9e73-42c6e4a09dfc/Men-Are-From-Mars-Women-Are-From-Venus - Men Are From Mars Women Are From Venus

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/e36c7b74-2485-4f1a-964a-94be297b0a00/Power-of-Motivation---How-To-Succeed-in-All-Circumstances---Michael-Bolduc---2000-%5BeBook---Techniques---PDF%5D - Power of Motivation How To Succeed in All Circumstances

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/e6be54a7-7358-4e70-8657-93c5b4f6d474/One_Hour_to_Glorious_Health - One Hour to Glorious Health

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/66e21191-1715-4e80-aaf6-f3c35159f29b/Ideas_that_have_helped_Mankind - Ideas that have helped Mankind

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/266f671c-821c-45eb-85ee-89737336300a/Inspiration-Quotes---New-Direction-In-Miracle - Inspiration Quotes New Direction In Miracle

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/4903d124-236d-4f56-8b18-dfba040b22f2/How-to-live-on-24-hours-a-day - How to live on 24 hours a day

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/975c061e-2b85-41dc-b1cb-ecca229d9430/How-to-Use-You-Mind---Harry-D.-Kitson - How to Use Your Mind Harry-D.-Kitson

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/be7144b2-43e7-4054-997d-251df8aac767/Checklists-For-Life - Checklists For Life

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/d27c0c82-8a9e-4f0a-a919-be4f5d5c6a80/Common_Sense - Common Sense

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/96389d93-838a-43ae-b93d-8ceb3559c0a4/Essays-Of-Warren-Buffet - Essays Of Warren Buffet

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/11170b73-660f-4a54-ba37-5ace8b969e73/Essential_Speaking_Skills_Handbook - Essential Speaking Skills Handbook

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/a746230d-605d-4e14-9a81-d660b6c5da0f/Every-Second-Count - Every Second Count

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/350b6930-0ef6-4d9a-b4b0-fb1888d355a0/How-To-Be-Creative---Hugh-MacLeod - How To Be Creative Hugh MacLeod

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/0af73456-d0f2-4fbd-a665-af8bbbd9f707/Analyzing_Character - Analyzing Character

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/ddce4ec3-ba2b-4789-83f2-82fc473a4288/Sharma---The-Saint,-The-Surfer,-And-The-CEO - Sharma The Saint, The Surfer, And The CEO

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/7df2d4fa-aea4-43e5-b7fa-47761def7564/Leadership_Skills_For_Managers - Leadership Skills For Managers

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/d7a78da9-82b8-4881-86f2-fad29767e361/101-Romantic-Ideas - 101 Romantic Ideas

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/81dc4080-6fa8-4281-be31-69542a421ce9/365-Daily-Success-Quotes - 365 Daily Success Quotes

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/add42aec-6dfe-4d23-9a1c-63e13cb4254f/50_Self-help_Classics - 50 Self help Classics

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/45631b6b-8801-4a21-81c5-162a7324d653/Who-Moved-My-Cheese-video - Who Moved My Cheese video

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/b220c225-8a79-41fb-8743-40bb5e986a3b/How-To-Win-Friends-And-Influence-People - How To Win Friends And Influence People

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/fc554f3f-9e9b-4c2a-b59b-d8aed1914b83/The-One-Minute-Manager - The One Minute Manager

http://www.esnips.com/r/hmfl/doc/b4ce89fc-0980-40ce-8167-0725890c0f26/who-moved-my-cheese - who moved my cheese

ESnips.com

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http://www.esnips.com - A free file sharing website with alot of good features.

The best feature is that its free. You have 5GB of space to upload your photos, files, videos, songs anything you want to share with others.

I found very rare things which I was looking for a long time. I could not find somewhere else and finally got them here. Beleive me, Google will not give you those results which this website can give. Google does a global search and shows many irrelevant files. Here you can search specific or relative files.

Check out some of the files that I have uploaded on http://www.esnips.com/user/saqibrazzaq

MSN Spaces

2007-06-19T01:17:00.000-07:00

A nice feature from Microsoft. You can upload your pictures, add friends, post comments, start blogs etc. Also search other user's spaces.

Check out my msn space http://saqibrazzaq.spaces.live.com

Traffic in Dubai

2007-06-18T00:39:00.000-07:00

Traffic is the biggest problem that people are facing in Dubai. During office start and close timings the roads become like parking places. Very slow moving. I live in an apartment in Karama and my office is in Jebel Ali Free Zone. It around 40 km distance but it takes 1.5 hours to reach the office. And its even worse around 5 pm in the evening.

Now the government has planned to collect toll tax from the people that travel via sheikh zaid road (a popular road). It will be 4 dirhams per entry. A card will be attached on the car wind screen and the cameras will automatically deduct the amount when you pass by it.

Parking is also big problem. Commercial areas have paid parking, but there are some free parking areas as well. My apartment has a parking place but I dont have car :P because I am here temporarily for just 3 months.

Getting a car is easy. You can even get a reasonable second hand car in 4000 dirhams but getting the license is difficult. 40 driving classes before you enter the test. And there is already a waiting period of 2 months.

Anyways, I travel by bus, The Limousine Lorry Lease, so I dont have to worry about the license, parking and toll fee. But to visit places, car is a MUST, because taxi is very costly here.

My visit to Dubai, UAE

2007-06-17T23:51:00.000-07:00

I came to Dubai, UAE on 22nd of April, 2007. It was an official visit. I was appointed at Komatsu Middle East, Jebel Ali Free Zone Area, UAE as a Project Consultant. My job here was to deploy the distribution software (PDX), train the people how to use it and support for 3 months.

It was a wonderful visit here. Dubai is really a cool place full of shopping malls, beaches and alot other worth seeing places.

During my stay here, I visited Wild Wadi (http://www.wildwadi.com), Mall of the Emirates (http://www.malloftheemirates.com) and Ibne Batuta mall.

Wild Wadi is THE place to visit. Its a nice place to kill the summer hotness and enjoy the water rides there. It has one of the world's fastest water slide (Jumeira Sceira). The swimming pool is also very cool with un-announced water waves.

And I was also surprised with the Dubai Skii (http://www.skidxb.com/) that they built in the Emirates Mall. Outside, it was 48 C hot and inside the skii, it was freezing and people were enjoying the artificial snow.

Next weekend, I am planning to visit the whole city by the Big Bus (http://www.bigbus.co.uk/dub/html/dub_our_tours.html). Its a double decker bus and covers almost the whole city. You can also enjoy a dhow cruise too. It covers beautiful shopping malls and places including Mall of the Emirates, Jumeira Mosque, Wafi City, City Center, Jumeira Beach Park, Burj al Arab and Dubai Museum.

Saqib Razzaq - Software Engineer

2007-06-07T01:39:00.000-07:00

My name is Saqib Razzaq. I am a software engineer by profession. I live in Model Town, Islamabad, Pakistan. did my BS from Bahria University and currently working as a software engineer in Komatsu Pakistan Soft (Pvt) Ltd., a Japan based organization. I also worked with (MTBC), a New Jersey, US based Medical Billing Company.

I like to read books, listen to music and hang out with friends.

Check out my website: http://www.saqibrazzaq.com