Journey to Gorakh Sindh with university friends

No doubt, travelling enable us to observe and learn about the things but it also create love, attachment and enjoyment with the families or friends with whom we travel this is why, Jalaluddin Rumi said “Travel brings power and love back into your life”. in our life, especially those fully enjoyed moments remain unforgettable which we encounter with the families or with the closest friends through travelling because those funny moments with love create deep bonding between us and remains in our mind forever like an illusion.

I also encountered such an unforgettable journey which remains in my mind like an illusion when I travelled from Sindh university jamshoro to visit Gorakh hilltop johi with my lovely classmates and close friends Mumtaz jamali and Zulifqar Khoso.basically, it was planned by Mumtaz jamali to visit the Gorakh as he was resident of that area.

From jamshoro to johi we travelled through local bus that made me some allergic from dust, resultantly vomiting occur due to suffocation inside the bus because of this, instead of sympathy, they Mumtaz and Zulifqar did jokes on me until they change my name” Ultii Oad” instead of Rajesh Oad. And really those jokes made me funnier and saved from boring during the travel.

After three hours struggling in local bus and getting headache, we reached johi city where we met with Aijaz jamali cousin of Mumtaz who receive us, we go along with him at his house where he shows best hostility with fun at night. After staying night at his house next day on 11am 17 October 2016, we started journey to Gorakh hilltop, interesting thing was that for visiting hilltop we have planned to ride on two bikes with another friend Attaullah from johi city that joined us there.

“It is almost hard to ride on bikes and on its curved path to reach Gorakh hilltop as there are many chances of falling due to unbalance of bikes, we are local peoples we know many incidents took place here but no doubt mostly people reach there because of the mastery driving”. Says Attaullah.
So, we started riding on bikes but we wasted much of the time because of the destructed road between the johi and the Gorakh which is not well useable for the vehicles due to which not only visitors suffer but also troubling one for the local peoples in emergencies to reach the johi city.
After facing this destructed road and getting some tiredness we reached below the hilltop, actually here, our adventurous exam started because we were going to be a ‘highest spot in Sindh’ (that is 1734 meters (5688 feet) above the sea level and ‘colder than another area’.

During the riding on the curved path, on some points we two from four friends have to lie down from the bikes due to unbalancing on the inclined path and because of coming of other vehicles in front of us. Because of this we also feel difficulty in breathing during the walking on the curved path but in real sense instead of these difficulties and having fear of falling down, gave no sense to come back because of beautiful scenery of green fields, lakes and jokes of our friend khoso whom we also call as kolhi of Nagarparkar after naming of our respected teacher Sohail sangi.

After two hours struggling we finally reached our destination at Gorakh hill top where peoples from different area were present and were enjoying cool weather.
That cool breezing air with greenery and with the cup of tea from jamali restaurant over there removed whole tiredness and made us fresher. After that we did photo shoot joyfully for keeping the memories in the record.

It is assumed that in the late 1990s, having done some work on Gorakh and hoping for funds from the federal, Liaquat Jatoi, the Sindh Chief Minister, invited Nawaz Sharif (Prime minister) to see Gorakh to make Gorakh accessible as a summer resort to the people of Sindh. But Liaquat Jatoi never got federal funds as much to turn Gorakh into Murree except the road which is now has been ruined but after all it is also duty of Sindh government to make better facilities here.

No doubt, there were a few restaurants were present with a store where we could purchase the things and food but it was very costly in price, like same was in the case of rent for staying one night in the restaurant was two thousand for outsider’s. Despite Gorakh authority announcement prices are not maintained by the restaurant owners.

So after visiting four to five hours over the Gorakh and feeling the beauty of it so called as “Murree of the Sindh “and getting some refreshment over there. We decided to go back as we reach jamshoro on the time. For that we again went to the downward path slowly and carefully with the enjoyment of beauty Gorakh with the friend’s chatter and laughter. With these laughing we passed the time reached at johi from where we come to the jamshoro by van. This journey will remain forever in our mind as it was visited by us in our university life.

14TH August Message- (Unity, Harmony and Respect)

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You are free; you are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your mosques or to any other place or worship in this State of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion or caste or creed - that has nothing to do with the business of the State. (Quaid e Azam)

Whenever I listen or read these words at any place become patriotic and feel proud of being an equal citizen of this country but sometimes some happenings make me worry especially when there are happenings related to minorities and their rights because I understand there is no respect for minorities and for their rights that should be in actual. When above lines of our Quaid clears that you are the equal citizen of this country without any biasness of religion, caste or creed. Then why some people are creating biasness and crushing our rights’ I think these are only doing for creating difference and disturbing the peaceful society into conservative and violent society. But they will not get success in this regard because there are always peace loving men in every society though, might be small in number and we are few of those.

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 Another thing, it is rottenly said that only Muslims of this country had given many restless efforts for independence and freedom from British rule. At some level I agree to this that they  gave sacrifices but with these, other communities in constitution  terminology called “Minorities” like Hindus,Sikhs,Parsis and Ahmedis also gave sacrifices for their ancestors homeland. If they had not loved their country they would have moved to another country and reside there. So we should accept this reality for all.

On this Independence Day I must say we should give respect to each other without any difference of anything and should help in difficult times as there no one say I am in majority or minority just say I am a Pakistani and I am proud of it.

Happy Independence Day to all

Pakistan Zindabaad

Media students and the future

Many students want to join such a field or profession that should be standard one and make more respect with money in future, like some students have desire to became doctor, some want to became engineer while some want to became pilot. definitely, to complete the desires they have to study, work hard and have to do practical things related to the course for the success.no doubt, if they do so they will get success.
But what it is considered as same thing happen in media or for the students who study media or mass communication. I think there is not same thing like doctor, engineer because they have only one choice in their field they have to go in that limited boundary and will be called as “Doctor” or “Engineer”. While, media has been become industry in which the vast field are available like acting, hosting, reporting, filmmaking etc.
Thus mostly used academic discipline in nowadays mass communication encompasses different career opportunities in print media (newspapers, magazines and journals), electronic media(TV/Radio) and in advertising agencies etc.

But due to vastness of the field students are often confused in selection of the field where we have to go.in country like Pakistan, especially for the rural areas students there is always dilemma of career counseling due to that they select or goes in the field which is not related to them. if anyone want to go in science field unluckily they would be given another field. resultantly, some survive by hardworking and due to the teacher’s guidance while some students have to suffer for whole life because of not understanding that field.

Me being a student of media studies also face this situation in startlingly because when I entered, it was totally new for me even being a rural student I did not hear about this discipline from someone’s mouth, hence in starting when I joined the classes I feels unrelated and it gives difficulties because of my medical background but after one year due to regular attending classes and because of teachers guidance especially under the guidance of our senior teacher and journalist sir sohail sangi I got many things for learning.
No doubt, however mostly students comes in this field choicely especially urban students because of increasing respect of this field day by day especially from the journalistic point of view as it is not easy to raise or take the problems of others on own head and get solutions for those problems. this is why media is considered as the fourth pillar of the state.
But sometime for the others, media persons have to sacrifice by giving the life which makes troubling situation for the family behind that person.
As media aim to disseminate information to the public from local to the international level that from poor to businessmen. But to disseminate that information through proper channels it requires hardworking, energetic and skilled people which have good writing skills, creative mind set. And I think mainly students of media studies or mass communication are well recognized from the things which are related to this field. And they can make their field more professional by showing their efficiency and good communication skills as someone said “Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee and just as hard to sleep after”.