shoaib...

kiya ajab ittifaq hai
kay tum ho aaj phir yahan
kiya ajab ittifaq hai
kay waqt phir say hai rawan

kiya ajab ittifaq hai
kay talaash yahan lay ayi
kiya ajab ittifaq hai
kiya dobara millan hai aaj

kiya ajab ittifaq hai
kay yaad hai hamain sab kuch
kiya ajab ittifaq hai
kay bhulay nahi ho tum

kiya ajab ittifaq hai
yay dastaan-e-zindagi
kiya ajab ittifaq hai
kay dorain hain milli hui

kiya ajab ittifaq hai
kay phir say dekha mainay
kiya ajab ittifaq hai
yeh zindagi jo hai meri

kiya ajab ittifaq hai...
kiya ajab ittifaq hai...

(this piece is written for my friend shoaib-bin-akram.... our lives have criss-crossed in so many ways at so many times and i am amazed to see him here again today. i have thought of him often. i have wondered if he was well. i am happy to know he is well. he informs me he has amnesia from serving his country in siachin. it reminds me of ABC and i am afraid for him. he has a beautiful family- a wife, a kid and another on the way (inshallah) and he is to serve another posting atop that treacherous glacier.... i am afraid for him. so dear readers please join me in saying a silent prayer for this man- my friend... who has walked alongside my life in many many ways... join me in saying a prayer for this brave soldier who stands on our border with his weapon held high- so we can sleep easy at night... join me in saying a prayer for this noble man and all others like him who make Pakistan what it is... who are not the politicians, nor the leaders, but at the end of the day... this noble man, this noble soldier and others like him... like my brother- Shahamat the beautiful shaheen of PAF... the hundreds of men and women like them... they are what Pakistan is all about. Pakistan is not about the Musharraf's and the ZArdari's Pakistan is about these people... like my friends the mighty lawyers who march fearless on the streets demanding justice...like my kaniggit who works from here- to make it right... that is what that country is about....)