Ameer Hamza

This is the text of emails sent and recd. from and to Haroon, my MAJU friend and official movie maker of my shadi events.
My emails are in black and Haroon's replies are in colour.

asalam u alikum
tommorow, CIO pakistan is allowing bloggers to participate free at the blogger convention and i think there would be some free lunch as well.
so if you want to come please register. me and raja are already registered and drop by my home at 12 sharp so that we can reach before 12:30, when the convention and seminar starts.
so good coming and please confirm

Hi! I'm these days more concerned over earning some money. Right now this is the highest priority for me to get me some regular finances on monthly basis at-least, as I'm literally struggling to have today's God (financial resource) on my side.

I'm just done with your project and I'll be completing Shahzad Bhai project by Monday, 27th July, 2009 i.e. tomorrow.

I request you to please collect the DVDs anytime after tomorrow evening, so that I can jump over something new. I'm rethinking over my future career in media and its specific course, so I won't be able to join in the future outings for indefinite period of time.

-Thanks

you mean to suggest that you won't be coming with us on saturdays as well???
and are you suggesting a career in computer sciences once again?
that's good for you.


I'm now in a hot pursuit of finances, so I may miss some of the weekends. I just need you to get me those 10-DVD set back as I'm in the making of my ShowReel. Also, you may collect your Master DVD-set with Shahbaz bhai DVD anytime you would like to. And I've come a long way out to what I'm today, I cannot even imagine going back to be my past, so being Software Engineer again is out of question.


so how do you plan to get the finances. I don't understand.
And due to certain financial crises I have been unable to pay you for your services. I have a immediate payment of Rs.350,000 to be made before I can pay you. And I seriously dont understand how to get that.
ALLAH is Great!


Well! I don't really know exactly how much are you willing to pay me, and why is it taking so long, I'm run out of money and have been waiting for it since you called me on May '09. I don't know what you're going through these days but I'm sure my situation is way worse than yours, as not having money to buy even a bread is like living under the poverty-line, isn't it :-?
Hope that you get over with your financial crises as soon as before 14th August '09, so that I can get my salvation :-)

but Haroon you told me that money wasn't an issue at all. That you were doing movie for experience and friendship. Change of stance????

I wasn't actually trying to ask you about anything, but since I thought you knew that I'm totally living upon my Filmmaking skills and struggling to make it as a profession; you asked me as a filmmaker-friend to cover your wedding. In-fact you should not see me as a filmmaker and a friend distinctly when both are myself and it is not even a matter of viewing angle as I reflect my all angles to all sides just like a prism completing all seven lights to one.

See I don't need your sympathy, I don't even ask it from my God. Whatever you are planning to give me now is all up-to your consent, and I'm sure, since you can't give me my deserved amount, so stop talking about Roti, Kapra & Makaan as statement has already lost its gloss.
[This conversation has been directly pasted from emails sent and recd. to and from Haroon. No changes, omissions or editing has been done to retain their original tone and context].

I love smooching and indecency, etc. But I am too afraid of the draconian laws of the good government of Pakistan [whatever that means; sorry for indecency!].

I don't understand this democratic setup of our govt. They cannot just stand the funny jokes, made in good measure, against our good president of the very good country. Who are these people who have just got out this order of 14 years of prison for a person who dares to send out the jokes against very good men of our times, Zardari Sahib and his play mates, the PM, the FM, the CM, and all others. What will our govt. achieve by all this non-sense [am I being indecent here???]

One thing is for sure. If you add some taxes per SMS and if you delete the jokes on Zardari, then you've got the problem. At least if you are part of Mobilink or Warid network. Your business greatly suffers. And our collective sense of humour, even it is on a morbid side of things, suffers a lot. Already we are suffering lot of fools around us. And the mullahs. And the terrorists. And all other whacky kids from Afghanistan, India, Russia, USA, Saudi Arabia and Israel.

But Mr. Zardari, who must have helped in bringing this law to life, should be happy. I have not received, for a very long time now, any jokes on Zardari.

Long Live Zardari, the good President of a very bed-ridden and sick country. [Is this, my Lord, indecent, provocative and ill-motivated?]. Sirs, please answer.

CJ of Pakistan, Iftikhar bhai phero, is now wanting to earn millions and trillions of money. So says the un-confirmed and un-known report. What else explains this exclusively stupid initiative of stopping the carbon tax on petrol and other products for one day and then getting over the next?

What is CJ suggesting? He seems a lame duck to me now. No proper decision making has come out from him or his office recently, a sad reminder how judiciary work in the country.

For further references, please note that all the murderers and rapists are roaming free. Historical structures are being damaged by the ministries. Corruption is rampant. And no cases against Zardari are being presently heard. Is this is what we Pakistanis wanted from CJ, for whom we did everything. We, the public and not Zardari and Co., restored him to his present status. Otherwise the lawyer's movement would have failed miserably.

And yes, CJ has taken no notice of the workings of KESC and our Education ministry.

Long Live Pakistan Long Dead Rule of Law!

Long March, if seen on a larger spectrum, makes Pakistan look like a failed state. No matter what we as Pakistanis have to say on the subject, international media led by the likes of Jewish CNN and Hindu India have been proved right once again by our misdeeds and a series of misfortunes. By beating and shutting down hundreds of black-coats (and black sheep) we are doing no good to our image and Zardari, as President of Pakistan, should shoulder most of the responsibility. And by failing to bring to Justice those 13 men (or were they less?) who specifically targeted Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore we have proven without doubt that the worst form of democracy is actually not better than the best form of dictatorship. Both are either equal or in our case, dictatorship happens to be much better than the likes of Zardari and Nawaz Sharif (Amir-ul-Momineen and Shia'-teen)> By hitting on this movement with so much force (one report in press puts it at 600 containers for stopping marchers from reaching Islamabad) Zardari-led govt. has proven that he is no better than Musharraf, though he came here by votes.

So where do we go from here? Is Long March going to change anything on political and social level? Will it end up in a blood bath? Will Zardari succeed in stopping angry looking protestors from reaching Islamabad? Only time will tell.

Let's keep our fingers crossed and hope that our luck and the luck of the country doesn't fall out fast.

NOTE: India's RAW could have a field day on 16th March. Killers won't be blamed. Victims won't get justice.

Points to be noted my lord:

Zardari, President of Pakistan and former husband of BB, has split from his son, Bilawal and his daughters.

Bilawal plans to marry Fatima Bhutto, niece of BB.

Fatima Bhutto was always angry with Zardari and BB over the killing of her father, Murtuza Bhutto. Now she is only angry with Zardari and not with Bilawal.

Pakistan Army wants to arrest and put on trial Zardari for multiple murder cases. That might happen this March (2009) or next April (2010).

One daughter of Zardari might marry a son or relative of PM Gilani. (Against the wishes of her father).

Pakistan Army fully supports Gilani for he is easy to handle and not a nuisance like Zardari.

Nawaz Sharif has gained full support of Lawyers across Pakistan by standing up with them. He has been a lazy man all his life with lots of lassi, cricket and good food. Now he understands that good work alone will help him become the next President of Pakistan.

USA govt. is not so sure they want Nawaz in place of Zardari for Nawaz has always been a rightest and supports militants.

Months between March and June are crucial for Pakistan and for its neighbours.

Zardari supports Iran because Zardari is a Shia. USA is crossed over it. So are many Baluch who understand that Shias have been pouring into the country and have helped, in recent years, fighting b/w Shias and Sunnis.

India is finding it good to have Baluch on their side. They have already managed to take Pakistan away from Dam issue as well as from Kashmir.

India has got another front that of Mumbai drama. Indians of all shades are happy about the U-turn.

How Pakistan fares in months to come only time will tell.

I have been threatened with dire consequences.

Well, that is good enough.

It tells you that you are important and that you are read somewhere. And that someone has the feeling about you. And that someone wants to hang you or kill you or burn you.

Fair enough.

Perils of blogging are many but not so many as compared to real journalism. We can argue what is real and what is fake, but let's leave that alone.

Once, someone wrote to me that he knew where I lived and that he wanted to kill me. I welcomed him. He never turned up despite the fact that I have my phone numbers and my address on web.

Very good, if someone wants to shoot.

THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CRISIS EXPLAINED

 Pajja  is  the  proprietor of a Siri-Paya and Nehari Shop in Lahore. Sales
 are  low  and, in order to increase them, he comes up with a plan to allow
 his  customers  to  eat  now  and  pay  later. He keeps track of the meals
 consumed on a ledger.

 Word  gets around and as a result increasing numbers of customers flock to
 Pajja's shop. Pajja's suppliers are delighted and are very willing to sell
 more  and  more  raw materials for the meals he prepares. Pajja shows them
 his ledger of receivables and they extend him credit.

 A  young  and  dynamic  customer  service  consultant  at  the  local bank
 recognizes  these customer debts as valuable future assets and gives Pajja
 a credit line and then increases Pajja's borrowing limit.

 Taking   advantage  of  his  customers'  freedom  from  immediate  payment
 constraints,  Pajja  jacks  up  the  prices  of  his Nehari and Siri-Paye.
 Customers  don't  mind  as they are not required to pay on the spot. Sales
 volume  increases  massively;  Banks  and suppliers lend more; Pajja opens
 more  outlets.  He sees no reason for undue concern since he has the debts
 of the customers as collateral.

 At  the  bank's  corporate  headquarters, expert bankers recognize Pajja's
 customer  loans  as assets and transform these customer assets into BONDS.
 These  negotiable  instruments  are  given  exotic names such as SIRIBOND,
 PAYABOND, MAGHAZBOND AND BONGBOND. These securities are then listed on the
 Stock  Exchange and traded on markets worldwide. No one really understands
 what   the   names  mean  and  how  the  securities  are  guaranteed  but,
 nevertheless,  as  their  prices continuously climb, the securities become
 top-selling items.

  One day, although the prices are still climbing, a credit risk manager of
 the  bank  decides  that the time has come to demand payment of one of the
 debts  incurred by Pajja. Pajja in turn asks his clients to pay up. One by
 one  they  refuse; the clients cannot pay back the debts. Pajja refuses to
 serve them any more. The clients stop coming.

 Pajja  is  really  screwed now. He cannot fulfill his loan obligations and
 therefore claims bankruptcy. All Bonds drop in price by between 80 to 95%.

 The  suppliers  of  Pajja,  having  granted generous payment due dates and
 having  invested  in  the  securities are faced with similar problems. The
 meat  supplier  defaults  on  payment to the sheep and cattle supplier and
 claims  bankruptcy. The atta supplier is taken over by a competitor; Pajja
 lays off the cook and staff. Bankruptcies soar, unemployment mushrooms.

 The  bank that lent the money in the first place is set to collapse. It is
 saved  by  the Government following dramatic round-the-clock consultations
 by  leaders from the governing political parties with Pajja commuting back
 and forth in his Executive jet and Mercedes 500SEL, brokering the deal.

 The  funds  required  to  save the economic collapse are obtained by a tax
 levied on the citizens, most of whom do not eat Nehari or Siri-paye.

 UNDERSTOOD?