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P24  –  PAKISTAN LINK  –  MAY  25,  2018                                                                                    COMMENTARY
               It Is Time for You to Have Internal Success                                              Sadaqah in the form of Sacrifice

                          and Pleasure in Life Hereaft er                                                    Give Sadaqah & May Allah Protect You


              n By Saghir Aslam                                     choose from to give their donation   “Give the Sadaqah without delay for it stands in the way of
              Rawalpindi, Pakistan                                  to. In my opinion it is important to             calamity.”  (Tirmidhi #1887)
                                                                    help those that do not have food
            (Th  e following information                            and shelter but what makes is to    Hidaya Foundation arranges for Sadaqah in the form of Sacrifice
        is  provided  solely  to  educate  the                      give such people a long term solu-  on behalf of our donors, year round.  Sacrifice and distribution of
        Muslim community about invest-                              tion, creating income earning op-   the meat to the poor can be performed within 72 hours of request.
                   ing and fi nancial                               portunities for them and enabling   It costs $120 for a goat/sheep, and $420 for an ox/buffalo.
                   planning. It is hoped                            them to work towards sustainability
                   that the Ummah will                              in their lives. Th  is way they not only
                   benefi t from this ef-                           help themselves but will be able to
                   fort through greater                             achieve self-suffi  ciency  and  live
                   fi nancial  empower-                             with dignity and respect in the so-
                   ment, enabling the                               ciety and if we help someone to at-
        community to live in security and   gain from the worldly investment   tain that, Allah SWT will help us to
        dignity and fulfi ll their religious   One of the beautiful things   achieve whatever our goals we have
        and  moral  obligations  towards   about Allah SWT is that He wants   set for ourselves in this world and
        charitable activities)        to give you back more to what you   the hereaft er.
            Th  rough Ramadan has just   have given in his way. One of His   To donate visit www.sabtrust.
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        SWT is extremely merciful, show-  ment` is to protect us from trag-  or email us at: info@sabatrust.org
        ers His blessing on like us no other   edies which sometimes we don’t   for further information.
        time and is more forgiving than any   even get to know about. If we give   (Saghir Ahmed Aslam only ex-
        other time, yet it is never too late to   and expect a certain return in a cer-  plains strategies and formulas that   Donate online on our secure website, by phone, or mail checks to:
        get all of His Blessing through an   tain time and we don’t get it chances   he has been using. He is merely   Hidaya Foundation, PO Box 5481, Santa Clara, CA 95056.
        investment in his way that will have   are that either we get it at later stage   providing information, and NO
        a guaranteed return, a huge return   in this world or in hereaft er or Al-  ADVICE is given. MR. Aslam does   Hidaya Foundation
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        only condition is the intension has   us for certain time that He Knows   broker, brokerage fi rm, or any in-     866.2.HIDAYA | www.hidaya.org
        to be purely focused on pleasing Al-  will be the best time for you to re-  vestment at all, or does he suggest
        lah SWT.                      ceive it.                     that  anyone  will  earn  profi t  when   Hidaya Foundation is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) charitable organization with Tax ID # 77-0502583
            Allah`s mercy remains there   When giving in Allah SWT way   or if they purchase stocks, bonds or
        throughout  the  year.  He  is  always   we should do background check on   any other investments. All stocks or
        waiting for us to fi rst simply make   who we are giving the money to, for   investment vehicles mentioned are   Exchange Rates for Currency Notes*
        an intention of doing good and that   what cause, its eff ectiveness and im-  for illustrative purpose only. Mr.
        is the starting point of your invest-  pact, and we should make sure the   Aslam is not an Attorney, Accoun-
        ment, without putting any money   organization is trustworthy. Th  ere   tant, Real estate broker, Stockbro-  Countries         Buying        Selling
        and any eff ort, you start to receive   are serval hundreds and thousands   ker, investment advisor, or certifi ed                                  Rs.             Rs.
        the return the kind of return which   of Charities, Masajids and various   fi nancial planner. Mr. Aslam does
        has no comparison to the return we   Islamic Institution that one can   not have anything for sale)   USA                117.55          118.10
                                                                                                     UK                     158.30           160.05
        FAIZ FROM P22                                                                                S.Arabia                31.30             31.45
        you will end up like me, you will re-  and overcome his infi rmities. How-  British public, which is generally a   Japan              1.02              1.05
        gret it’.                      ever, aft er her departure, he seemed   bit nervy about these things.  Euro          138.35           139.55
            I was in PTV during Ziaul Haq   to have lost much zest to live, as if   Th  e Hollywood glam in atten-  UAE                     31.90            32.15
        years,  and mujh pe nazr-e-karam   his mission in this world was over.   dance: Th  e presence of Hollywood,
        bhi kuch ziyada thi (they took good   In little over a year, he was gone as   American and transatlantic cultural   (*May 23, 2018)
        care of me); my promotions were   well. To God we belong, and to Him   royalty, including tabloid darlings
        stopped, I was called for explana-  we shall return, Th  e Qur’an; 2:156.  such as George and Amal Clooney,
        tions, I remember being very frus-                          Oprah Winfrey, David and Victoria
        trated. So I wrote to Abba and the   STUDENT FROM P6        Beckham, Serena Williams,  Idris                 US VISA AVAILABILITY IN MAY 2018
        gist of the letter was something like,   Pakistan as well.”  Elba, James Corden, Sir Elton John,               For Pakistan, Bangladesh & India
        ‘All this is happening because of you;   Sushmita paid me the greatest   and  James  Blunt,  lent  a  distinctive   Compiled by Hasan Chishti
        get back here, and get me out of this   compliment a teacher can receive, “I   showbiz fl air to the occasion.
        mess’. He was in London. And he did   fi nd myself extremely lucky to have a   Priyanka Chopra, of course,
        come back, a month or so later, and   mentor-guru like Professor Ahmed.   added an exotic desi allure in the
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        kari main utar charhaao aata rehta   already had the fi re, I merely helped   confi nes of a characteristically angli-  1     Unmarried sons & daughters
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        he was back. - Salima and Moneeza   Islam, Immigration, and Identity,   Cartney dress.
        Hashmi spoke to Murtaza Razvi.   Brookings Press, 2018)         Laying family grievances to   4    Brothers & sisters of adult U.S. citizens     Oct., 01, 2004               March 01, 2004
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        Courtesy Dawn.                                              rest: Meghan’s fellow cast members
                                       PIA FROM P15                 from Suits also made an appearance,
        TURNOVER FROM P23              compromise between polite and dig-  in addition to the royal couple’s oth-  EMPLOYMENT-BASED  CATEGORY
        ministrating her medicines and en-  nifi ed, well into the advanced stages   er family and friends. For some cor-
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        suring that she fully participated in   of her extended married life.  respondents of the British press, the   1     Priority workers                                         Current                           Jan., 01, 2012
        all family functions. On my last visit   Where Diana was visibly emo-  arrival of Sarah Ferguson (the long
        to Karachi, Khalida Apa was hospi-  tional and perturbed on her big day,   estranged and controversial Duchess   2    Members of the professions holding
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        talized with what turned out to be   Meghan seemed to be in control of   of York) was taken as an eyebrow-          advanced degree or persons of
        her fi nal illness. Every time, I went   the royal trajectory unfolding be-  raising  moment,  since  she  had  not           exceptional ability                                      Current                          Dec., 22,  2008
        to visit her, he was sitting outside her   fore her. Where Diana was keen on   been invited to the previous wed-
        room on an ordinary wooden bench   instigating rebellion throughout the   ding ceremonies of Prince Charles   3     Skilled workers                                          Current                          May  01,  2008
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        in order to be close to her during her   greater period of her marital journey   and Camilla Parker Bowles, as well            Other workers                                            Current                          May  01,  2008
        fi nal days.                   (and not without cause, it should be   as Prince William and Kate Middle-
            Iradat Bhai was in his eighties   stated), Meghan, who is a self-made   ton.
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        at the time of his death in 2009, and   Hollywood career  woman  hailing   It is being speculated that Har-  4      Certain special immigrants                        Current                          Current
        had for some years suff ered from a   from a biracial and middle class   ry, who has had to deal with much            Certain religious workers                           Current                         Current
        constellation of degenerative dis-  suburban Californian family, tries to   emotional trauma on account of
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        eases associated with the aging pro-  exhibit a more practically appealing   intra-family skirmishes (with the   5      Non-regional Centers                                 Current                          Current
        cess. As long as Khalida Apa lived,   picture – not only to her very cus-  highly publicised divorce and death            Regional Centers                                       Current                          Current
        he felt a strong motivation to fi ght   tom-centric in-laws, but also to the   PIA, P28

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