If anyone of u remember those bio etc book of Matric in which we had to memorize all those nonsense contribution of Muslims to Science etc. I am going through those again. It is interesting to see the unspecializaton of all those macho men who it seems were jack of all trade but master of none. A person it is written had command over Medicine surgery, Physics and not to mention math which it seems was the most loving subject in those day ( strange). Many books were written and hundreds of cure were discovered by these ingenious for every single disease like optics etc. Whatever they did a headache for me are those arabic name which are unusually longer and really hard to cram in. Whatever wish me best of luck ;p
The much awaited Metro Bus Service is now functional in Islamabad connecting it to the twin city of Rawalpindi. The PKR 45 billion cost (USD 4440 million) of the project was criticized mainly by the opposition parties led by Tehreek Insaaf. However the record time for completion of the project is something which justifies the the financial outlay. In Pakistan Public Sector infrastructure projects are plagued by delays and some are altogether abandoned after partial work. The 23 KM long metro has 24 station. Today I had a glimpse of Pakistan Secretariat Station of it. There is quite excitement among the travelers and many are travelling just to have fun. Few pics here. Although secretariat is closed today being Saturday, still large number of public was seen buying tickets and Metro-Bus Card. To avoid queuing up the line to buy ticket, a better option is to get a Metro-Bus Card. The card can be reloaded and costs 130 Rs for the first time and subsequently recharg
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