What would you do: Worry about your Car or Help the other driver out?

Driving own vehicle is always very easy as one is in controls. But what if due to other's error, you find a huge truck rolling to its side and come crashing towards your car and even bump into you. If you are lucky to survive the unexpected onslaught, what would you do:

• Get out of your car - inspect the damage to the car and curse the other driver who did it?
• Or get out of your car, go to the the other vehicle and help take out the stranded driver
• Lose control of yourself and start crying or start yelling at the stranded driver who ruined your car
• I don't know what would I do.

OK - now watch the video below and decide what the car driver should have done:

What would you have done?

Shared from: YouTube / ClaudioPaskule

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China – A friend indeed

I have been writing a number of posts these days on the devastating floods in Pakistan – but then this is “the” issue concerns us here the most at the moment. So readers of my blog are requested to bear with me for a while.

And when someone is in distress, he comes to know who one’s real friend is. And yes it has shown us too. While almost 177 governments across the globe have pledged to help Pakistan, including Saudi Arabia, Turkey and USA as major donor countries, China stands out differently. Not only China is assisting Pakistan in every way it can, it is the people of China who have also shown their closeness to their Pakistani brethren.

A few days back, a Chinese lady donated $200,000 personally for the her brothers and sisters in Pakistan. And that is just one example. I was reading today in one of the newspapers that local governments, NGOs and philanthropists across China are actively participating in donation collection. The mayor of Beijing has donated $50,000 to Islamabad’s Capital Development Authority, and thus becoming Islamabad’s first foreign sister city to come forward with this generous donation. China’s Red Cross Society has also chipped in $50,000, followed by All China Women Federation which is providing RMB 50,000.

The Chinese entrepreneurs have also stepped forward for their share in relief work and assistance. The Jiangsu Huangpu Renewable Resources has pledged RMB 1 million. The Broad Union Investment Management Group has pledges RMB 1.3 million. The governments of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and Sichunn Province have donated RMB 600,000 in their effort to help the flood victims of Pakistan.

These are just some of the figures available, but the reports says that one can feel real sympathy of Chinese people towards Pakistan in this hour of distress and everyone seems to be making every effort to come forward and help.

This is the practical manifestation of the “A friend in need, is a friend indeed” we read in our early schooling.

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Donate for the flood victims of Pakistan

The news of flash floods that devastated almost half of Pakistan's villages and rural areas have spread all over the world. At present the flood water with a torrential speed of more than One Million cusecs is heading towards the lower half of Pakistan. This would displace more people and render many more homeless. So far about 15 million people have become homeless while leaving some 1500 dead. Of the 15 million so displaced, 6 million are children.

Pakistan alone cannot rehabilitate these children of lesser gods. I request all well to do Pakistanis living at home or aborad to come forward and contribute in to Pakistan Army Relief Fund. Pakistan Army is presently engaged in large scale flood relief operation throughout the country and need every penny that you may spare to help those under the still raining sky. 

Following are the account numbers for Pakistani Rupee and foreign currencies.

ROUTING - PAKISTANI RUPEE

All branches of ASKARI COMMERCIAL BANK IN PAKISTAN

ACCOUNT NUMBER 0028010121825-8

ROUTING - US DOLLAR

Please remit proceeds to JP MORGAN CILASE BANK,NEW YORK USA.SWIFT BIC CODE: CHASU33 for the credit of Askari Bank Limited, Karachi Branch, Account number: 001-1-1678273 SWIFT BIC CODE : ASCMPKKA for onward credit to Askari Bank Limited, GHQ Branch, Rawalpindi, Pakistan A/C # 28- FAVOURING

ROUTING - POUND STERLING

Please remit proceeds to : STANDARD CHARTERED BANK , 37 GRACE CHURCH STREET , LONDON, EC3V ORX , U.K. VIA SWIFT BIC CODE : SDBLGB2L for credit of Askari BAnk Limited , Karachi Branch Pound Sterling Account number : 01-249443401 SWIFT BIC CODE : ASCMPKKA for onward credit to Askari Bank Limited , GHQ Branch , Rawalpindi , Pakistan A/C # 28- FAVOURING

ROUNTING - EURO

Please remit proceeds to : DRESDNER BANK AG , CORPORATE AND INTERNATIONAL DIVISION, ASIA/ AUSTRALIA DEPARTMENT , FRANKFURT 60301 AM MAIN GERMANY for credit of Askari Bank Limited , Karachi Branch EURO Account number 812781500 SWIFT BIC CODE : ASCMPKKA for onward credit to : Askari Bank Limited , GHQ Branch Rawalpindi , Pakistan A/C # 28 FAVOURING

Major General Agha Farooq - Pakistan Army

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