Samarah Sets World Record In Arts In CIE Exams

KARACHI: Art reaches beyond all social, cultural and religious bounds and so its significance is far-reaching and profound. Where people may think that the importance of arts is ebbing away, Samrah Tariq proves it otherwise.

Setting a world record in CIE exams 2011 in Arts, Samarah, from Happy Home School, Karachi, is the only student from Pakistan to have set benchmarks of accomplishments and achieved CIE Outstanding Achievers Awards this year.

In a subject less opted in Pakistan yet drawing enormous traction through out the world, Samarah’s achievement has only manifested the fact that despite lack of rudimentary encouragement and incentives, Pakistan’s got burgeoning talent that wins its way through all hurdles.

“It was the best moment of my life to hear my principal breaking the news of my achievement. The only feelings I had were of awe and happiness. My inspirations are my art teacher and my mother who showed faith in my work and skills.”

Rubeena Shafiq, the proud art teacher said, ‘ Where arts as a subject is somehow underrated in terms of the career opportunities it reaps for the students in Pakistan, it is a widely revered discipline and offers a great paths in terms of career as well. By snubbing the importance of art, we in fact limit and underrate the importance of free expression and creativity-things that have led us to reach the state of disillusionment we are in, at present.’

Last year also, the award was secured by another gem from St. Josephs Convent School, Karachi

While these outstanding achievers make us proud, it is hoped that they stay sure-footed to set benchmarks of excellence in both academics and non-academics and continue to make their country proud.

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Voter verification: Election Commission of Pakistan launches SMS service

In a bid to remove errors from electoral lists, 

the Election Commission of Pakistan

 has launched a SMS service to facilitate

 85 million voters to verify their votes

In a bid to remove errors from electoral lists, the Election Commission of Pakistan has launched a SMS service to facilitate 85 million voters to verify their votes.

The service has been launched in collaboration with the National Database and Registration Authority to help registered voters check the status of their votes and particulars.

Registered voters can send their Computerised National Identity Cards (CNIC) number without hyphens via SMS to 8300 at anytime from anywhere in the country. After sending the SMS, the voter will subsequently receive a message in Urdu containing their name, village, city, tehsil or district, location (electoral area) and the serial number of vote registered in the preliminary electoral rolls.

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ALERT Senior al-Qaeda leader Saif al-Adel arrested in Egypt

Cairo: Senior al-Qaeda leader Saif al-Adel has been arrested at the Cairo airport in Egypt, media reports said on Wednesday.

According to reports, Adel travelled from Pakistan to Egypt via Dubai.

He was among those on the  Most Wanted List of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with 5 million dollar bounty on his head and was  hing ranking leaders of al-Qaeda leaders.

He was also expected  to be new chief of al-Qaeda after Osama bin Laden’s demise but Dr Ayman al-Zawahiri was given the charge of global terror outfit.

  Egyptian born Adel was head of the military wing of al-Qaeda .

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Funny 3rd Bus Kar Awards - Best Dance Award nominations

Bus kar or Bas Kar Awards will going to on air soon on Geo News & Geo Tv  but Humari News is presenting some funny parts from this show.

BEST DANCE AWARD NOMINATIONS

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بات تو سچ ہے مگر بات ہے رسوائی کی

افغانستان میں قرآن پاک جلایا جاتا ہے ہماری قوم کے کانوں پر جوں تک نہیں رینگتی، ڈراؤن حملوں میں معصوم جانیں جاتی ہیں ہمیں کوئی فکر نہیں، اک طرف قتل و غارت کا بازار گرم مگر ہم خاموش تماشائی، امریکہ اور باقی طاغوتی قوتیں مسلمانوں کے خون سے ہولی کھیل رہی ہیں ہمارے زہنوں پر کرکٹ کا بھوت سوار، قرآن جل رہا ہے ہمارے حکمران اپنے خوش آمدیوں کے ساتھ نغمہ سرائی اور شراب و شباب کی محفلوں میں دھت دشمن ازلی کو خوش کرنے میں اندھا دھند پیسے اڑا رھے ہیں، اور غریبوں اور شہیدوں کے مزاروں اور آرزؤں پر دھما چوکڑی مچا رہے ہیں مگر ہماری غیرت خاموش، بلوچستان کا واقعہ ہمیں روز روز جھنجھوڑنے کی کوشش کرتا ہے لیکن ہمارے مردہ ضمیر خاموش....!!!

کون کون سی نا انصافیوں کو میں تحریر کروں جو اس خواب غفلت میں ڈوبی قوم کو جگا سکیں.....!!!
آج مجھے حیرت ہو رہی ہے کہ ہم نے صرف کرکٹ کو ہی اپنا دین و ایمان کیوں بنا لیا ہے.....!!!
آج انگلینڈ سے پاکستان کرکٹ میچ ہارتا ہے تو فیس بک آنسؤں سے تر ہو جاتی ہے...گراؤنڈ/سٹیڈیم میں عورتوں اور نوجوانوں کے آنسوں بہتے ہیں ـ کاش اگر ہم ایسا ہی جذبہ ملت اسلامیہ کی بقا اور ملک و ملت کی سلامتی اور فلاح و بہبود کے لیے بھی رکھتے...... لیکن کاش یہی ایک تلخ حقیقت ہے....جو مجھے قلم اٹھانے پر مجبور کرتی ہے....اور میری نظریں اس قوم کی قسمت کا عروج زوال کہیں اور دیکھ رہی ہیں ـ اقبال کے شاہین کرگس کی راہ پر گامزن ہو گۓ ـ وہ قوم جو اہنی داستانیں تلوار کی نوک سے لکھتی تھی آج گیند اور بیٹ سے لکھنے کی کوشش کر رہی ہے....بات تو سچ ہے مگر بات ہے رسوائی کی....لوٹ آؤ کہ اب بھی وقت ہے.........

تحریر غم: وقاص احمد مغل

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Vatican Requests 1,500-Year-Old Bible Held In Turkey

The Bible of William Hannay of Tundergarth, Dumfriesshire. No Photos of the Turkish Bible are available at this time.

The Vatican has allegedly issued an official request to examine a 1,500-year-old Bible that has been held in Turkey for the past 12 years, the Hurriyet Daily News reports.

The Bible reportedly contains early teachings of Jesus Christ and is written in gold lettering on animal hide in Syriac, a dialect of Aramaic, which was the native tongue of Jesus.

According to a report by National Turk, the Bible was seized from a gang of smugglers in a Mediterranean-area operation. The report states the gang was charged with smuggling antiquities, illegal excavations, and the possession of explosives.

Today's Zaman reports that the Bible is under high security and that a Turkish daily newspaper, the Star, claims the book could be a copy of the Gospel of Barnabas -- a controversial text which some claim is an addition to the original gospels -- Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John -- that was suppressed.

In it, Jesus is said to have predicted the coming of the Prophet Muhammad.

Due to its value as a cultural and religious artifact, even photocopies of the pages could be worth between 3 and 4 million Turkish Lira, or about 1,700,000 to 2,300,000 U.S. dollars.

CORRECTION: A previous version of this article mischaracterized the status of the Gospel of Barnabas in various religious traditions. Also, the exchange value of the Turkish lira was initially miscalculated.

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Popularity of Hum Tv's Drama serial "Humsafar" especially in India

Drama Serial Humsafar is going with flying colors towards its end.Every one was expecting Episode no. 22 as a last Episode due to magical preview of Episode 22 after Episode 21 on 18 February 2012.But now every one is expecting Episode 23 as last episode.However the mystery of humsafar last episode kept in secret by Humsafar producer Sarmad Sultan Khoosat.

Humsafar has created history all over the world.Specially in Pakistan it has recalled memories of late 80's when families went to marriage ceremonies or in parties after watching their favorite drama serials.Streets and roads remained Vacuous.Drama serial humsafar has broken all previous records made by all golden PTV dramas.This is true in a sense because when dramas like "Dhoop Kinarey" , "Ankahi", "Uncle Urfi" , "50-50" and others were hit, that time viewers did not had any other channel as a choice to switch.In today's world of Globalization, a single remote can tell you taste of viewers.But it has been seen that at the time when drama serial "HUMSAFAR" goes on-air from Hum Tv , the rush of traffic goes at its peak both on TV sets and on the internet.

India whose dramas channels were on the top rating in subcontinent specially in Pakistan previously.Humsafar has also captured attentions of Indian populations towards itself.It seems to be a big achievement by a Pakistani drama in recent years that a single drama of Pakistani channel has defeated  all previously hit soaps of STAR PLUS. In fact Pakistani ladies have forgot the name and channel number of Star Plus on their TV sets.Same was seen in India where during Humsafar timing rating of Hum Tv goes at peak and all entertainment channels in India are facing low rating during "Humsafar hours".Indian ladies have gone crazy about Khirad's wardrobe.They forgot their typically star plus sarees.
 The difference between Humsafar and Star Plus 's Soaps commented by Humsafar lovers on forum is that humsafar do not have such types of crazy foolish women politics as much as Indian dramas has.Humsafar has all flavors of life with balance ingredients.You can not say it as a drama which is completely based on bloody women politics , loves, hates or something else too much.All things are balanced.

An important thing of humsafar is that it is Pakistan's most costly drama serial ever in Pakistan Drama history.It cost more than 3.5 million in making but till now it is doing business in Billions.According to our resources from Hum Tv ,drama serial Humsafar 's each episode selling price is almost 1.5 billion, plus it is receiving advertisement revenue as most demanding serial by viewers.

Hero of drama Humsafar Fawad Afzal Khan as "Asher" and Mahira Khan as "Khirad" got millions of fans on facebook and twitter after Humsafar success all over the world.Fans are making fake pages of Fawad & Mahira 's on facebook.Their are lot many fan pages of Drama serial Humsafar on Facebook.Fans goes crazy as they see any new pic of Fawad or Mahira on facebook.Every pics spread like a burning fire on every profiles and pages just after few minutes of uploading by fan page owners.

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RAW agent arrested from Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Police on Monday claimed to have arrested an alleged Research an Analysis Wing (RAW), India’ top spy agency.

According to the police the alleged Raw agent hailed from occupied Kashmir having Pakistani identity card. However they said according to the ID card name of the RAW agent was Awais Saleem but he told his name as Inayat.

The suspect has been shifted to an undisclosed location for further investigation.

Sources said that intelligence agencies have been investigating the series of blasts that hit railway tracks across Sindh on Saturday and the arrest might be part of the probe.

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Who is Sharmeen Obiad Chinoy? Wikipedia

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (born 1978) is an internationally renowned Emmy and Oscar award winning Pakistani journalist and documentarian. She won an Emmy for her documentary, Pakistan: Children of the Taliban in 2010.^[1][2] She is also the first non-American to win the Livingston Award for Young Journalists.^[2] .^[3] On 26 February 2012 Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy won an Oscar for her documentary Saving Face. She is the first Pakistani to win the prestigious award.^[4]

Early life

Sharmeen Obaid was born in Karachi to an Urdu speaking family, and attended the Karachi Grammar School.^[5] Sharmeen graduated from Smith College with a bachelor of arts in economics and government and then went to complete two master's degrees from Stanford University in International Policy Studies and Communication.
Obaid's career in documentary filmmaking began when she examined the plight of Afghani refugee children in Pakistan for one of her articles. Their situation was so dire, and their stories so compelling, that Sharmeen decided to return to Pakistan and create a film about them. She petitioned Smith College and New York Times Television production division for the grants that would allow her to accomplish her goals. Intrigued by her story, both organizations gave her the funds as well as production equipment and training. She is currently a faculty member at media sciences department in SZABIST (Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and technology, Karachi).

Career as Documentation

Known for documentaries dealing with life in the Muslim world, Obaid became the first non-American to win the Livingston Award.^[6] Her films have aired on such networks as Channel 4, CNN, PBS, and Al-Jazeera.
Obaid began her career with New York Times Television in 2002 where she produced Terror's Children, a film about Afghan refugee children, which won her the Overseas Press Club Award, the American Women and Radio and Television Award, and the South Asian Journalist Association Award.^[6] Since then, she has produced and reported on more than twelve films around the world.
Obaid produced and reported on four multi-award winning documentary films for New York Times Television. In 2003, Reinventing the Taliban was awarded the Special Jury Award at the BANFF TV festival in Canada, the CINE Golden Eagle Award, the American Women in Radio and Television award, and the Livingston Award.^[6] In 2005, her film Women of the Holy Kingdom, which provided an inside look at the women's movement in Saudi Arabia, won the South Asian Journalist Association Award.^[6]
In 2005, Obaid began working with Channel 4 in the United Kingdom reporting on four films for their Unreported World series. Pakistan's Double Game looked at sectarian violence in Pakistan, City of Guilt explored the Catholic Church's pro-life movement in the Philippines, The New Apartheid looked into growing xenophobia in South Africa, and Birth of a Nation delved into the politics of East Timor. In 2007, Obaid was named "journalist of the year" by the One World Media awards for her work in the series.
In 2007, Obaid travelled to Afghanistan and reported for Channel 4 and CNN. Her film, Afghanistan Unveiled/Lifting the Veil, focuses on stalled reconstruction and the repression of women in the country.
In 2010, she won an Emmy Award for her documentary, Pakistan: Children of the Taliban, which explores Taliban recruitment strategies, their effect on the youth and their methods to radicalize the country’s young and often dejected populace.^[2] Children of the Taliban premiered FiLums (2011) - the largest film festival in Pakistan held annually at the Lahore University of Management Sciences.
In 2012, she became the first Pakistani to ever have won an Oscar for her documentary Saving Face, highlighting the plight of women in Pakistan dealing with acid burns on faces that occur as a result of male domination.^[7]

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Pakistani Journalist & film maker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy wins Oscar Award

Los Angeles: In the 84 years history of the Oscar Award  Pakistani film maker "Sharmeen Obiad Chinoy" becomes 1st Pakistani to get honored with the award for her documentary film “Saving Face”.
Film was in the “documentary, short film” category was nominated for the Oscar nominations to earn. In the 84 history of the Oscar Award, she is the first Pakistani to have received the national award.
Obaid, who has directed several documentaries, won an Emmy award in 2010 for her documentary Pakistan: Children of the Taliban.
Saving face, the Karachi-based filmmaker who has co-directed by Daniel Junge, describes the life of a British Pakistani surgeon who donates his time to heal acid victims in Pakistan. The film is set to be released in March of this year.
Born in 1978, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is an internationally renowned Emmy and Oscar award-winning Pakistani journalist and documentary filmmaker. She won an Emmy for her documentary, Pakistan: Children of the Taliban in 2010. She is also the first non-American to the Livingston Award for Young Journalists win.
Born in Karachi as Sharmeen Obaid, she attended the Karachi Grammar School. Sharmeen graduated from Smith College with a Bachelor of Arts in economics and government and then went to complete two Master’s degrees from Stanford University in International Policy Studies and Communication.
Obaid’s career in the documentary began when she examined the plight of Afghan refugee children in Pakistan for one of its articles. Their situation was so dire, and their stories so compelling, that Sharmeen decided to return to Pakistan and to create a film about them. She petitioned Smith College and the New York Times Television production division for the subsidies that allow her to make her goals. Intrigued by her story, both organizations gave her the money and the production equipment and training.

(Video) Pakistani Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy wins an Oscar Award for Documentary Saving Face (GEO NEWS)

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Bible in which 'Jesus predicts coming of Muhammad' unearthed in Turkey

A secret Bible in which Jesus is believed to predict the coming of the Prophet Muhammad to Earth has sparked serious interest from the Vatican.

Pope Benedict XVI is claimed to want to see the 1,500-year-old book, which many say is the Gospel of Barnabas, that has been hidden by the Turkish state for the last 12 years.

The £14million handwritten gold lettered tome, penned in Jesus' native Aramaic language, is said to contain his early teachings and a prediction of the Prophet's coming.

The leather-bound text, written on animal hide, was discovered by Turkish police during an anti-smuggling operation in 2000.

It was closely guarded until 2010, when it was finally handed over to the Ankara Ethnography Museum, and will soon be put back on public display following a minor restoration.

A photocopy of a single page from the handwritten ancient manuscript is thought to be worth £1.5million.

Turkish culture and tourism minister Ertugrul Gunay said the book could be an authentic version of the Gospel, which was suppressed by the Christian Church for its strong parallels with the Islamic view of Jesus.

He also said the Vatican had made an official request to see the scripture - a controversial text which Muslims claim is an addition to the original gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke and John.

In line with Islamic belief, the Gospel treats Jesus as a human being and not a God.

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Pakistani media silence on Quran Burning incident by Terrorist forces in Afghanistan

Karachi-Routers, Pakistani media kept in silence after a big incident of burning Qur'an Pak in Afghanistan by US forces.It is noted that Pakistani media shows all anti Islamic culture activities with full colors and by mixing different types of flavors in it which seems to be very interesting to viewers and channels get high rating through these cheap things

.A very good example is recent 14 February Valentine Day coverage by Pakistani media.They broadcasted dramas , shows, interviews just like that it was a religious or cultural festival in Pakistan.Islam do not allow such types of Valentine Day.But in the race of rating, Pakistani media have forgot all their beliefs and actual duties.They can show haram  death (Suicide) by individual due to any financial or social problem with full coverage and make him hero as the one who did suicide becomes hero in front of world which provides perfect idea to a person who does not want to work and he tried same in front of parliament or in the presence of media to collect a big amount of money from government officials.

A well known TV channel "JEW NEWS" ( GEO NEWS) is also in silence might be their father's or officials (JEWS) has warned them to not show this types of incidents coverage.Other wise this group works against the name of their channel GEO and it mostly shows pictures of death, suicides, murders specially robberies & kidnapping activities.If you will visit their office you can see the real image drawn in above line clearly.They can change their channel logo to black just for protest against ban on their group but after this type of big incident they should wear black suits and should work against NATO forces in Afghanistan but Geo team are planning to celebrate "Leap year" this week.

The other group "Express media group" is not working according to their theme which is " Har khabar pe Nazar". They have eyes on just bollywood movies, songs and entertainment world.If you will by daily express you can pass your full day easily by reading interesting and spicy gossips from all fields of life.

I think all channels like Samaa tv, Ary News, Duniya  News, Geo News, Express News should unite on one platform & should start work against US & Nato forces in Iraq and Afghanistan as CNN & BBC is working against Muslim world.The high official of media groups which I think probably be a Muslim should kept this thing in their mind that what else US forces & NATO army is doing and what CNN, BBC & other western media is doing all are insulting Muslims and being a Muslim Pakistani media also included in being assault by western media.

After burning of Holy Qur'an, more than 30 people have been killed, including four U.S. troops, in six days of unrest. Still, the top U.S. diplomat in Afghanistan said the violence would not change Washington's course .
"Tensions are running very high here, and I think we need to let things calm down, return to a more normal atmosphere, and then get on with business," Ambassador Ryan Crocker told CNN's "State of the Union."

 "This is not the time to decide that we're done here," he said. "We have got to redouble our efforts. We've got to create a situation in which AL-Qaida is not coming back."

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U.S. Major and colonel killed in Afghanistan as protests continue over Quran burning

All American and international advisers today deserted Afghan government buildings after two senior US officers were murdered in their office at the interior ministry in Kabul.
The unnamed colonel and major were shot in the head at the high security compound at the heart of the Afghan government,
Reports suggest they were shot in the ministry's command and control centre. The compound would have been crawling with Afghan police.
The killing of the two high ranking US military advisers- is thought to be retaliation for American troops burning copies of the Koran - as bitter protests over the controversial actions enter their fifth day.
NATO earlier issued a statement confirming the two deaths.
It said.'Initial reports indicate an individual turned his weapon against International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) service members in Kabul City today [Saturday], killing two servicemembers.'
NATO spokesman Lt. Col Jimmie Cummings said 'initial reports say it was not a Western shooter.' He declined to provide further information.
NATO forces have advisers embedded in many Afghan ministries, both as trainers and to help manage the transition to Afghan control and foreign forces prepare to withdraw by the end of 2014.
The Afghan Interior Ministry oversees all of the country's police, so has numerous NATO advisers.

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Incitement to mutiny: Officers accused of influencing Brig Ali’s trial

The family of an army brigadier, who was arrested on charges of inciting mutiny and plotting attacks on the army headquarters, has alleged that the military brass is influencing his court martial proceedings.
Talking to the BBC, a younger brother of Brig Ali Khan said that his elder brother was not being allowed to meet his civil attorney, making the family believe that the court martial proceedings would not be transparent.
Malik Bashir said that he and his lawyer, Asad Manzoor Butt, arrived at the Sialkot garrison to see Brig Ali with a prior permission from the authorities but the counsel was not allowed to see his client.
The military authorities insist that only a military-appointed defence counsel can see Brig Ali. “This is violation of rules and we are considering consulting civil courts against this behaviour,” he said.
Brig Ali was taken into custody from his office in the GHQ on May 6. Meanwhile, investigations were being carried out against him for his alleged links with Hizbut Tehrir extremist group.

According to the charge sheet, Brig Ali is accused of inciting mutiny against the civilian government and plotting with some military officers and civilians to attack the GHQ. He had tried to take support from the chief of the Triple-One Brigade and some other officers.
Bashir alleged that some senior army officers were using delaying tactics in initiating the court martial proceedings against his brother. He added that according to rules, formal proceedings of the Field General Court Martial should have started immediately after the framing of the charge sheet. “The prosecution does not have any evidence against my brother and they are just dilly dallying and taking revenge.”
Bashir said his family has been serving the military for 60 years and wanted to solve the issue within the army. “But these injustices are forcing us to take the case to civil courts, though this is not our priority,” he added.
Bashir requested the army brass to refrain from influencing the proceedings of the Field General Court Martial and allow Brig Ali a fair trial. He said if the military authorities did not influence the court, he was quite sure his brother would prove innocent.

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Watch Latest Humsafar Episode 22 in High Quality – 25th February 2012

Recap of previous Episode- 21

Drama serial Humsafar Episode 22 by HUM TV

Drama serial Humsafar Episode 22 by HUM TV

Drama serial Humsafar Episode 22 by HUM TV

Drama serial Humsafar Episode 22 by HUM TV


Drama serial Humsafar Episode 23-PREVIEW by HUM TV

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UBL Wiz Internet Card sucks- A wondeful scam by United bank limited Pakistan

I have recently took UBL's Internet Wiz card by too much searching & visiting more than 8 branches.UBL is not giving this card easily and is making fool to customers. Every branch is speaking lie that they don't have stationary items right now & they have e-mailed it to head office for further cards ,so kindly visit another branch.
I asked before using this card for online shopping (International Transaction) from customer officer that is there any other charges other than price of goods like interest or something else of UBL on WIZ INTERNET CARD..Like if you will buy from Credit card of any bank it will cost you 2% of transaction amount.But officer told me that there is no charges of UBL INTERNET WIZ CARD on using it for shopping online internationally, all charges and cost belongs to merchant only, same thing were told me by UBL CSR (Call center Representative). However on the website of UBL they clearly show that on RS.250 & higher transaction 3% of transaction amount tax from UBL will applicable.So I think that if I 'll do Rs.1000 transaction it will cost me only 30 RS. but when I did transaction which was $6.84 from Godaddy  UBL Debited my account to RS.926.The prevailing exchange rate is around Rs.91-92.Let consider Rs.92 so It should not cost me more than RS.630 and if we will plus charges it should not cost more than Rs.20 but UBL charged me Rs.300 which is 50% of total transaction.And it comes to my knowledge after reading some discussion online that it will charge me Rs.300 every time I will do international transaction.If it is this than what is cool behind this sucking card.The simplest thing is to open a bank account in any commercial bank which gives you VISA DEBIT CARD 600+ tax / year.It will not cost you any further sucking charges in shape of "Transaction charges" or "session charges".UBL should tell every customer facts behind their fucking scamming campaign or they should close this service as soon as possible.

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US drone crashes in northwest Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani intelligence officials and local residents say a suspected US drone has crashed in the country’s northwest tribal region.

Two intelligence officials say the unmanned aircraft went down Saturday near Mir Ali, one of the main towns in the North Waziristan tribal area, the main sanctuary for Taliban and al-Qaida militants in Pakistan.

The officials say the drone caught fire after it hit the ground and was believed to have crashed because of technical problems. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.

Local resident Nasir Khan said he saw the burning debris from the roof of his home in the Machi Khel area. It was about 500 yards (meters) from his house.

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KESC Showcasing Mega Projects at UAE Expo 2011

Karachi Electric Supply Company participated in the “Magnificent 7 - UAE EXPO 2011,” organized by the UAE Consulate at the Karachi Expo Centre between Nov. 30 and Dec. 2, 2011. The event was aimed at highlighting the contributions made by UAE multinationals

towards the socio-economic development of Pakistan and to further promote business ties between the two countries by exploring additional avenues and opportunities of mutual cooperation and collaboration in the potential sectors. The event was visited by the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani and the UAE Trade Minister, along with many other high profile personalities to strengthen the bridge between Pakistan and the UAE. KESC successfully used the forum and showcased its current under-development projects. The opening ceremony provided an opportunity for the top management to come in contact with the UAE Trade Minister and senior delegates. Mr. Tabish Gauhar, CEO KESC, spoke at the conference and made a presentation tittled “KESC – Past, Present and Future” to the audience comprising government dignitaries, investors and other stakeholders. KESC fully capitalized on its Gold Sponsorship throughout the event by means of a powerful and attractive display of branding at stalls and showcasing of 3 different special projects, using an effective and versatile range of marketing and communication tools. Three project that were showcased: 1) The Bio Gas Project – offering potential of power generation capacity of up to approximately 22MW through recycled biodegradable waste which will contribute to a cleaner and greener environment. 2) Thar Coal Project - Tapping Thar coal for initial power generation capacity of 300MW (Overall 1200MW). 3) Bin Qasim Power Plant II (560MW) - A unique and significant addition to KESC’s power generation capability in terms of capacity, thermal efficiency and the magnitude of capital injection by Abraaj Group. KESC attracted an audience of approximately 3,500 individuals comprising top businessmen, foreign delegates and key stakeholders from various corporate concerns, who interacted with the special projects team. The event was an overall success and also helped KESC in achieving its strategic objectives.

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Funny Indian media "India tv" attacks Dhoni on defeat against Srilanka

India tv is always famous for its funny reports on cricket.Indian media always criticizes their team in funny styles.They even took minor things and present it like a monster in the air.They also give too much hype to their team when it wins trophies like World cup but when Indian cricket team's performance falls, Indian media helps them in falling by hurtle their team from back with full force.

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Drama Humsafar cast with theri family members

Fawwad Khan with his wife

Mahira Khan with her family

Mahira Khan with her husband

Mahira's husband & son

Fawwad with his son

Fawwad Khan and his wife

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Radio Tax of Rs. 2 on Rs. 100 Mobile Card Proposed

Media reports are suggesting that a parliamentary committee on Information and Broadcasting is considering to impose Radio Tax of Rs. 2 per each Rs. 100 card to be deducted on all reloads.

Reportedly, Information Minister Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan was present in the committee meeting and that she was so concerned about national radio that she proposed Rs. 2 to be deducted from each card of Rs. 100 in account of Radio tax.

Media, citing Dr. Awan, said that this tax will be applicable after annual budget 2011-12.

Telecom industry has immediately responded and termed this kind of collection a nonsense. They said that Telecom industry isn’t responsible for an organization which is sinking for its own reasons.

“Telecom operators won’t become collection service for the government, we will severely oppose this”, said an official of a mobile company. He rather proposed government to use utility bills for any kind of charity collection.

If imposed, Telecom industry to going to get a hit on their businesses.

Mobile phone operators are already paying highest taxes in Pakistan, as compared to other sectors. In addition, mobile subscribers are also bearing several kind of service charges.

It merits mentioning here that telecom subscribers, last year, had to pay 1.5 percent additional withholding tax named as flood surcharge.

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Price hike: Petrol bomb expected in 7 days

Secretary Petroleum and Natural Resources Muhammad Ejaz Chaudhry on Wednesday revealed that petroleum prices will see a major hike in seven days. DESIGN: JAHANZAIB HAQUE

ISLAMABAD: Secretary Petroleum and Natural Resources Muhammad Ejaz Chaudhry on Wednesday revealed that petroleum prices will see a major hike in seven days, Express News reported.

Chaudhry was briefing the parliamentary committee on oil prices. The meeting was chaired by Rana Tanveer, who later walked out in protest over the upcoming price hike.

The petroleum secretary had informed the committee that keeping in view global prices, the government will have to raise the rates accordingly.

Tanveer said that the government gave them “lollipops” every time and the prices would still keep going up. He walked out of the meeting in protest.

Finance Minister Hafeez Sheikh then arrived and tried to take the committee into confidence over the decision.

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Two politicians beaten and stabbed to death in India

Two political leaders from a communist party in India’s eastern state of West Bengal were killed Wednesday, allegedly by activists from the ruling party, a news report said. The politicians, who belonged to the state’s opposition Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), were beaten and stabbed by a crowd in the Burdwan district, area police chief SH Mirza told the IANS news agency. Four people had been arrested in connection with the killings, Mirza said.

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قرآن کی شہادت پر احتجاج کرنے 15 افغانوں کو امریکی فوج نے شہید کردیا

افغانستان میں امریکی فوجیوں کے ہاتھوں قران پاک کی بے حرمتی پر ملک بھر میں امریکا مخالف مظاہرے جاری ہیں ،مظاہرے میں فائرنگ سے ہلاکتوں کی تعداد15 ہوگئی۔ حکام کے مطابق شنوار ضلع میں ملٹری بیس کے سامنے مظاہرین پر فائر کھول دئیے گئے ، جس سے 13افراد  شہید اور 10 سے زائد زخمی ہوئے، صوبائی ترجمان روشنا خالد کے مطابق احتجاج میں مشتعل مظاہرین نے پولیس پر پتھر پھینکے ، مشرقی شہر جلال آباد میں جھڑپوں کے دوران دو افراد  شہید اور کئی زخمی ہوئے۔ مشتعل مظاہرین نے کاروں اور دکانوں کو بھی آگ لگا دی تھی ،کابل میں امریکی سفارتخانہ مکمل طور پر بند کردیا گیا ہے اور تمام تر سفر بھی معطل ہے۔ کئی جگہوں  پر شدید جھڑپوں کی اطلاعات مسلسل موصول ہو رہی ہیں اور مرنے والوں کی تعداد بڑھنے کا امکان ہے۔

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Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan confronts arrest for assault

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan has been slapped with a case of assault for allegedly punching a businessman, Iqbal Sharma at a Mumbai restaurant on Tuesday night.

The scuffle reportedly occurred when Khan, his girlfriend actress Kareena Kapoor and his friends were dining at a posh restaurant and were asked to lower their voice by a businessman seated at a table next to them.

According to reports, Khan and his friends have been booked under sections 325 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code and could even be arrested.

Police said the businessman was treated in hospital for a broken nose.

The Police said they have registered a case of assault against the star and he will be questioned.

This is the second case of assault against the actor – in 2008 he was accused of assaulting a journalist.

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UK visit: Khar expected to meet Clinton in London

Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar is expected to meet US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her visit to London, sources told The Express Tribune.
The expected meeting will be a positive sign for the two countries as both of them were keen to normalise relations, the source said.
Khar reached London on Monday for a three-day visit in which she will hold meetings with her British counterpart William Hague and other high officials. She will also brief the UK officials on the recently concluded trilateral conference involving, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan in Islamabad. Khar will also reportedly ask the British officials to influence the US to end drone strikes.
Meanwhile, official sources have revealed that diplomatic ties between Pakistan and the US are improving behind the scenes. It has been decided by Islamabad, Kabul and Washington to reactivate the trilateral conference between the three countries, the source claimed.
Khar and Clinton are expected to discuss Nato supplies to Afghanistan, among other issues.
The meetings could defuse tension, which was highlighted recently when Islamabad refused to host Marc Grossman, the US special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan, who wanted to visit Islamabad last month. The State Department had said that Grossman wanted to visit Pakistan but owing to the tense relations between the two countries, he was refused meetings. The State Department’s spokesman, while making this disagreement public, had said that the US wants better relations with Pakistan.
Officials in the ministry of foreign affairs expect Pak-US relations to be fully normalised by March. Pakistan has already softened its stance on Nato supplies to Afghanistan through Pakistan, as supplies through Pakistani airspace are fully open.
Islamabad, despite its tense relations with Washington, is facilitating US-Afghan Taliban talks in Qatar, the source said. “Pakistan had encouraged talks between Taliban and United States at the request of Washington. Apparently Pakistan has been sidelined by Washington in its talks with the Taliban but the actual situation is not as it appears,” the source added.

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Story time: Mind-blowing!

by EESHA ABBASI

The blackboard and my biology teacher slid in and out of focus as I tried to keep track of what was being taught to us. Beside me, I could see my partner Sherbano struggle to keep her mouth from hanging open, making her look witless.
Behind me, Aryba was carefully applying nail polish to her inch-long talons using my back to hide herself from the teacher’s line of vision. Two rows away Urooj and Wania were playing tick-tack-toe on a scrap of paper… That’s what friends are for, to make you feel better.
Incidentally the topic being explained was ‘The human brain’. “The human brain is an incredibly complex organ; it’s capable of doing things that would be considered miracles in some ways. After millennia of research, scientists have barely started to scratch the surface of the true potential of the brain…”
My teacher paused to add some labels to the drawn figure on the board before continuing, “Have you ever wondered how amazing it is? I mean aside from the fact that it controls all physical bodily functions, is responsible for secreting hormones that outline a person’s mood and all the rest of biological entities. It allows you to think, remember, memorise, judge, form logic and detect patterns. It is a person’s last sanctuary, it protects a person’s privacy, their secrets and feelings that they want to conceal.”
At this point I saw a few students rise from their stupor. “Imagine this: you were thinking something about someone that you wouldn’t want them to hear, and by some miracle they happened to hear your thoughts like that twisted vampire you teenagers are so crazy about!”
Some of the girls shouted “Edward!” The class giggled.
The teacher now had the class’s undivided attention. Taking this opportunity, she quickly continued, “So like I was saying, this world would be the target of turmoil if that happened… I mean, freedom of thought is every individual’s right, everyone thinks without thinking, do they not?”
A murmur of acceptances ran through the class. “So I have an interesting assignment for you all, whenever someone annoys you or when you are angry with anyone, say your siblings, parents, friends or teachers, and you are thinking horrid thoughts about them; imagine for a moment that your mental barriers have been shattered and they can hear you… would you want them to hear you? Try thinking aloud. Believe me it will change the whole way you interrelate with others.”
“Ma’am are you going to give marks on this?” some nerds in the class asked,
“No dear, it’s just a practical ‘fun’ thing to apply in daily life”.
“Oh,” she said.
I thought ‘Ugh! She is a nerd.’ Immediately I was reminded of our project. This was going to be weird.
When I got home my cousin Zoha was home from a shopping excursion, bubbling with excitement, she couldn’t wait to show me the clothes she had bought and, of course, to enlighten me with her incredible tales of haggling over the prices. “So what do you think of my dress?” she held up a ghastly green dress.
‘I wouldn’t be seen dead in it’ I said to myself but to her I said, “Wow I love the colour! It’s so drab… I mean delectable.”
She beamed, “I know and I got it so cheap you wouldn’t believe it!!”
‘Oh I believe it!’ I thought, but sweetly turned to her and said, “Really. You can hardly tell!”
She brightened up, “I know! You go ahead and try it out!”
‘What?’  I decided to open up my mental barriers, “Err… actually I don’t really want to try it out.” A hurt look crossed her face as her face fell. ‘This is impossible; I can’t hurt her like this!’
I gritted my teeth and said, “On second thought it really wouldn’t hurt to try it out!” Thinking aloud definitely wasn’t a good idea in this case.
My elder sister Ayesha is kind of obsessed with her kitchen skills nowadays, which means that we have to taste her experiments — unfortunately most of them are not edible!
“Eesha come taste my ‘forest casserole’.”
I looked at the jumbled collection of vegetables with a charred smothering of cheese ‘Is this forest muck? I swallowed “Am I supposed to eat it?”
She glared at me. Impatiently she filled a large bowl with her casserole, thrust a fork in it and shoved it in my hands, “Now eat!”
I whimpered inwardly, ‘Oh dear I would rather eat mom’s spinach.’
She growled threateningly “You don’t want to eat my casserole? Do you think it’s not delicious?”
‘That sounds about right!’
She thundered “Well?”
I shook my head muttering “No, of course not.” Mustering up my courage I deposited a forkful into my mouth. Tears gushed from my eyes and I gasped. ‘Too much chilli!’ was the last thing I thought before I ran to the washroom and threw up… What I thought about it afterwards, is not fit to be printed.
“So girls! How was your experience? Aren’t you glad our brains protect our thoughts?” the teacher asked in the next class.
Reja held up her hand “Ma’am I think it’s a huge blessing, I mean it was mind-blowing once I pondered on whether other people should hear my thoughts or not! It would have been a disaster.”
The teacher smiled, “Quite rightly spoken. Now everyone I want your practical journals today! No excuses”
Breath stuck in my throat ‘I forgot about the cursed journal.’
The pile on the teacher’s desk grew. She stared expectantly at me, “Eesha may I have your journal?”
‘I am dead today!’ “Um… actually… I uhh…”
Her soft gaze turned stony, “You didn’t forget it, did you?”
I gulped, crossing my fingers “Uhh not exactly … I just ran out of pages so I had to buy a new one and, I swear, I’ll hand it in tomorrow!”
She inspected my face for some time; I averted my eyes from her lest she saw through my lie. “Okay… I’m letting you go this time but I want it tomorrow.”
Relief washed over me and I almost said out loud, ‘I’m so glad you are not Edward…’
That’s when she glared at me and said “What did you say?”

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