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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