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Fouzia Azeem
Fouzia Azeem ( ur, ; 1 March 1990 – 15 July 2016), known by her stage name Qandeel Baloch ( ur, ), was a Pakistani model, actress, social media celebrity and activist. She was the country's first social media celebrity. Azeem rose to prominence due to her videos on social networks discussing her daily routine, her rights as a Pakistani woman, and various controversial issues. Baloch first received recognition from the media in 2013, when she auditioned for ''Pakistan Idol''; her audition became popular and she became an Internet celebrity. She was one of the top 10 most searched for persons on the internet in Pakistan and both celebrated and criticised for the content of her videos and posts. During the evening of 15 July 2016, Qandeel was strangled to death while she slept in her parents' house in Multan. Her brother Waseem Azeem confessed to the murder saying she was "bringing disrepute" to the "family's honour". Early life Qandeel was born on 1 March 1990 in Dera Ghaz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Urdu
BBC Urdu ( ur, ) is the Urdu language station of the BBC World Service, accompanied by its website, which serves as a news portal and provides online access to radio broadcasts. The radio service is broadcast from Broadcasting House in London and Pakistan as well as from a BBC South & east asia bureau in New Delhi. It also has a children’s channel CBeebies. The target audience are Pakistanis & Indian viewers. Programs * Sairbeen See also *BBC World Service * Abbas Nasir References External links BBC Urdu {{BBC Radio British Indian mass media British Pakistani mass media Urdu-language mass media in the United Kingdom Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu" '' |
Baloch People
The Baloch or Baluch ( bal, بلۏچ, Balòc) are an Iranian peoples, Iranian people who live mainly in the Balochistan region, located at the southeasternmost edge of the Iranian plateau, encompassing the countries of Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan. There are also Baloch diaspora communities in neighbouring regions, including in India, Turkmenistan, and the Arabian Peninsula. The Baloch people mainly speak Balochi language, Balochi, a Western Iranian languages, Northwestern Iranian language, despite their contrasting location on the southeastern side of the Greater Iran, Persosphere. The majority of Baloch reside within Pakistan. About 50% of the total ethnic Baloch population live in the Pakistani province of Balochistan, Pakistan, Balochistan, while 40% are settled in Sindh and a significant albeit smaller number reside in Punjab, Pakistan, Pakistani Punjab. They make up nearly 3.6% of Pakistan's total population, and around 2% of the populations of both Iran and Afghanista ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women In Pakistan
Women in Pakistan make up 48.76% of the population according to the 2017 census of Pakistan. Women in Pakistan have played an important role throughout Pakistan's history and they are allowed to vote in elections since 1956. In Pakistan, women have held high offices including that of the Prime Minister, Speaker of the National Assembly, Leader of the Opposition, as well as federal ministers, judges, and serving commissioned posts in the armed forces. Lieutenant General Nigar Johar, attaining the highest military post for a woman. Benazir Bhutto was sworn in as the first woman Prime Minister of Pakistan on 2 December 1988. The status of women in Pakistan differs considerably across classes, regions and the rural/urban divide due to the uneven socioeconomic development and the impact of tribal and feudal social formations on lives of women in Pakistan. Gender Concerns International reports that the overall women's rights in Pakistan have improved with increasing number of wome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poonam Pandey
Poonam Pandey (born 11 March 1991) is an Indian model and actress. She debuted in Bollywood with the film '' Nasha'' in 2013. Early life Pandey was born to a family from Kanpur. She began her career as a model. She became one of the top nine contestants of the Gladrags Manhunt and Megamodel Contest and appeared on the cover page of the fashion magazine. Media spotlight Pandey became popular through her social media accounts, including Twitter when she started posting her semi-nude photos. Her revealing photos have received much media attention. She rose to media spotlight when she promised to strip for the Indian cricket team if it won the 2011 Cricket World Cup. India indeed lifted the World Cup; however, Pandey did not fulfill her promise due to public disapproval, but later claimed she was denied permission by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). However, she did upload a video on her mobile app, where she is seen stripping naked at the Wankhede Stadium at ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twenty20
Twenty20 (T20) is a shortened game format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two teams have a single innings each, which is restricted to a maximum of 20 overs. Together with first-class and List A cricket, Twenty20 is one of the three current forms of cricket recognised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as being at the highest international or domestic level. A typical Twenty20 game is completed in about two and a half hours, with each innings lasting around 70 minutes and an official 10-minute break between the innings. This is much shorter than previous forms of the game, and is closer to the timespan of other popular team sports. It was introduced to create a fast-paced game that would be attractive to spectators at the ground and viewers on television. The game has succeeded in spreading around the cricket world. On most inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahid Afridi
Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi ( ur, شاہد افریدی, ps, شاهد افریدی; born 1 March 1977), known as Shahid Afridi, is a Pakistani former cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. He is currently serving as the interim chief selector of the Pakistan cricket team. An all-rounder, Afridi was a right-handed leg spinner and a right-handed batsman. Afridi made his ODI debut in 1996 against Kenya. In his second ODI match against Sri Lanka, he played his first international innings and broke the record for fastest century in ODI cricket (doing so in 37 deliveries). He made his Test debut against Australia in 1998. Afridi made his T20I debut against England in 2006. Afridi was named player of the tournament of the 2007 T20 World Cup. Afridi was player of the match in the final of the 2009 T20 World Cup scoring an unbeaten 54 and getting figures of 1/20 off of 4 overs as Pakistan went on to win the final. Shortly after Pakistan's win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mubashir Lucman
Mubasher Lucman is a Pakistani film director, anchorperson, columnist and former caretaker provincial minister in Punjab caretaker ministry in 2007–08. He was made caretaker Minister of Punjab for information technology, communications and works in 2007–08. Early life and education Born to movie director-producer of the 50s and 60s Luqman (1922-1994), Mubasher Lucman is a graduate of both Aitchison College Lahore and Government College Lahore. Singer Aima Baig, with whom he sung a cover of '' Summer Wine'', is his niece. Showbiz career In Mubasher's youth, he gained popularity and recognition for his theatre plays. He cited and directed a number of productions. In his early career, his first job was at the Lahore Hilton (present-day Avari) when he had just started in Government College Lahore he had joined as a life guard which included cleaning pool toilet areas and collecting linen. Later, Mubasher Lucman joined an advertising agency as a copy writer. He had worked in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The News International
''The News International'', published in broadsheet size, is one of the largest English language newspapers in Pakistan. It is published daily from Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi/Islamabad. An overseas edition is published from London that caters to the Pakistani community in the United Kingdom.Profile of Pakistani newspaper The News International on mondotimes.com website Retrieved 22 September 2017. Publication ''The News International'' and its Sunday version ''The News on Sunday'' is published by the , publisher of the '' |
Pakistan Today
''Pakistan Today'' is a Pakistani English-language daily newspaper, published by Nawa Media Corporation from three Pakistani cities Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab; Karachi, Sindh; and Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory. The newspaper later launched a business magazine called ''Profit Magazine''. Operations Headquartered in Lahore, the newspaper was founded by its editor and publisher, senior journalist Arif Nizami, in 2010. It is a part of Lahore-based Nawa Media Corporation, the media entity formed by him in 2008. Arif Nizami is the son of veteran Pakistani journalist Hameed Nizami (3 October 1915 – 22 February 1962) and had been associated with daily newspapers ''Nawaiwaqt, Nawa-i-Waqt'' and ''The Nation (Pakistan), The Nation'' before this for many years. Khabaristan Today ''Pakistan Today'' has a News satire, satirical column called ''Khabiristan Today''. Since its material is often unfamiliar, its satire is sometimes lost on Western audiences. This was the ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daily Pakistan
The ''Daily Pakistan'' ( ur, ) is a daily newspaper in Pakistan, published both in Urdu language and in English. Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Shami is its chief editor.Shami deplores NAB move to seek details about ads Dawn (newspaper), Published 29 July 2019, Retrieved 5 June 2020 ''Daily Pakistan'' is currently published from , , , and |
The Express Tribune
''The Express Tribune'' is a daily English-language newspaper based in Pakistan. It is the flagship publication of the '' Daily Express'' media group. It is Pakistan's only internationally affiliated newspaper in a partnership with the ''International New York Times'', the global edition of ''The New York Times''. Headquartered in Karachi, it also prints copy from offices in Lahore, Islamabad, and Peshawar. It was launched on 12 April 1999, in broadsheet format, with a news design distinctive from traditional Pakistani newspapers. Its editorial stance identifies with social liberalism, and its readership is generally on the mainstream left of Pakistani political and social opinion. Topics the newspaper covers include politics, international affairs, economics, investment, sports, and culture. It runs a glossy called ''Express Tribune Magazine'' on Sunday, which includes social commentary, interviews, and a four-page supplement with recipes, reviews, travel advice, blogs, and tech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mufti Abdul Qawi
Abdul Qavi is an Islamic cleric and controversial personality from Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. He joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) political party in 2013, but was later expelled from the party. He is a former president of religious affairs of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in Punjab. Controversy Suspension from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Mufti Qawi's basic membership was suspended and he was later expelled from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf due to the controversy surrounding the selfies he posed for with the late model Qandeel Baloch (1990–2016). Mufti Qawi's first encounter with Qandeel was through television where Qawi was invited as preacher to guide Qandeel in the Islamic way about her acts on social media. In same program, Qawi requested Qandeel Baloch for a meeting. After some time, Qandeel visited his house and met him personally. After this, Qandeel uploaded a video which was recorded in hotel room during their meeting, in which Qandeel was sitting very close ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
