|
Ishrat Hashmi
Ishrat Hashmi was a Pakistani actress. Ishrat acted in numerous television dramas. She was known for her roles in dramas in ''Dhoop Kinare'', '' Ana'', ''Shehzori'' and ''Uncle Urfi''. Early life Ishrat was born in 1948 in Karachi, Pakistan. She completed her studies from University of Karachi. She started working at Radio Pakistan in Lahore in 1960s. Career She made her debut as an actress on PTV in 1970s. She was noted for her roles in dramas '' Shama'', '' Afshan'', ''Aroosa'' and ''Naukar Ke Aage Chakar''. She also appeared in dramas ''Family 93'', ''Ba Adab, Ba Mulahiza'', ''Khala Khairan'', '' Zeenat'', ''Zair, Zabar, Pesh'' and '' Tipu Sultan: The Tiger Lord''. Since then she appeared in dramas ''Shehzori'', ''Aakhri Chattan'', ''Kya Bane Baat'', ''Burger Family'', '' Ana'', ''Bahadur Ali'' and ''Dhoop Kinare''. In 1973 she also appeared in movie ''Naam Kay Nawab''. In 2005, Tributes were paid to her at the 1st Indus Drama Awards in Karachi by television personalities in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karachi
Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former capital of Pakistan and capital of the province of Sindh. Ranked as a beta-global city, it is Pakistan's premier industrial and financial centre, with an estimated GDP of over $200 billion ( PPP) . Karachi paid $9billion (25% of whole country) as tax during fiscal year July 2021 to May 2022 according to FBR report. Karachi is Pakistan's most cosmopolitan city, linguistically, ethnically, and religiously diverse, as well as one of Pakistan's most secular and socially liberal cities. Karachi serves as a transport hub, and contains Pakistan’s two largest seaports, the Port of Karachi and Port Qasim, as well as Pakistan's busiest airport, Jinnah International Airport. Karachi is also a media center, home to news channels, film and fashi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adnan Siddiqui
Adnan Siddiqui ( ur, ) (born 23 October 1969) is a Pakistani actor, producer and model who has worked in Lollywood and Hollywood and also made his debut in Bollywood with the Hindi film '' Mom'' (2017). He also has his own production house, ''Cereal Entertainment'', churning out serials like ''Aadat'' and ''Ghughi''. After PTV's classical drama ''Aroosa'', he played a supporting role in ''Mere Paas Tum Ho''. Early life and education Siddiqui was educated at the St. Patrick's High School, Karachi. He is the youngest in a family of eight children, born in Lahore where his father moved from Uttar Pradesh before shifting the whole family to Karachi some time after the birth of Adnan. His nephew is the actor Asad Siddiqui. Career He has appeared in many commercials and drama serials, including ''Aroosa'', ''Pal Do Pal'', ''Meri Adhoori Mohabbat'', ''Meri Zaat Zara-e-Benishan'', '' Doraha'', ''Hawa Rait Aur Aangan'', ''Choti Si Kahani'', ''Vasl'' and ''Parsa''. Siddiqui first starte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Deaths
This is a list of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked here. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 See also * Lists of deaths by day The following pages, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, list the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays and observances of the specified day of the year: Footnotes See also * Leap year * List of calendars * List of non-standard ... * Deaths by year {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 Births
Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British Railways. * January 4 – Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming an independent republic, named the ''Union of Burma'', with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President, and U Nu its first Prime Minister. * January 5 ** Warner Brothers shows the first color newsreel (''Tournament of Roses Parade'' and the ''Rose Bowl Game''). ** The first Kinsey Reports, Kinsey Report, ''Sexual Behavior in the Human Male'', is published in the United States. * January 7 – Mantell UFO incident: Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of an unidentified flying object. * January 12 – Mahatma Gandhi begins his fast-unto-death in Delhi, to stop communal violence during the Partition of India. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shalimar Television Network
Shalimar Television Network (STN) was the first semi governmental television channel of Pakistan, the first to break up the monopoly of state-owned Pakistan Television (PTV). STN started its broadcast in 1990 with the name of People's Television Network (PTN) under the umbrella of Shalimar Recording Company from Islamabad. Later on, its transmissions were started from Karachi, Lahore and by the mid-1990s, it was available in the whole country at terrestrial beam. In 1991, the name of PTN was changed to STN (Shalimar TV Network) https://div46amplifier.com/2015/06/15/evolution-of-television-in-pakistan/, 'Evolution of Television in Pakistan', The Amplifier Magazine, Published 15 June 2015, Retrieved 10 March 2017 History PTN under settlements with CNN International of USA and British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC of UK started rebroadcast of the programming of CNN International channel and BBC World. In the same year, PTN in an agreement with Interflow (a private company) started a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawain
Hawain () is a 1997 Pakistani television series written by Asghar Nadeem Syed and directed by Haider Imran Rizvi. It was the debut serial of Komal Rizvi. Synopsis The story revolves around (Ghazala) Shehnaz a teacher and her daughters (Huma) Saima and (Komal) Asma later she faces a hard time after her (Talat) husband gets arrested on a false charge of murder and his efforts and struggle to clear the charge. Cast * Talat Hussain as Meer Muhammad * Ghazala Kaifee as Shehnaz * Huma Nawab as Saima * Komal Rizvi as Asma * Qazi Wajid as Doctor Aarfi * Kaiser Khan as Raees Suleman * Mahmood Ali as Wakeel * Ishrat Hashmi as Masi Khyber Mail * Mehmood Akhtar as Meer Qudratuallah * Fareed Nawaz Baloch as Raees Eshan * Anwar Solangi as Qadir Bilji * Abdullah Kadwani Abdullah Kadwani (Urdu: ) is a Pakistani actor, producer and director. As of 2019, he holds the position of group managing director at Geo Entertainment, a leading television network in Pakistan. He is currently res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan Television Corporation
Pakistan Television Corporation ( ur, ; reporting name: PTV) is the Pakistani state-owned broadcaster. Pakistan entered the television broadcasting age in 1964, with a pilot television station established at Lahore. Background Historical context The idea of establishing a media and television industry was conceived in late 1956 and created by the privately set up national education commission, with the support of President Ayub Khan in 1960. Retrieved 13 January 2016. In 1961, the private sector media mogul and industrialist Syed Wajid Ali launched a television industrial development project, bringing the role of Ubaidur Rahman, an electrical engineer in the Engineering Division of Radio Pakistan, as the project director of the first television station in Lahore. Ali reached a milestone in 1961 after establishing a private television broadcasting company with the cooperation of Nippon Electric Company (NEC) of Japan and Thomas Television International of the United Kingdom. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
America
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the List of most visited websites, second most visited website, after Google Search. YouTube has more than 2.5 billion monthly users who collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos each day. , videos were being uploaded at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute. In October 2006, YouTube was bought by Google for $1.65 billion. Google's ownership of YouTube expanded the site's business model, expanding from generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subscription option for watching content without ads. YouTube also approved creators to participate in Google's Google AdSens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babra Sharif
Babra Sharif ( ur, ), (born 10 December 1954) is a Pakistani film actress, most known for her roles from the mid-1970s to the 1980s. She started her career in television commercials. She has worked with many famous names of her time, including Shahid, Nadeem, Waheed Murad, Ghulam Mohyedin, Faisal Rehman, Muhammad Ali and even Sultan Rahi. She had great success in Urdu films in Pakistan. She did a variety of roles which proved her versatility as an actress. Some critics have also considered her as one of the best actresses of her time in Pakistan. She has worked in more than 100 movies. Early life Sharif was born in Lahore, Pakistan in a middle-class family from her early childhood, she took considerable interest in show business. Career Modelling and television Sharif began modelling at the age of 12; she made her presence felt in a 'Jet' washing powder commercial in 1973 and came to be known as 'Jet' powder girl. Fair-haired, attractive and intelligent, she soon became a h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
