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Musafir (1976 Film)
''Beyond the Last Mountain'' (1976) is a Pakistani English language film written and directed by Javed Jabbar. It was Pakistan’s first English language film, which was shown at the 6th International Film Festival of India The 6th International Film Festival of India was held from 3–16 January 1977 in New Delhi. The festival highlighted Indian films which have won awards at foreign film festivals. The festival instituted Silver Peacock Awards for Best Director, Be ... in New Delhi. It was also released in an Urdu language version with the title "Musafir".New genres for Pakistani directors Dawn (newspaper), Published 22 July 2008, Retrieved 25 October 2020 Plot The story is set in the post-1971 disintegrated Pakistan. A youn ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javed Jabbar
Javed Jabbar (Urdu: جاوید جبار ) is a Pakistani writer and politician.An interview with Javed Jabbar on The Express Tribune (newspaper) Published 29 January 2014, Retrieved 24 March 2018 Early life and education Jabbar's father Ahmed Abdul Jabbar was under the employment of Hyderabad State; they migrated to Pakistan after India annexed the state.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subhani Ba Yunus
Subhani ba Yunus (1931–2006) was an accomplished Pakistani actor and television and radio personality whose distinct voice quality earned him a special place in Radio Pakistan. Younis was an Urdu-speaking Hyderabadi Muslim of Hadhrami Chaush descent. His claim to fame comes from Khwaja Moinuddin's stage plays, particularly ''Taleem-e-Balighan'' in which he played the role of a butcher. His memorable plays were ''Lal Qilay Se Lalo Khait Tak, Mohammad Bin Qasim, Qisa Chahar Darwaish, Mirza Ghalib Bandar Road Par, Do Duni Panch, Khuda Ki Basti'' and ''Tanhaiyaan''. His last play for PTV was ''Ba Adab Ba Mulahiza'', after which he virtually retired from his acting career. Personal life ''Subhani Ba Yunus'' was born Hyderabad Deccan, British India, in 1931. He belonged to a family that had migrated to India from Hadhramaut, Yemen. After partition of India, his family settled in Karachi in August 1949. He had a son and a daughter. Career Initially, Subhani Bayunus performed most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 Films
The year 1976 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1976 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *January – Paramount Pictures sets up a separate motion picture division and names David V. Picker as president. *March 22 – Filming begins on George Lucas' ''Star Wars'' science fiction film. In one of the most lucrative business decisions in film history, Lucas declines his directing fee of $500,000 in exchange for complete ownership of merchandising and sequel rights. *April 1 – ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' is officially re-released as a midnight movie at the Waverly Theater (Now the IFC Center) in Greenwich Village in New York City, starting through the run and still being shown in there all around the world. *April 9 – Alfred Hitchcock's last film, '' Family Plot'', is released. *August 11 – John Wayne appears in his final film, ''The Shootist''. *August 26 – Alan Ladd Jr. i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Habib Wali Mohammad
Habib Wali Mohammad ( ur, ), (16 January 1921 – 3 September 2014) was a Pakistani ghazal and film playback singer. Early life Habib Wali Mohammad was born on January 16, 1921 at Rangoon to a conservative Memon family, which later moved to Mumbai where he grew up. His family, Tabani, an industrial house has large business holdings in Pakistan. During his childhood, Habib Wali Mohammad often listened to Qawwali music. But due to economic and business reasons, he gave priority to academics. He received his MBA from Syracuse University, New York in 1947, and then lived in Mumbai for about 10 years before moving to Pakistan. His brother Ashraf W. Tabani was the governor of the province of Sindh, Pakistan during 1988. He died on 3 September 2014 in Los Angeles, US.Ghazal singer Habib Wali Mohammad passes away at 93 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akhlaq Ahmed
Akhlaq Ahmed ( ur, ; 10 January 1946 – 4 August 1999) was a Pakistani film playback singer and still considered one of the leading voices of the film industry. Early life and career He was born in Delhi in 1946 and started as a stage singer in the 1960s in Karachi, when he was a member of a famous singing group with two other artists, Masood Rana and Nadeem. Akhlaq Ahmad was the third generation of male playback singers in the Pakistan film industry. He struggled for many years, but gained some recognition in the 1970s as a playback singer. "Sona Na Chandi Na Koi Mahal" film song in film ''Bandish'' (1980), and "Sawan Aye Sawan Jaye" in film ''Chahat'' (1974), are his big hit film songs. Both of these film songs were composed by music director Robin Ghosh. His song tally is under one hundred songs. Famous Indian singer Sonu Nigam sang many songs of Akhlaq Ahmed as Sonu's voice closely resembles with Akhlaq's and released these songs in late 1990s. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abaidullah Aleem
Obaidullah (born 1980) is a citizen of Afghanistan who was one of the last remaining Afghan detainees held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camp, in Cuba.list of prisoners (.pdf) , '''', May 15, 2006 He was captured as an on July 20, 2002, transferred to Guantanamo on October 28, 2002, and transferred to the on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathia Gali
Nathia Gali or Nathiagali ( ur, ) is a hill station and mountain resort town located in the Abbottabad District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is located at the centre of the Galyat range, where several hill stations are situated. Nathia Gali is known for its scenic beauty, hiking tracks and pleasant weather, which is much cooler than the rest of the Galyat range due to it being at a higher altitude. It is situated approximately away from both Murree and Abbottabad. History During British rule Nathia Gali, then part of Abbottabad tehsil of Hazara District, served as the summer headquarters of the Chief Commissioner of the (then) Peshawar division of the Punjab. The town along with Dunga Gali constituted a notified area under the Punjab Municipalities Act, 1891. The income in 1903-4 was Rs. 3,000 chiefly derived from a house tax, whilst expenditure was Rs. 1,900. Climate The weather of Nathiagali remains cool, pleasant and foggy in summers (1 May to 31 August). During ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murree Hills
Murree (Punjabi language, Punjabi, Urdu language, Urdu: مری) is a mountain resort city, located in the Galyat region of the Pir Panjal Range, within the Muree District of Punjab, Pakistan. It forms the outskirts of the Islamabad-Rawalpindi metropolitan area, and is about northeast of Islamabad. It has average altitude of . The British built this town during their rule to escape the scorching heat in the plains of Punjab during the summer. Construction of the town was started in 1851 on the hill of Murree as a sanatorium for British troops. The permanent town of Murree was constructed in 1853 and the church was consecrated shortly thereafter. One main road was established, commonly referred to even in modern times, as the mall. Murree was the summer headquarters of the colonial Punjab (region), Punjab Government until 1876 when it was moved to Shimla. Murree became a popular tourist station for British citizens of the British Raj. Several prominent Britons were born here inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malir
Malir Town ( sd, ملير ٽائون, ur, ) lies in the northern part of the city that was named after the Malir River. History Administrative status 2000 The federal government under introduced local government reforms in the year 2000, which eliminated the previous "third tier of government" ( administrative divisions) and replaced it with the fourth tier (districts). The effect in Karachi was the dissolution of the former Karachi Division, and the merging of its five districts to form a new Karachi City-District with eighteen autonomous constituent towns including Malir Town. 2001 Malir District was abolished as part of The Local Government Ordinance 2001 and divided into three towns namely: * Malir Town, * Bin Qasim Town * and Gadap Town. Malir Town was formed and was subdivided into 8 union councils. 2011 In 2011, the system was disbanded but remained in place for bureaucratic administration until 2015, when the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation syste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyari
Lyari (Urdu: ; sd, لیاري) is a historic locality in Karachi, Pakistan. It is the most densely-populated part of Karachi, and is one of its earliest settled areas.Sarwat Viqar (2014) Constructing Lyari: place, governance and identity in a Karachi neighbourhood, South Asian History and Culture, 5:3, 365-383, DOI:10.1080/19472498.2014.905335 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19472498.2014.905335 History Lyari is said to be one of the oldest inhabited parts of Karachi, and is referred to by its residents as the "Mother of Karachi." Its name is said to be derived from a ''Lyar'' - a tree which grows in a graveyard. The first residents of Lyari were Sindhi fishermen and Baloch nomads who arrived in 1725, before Karachi was formally established in 1729. Further waves of Baloch migrants arrived in 1770 and 1795. After Karachi was developed under British rule, large waves of Baloch migrants settled in the Lyari from the Iranian portion of Balochistan. Lyari's population was 24,600 in 188 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islamabad
Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. Built as a planned city in the 1960s, it replaced Rawalpindi as Pakistan's national capital. The city is notable for its high standards of living, safety, cleanliness, and abundant greenery. Greek architect Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis developed Islamabad's master plan, in which he divided it into eight zones; administrative, diplomatic enclave, residential areas, educational and industrial sectors, commercial areas, as well as rural and green areas administered by the Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation with support from the Capital Development Authority. Islamabad is known for the presence of several parks and forests, including the Margalla Hills National Park and the Shakarparian. It is home to several landmarks, includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoheb Hassan
Zoheb Hassan (born November 18, 1966) is a Pakistani pop icon, singer, songwriter, producer, and was a part of the superduo Nazia and Zoheb. Early career and breakthrough Zoheb and his sister Nazia spent their childhood in Karachi as well as London. After the release of their first album, ''Disco Deewane'', Nazia and Zoheb became the South-Asian sub-continent's first pop icons. Several successful albums established the duo's status as pioneers of pop music in the region. They sold over 85 million records worldwide and topped the charts in several countries, including South Africa, Guatemala, Colombia, and Venezuela. Zoheb is a singer, songwriter and producer. He has received 12 gold, 4 platinum and 2 double platinum discs in his music career. He is also the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the United Nations Association of Pakistan and an award from Oxford University for Achievements in the field of South Asian Music. He took some time off from music after Nazia' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
