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Wadi-e-Hussain
Wadi-e-Hussain ( ur, وادئ حسین, ''The Valley of Hussain'') is the largest organized and the first online cemetery in Pakistan, located in the northern part of the coastal city of Karachi on Karachi–Hyderabad Motorway; it is connected to the city by the main highway connecting Karachi with Hyderabad. The community-run cemetery has been an inspiration for the local people in the coastal city. Apart from elders, there is a specific column/place for the children who die in their early ages. However, the cemetery has been a common burial cite for the local Shiite Muslims. The graveyard is also decorated with the special lights on special occasions such as Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, Mid-Sha'ban etc. Services The services offered by the Wadi-e-Hussain management are as follows: * Ambulance Service for the transportation of the dead bodies. * Primary arrangements for the funeral. * Reservation of the grave at Wadi-e-Hussain Cemetery. * Transportation of the family members and ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ustad Sibte Jaafar Zaidi
Sayyid Sibte Jaffar Zaidi ( ur, سيد سبط جعفر زيدى) or commonly known as Ustad Sibte Jaffar (Urdu: اُستاد سبطِ جعفر) (born 1957) was a Pakistani professor, poet, advocate, principal, religious reciter, writer and social worker. A principal, a teacher, a poet, and mentor. He started 7 colleges in interior sindh, each costing around Rs 6 million. He had set up educational centers. Apart from looking after educational wings of around 5 welfare organizations, he was overseeing numerous charity organizations and orphanages. He received an Honorary award from Harvard University. He ran a school in Tando Adam where Muslim and Hindus studied for free. He was a poet, an intellectual, a principal in a college. He was shot down when he was returning from his college on his bike. Born and raised in Shia Muslim family, Sibte Jaffer got the early attachment with Ahl al-Bayt. Sibte Jaffer chose to write poetry for Ahl al-Bayt, through this Zaidi started getting mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mehnaz
Mehnaz Begum (1958 – 19 January 2013) was a Pakistani TV, radio, and film singer. She was well known as a film playback singer in the 1970s and 1980s. She was the recipient of Nigar Awards. Dawn (newspaper), 10 April 2006. Retrieved 21 April 2020 Early life and career Mehnaz Begum was born at Mahmudabad, Uttar Pradesh, India in 1958. Her family migrated to Pakistan in the late 1950s. She received her initial training in music from her mother Kajjan Begum who was also a singer. She started her career as a playback singer in the early 1970s. Saleem Gilani, th ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khan Muttaqi Nadeem
Khan Muttaqi Nadeem (Urdu خان مطقی ندیم) (8 March 1940 – July 2006) was born in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, and was an advocate lawyer, poet and author. Education and work Khan Muttaqi Nadeem had an LLB and LLM degree from islamia law college, Karachi, Pakistan. He received his BA from University of Karachi. He served the Government of Sindh as Assistant Advocate General and then Additional Advocate General Sindh for many years. He served as Benazir Bhutto's lawyer in Sindh. Nadeem was appointed as Assistant Advocate General, Sindh in 1989. He was very influential among Ullema and politicians and had presented the Shia community in important cases including the Tribunal of 1984. Nadeem was the Bani-e-Julos of 9th and 10th muharam which rose from Mehfil-e-Haidri karachi. Personal life Nadeem was married to Syeda Waqar Jehan and they have three sons and three daughters. He died in July 2006 and is buried in the Wadi-e-Hussain graveyard in Karachi Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahmood Ali
Syed Mahmood Ali (1928 – 11 July 2008; Urdu:سید محمود علی) was a Pakistani radio, film, television and stage artist. Early life and career Mahmood Ali was born in Hyderabad Deccan in 1928. Mahmood Ali began his career with the All India Radio in 1945. He migrated to Pakistan after independence, arriving in Lahore in 1947. He soon moved to Karachi and joined Radio Pakistan during its early days, after the independence of Pakistan, in 1947. Mahmood Ali contributed to Radio Pakistan and the Pakistani television for more than 50 years. Radio His notable contributions are: * Syed Mahmood Ali started his acting career from a radio play, ''Khawaja Moinuddin's Theater''. * ''Haamid Mian Kay Haan'' (a Radio Pakistan play in the 1950s) * ''Mirza Ghalib Bunder Road Pe'' (a Radio Pakistan play in the 1960s) * ''Lal Qila Sey Lalu Khait Tak'' (a Radio Pakistan play in the 1960s) TV * In 1965, Ali joined Pakistan television as an employee. * His role as 'Maulvi Sahib' in Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syed Ali Aslam Jafri
Syed Ali Aslam Jafri (13 October 1943 – 29 September 2021) was a Pakistani jurist, professor of law, social worker, Justice of the Sindh High Court, Federal Ombudsman for Insurance, Director General of Sindh Judicial academy and principal of Sindh Muslim Law College. Early life Syed Ali Aslam Jafri was born on 13 October 1943, in Agra, India, the son of Syed Ali Mutahir Jafri and Mutahira Khatoon. In September 1947, when he was less than 4 years old, he and his family migrated to Pakistan, staying in Haripur, Hazara for less than a year, after which, they moved to Khairpur. Education Jafri completed his early education at the Sultan-ul-Madaris school, Khairpur, and then his secondary education at Naz High School, Khairpur. He went on to study at Mumtaz College, Khairpur, where he was elected the General Secretary of the Students Union. He led and won many nationwide debating competitions in English, Urdu, and Sindhi.r He graduated from the University of Sindh in 1962, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zameer Akhtar Naqvi
Syed Zameer Akhtar Naqvi () also known as Zameer Hassan Naqvi, was a Pakistani writer, poet and religious scholar born in Lucknow, British India, and permanently moved to Karachi, Pakistan, in 1967. He was a scholar, writer, and researcher and had written multiple books on religion and poetry. He was the editor of ''Al Kalam'' magazine besides heading the Anees Academy. Education He studied at Lucknow until graduation. He did his matriculation at Hussain School Lucknow and intermediate at Government Jubilee College Lucknow. He received his post graduate degree from the Shia College Lucknow. Death He died at age 80 years on 13 September 2020 in Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi due to cardiac arrest after a prolonged illness. Funeral prayer was held at Imam Bargah Shuhda-e-Karbala, Ancholi, and he was buried in Wadi-e-Hussain graveyard in Karachi. Books He authored more than 300 books on various subjects, including Urdu poetry, Islamic history, literature, culture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's Islam by country#Countries, second-largest Muslim population just behind Indonesia. Pakistan is the List of countries and dependencies by area, 33rd-largest country in the world by area and 2nd largest in South Asia, spanning . It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by India to India–Pakistan border, the east, Afghanistan to Durand Line, the west, Iran to Iran–Pakistan border, the southwest, and China to China–Pakistan border, the northeast. It is separated narrowly from Tajikistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor in the north, and also shares a maritime border with Oman. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zayd Ibn Ali
Zayd ibn Zayn al-Abidin ( ar, زيد بن زين العابدين; 695–740), also spelled Zaid, was the son of Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-Abidin, and great-grandson of Ali ibn Abi Talib. He led an unsuccessful revolt against the Umayyad Caliphate, in which he died. The event gave rise to the Zaidiyyah sect of Shia Islam, which holds him as the next Imam after his father Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-Abidin. Zayd ibn Ali is also seen as a major religious figure by many Sunnis and was supported by the prominent Sunni jurist, Abu Hanifa, who issued a fatwa in support of Zayd against the Umayyads.''Ahkam al-Quran'' By Abu Bakr al-Jassas al-Razi, volume 1 page 100, published by Dar Al-Fikr Al-Beirutiyya To Twelver and Ismaili Shias however, his elder half-brother Muhammad al-Baqir is seen as the next Imam of the Shias. Nevertheless, he is considered an important revolutionary figure by Shias and a martyr (''shaheed'') by all schools of Islam, Sunnis and Shias. The calling for revenge for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sindh High Court
The High Court of Sindh ( ur, ) is the highest judicial institution of the Pakistani province of Sindh. Established in 1906, the Court situated in the provincial capital at Karachi. Apart from being the highest Court of Appeal for Sindh in civil and criminal matters, the Court was the District Court and the Court of Session in Karachi. History On 21 August 1926, the Sindh Courts Act (Bom. VII of 1926) was passed into law-making provision for the establishment of a Chief Court for the Province of Sindh. On the coming into operation of Part III of the Government of India Act, 1935, on 1 April 1937, Sindh became a separate Province and the Judges of the Court of Judicial Commissioner of Sindh were appointed by Royal Warrant by the British Government. At the time of establishment of the High Court of West Pakistan the number of the Judges of the Karachi Bench was almost the same but subsequently it was increased to 15 and on separation of Sindh & Balochistan High Court's 12 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
