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Yasir Akhtar
Yasir Akhtar (born 23 November 1972) is a Pakistani-British filmmaker, singer, songwriter, actor, director and producer. Akhtar is also the owner of film production company called ''Pegasus Productions'' Early life and education Akhtar was born in a Pakistani Business class family to ''Mohammad Akhtar Shafi'' and ''Rizwana Akhtar'' where his father ''Mohammad Akhtar Shafi'' was a businessman,his siblings including Shazia Akhtar and Aamer Akhter has also been into the showbiz industry. He graduated from Government College of Commerce and Economics, Karachi. Akhtar's mother, Rizwana Akhtar is the elder sister of Javed Jabbar. Before the Pakistan-India partition, Akhtar's maternal grandfather, Ahmed Abdul Jabbar, served as an official of the Government in Nizam of Hyedrabad Deccan - India. Akhtar spent most of his childhood working alongside his first cousin Mehreen Jabbar (filmmaker) at his uncle Javed Jabbar's company Career in music and performances Akhtar started his singi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karachi, Pakistan
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 fashio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Biscuit Manufacturers
English Biscuit Manufacturers, previously known as Peek Freans Pakistan, is a Pakistani biscuits manufacturer based in Karachi, Pakistan. According to Nielsen survey, EBM enjoys a 45% market share. They are the makers of Peek Freans biscuits and are owner of Pied Piper trademark. Sooper, a brand of EBM accounts for almost half of the company revenues. History It was founded in 1966 as Peek Freans Pakistan Limited. In 2013, Sooper crossed the Rs 10 billion mark. In November 2021, Sooper Soft Bakes, a totally different brand extension Brand extension or brand stretching is a marketing strategy in which a firm marketing a product with a well-developed image uses the same brand name in a different product category. The new product is called a spin-off. Organizations use this ... of Sooper biscuits is launched. Brands *Marie (1971) *Butter Puff (1974) *Peanut Pik (1984) *Zeera (1984) *Gluco (1987) *Rio (1996) Chocolate, Strawberry & Cotton Candy *Chocolate Sandwich(1996) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javeria Abbasi
Javeria Abbasi ( ur, جویریہ عباسی) is a Pakistani film–television actress, model and host. She has appeared in the Hum TV serials '' Dil, Diya, Dehleez'' (in which she plays a lead role) and ''Thori Si Khushiyan'' as well as '' Doraha'', ''Andata'', ''Sotayli'', ''Tere Liye''; the ARY Digital serials "Darmiyan" ''Phool Wali Gali'' and ''Phir Kho Jayye Na'' and PTV serials ''Maamta'', '' Kash Mein Teri Beti Na Hoti'' and ''Chahatain''. More recently, she made her film debut in the 2011 Pakistani film, ''Saltanat''. She also worked with the singer and actor Ali Haider in PTV Long Play Pyar Agar Kabhi Phir Hua. Personal life Javeria was married to actor Shamoon Abbasi Shamoon Abbasi ( ur, ; born 4 April 1973) is a Pakistani actor, director and screenwriter, better known for portraying villain roles. Family His father Zuhair Abbasi was a novelist and drama writer, and so is his aunt, Seema Ghazal. Syed Ali R ... in 1997, they then divorced in 2010. She has on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shamoon Abbasi
Shamoon Abbasi ( ur, ; born 4 April 1973) is a Pakistani actor, director and screenwriter, better known for portraying villain roles. Family His father Zuhair Abbasi was a novelist and drama writer, and so is his aunt, Seema Ghazal. Syed Ali Raza Usama, a director better known for the movie ''Main Hoon Shahid Afridi'' and the most expensive drama ever made in Pakistan, ''Bashar Momin'', is Seema's son, thus Shamoon's cousin. His sister Anoushay Abbasi is an actress, while his erstwhile wife, Javeria Abbasi, is a TV personality as well, and their daughter, Anzela Abbasi, is a TV actress too. Being married to Anoushay, Ainan Arif, the son of late Pakistan international cricketer Taslim Arif and actress Rubina Arif who had the role of "Micheal Magnet" in the 2013 movie ''Main Hoon Shahid Afridi'', is his brother-in-law. Career Shamoon Abbasi started his acting career from Yasir Akhtar's popular telefilm 'Titlee' of Tapal Cinema in 1996. later, Mr.Abbasi joined Yasir Akhtar's Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humayun Saeed
Humayun Saeed Ansari (born 27 July 1971), professionally known as Humayun Saeed, is a Pakistani actor and producer. He has appeared in dozens of Pakistani television dramas and limited number of films, and earned Lux Style Awards, and ARY Film Awards. Primarily known as an actor, Saeed also runs the Six Sigma Plus media production house which produces television drama serials and commercial movies. Early life and family Saeed was born on 27 July 1971 in Karachi into “a liberal and well-educated Punjabi family.” Saeed attended Nasra School in Karachi where he excelled in his studies and earned the distinction throughout his academic career until matriculation. Later he enrolled himself at a prominent institution St. Patrick's college in Karachi and earned a bachelor's degree in commerce. Saeed stated he was happily employed at a garments factory, as a general manager, before he got into the showbiz. He described himself as "shy" when growing up. He said in an int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tapal Tea
Tapal Tea is a Pakistani tea company which is based in Karachi, Pakistan. Tapal is the market leader of branded tea in Pakistan. The main competitors of Tapal are Unilever's Lipton and Eastern Tea Company’s Vital. The previous competitor was Brooke Bond’s Supreme until Unilever bought it in 1990. Products Cold coffee Hot coffee Green tea Milk tea Ice Tea Current Products *''Chenak'' *''Danedar'' *''Family Mixture'' *''Tezdum'' *''Mezban'' History The company was founded by Adam Ali Tapal in November 1947 as a retail outlet at Jodia Bazaar. He started by importing tea from Ceylon. It is the largest tea brand in the country. Their biggest competitor in Pakistan is Lipton Tea. They are also known for their popular commercials. In 2004, the company expanded their operations in Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Network Television Marketing
Network Television Marketing or ''NTM'' was Pakistan's first private television slot. The company's productions first aired on Peoples TV Network (PTN, later renamed as STN) in 1990. In the 1990s, PTN entered into a three-year agreement with Interflow and created NTM NTM produced plays, stage and music shows. Young artists including Yasir Akhtar, Sania Saeed, Atiqa Odho, Humayoon Saeed, Nadia Khan, Fakhr-e-Alam, and Khalid Anum became comperes and announcers. NTM also broadcast drama serials including ''Kashkol'', ''Chand Grihan'', ''Dasht'', "French Toast", series of telefilms "Tapal Cinema" and ''Nadan Nadia''. In 1994, NTM launched the first ever pop chart show in the history of Pakistani media industry 'Music Channel Charts'. The pop chart show was directed and produced by Yasir Akhtar and executive producer Ghazanfer Ali. MCC launched the careers of Najam Sheraz, Shehzad Roy, Fakhar-e-Alam, Komal Rizvi, Nadeem Jafri and many more artists. Yasir Akhtar produced and d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Channel Charts
Network Television Marketing or ''NTM'' was Pakistan's first private television slot. The company's productions first aired on Peoples TV Network (PTN, later renamed as STN) in 1990. In the 1990s, PTN entered into a three-year agreement with Interflow and created NTM NTM produced plays, stage and music shows. Young artists including Yasir Akhtar, Sania Saeed, Atiqa Odho, Humayoon Saeed, Nadia Khan, Fakhr-e-Alam, and Khalid Anum became comperes and announcers. NTM also broadcast drama serials including ''Kashkol'', ''Chand Grihan'', ''Dasht'', "French Toast", series of telefilms "Tapal Cinema" and ''Nadan Nadia''. In 1994, NTM launched the first ever pop chart show in the history of Pakistani media industry 'Music Channel Charts'. The pop chart show was directed and produced by Yasir Akhtar and executive producer Ghazanfer Ali. MCC launched the careers of Najam Sheraz, Shehzad Roy, Fakhar-e-Alam, Komal Rizvi, Nadeem Jafri and many more artists. Yasir Akhtar produced and dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peek Freans
Peek Freans is the name of a former biscuit making company based in Bermondsey, London, which is now a global brand of biscuits and related confectionery owned by various food businesses. Owned but not marketed in the UK, Europe and USA by De Beauvoir Biscuit Company, in Canada the brand is owned by Mondelēz International, whilst in Pakistan the brand is owned by English Biscuit Manufacturers. History James Peek (1800–1879) was one of three brothers born in Dodbrooke, Devon, to a well-off family. In 1821 the three brothers founded a tea importation company, established as Peek Brothers and Co., in the East End of London. By the 1840s, the company was importing £5M of tea per annum. In 1824, Peek married Elizabeth Masters (1799–1867). The couple had eight children. By 1857, two of his late-teenage sons had announced that they were not going to join the family tea import business. Peek wanted them in a complementary trade and proposed that they start a biscuit busine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahzad Khalil
Shahzad Khalil ( ur, ), (1944 – 23 December 1989) was a Pakistani television director and producer. Early life Shahzad Khalil began his career as a director producing music videos in 1970, and then moved to making television drama serials. After a few projects he moved from Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV), Lahore Center to its Karachi Center. Career Khalil was not only an intelligent TV director but he had a great personality. He gained fame in a very short period of time as a result of the dramas he directed for Pakistan television. He was first recognised as a director for his TV serial ''Teesra Kinara'' in 1980 in which several legendary actors including Sahira Kazmi, Usman Peerzada, Rahat Kazmi, Shafi Mohammad, and Jamil Fakhri starred. Shahzad Khalil met Badar Khalil when she played the title role in the drama ''Bi Jamalo'' which he directed. They later married and have two children. Shahzad Khalil's classic drama ''Tanhaiyaan'' was aired in 1985. Veteran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyond The Last Mountain
''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 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 . A young man returns to from abroad along with his politician father. The father gets assassinated, and the ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulleh Shah
Syed Abdullah Shah Qadri ( pa, ; ; 1680–1757), known popularly as Bulleh Shah ( pa, ; ) and Bulleya, was a Punjabi philosopher and Sufi poet during 17th-century Punjab. His ancestors had migrated from Bukhara (modern-day Uzbekistan) some three hundred years earlier. His first spiritual teacher was Shah Inayat Qadiri, a Sufi murshid of Lahore. He was a mystic poet and is universally regarded as "The Father of Punjabi Enlightenment". He lived and was buried in Kasur. Biography He was born in 1680 in Uch, Multan province, Mughal Empire (present day Punjab, Pakistan). Bulleh Shah was an eminent scholar of Arabic and Persian. After his early education, he went to Lahore where he met Inayat Qadri, and became his disciple. Bulleh Shah's father, Shah Muhammad Darwaish, was well-versed in Arabic, Persian, and the Quran. Due to uncertain reasons, he had to move to Malakwal, a village of Sahiwal. Later, when Bulleh Shah was six years old, his family moved to Pandoke, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
