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Yasmeen Tahir
Yasmeen Tahir is a Pakistani actress, radio artist, host and writer. She worked for Radio Pakistan for more than three decades. Early life Yasmeen pursued acting during her time in the Government College Dramatics Club, despite the societal constraints of her time. Career In 1958, after completing her master’s degree, Yasmeen joined Radio Pakistan and served as a publicity officer. Her career in radio broadcasting began before the partition of India when she joined the Lahore Radio Station as a children's program host. Subsequently, she introduced Western music to Pakistani radio when she hosted the ''Western music request'' show. She is known for hosting the morning show Saat Rang for over 12 years, where her listeners resonated personally with her commentary. During the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965, Yasmeen hosted ''Fauji Bhaiyon Ka Programme'' for military personnel, which had extended airtime during the war and was the first call-in show on Pakistani radio. Her live ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Births
Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into February, leaving 1 million people homeless and 385 people dead. * January 15 – Spanish Civil War: The Second Battle of the Corunna Road ends inconclusively. * January 23 – Moscow Trials: Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center – In the Soviet Union 17 leading Communists go on trial, accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime, and assassinate its leaders. * January 30 – The Moscow Trial initiated on January 23 is concluded. Thirteen of the defendants are Capital punishment, sentenced to death (including Georgy Pyatakov, Nikolay Muralov and Leonid Serebryakov), while the rest, including Karl Radek and Grigory Sokolnikov are sent to Gulag, labor camps and later murdered. They were i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BOL Network
BOL Network () is a Pakistani TV network based in Karachi. The company's head office is located in Karachi and called Bolistan, and it has regional headquarters in Lahore, Peshawar and Islamabad. It was founded by Shoaib Ahmed Shaikh. In September 2023, Bol Network was acquired by AsiaPak Investments, a private investment firm, for an undisclosed sum, and Sameer Chishty was appointed as the new chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Bol Network. Programing Current Shows *''Marham'' *''BOL Kahani'' History The BOL Network was started by Pakistani businessman Shoaib Ahmed Sheikh in June 2013, and according to him, it was meant to create an independent media house to portray a soft image of Pakistan and several notable journalists joined the network at that time. After a number of delays, the network was launched on 1 December 2016. It claims to have offered insurance of up to Rs. 10 million to cable operators. In 2014, BOL Network advertised on more than 20,000 publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan
Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan is a Pakistani politician who had been the Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from 2008 to May 2018. He had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from 1993 to 1999, again from 2008 to May 2018 and again from August 2018 till January 2023. He has served as acting Governor of Punjab numerous times between 2008 and 2015. Early life and education Khan was born on 20 April 1945 in Karnal district, India to Phool Muhammad Khan in a Muslim Rajput family. He received his early education from Bhai Pheru (now Phool Nagar). He graduated from Govt. Islamia College Civil Lines in 1968 from where he obtained a degree of Bachelor of Arts. After completing his LL.B from Punjab University Law College (PULC). Khan is an advocate by profession. He served as Secretary of the Chunian Tehsil Bar Association from 1975 to 1976. Political career Khan began his political career as Chairman of the Union Council, Phool Nagar from 1979 to 1983. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shia Islam
Shia Islam is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib () as both his political Succession to Muhammad, successor (caliph) and as the spiritual leader of the Muslim community (Imamah (Shia doctrine), imam). However, his right is understood to have been usurped by a number of Companions of the Prophet, Muhammad's companions at the meeting of Saqifa where they appointed Abu Bakr () as caliph instead. As such, Sunni Muslims believe Abu Bakr, Umar (), Uthman () and Ali to be 'Rashidun, rightly-guided caliphs' whereas Shia Muslims only regard Ali as the legitimate successor. Shia Muslims assert imamate continued through Ali's sons Hasan ibn Ali, Hasan and Husayn ibn Ali, Husayn, after whom different Shia branches have their own imams. They revere the , the family of Muhammad, maintaining that they possess divine knowledge. Shia holy sites include the Imam Ali Shrine, shrine of Ali in Naj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi is the List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population, third-largest city in the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is a commercial and industrial hub, being the list of cities in Pakistan by population, fourth-most populous city in Pakistan. Located near the Soan River in north-western Punjab, it is the world's third largest Punjabi language, Punjabi-speaking city (after Lahore and Faisalabad). Rawalpindi is situated adjacent to Pakistan's capital Islamabad; and the two are jointly known as "twin cities", constituting a single Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area, contiguous metropolitan area. Prior to Islamabad's establishment, Rawalpindi served as the country's federal capital from 1959 to 1967. Located on the Pothohar Plateau of northern Punjab, Rawalpindi remained a small town of little importance up until the 18th century. The region is known for its ancient heritage, for instance the neighbouring city of T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school then known as the southern branch of the California State Normal School which later evolved into San Jose State University, San José State University. The branch was transferred to the University of California to become the Southern Branch of the University of California in 1919, making it the second-oldest of the ten-campus University of California system after the University of California, Berkeley. UCLA offers 337 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a range of disciplines, enrolling about 31,600 undergraduate and 14,300 graduate and professional students annually. It received 174,914 undergraduate applications for Fall 2022, including transfers, the most of any Higher education in the United States, university in the United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faiz Ahmad Faiz
Chaudhry Faiz Ahmad Faiz (13 February 1911 – 20 November 1984) was a Pakistani poet and author of Punjabi language, Punjabi and Urdu literature. Faiz was one of the most celebrated, popular, and influential Urdu writers of his time, and his works and ideas remain widely influential in Pakistan and beyond. Outside of literature, he has been described as "a man of wide experience", having worked as a teacher, military officer, journalist, trade unionist, and broadcaster. Born in the Punjab Province (British India), Punjab Province, Faiz studied at Government College, Lahore, Government College and Oriental College in Lahore and went on to serve in the British Indian Army. After the Partition of India, Faiz served as editor-in-chief of two major newspapers — the English language daily ''Pakistan Times'' and the Urdu daily ''Imroze.'' He was also a leading member of the Communist Party of Pakistan, Communist Party before his arrest and imprisonment in 1951 for his alleged part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sehra (poetry)
''Sehra'' (سہرا) or prothalamion is a poem sung at a ''nikah'' (Muslim wedding) in praise of the groom, praying to God for his future wedded life. Sehra is not the subject matter of folk songs alone, some of the prominent Urdu poets like Mirza Ghalib, Zauq and even Bahadur Shah Zafar too have composed ''sehras''. Tradition In South Asian Muslim traditions, especially in Uttar Pradesh and Hyderabad (Deccan), there is a social ritual where the sisters of the groom sing ''sehra'', a poem in praise of the groom and pray to God for his future wedded life. The groom follows this by giving cash to his sisters. Also, ''sehras'' are generally written by individuals praising their brothers, so they are very varied in style and nature. Literature ''Sehra'' is a type of nazm and a genre of Urdu poetry, though there are no specifications for a ''sehra'' except that it should rhyme and be of the same meter. Popular culture A good sehra appears in the Urdu film, Razia Sultana Raziyyat- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Usama Khan
Usama Khan (born 22 November 1991) is a Pakistani television actor. Khan is best known for portraying the main role Tabrez in 2018 soap '' Sanwari'' for which he received Hum Award for Best Soap Actor. He further portraying main role in A-Plus TV's ''Bezuban'' and Hum TV's ''Main Khwab Bunti Hon''. His other works in the same year include '' Bisaat e Dil'' (2019), '' Ghalati'' (2019), and '' Haqeeqat'' (2019). He also portrayed the pivotal role of Affan in Momina Duraid's '' Dobara''. Early life and education Khan was born and raised in Gujranwala, Punjab and did his early schooling at St. Peter's High School, in Toba Tek Singh. In 2011, he moved to Lahore in order to become a chartered account, and after completing his ACCA from the SKANS School of Accountancy, he worked for Silk Bank, an audit firm and a corporate company. Since college days, he aspired to pursue a career in acting. Before becoming an actor he did a corporate job in the United Arab Emirates. Career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faryal Gohar
Faryal Gohar (born 18 December 1959) is a Pakistani actress, television writer and human rights activist. She is known for her roles in dramas '' Uraan'', '' Chaandni Raatain'', ''Chand Grehan'', ''Wisal'' and '' Mohini Mansion Ki Cinderellayain''. Early life Faryal was born on 18 December 1959, in Lahore, Pakistan. She attended Lahore American School, she enjoyed playing sports and she played softball eventually she became the captain of softball in her school. Then she went to Kinnaird College there she took part in sports. Later she went to Canada to study political economy and studied at McGill University. After graduating from McGill University, she moved to the United States and attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where she studied documentary film. Career Faryal made her debut as an actress on PTV in 1979. She appeared in drama ''Traffik'' with her husband Jamal Shah. Then she appeared in dramas '' Uraan'', ''Chand Grehan'' and '' Chaandni Raat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
