Pakistani young student and asset Arfa Karim from Faisalabad, Pakistan passed away on 14 January 2012’s night during her medication in intensive care unit due to some brain disease. Everybody is a genius but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. Arfa Karim was surely an asset to Pakistan and proved to be a patriotic Pakistani.

The world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact as Arfa Karim had, the effects of which will be felt for many generations to come. Arfa Karim you are and will always be in our hearts.
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Umar Ibn Al-Khattab

You remember Q & A your parents did with you when you were a child to impress friends and family. What is the capital of Pakistan? What is the population of Pakistan? Which is the most popular movie of Shah Rukh khan?

Often times we feel proud as a parent that how much our children know but the important question is how well we know what really matters?

Yesterday I asked my 10 year old nephew who is Hazrat Umar (R.A)? She answered “Hazrat Umar (R.A) was the second Muslim Caliph after Prophet Muhammad’s (P.B.U.H) death.” I felt impressed and asked the second question; what do you know about Hazrat Umar (R.A)? She said nothing more.

Just for fun I asked who is Ranbir Kapoor? Trust me she presented me with enough bio on Ranbir to write a book on him. This lead me to think that if our youth don’t even know about our greatest leaders than how can we expect our youth to rule.

In this blog I will compile info about Hazrat Umar (R.A) which will provide some overview on Hazrat Umar’s (R.A) Life.

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When anyone sits with me, the first topic they should discuss is ME!! Hamza Quddusi is no exception! When I met him, of course the first topic we discussed was about me, we won’t get into WHAT about me! When I asked him if I could interview him, his answer? Sure! I was very much excited because he is the lead guitarist of CHEAPMUNKS! It’s a Pakistani band consisting of Mehak Taherani, Suhana Baloch, Hamza Quddusi and Danyal Pervaiz. They have captured the music scene of Pakistan with their one of a kind mash up songs!

I asked Hamza many questions, silly as well, which he answered very patiently, here is just a bit of it!

How does it feel like to be a in a band, be a popular name? Hamza answers: ‘Pretty good actually, when you’re up there on stage playing, you get an adrenaline rush, you get excited, you know billions of people are watching but you’re in your own world. It feels good at the end of the day when people appreciate’.

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Imran Khan bowls!

The day of change, the day of justice, no one can deny, yesterday, October 30, 2011, was the day to be recorded in history! The original champion, Imran Khan, chairman and founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI), held a jalsa (rally) yesterday along with his supporters in a major city of Pakistan, that is, Lahore. After a long time, people came running to attend a jalsa, from small villages to the residents of Lahore, everyone was pumped! Why? People need change! All this time, everyone can see that we need to revolutionize but they did not have a platform! May be now they do! Time will tell!

The crowd had more then 50, 000 patriotic Pakistanis, women as well! By some estimates there were over 100,000 people and one media even exaggerated to 500,000 though that could be called a very ‘wide’ ball? As reported, Imran Khan started his speech with reciting Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim! Khan began with the name of Allah, praising Him and His blessings! That seems to be an attempt to get the right wing engaged to his message a la Jamat-e-Islami and JUI vote bank. Khan said “Intention and striving is kept in our hand by Allah while success he will give Himself!”

I will mention here some of the messages and strategies he laid out as manifesto for his movement for change. Khan said, “When people of our country get up for change, no one can compete with them!” He addressed the Lahoris as well as the young generation with a very positive attitude, talking about practical targets which were reachable! Khan explained that problems related to electricity, will be a thing of the past, public will be free from such issues! Khan talked about corruption, he will end the interest system in villages and cities, taxes will be collected for the betterment of the country!

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I have been seeing Shahid Afridi playing cricket since forever. When I was a kid, I used to watch him with fascination. I used to wait for his appearance on the screen, and when he came to the ground, my first words would be sixer please! He has said his favorite shot is anywhere for six with a grin on his face! When Afridi comes to play, I see people holding banners saying boom boom, which means he will come with a bang and create explosion!  And how he did!

He has taken more than 300 wickets, scored more than 6500 runs in one day internationals. Some time ago, Afridi had decided to retire because he was not satisfied with issues going on in Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

One of his diehard fans, Abeera says, ‘Afridi’s retirement was just a vent out of his anger because everyone knew he would take his decision back as soon as his anger settles down. We want him back immediately now. We have missed him’

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Famous Ghazal Singer Jagjit Singh passed away today at 8am in Lilavati Hospital.

He was suffering from brain haemorrhage and admitted on Lilavati Hospital on September 23.

Jagjit Singh is survived by his wife Chitra Singh who is also know as a ghazal singer. His son(vivek Singh) died way back in 1990 in road accident.

Jagjit Singh was born in a small village in Rajasthan on 8th Feb 1941. He belonged from a very religious family. His father ( Sardar Amar Singh Dhiman) wanted his son to be an IAS officer. But there was something else in his destiny. He was very much fond of music.
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Shoaib Akhtar has revealed a lot of things in his book “Controversially Yours”. Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar in his book “Controversially Yours” said that Pakistani pacer Wasim Akram affected his career and Shahrukh Khan manipulated him. Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar is afraid of my bowling. This was the original material from the book, check this yourself:

SHOAIB AKHTAR Talks about Controversially Yours

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It felt so good to see Ali Zafar on the big screen doing his most excellent performance up to date. When I thought of going to the cinema, I knew instantly it would be a complete Masala movie.

“Kesa ye isq hai, ajab sa risk hai”. This was one of the best songs along with “Madhubala” sung by Ali Zafar. It had the right amount of spice and bhangra which will have you moving to the tune. The songs were the best factor of the movie. They were very well choreographed and picturized. Kudos to Bosco-Ceaser for their commendable effort of taking out the best from their actors and dancers.

The movie is about Luv(Ali Zafar) who wants to now settle down. He asks his brother Kush(Imran Khan) to find him a girl. Of course it’s the heroine, Dimple(Katrina Kaif) which Kush eventually finds for his brother and ends up falling in love with her himself.

As far as the acting is concerned, Ali Zafar took away the limelight. He was just incredible and fascinating to watch. As Taran Adarsh from BollywoodHungama writes, “Ali Zafar is a supremely talented actor and this film proves it yet again”. Yes, it proved and on many levels as well. He is a good singer, dancer and actor. The way he gripped the comic timings was first-rate. He was hilarious and handled the situations well.

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KARACHI: Renowned film, stage and television actor Moin Akhtar passed away in Karachi on Friday.

Express 24/7 reported that Akhtar died as a result of heart complications. He had undergone heart surgery.

Moin Akhtar who was born in December 24 1950, had been awarded the Pride of Performance and Sitar-e-Imtiaz awards.

Born on the 24th of December, 1950, Moin Akhtar was a legend in the field of entertainment as he played various solo performances as a comedian. The genius made his debut for television on September 6, 1966, when a special show was organized on the national television network PTV (Pakistan Television Network) on the occasion of Defence Day of Pakistan.

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Shah Abdul Latif

We are ever so busy in our daily lives that we do not pay attention to sometimes very important things around us until we are questioned about it and then have to scramble to think of an answer. That is especially difficult if the questioning is by our children, the innocent minds. Who was Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai was a Sufi saint and why are we off from school because of it?

Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai was a scholar and a poet. His work includes poetry on Unity of Allah, love for the Prophet (PBUH) and religious tolerance and humanistic values. His background includes and revolves around a girl he loved dearly yet never got to marry. Ever since then Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai wandered aimlessly in search for inner peace and in search for religious truth. How romantic one would say, but what are we missing?
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