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The bridging between the East and WestVol: VI Number 4, Sep, 2012

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Legendary actor Lehri passes away

64th, Quaid-e-Azam death anniversary

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Pakistan Day Parade and Maila 2012 Celebrated in Chicago

The 65th Independence Day parade marked an amazing milestone in the parade history of

Chicago

The Pakistan Day Parade and Maila were celebrated in

honor of Pakistan’s 65th Inde-pendence Day, in Chicago, Il-linois. The 65th Independence Day parade marked a won-drous milestone in the parade history of Chicago. The volun-teers of the Pakistan Club and members of PUPC Executive Committee did an incredible job in making the day joyful, beautiful, and distinguished. Congresswomen Jan Scha-kowsky served as the Chief Guest, prominent business-

men Akhtar Ali was the Grand Marshal. The Guest of Honors included Dr. Azfar Malik (Hon. Consul General, St. Louis), Anila Omair, Station Manager Pakistan International Airlines Chicago, Judge Pamela Leming, Judge Bill Hadad, and Judge Reyes. Other distinguished guests included City Com-missioner, Mariyana T. Spyro-poulos, Monica Noriega, and Chancellor of East-West Uni-versity, Dr. Wasiullah Khan. More than 2000 people attend-ed the parade and enjoyed the festivities.

The parade began at 12 p.m. on Damen Ave, which

showcased 22 beautiful floats, by various vendors. A beautiful recitation of a Surah from the Holy Quran by Qari Fazal Ur Rehman, along with an English translation began proceedings. Afterwards, the U.S. national anthem was played followed by the Pakistani national anthem. Raja Yaqub, Chairman PUPC 2012 addressed the crowd and thanked them for attending and showing support to the community; he spoke about the history of Pakistan, and the prosperous ties between the U.S. and Pakistan. Speeches were delivered by Congress-women Jan Schakowsky, Sec-tary of State Jessie White, Hon. Consul General Azfar Malik, and City Court Clerk Doro-thy Brown. Hameed Ullah khan then offered the vote of thanks to the Pakistani-Amer-ican community; Ali Bakhtari, Dr. Arshad Mirza and Jawaid Riaz, who were the MCs, gave special thanks to the Chicago Police Dept., 24th district, the Chicago Special Event Dept., as well as the Fire Dept.

PUPC also announced achievements awards for

Dr Tipu Siddiqe, Dr. Wasiullah Khan, Tariq Khawaja of Urdu Times, Mohammad Nadeem of Pakistan Times and Arwah Yaqub, a student at Cornell University for their hard work,

Report by Jawaid Riaz

dedications and achievements. The parade finally ended around 2 o’clock, with shouts of “Pakistan Zindabad” rever-berating through the air.

The Maila began in Warren Park around 3 p.m., hosted

by Yaseen Chohan, Asif Saleem, Ishraq Uddin and Jawaid Riaz. Tahseen Javed, a popular singer from Pakistan, entertained the crowd, as well as local singer Shahzad Ahmed, who sang the national anthem, and other folk songs in his melodious voices. There was also a performance by several children, including Ibrahim Khan, and his friends. Ibrahim Khan recited the Holy Quran and Arige Haider read the Naat e Rasool. At the end, a raffle draw was also held by the PUPC which included two airline tickets sponsored by Pakistan International Airline and Pleasant Travel, and sever-al precious prizes. Community Leader Tariq Malik gave away a camera and a TV as a prize. The excellent raffle arrangements were made by Ishraq Uddin and his team. Near the end of the Maila, Raja Yaqub invited all the board directors on stage and expressed his gratitude for their hard and support, and made a special dua for Pakistan. Dr. Mujahid Ghazi thanked the PTV Global Network who was a media partner responsible for recording this successful event, which was enjoyed by all.


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According to officials who visited the factory on

Wednesday claimed that the condition of the factory had deteriorated to such a point that it could collapse at any moment.

High level inquires have been ordered to find out the facts and causes of the miserable in-cident. The major fire which broke out in a local garment factory on Tuesday evening was not totally controlled till filling of this report. “Although, fire is under control but, still firefighters are trying to cope-up with the situation and few portions of the factory have flames which could be seen outside the factory,” said one of the firefighters.

The owner of the Ali Enterpris-es, Shahid Billa, is still at large and law enforcement agencies have no clue about their hide-outs. All police raids remains fruitless and the provincial gov-ernment has put their names in Exit Control List.

Billa and three other persons associated with a three-storied garment factory which situ-ated at Hub River Road , Balida Town , within SITE B police station jurisdictions have been declared absconders. The po-lice in its initial report mention that fire might occurred due to some fault standby electricity generator of the factory.

The rescue teams have failed to reach and search the basement of the ill-fated factory till fill-ing of this report. It was feared that more bodies might recov-ered from basement and other locations of the factory where rescue workers could not en-tered due to some reasons.

The firefighters and rescue workers, who reached at scene after the news of fire spread on Tuesday evening, were seem busy in rescue operation to avoid further mishaps.

The unfortunate incident once again raises fresh concerns about safety at workplaces and also captured attentions of president, high courts and other government officials and departments as well as local and international media.

The charred bodies were shift-ed with extra care to the hos-pitals and Edhi Morgue Centre whereas injured were treated at hospitals.

According to some workers who were not present when the incident occurred told The News that salary was due on Tuesday and around 2,000 workers, along with children who come with their mothers, were present when the deadly fire broke out. The women workers belong to stitching de-partment.

The MLO told The News that hairs and skins of unidenti-fied people were send for DNA test to indentify the victims. Despite that fact that Health Minister had announced emer-gency in JPMC, CHK and ASH, only two MLO were working in JPMC and others did not re-port and even assistant police surgeon of the hospital was also absent from the scene, The News learnt.

After hectic efforts of more than 24 hours firefighter were still trying to control the tem-perature inside the building. The Commissioner Karachi, Roshan Ali Skeikh said that the investigation report of the incident would be completed in three days after which actu-al cause of fire could be reveal.

Numbers of bodies were badly charred while more than 65 other workers suffered bro-ken bones after jumping out of windows to escape the flames. Many people died due to suffo-cation, medial experts said.

According to Karachi fire Chief Ehtesham Salim, despite limited resources, firemen would search every corner of the building so that no body could remain inside the facto-ry. Dozens of fire engines were scrambled to the scene of the tragedy, he said.

He called the factory danger-ous, saying it had been flimsily built, lacked emergency exits and had developed cracks in the walls, which was also put-ting rescue workers at risk.

Salim termed the disaster was Karachi ‘s “biggest fire in terms of deaths in decades”. “Unfor-tunately there was no emer-

gency exit option available and factory and little room left for ventilation,” one of the fire-men said.

Firefighters on crane lifts reached through windows of the gutted building to rescue some trapped survivors, who were taken to hospitals suffer-ing from burns and smoke in-halation.

According to the Hospital sources that at least 72 bod-ies including six women were brought to JPMC, 105 bodies including nine women were shifted Civil and 118 bodies including four women were brought to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.

Baldia Town fire extinguishedKARACHI: After 48 hours the horrific fire at a gar-ment factory in Baldia Town has been extin-guished.

Karachi fire chief, Ehtesham Salim said there were no

more bodies remaining in the factory

Earlier on Thursday, two more bodies of workers were discov-ered from the basement of as rescue workers pumped water out of the factory.

Over 250 people were killed when the fire engulfed the gar-ment factory.

The Baldia Town tragedy is the worst industrial fire in the his-tory or Pakistan and has raised questions pertaining to work place safety and there were no emergency exits present in the factory.

Death toll over 290 fire incident Investigation Garments factory Baldia

Town Karachi


KARACHI: Unable to ac-cept the bitter truth, a woman refused to leave the mortuary at the Jin-nah Postgraduate Medi-cal Centre (JPMC) as she kept looking through the pile of bodies for her hus-band, Shafi Mohammad. However, the worker, who was among the hundreds of people killed in the Bal-dia Town factory fire, had been burnt beyond recog-nition.

As rescue workers from vari-ous organisations brought

in more bodies, the relatives of

Families in despair

KARACHI, Sept 13: Des-perate family members of still missing workers were looking for their loved ones in the fire-struck garment factory in Bal-dia Town on Thursday af-ternoon, when search for more bodies had almost been abandoned.

It was the third day of the fire, which had erupted in

the industrial unit on Tuesday at around 7pm when the three-storey-plus-basement factory was packed with 800 to 1,000 garment workers busy in their respective tasks on jeans being prepared for export.

Among the grief-stricken peo-ple were Rafiqunnissa and her family, residents of Baldia Town. The family members, all females, were sitting on a pave-ment outside the Baldia fac-tory. They were holding pho-tographs of four young women who and an aunt of theirs were believed to be burnt to death in the factory inferno.

“They all were employees of the factory and their male relative Ijaz had managed to get them at one place,” said one of the grieving women, adding that Ijaz had been in contact with the family even after the fire had broken out.

Another crying member of the family said the last time the de-ceased could be contacted on telephone by them was amid loud cries and noises. “We’re running hither and thither; have visited all major hospitals and the Edhi morgue, but have failed to find the bodies of our Zoya, Soni, Samra, Rubab, Ijaz

and others,” she said. “Please allow us to look for them in the basement; they may be in it,” said another member of the family.

Standing at a distance from the family, an employee of the city’s fire brigade, Mohammad Ijazuddin, said that during his 34 years of service he had never seen such a big fire. “I’ve been here since Tuesday night and have witnessed some 70 bodies taken out from the 2nd floor, some of them tangled with one another,” he said.

An aged volunteer from the neighbourhood, separating the badly tangled electric wires with the help of a young man, said he was arranging for light in the basement, which was being cleared of water by fire-fighters.

At around 1pm, a social worker said he had heard of only one body having been recovered since morning and that he be-lieved no more bodies were left in the basement. “Had there been any, they would be float-ing now on the leftover water,” he said.

A senior worker who had just come out of the basement, however, said he had seen body parts floating on the water and there might be more bodies un-der the heaps of garments and bundles of cloth.

The fire had not been extin-guished till 1pm, when work-ers doing the clear-up exercise on the second floor suddenly called for water hoses to be brought over to put out a fresh fire that had broken out in stitched jeans.

Families of missing workers still looking for bodies

the victims looked on. Most of them could not identify their own loved ones as their bodies were completely charred.

Waheeda Shafi later recog-nised her husband from the mobile phone rescue workers found beside his body. “I still don’t know whether it’s him,” she said to the rescue worker, who had by that time heard a similar response from many other families.

Ameen Memon, an Edhi work-er, said that most of the rescue team burnt their hands while trying to carry the smoldering bodies recovered from the fac-tory.


I’m the one who leaves his home early in the morning,

when the birds are humming, to earn the bread for his chil-dren. No matter how cold or how hot, I give in my heart and soul to eke the victuals of life, but still I find it hard to make my both ends meet. The screams of my family out of starvation pierce my heart.

I die on the streets on daily basis either in a suicide blast or target killing. I leave my home with the fear of getting victimized. I’m left with no al-ternative but to put my life at stake because I don’t want my children to sleep hungry. If a dreadful fate befalls me I find no one who could look after my bereaved family. The tears in the eyes of my children and family fail to catch any atten-tion. I go down as the ‘anony-mous dead’; unknown to the world.

I’m being sold to foreigners for a few bucks. Has anyone ever cared about my feelings? The pain I go through, the torments inflicted on me, the heart rend-ing feeling of being away from my dear ones, the suspicions which keep on thwarting me about my parents, wife and-children? No, no one has!

I can’t facilitate my family with the felicities of life. I work day in and day out but otiose. All my life is spent on the wedge

of a knife. The innocent and disappointed faces of dear ones suck the life out of me. My children cry late at night due to hotness of weather as there is no electricity in my home. I can’t find any work because of load shedding.

Totally shattered by the mis-eries and the complacent at-titude of my leaders towards my problems, succumbing to my fate, I commit suicide! Yes, I’m the common man of Paki-stan. I’m the one who endures everything in this country. I’m the one who gets affliction in-reward for patriotism. I’m the one being told to leave Paki-stan if I’m unhappy with the situation. I’m the one everyone oppresses.

I’m the one everyone subju-gates. I’m the one on whom ev-eryone vents his anger. I’m the one who has to bear the brunt of every action happening at the upper echelon level.

I’m also a human. I also have a heart. I also have the right to live. I also have the right to en-joy with my family. I also have the right to revel. Alas! I’m de-prived of my every right. I en-trusted the politicians, put my faith in them, voted for them, but they abashed me. Not any-more now!

My country is despoiled of peace and bereft of aspirations. She is plunging deeper into the abyss of morass brought about

by the effrontery of the leaders which they exhibit in the belea-guered land in the most brazen manner. Hope is ebbing away for me, but still I’m clinging to my notions, better rephrased as a fool’s hope, yearning for sol-ace, battling it out against all odds, vying for myself and my family! But I do have hope for I’m a Pakistani and my love for my land isn’t shallow. I had sac-rificed my kith and kin for this Pakistan.

Pakistan is mine not of some corrupt coterie excercising their prerogations from the President and Prime Minister house.

At the end of the day where is an end to miseries. Everyone has to pay for his sins and felo-nies. The puppet who girded at me while the whole world was watching and told me to leave the country is a tale of the past now. There are no shackles be-tween the cries of an oppressed and the heavens. I can see that my nation is waking up from it’s long oblivion. I can see that the theories perpetuating the myths that Pakistan is a failed state are being challenged.

I revolt against this system which abets the exploitation of the poor at the hands of the rich. I revolt against every de-bauched politician who thinks of me as his personal property. I revolt against this society indicted of status quo. I re-volt against every such aspect which is taking my life, my happiness, and my soul away from me. I’m admonished of severe consequences in case of a revolt.

But I revolt, for if I don’t I would die a painful death, my wistful past and my dark fu-ture will kill me, so I’d prefer dying fighting for my rights rather than dying as a help-less, powerless, enfeebled, un-nerved, and a timorous typical common man of Pakistan! I reitrate that Pakistan is mine, and it will remain mine! Since one has already left, it will be the corrupt people who will flee, not me for my blood irri-gates this soil! Pakistan Zinda-baad!

Pakistan is Mine!

By: Muhammad Talha

The working group was in-vited to Pakistan on the

invitation of the government and during its mission will gather information pertaining to missing persons cases.

The group will meet with gov-ernment officials, families of the missing persons and will visit all four provinces of the country.

The working group will pres-ent its findings related to the missing persons issue to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR).

ISLAMABAD: A United Nations work-ing group on enforced or involuntary disappearanc-es has arrived in Pakistan to evaluate the missing persons issues.

Missing persons: UN delegation in ISB


The 64th death anniver-sary of Pakistan’s founder

Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was observed on Tuesday. Special prayers were offered for the eternal peace of the great leader of sub-continent. Sindh Governor Dr. Ishratul Ebad Khan and Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah Tuesday said that the government and its coalition parties are concertedly serv-ing the people. After paying homage visit at the mauso-leum of Father of the Nation Muhammad Ali Jinnah, whose death anniversary is being ob-served today, the two top lead-ers of the province noted that strength of the country is di-rectly linked with the strength of its people, adding the coun-try will be strengthened if its people are strong. Officials of Pakistan armed forces, DG Pakistan Rangers, Administra-tor Karachi Muhammad Hus-sain Syed also visited the mau-soleum. Jinnah was the first governor general of Pakistan. One year later, he passed away on 11th September 1948. He was given the title of Quaid-e-Azam (The greatest leader) by his nation for his services for his nation.

About Quaid-e-AzamPakistan, one of the largest Muslim states in the world, is a living and exemplary monu-ment of Quaid-i-Azam Mu-hammad Ali Jinnah. With his untiring efforts, indomitable will, and dauntless courage, he united the Indian Muslims un-

der the banner of the Muslim League and carved out a home-land for them, despite stiff opposition from the Hindu Congress and the British Gov-ernment.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah was born in Karachi on December 25, 1876. His father Jinnah Poonja was an Ismaili Khoja of Kathiawar, a prosperous busi-ness community. Muhammad Ali received his early education at the Sindh Madrasa and later at the Mission School, Karachi. He went to England for fur-ther studies in 1892 at the age of 16. In 1896, Jinnah qualified for the Bar and was called to the Bar in 1897.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah start-ed his political career in 1906 when he attended the Calcutta session of the All India Nation-al Congress in the capacity of Private Secretary to the Presi-dent of the Congress. In 1910, he was elected to the Imperial Legislative Council. He spon-sored the Waqf Validating Bill, which brought him in touch with other Muslim leaders. In

March 1913, Jinnah joined the All India Muslim League.

As a member of the Muslim League, Jinnah began to work for Hindu-Muslim unity. In 1917, the annual sessions of both the Congress and the League were held at Lucknow. The League session was pre-sided over by Muhammad Ali Jinnah. It marked the culmina-tion of his efforts towards Hin-du-Muslim unity. Here, both the League and the Congress adopted a scheme of reforms known as the Lucknow Pact.

On April 19, 1918, Jinnah mar-ried Rutanbai. Their daughter, Dina was born a year later. In 1919, Jinnah resigned from his membership of the Imperial Legislative Council as protest against the “Rowlatt Act”.

Until the publication of Ne-hru Report, Jinnah continued his efforts for Hindu-Muslim unity. The Nehru Report, pub-lished in 1928, was severely criticized by all sections of the Muslim community. In Decem-ber 1928, the National Conven-tion was called to consider the Report. Jinnah proposed some amendments, but they were all rejected. He finally parted ways with the Congress.

Quaid-e-Azam's 64th death anniversary observed

In 1929, Jinnah presented his famous Fourteen Points in re-sponse to the Nehru Report. When he returned from Eng-land, he reorganized the Mus-lim League. In 1934, he was elected as its permanent presi-dent.

The Provincial Assembly elec-tions of 1937 swept the Con-gress to power in eight prov-inces. After almost two years of oppressive rule, Muslims under the leadership of Jinnah, cel-ebrated the Day of Deliverance at the end of Congress rule.

The Muslim League held its an-nual session at Lahore in March 1940. This was presided over by Quaid-i-Azam. The demand for Pakistan was formally put for-ward here. This goal was real-ized on August 14, 1947. Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was appointed as its first Gov-ernor General.

The establishment of Pakistan brought even greater responsi-bilities for Jinnah. The refugee problem, the withholding of Pakistani assets by India, and the Kashmir problem were a real test for the Quaid. How-ever, his indomitable will pre-vailed. He worked out a sound economic policy, established an independent currency and the State Bank for Pakistan. He chose Karachi as the federal capital.

However, he did not live long to witness the progress of the state that he had founded. On September 11, 1948, he died af-ter a protracted illness at Kara-chi. He was buried in Karachi that witnessed the entire na-tion mourning over an irrepa-rable loss.

The Founder and Miss Jinnah with Fatima Begum, Geti Ara and Begum G A Khan (Lahore)


Protest rallies were taken out and demonstrations

were held by the religious and political parties in Karachi against the blasphemous mov-ie which has ignited unrest and protest across the whole Islamic world. Ameer of JA-MAT-E-ISLAMI Pakistan Syed Munawar Hasan led a big pro-test rally which was taken out in the North Nazimabad area of Karachi. This protest rally marched upto the matric board office where Jamaat leaders ad-dressed the participants of the rally. In his address Syed Mu-nawar Hasan said that produc-tion and release of this shame-ful and blasphemous movie in America is an act of open terrorism against Islam and Muslims. He asked the govern-ment to send back the Ameri-can ambassador in protest. Ja-maat-e-Islami Ameer said that Muslims cannot tolerate this insult and defaming of their sacred and holy personalities. A protest rally was taken out at Abulhasan Isphani road in Gulshan-e-Iqbal by the Majlis-e-Wahdatul Muslimeen. Large number of participants chant-

PROTEST DEMONSTRATION RALLIES HELD IN

KARACHI AGAINST BLASPHEMOUS

MOVIES:By Naved MustufaBureau Chief (Pakistan Abroad)Karachi, Pakistan

An international building and construction industry

exhibition and conference was held at the expo centre in Ka-rachi. This important interna-tional event was inaugurated by the chairman of Association of Builders and Developers Mr. Mohsin Sheikhani along with the Turkish consulate general Mr. Murat M. Onart and other office bearers of A.B.A.D. Speaking on the oc-casion Mr. Mohsin Sheikhani praised the spirit and commit-ment of the organizers of this event. He expressed hope that this exhibition and conference will play a vital role in gener-

“CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

EXHIBITION AND

CONFERENCE WILL BOOST

THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY”

MOHSIN SHEIKHANI

ating and boosting economic and trade activity in Pakistan. He asked the local builders and developers to take maxi-mum benefit from this op-portunity. A large number of builders, developers, design-ers, architects, engineers and other concerned professional took part in this event. On the second day of this exhibition A.B.A.D chairman visited the different stalls at the expo cen-tre with the vice chairman Arif Siddiqui, regional chairman A.B.A.D Salim Qasim Patel and senator Rukhsana Zuberi. They exchanged views with the visitors and participants. The participants and visitors of this exhibition described it as an important and beneficial event which has given excel-lent opportunity to many for-eign companies to introduce their products and services to a large number of potential cus-tomers. On this occasion Vice chairman of A.B.A.D Mr. Arif Siddiqui appreciated the ef-forts of Dr. Khursheed Nizam President E-Commerce Gate-way and A.B.A.D office bear-ers for successfully organizing this major international event. He said that this success will be very helpful in projecting the positive image of the coun-try and foreign investors are also showing their interest in Pakistan. Mr. Salman Qasim praised and thanked the Turk-ish, German, Irani, Malaysian, and Chinese companies for whole heartedly participating in this conference and exhibi-tion. Mr. Patel highlighted the role of A.B.A.D in development of housing and construction industry in the country. He also mentioned the problems and difficulties being faced by this very important sector of the economy and appealed to the concerned quarters to take urgent measures in this regard. Mr. Salim Qasim Patel said that there is a lot of potential for growth and development in the building and construc-tion industry of Pakistan. He advised the overseas investors to take advantage of this good opportunity.

AMERICAN CONSUL

GENERAL MEETS SENATOR

BABAR GHOURI

American Consul General in Karachi Mr. Michael Dot-

man visited the office of the ministry of Ports and shipping to meet the Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping Senator Babar Khan Ghouri. Haq Parast federal minister informed the distinguished guest about the work done and future plan-ning for the development in this sector. American Consul General showed great interest in these plans and projects. Mr. Michael Dotman expressed his admiration and appreciation for the efforts of Mr. Babar Khan Ghouri for the improve-ment and development of this important sector of Ports and Shipping in Pakistan. He told the Federal Minister that sev-eral American are seriously in-terested in investing in and col-laborating in mega projects in this sector but the current un-stable conditions in the region are causing delay in this matter. American Consul General was optimistic that the things will improve and these plans for collaboration and progress will materialize real soon. During this meeting Mr. Michael Dot-man expressed deep sorrow on the tragic fire incident of Bal-dia Town in Karachi. He con-doled the deaths of large num-ber of innocent workers who lost their lives. In this meeting with Senator Babar Ghouri the American Consul General dis-cussed the economic and polit-ical conditions in Pakistan. He conveyed his best wishes for the betterment and improve-ment of conditions in Pakistan.

ed slogans against Israel and America. While addressing this rally Majlis leaders Maulana Sadiq Raza Taqvi and Maulana Shabbir ul Hasan Tahiri said that the release of this blasphe-mous movie is a part of the zi-onist and American conspiracy against Islam. They said that if American government is not involved in this shameful act then it must arrest and pun-ish the people involved in the funding, production and re-lease of this blasphemous mov-ie which has severely hurt and injured the feelings of millions of Muslims around the world.

K a r a c h i C u l t u r a l R o u n d u p


ISLAMABAD: Pakistan For-eign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar Saturday asserted that Islamabad and New Delhi should look forward by put-ting the past behind while Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said that Indian Prime Minister has not laid down any condi-tions to come to Pakistan.

The two counterparts were addressing a joint press

conference following the for-eign ministers’ level talks held between Pakistan and India in Islamabad with a view to review the last one-and-a-half years progress on the bilateral relations on all the disputed is-sues.

Krishna said that the Indian PM will visit Pakistan at an ap-propriate time and that India was keen to build a relation-ship of trust between the two countries, which would be beneficial for both sides.

He said that the resumption of talks is encouraging which have been cordial, frank, and positive so far.

Hina Rabbani Khar said what-ever had happened till today is a thing of past and the coun-

tries will not be hijacked by the events of history.

She said Pakistan and India should look forward by learn-ing lessons from the past

Khar said Pakistan is commit-ted to relax the visa regime be-tween Pakistan and India and to facilitate movement of busi-nessmen of the two sides.

The trade ties with India, she believed, would be normalized by the end of this year.

She said the meeting between Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Indian Prime Min-ister Manmohan Singh did help improve bilateral rela-tions which saw activation of Pak-India joint commission.

The Indian foreign minister was happy that Pakistan was committed to bringing the Mumbai perpetrators to jus-tice.

He was of the view that ter-rorism is a threat to both the countries and it has to be dealt with iron hands.

Hina Rabbani Khar said Paki-stan was keen to have cordial relations with all its neighbour including Afghanistan and In-dia.

Singh ready to visit Pak unconditionally

SKrishna gets a warm welcome

ISLAMABAD: The foreign ministers of the neighbour-ing countries, meeting at the foreign office in Islamabad in an effort to improve bi-lateral relations, reached an agreement of making the visa regime more lenient, Ex-press News reported on Sat-urday.

The much-awaited foreign level talks between Paki-

stan and India commenced on Saturday at the Foreign Office with a view to review the last one-and-half-year progress on bilateral relations on all dis-puted issues.

The new visa regime agreement was signed by Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and Interior Minister Rehman Malik.

“We will move forward… We will not be held hostage to his-tory,” Khar told a joint news conference with Krishna after signing the agreement.

“We must learn from the past and not miss any more oppor-tunities. Pakistan is committed not to lose any opportunities. Pakistan is committed to cre-ating new opportunities,” she said.

Khar said that the two sides have reiterated their commit-ment to Indus Basin Water Treaty. “Pakistan has invited India to look at the possibility of improving the implementa-tion mechanism of the treaty,” she remarked.

“Pakistan is committed not to losing any opportunity and to creating new opportunities,” she said and added that the two countries have made prog-ress during the last one year

because of their engagements at all levels.

The foreign minister assured that by the end of this year, Pakistan will do trade with India like it does with other countries of the world.

Krishna also expressed satisfac-tion over the progress achieved in the ongoing talks between the two countries and said that both the sides have agreed to fight terrorism in an effective manner.

“They (Pakistan and India) are cognisant that there is a long way to go, and the path will not be easy but they are com-mitted to moving forward in order to writing a new chapter of peace and cooperation in their relationship,” the Indian minister said.

According to the new visa re-gime, more concessions have been given to the businessmen from both the countries with giving them multiple entry one year visa with the exemption from the Police Report and with increasing the number of cities.

As per the agreement, big in-vestors and traders will be given 3-year multiple visas and a 6-month transit visa while smaller investors and traders will be given a 1-year multiple visa.

Earlier, the two foreign minis-ters held one-on-one meeting before the start of the delega-tion level talks.

Krishna held meetings with President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf in Islamabad on Friday and discussed a whole range of issues including confidence building measures.

Pak, India draw new soft visa regime


Court grants bail to Rimsha ISLAMABAD: An additional sessions judge granted bail to a 14-year-old Christian girl accused of blasphemy, adding that she would be released after

a surety bond worth Rs500,000 is submitted, Express News re-ported on Friday.

Rimsha was arrested in a poor Islamabad suburb

on August 16 and accused of burning papers containing verses from the Holy Quran, in breach of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws.

On Friday morning judge Mu-hammad Azam Khan listened to lawyers from both sides and said he will announce his de-cision on the bail application later.

“The judge listened to both sides and he will give his de-cision at 3:00pm after Friday prayers,” Rimsha’s lawyer, Ta-hir Naveed Chaudhry, told re-porters.

Campaigners stepped up calls for her release after police on Saturday arrested a cleric for allegedly tampering with the evidence.

His deputy and two assistants said Hafiz Mohammed Kha-lid Chishti tried to bolster the case against the girl by plant-ing pages from the Koran among the burnt papers that were brought to him.

Under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, insulting Prophet Mo-hammed (pbuh) is punishable by death and burning a sacred text by life imprisonment.

Blasphemy is a very sensitive subject in Pakistan, where 97 percent of the 180 million population are Muslims, and allegations of insulting Islam or Prophet Mohammed (pbuh) often prompt a furious public reaction.

Rights groups have called on Pakistan to reform its blasphe-my legislation, which they say is often abused to settle per-sonal vendettas.

In 2011, leading politician Salman Taseer and a Chris-tian cabinet minister, Shahbaz Bhatti, were assassinated after calling for the law to be re-formed.

Taseer’s convicted killer is be-ing held in the same jail as Rimsha.

SC orders inquiry over Abidi’s anti-judiciary remarksIslamabad: Supreme Court of Pakistan has finally taken no-tice of the harsh comments of PPP leader Faisal Raza Abidi made against the Chief Jus-tice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Mo-hammad Chaudhry, here on Wednesday.

Earlier in August, Faisal Raza Abidi had hurled serious al-

legations against the judges at a press conference, claiming “a judicial martial-law has been imposed in the country.”

The firebrand PPP senator had made allegations of prejudice against Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, and had demanded resignations of the reinstated judges who had taken oaths under the Provisional Consti-tutional Order (PCO).According to sources, the Su-preme Court Registrar Fa-kir Hussain, on the instruc-tions of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, has sent a letter to Federal Interior Secretary Kha-waja Siddiq Akbar, Director General (DG) Federal Inves-tigative Authority (FIA) Mu-hammad Anwar Virk, and the Inspector General (IG) Islam-abad Police Bin Yamin.

The Registrar ordered the three officials to conduct an inquiry against the PPP sena-tor’s alleged ‘malicious cam-paign against the judiciary’ and the Chief Justice.

In the letter, the SC Registrar also directed the officials to investigate whether Abidi’s comments were made in a de-liberate attempt to malign the Chief Justice and the Supreme Court. The officials are direct-ed to submit a report to the Registrar office within seven days.

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday grant-ed interim bail to the owners of the fire-struck garment fac-tory in Karachi’s Baldia Town, DawnNews reported.

Defence lawyer Aamir Man-soor Qureshi said the

court had granted bail to the factory’s three owners.

The bail of Abdul Aziz, Sha-hid Bhaila and Rashid Bhaila was granted by the Sindh High Court’s Larkana registry.

Justice Hasan Azhar Rizvi ap-proved the eight-day bail of the owners keeping securities of half a million rupees each.

Qureshi said the judge in-structed the police that the factory owners could not be ar-rested for eight days under bail conditions.

The court also asked the own-ers to surrender their passports and ordered them not to leave the country.

A case against the owners had been registered by the police in Karachi on Thursday.

The government had ordered an inquiry and a senior official

had already told AFP that the two brothers who owned the factory had been barred from leaving the country.

The case has been filed against Abdul Aziz, Mohammad Ar-shad and Shahid Bhaila and other members of the manage-ment of Ali Enterprises, Mo-hammad Nawaz Gondal, the head of the local police station, had told AFP on Thursday.

SHC grants bail to Baldia factory owners


LAHORE: Torrential rain pounded several cit-ies in the country, espe-cially in southern Punjab and adjoining areas of Balochistan, on Sunday, claiming at least 20 lives, rendering hundreds of people homeless and washing away embank-ments of at least three ca-nals.

Some TV channels put the number of deaths across

the country at 30.

The rain-causing system that centred over lower Punjab and played havoc there has now moved on to eastern Sindh, generating fears of devasta-tion in that region as well as in north-eastern Balochistan on Monday and Tuesday.

The Met Office said the system would start losing its strength after two days.

A couple, Rehana (35) and Latif (37), died after the roof of their house in Lahore’s Gowalmandi collapsed during a heavy show-er.

According to reports pouring in from different parts of the country, four people lost their lives in Toba Tek Singh, three in Bahawalnagar, two each in Muzaffargarh and Hyderabad and one each in Khanewal and Okara.

In addition, unconfirmed re-ports indicated that five peo-

Rain batters Punjab; 18 lives lost

ple lost their lives in different villages of Kamalia.

According to our correspon-dents, rainwater washed away embankments of canals in Ra-himyar Khan, Multan and Ve-hari, inundating vast tracts of agricultural land and damaging crops.

The worst-hit was southern Punjab’s Khanpur town. It re-ceived 199mm of rain. Its av-erage rainfall for the month is just 14.6mm. Rain in the town caused urban flooding and damaged crops, especially of cotton. Damage to mango plants was also reported.The Met Office said that be-tween 8am and 5pm Dera Ghazi Khan and Okara received 96mm of rain, Shorkot 85mm, Baha-walnagar and Sahiwal 79mm, Noorpur Thal 66mm, Toba Tek Singh 65mm, Bahawalpur city 45mm, Jhang 35mm, Rahim Yar Khan 31mm, Multan 27mm, Faisalabad 25mm, Nawabshah 24mm, Chhor 23mm, Bhakkar 20mm, Chakwal and Dera Is-mail Khan 17mm, Parachinar and Mandi Bahauddin 16mm, Thatta 15mm, Joharabad and Rawalakot 14mm and Kotli 12mm. Rain was also reported in Murree, Badin, Jhang, Kakul, Lahore, Jacobabad, Garhi Du-patta, Mangla, Islamabad, Sai-du Sharif, Muzaffarabad, Gu-jranwala, Mithi, Jhelum and Sukkur.

The Met department forecast widespread thunderstorm and rain, with scattered heavy to very heavy falls followed at

times by a downpour, in Sindh, Zhob, Kalat, Sibi and Nasir-abad divisions of Balochistan, and Bahawalpur, Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan and Sahiwal divi-sions of Punjab.

Scattered thunderstorm and rain, with isolated heavy falls, was forecast for Azad Kash-mir and upper Punjab. Isolated thundershowers were forecast for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan.

Flash flooding is likely to con-tinue in the streams and hill torrents of Dera Ghazi Khan, Nasirabad, Sibi and Zhob.

While Hyderabad received 52mm of rain, an official of the meteorological department forecast downpour on Monday in Karachi and several other cities in Sindh.

The country’s chief weath-erman, Arif Mahmood, said Saturday’s well-marked low-pressure area had entered east-ern Sindh and its adjoining ar-eas. Strong monsoon currents would continue to penetrate the central and southern parts of the country, particularly Sindh, he added.

He said heavy rains might cause urban and flash flood-ing in “vulnerable areas” of the province. Scattered rains and thundershowers were also ex-pected on Tuesday.

from Quetta: Heavy rain killed at least three people and washed away 200 mud houses in eastern and northern Balo-chistan.

Qila Saifullah, the worst af-fected region, was cut off from rest of the province after a long portion of the main high-way linking it with Quetta and other parts of the country was washed away.

According to official sources, around 100 mud houses were

either destroyed or damaged in the district. Hundreds of homeless took shelter in gov-ernment buildings.

Fifty trucks loaded with relief goods were sent to Qila Saiful-lah for the affected families.

The heavy rains also wreaked havoc in Jaffarabad district. Two people were killed and two children injured when a house collapsed in Goth Ga-jin Buledi of Subatpur area. At least 12 houses were washed away in Manjhipur area.

In Nasirabad district, rainwa-ter entered many villages. “The standing crop of rice was dam-aged in two districts,” local people said. They complained that they were still waiting for relief supplies.

The official sources said that over 70 houses were washed away in Khuzdar district where floodwater gushed into several villages. “Hundreds of people were rendered homeless,” the sources said, adding that the administration was shifting them to safe places.

Power supply was disrupted and the road network badly af-fected in the rain-hit areas and a number of villages were cut off from the district headquar-ters.

Traffic between Quetta and Islamabad via Zhob and Dera Ismail Khan was suspended. Transport services and traf-fic between Loralai and Dera Ghazi Khan was suspended because of heavy flood in sea-sonal streams.

Heavy rains in Harnai, Zhob and other areas also caused sus-pension of traffic on the high-ways.

The rain affected normal life in Quetta as roads overflowed with sewage.

Rainwater flowing in from mountains damaged several houses in the city.

The Provincial Disaster Man-agement Authority launched rescue and relief work in the affected areas.

A boy sitting under the open sky after his house collapsed due to torrential rains at Qila Saifullah.

14 25th September2012


Let’s say it’s 6.15pm and you’re going home (alone of

course),

after an unusually hard day on the job. You’re really tired, up-set and frustrated. Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to drag out into your arm and up into your jaw. You are only about five miles from the hos-pital nearest your home. Un-fortunately you don’t know if you’ll be able to make it that far. You have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself..!!

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ATTACK WHEN ALONE..

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improperly and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing con-sciousness.

However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously.

A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be deep and pro-longed, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest.

A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two sec-onds without let-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.

Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing move-ments squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating.

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SAN FRANCISCO: People who

play games on smartphones or

tablet computers in the United States now outnumber

“hardcore gamers” devoted to

videogame consoles, according to NPD

Group findings released Wednesday.

“The size of key gamer seg-ments are shifting, with mobile gamers now representing the largest gamer segment, edging out core gamers, which was the largest segment in 2011,” NPD said in a release.

Ranks of US videogame players decreased by nearly 12 million, or five percent, from last year to 211.5 million, according to a “Gamer Segmentation 2012: The New Faces of Gamers” re-port.

“Given the long life-cycles of the current (videogame) con-soles and the increasing in-stalled base of smartphones and tablets, it’s not surpris-ing to see a slight decline in the core gamer segment,” said NPD analyst Anita Frazier.

“It’s the revenue contribution of the core gamer segment that continues to outpace all other

Mobile gadget gamers take lead in US

By AFP

segments and remains vital to the future of the industry.”

The number of “mobile and digital gamers” grew while the other five segments of the mar-ket measured in the NPD re-port registered declines. Other gamer categories included per-sonal computer gamers and families.

“Looking across the total gam-ing audience, we see a tre-mendous impact from mobile gaming, particularly on smart-phones and tablets,” said Fra-zier.

NPD reported that the per-centage of gamers who played mainly on smartphones or oth-er mobile devices grew from nine percent to 22 percent of US gamers, while the core gam-er group slipped to 21 percent of the total.

A separate “digital gamers” category was comprised of players that use the gamut of hardware from personal com-puters and consoles to mo-bile gadgets but who acquire content online in forms such as applications or software downloads.

Ranks of digital gamers grew four percent to become 16 percent of the overall popula-tion of US players, and mem-bers of that group were the most voracious when it came to acquiring games, according to NPD.

16 September 2012 Beauty Tips

Coconut Oil for Hair

Coconut oil is very popular and very preferred as hair

oil worldwide. Let us find out why.

Since their childhood, people living in most of the coastal ar-eas of the world, more specifi-cally in the areas where coco-nut grows in abundance, such as in the Indian Subcontinent, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Burma, Philippines etc., know the one and the only, the sweet smelling coconut as their only hair oil. Coconut oil has been in use as hair oil for ages and it has shown remarkable results. Certain components in it keep the hair strong, vitalized, nour-ished and protected from ef-fects of ageing. Let us see those components and their effects on hair.

o Lauric Acid: One of the most responsible reasons behind hair fall and hair loss is microbial action on the scalp and hair roots. So, to protect hair against them, what we need is an antimicrobial agent.

Lauric Acid present in Coco-nut Oil is one of them. It is basically a triglyceride which yields a monoglyceride called Monolaurin when acted upon by a species of bacteria which breaks the glycerol bonds. This monolaurin has excellent anti-microbial properties.

o Capric Acid: This is yet another triglyceride pres-ent in Coconut oil, which, like Lauric Acid, yields another monoglyceride called Mono-caprin due to bacterial action, having antimicrobial proper-ties similar to that of monolau-rin.

o Vitamin-E: Almost every aptly educated person knows the importance of vi-tamin-E for skin and hair. It keeps scalp and skin healthy and hair rejuvenated.

o Moisture Retaining Capacity: Coconut Oil has high moisture retaining capac-ity, since it is not broken down easily nor evaporated, being very stable. It does not let mois-ture escape thus keeping hair moistened and soft. This pre-vents breakage of hair. Coconut Oil is a far better conditioner for hair than any synthetic one available in the market.

By : AJ

o Anti-Dandruff: The various fatty acids present in Coconut Oil serve as very good anti dandruff agents and are way better than any anti dan-druff shampoo. A regular ap-plication can help you get rid of dandruffs for ever.

o Styling: Coconut oil can be good styling oil for hair too, as it melts on heating and then condenses on cooling. So when you apply it on your hair, it thins and spreads evenly due to heat of the scalp. Soon af-terwards, as the hair comes in contact with air, the oil on hair condenses on cooling and thus works as a styling gel or cream.

If you ever visit coastal parts of India, like West Bengal, Kerala, Coastal Tamil Nadu etc, you will be surprised to see lots and lots of old men and women, in their 70s and 80s, still having thick jet black hair. Thanks to the coastal climate, the rice and fish meal and of course, to the pure coconut oil they use on hair.

Ingredients:

1. Holy basil powder (Tulsi) - 2 teaspoons

2. Neem powder - 2 teaspoons

3. Multani mitti - 1 teaspoon

4. Lemon juice - Few drops

5. Rose water - Few drops

Method: Mix all the ingredients to form a smooth paste.

Cleanse your face with your soap or face wash.

Take facial steam for 3 min-utes. Taking a facial steam be-fore using face packs, gives double effects as the steam opens up the skin’s pores and allows the ingredients to pen-etrate and work well on your skin. [Make sure not to steam your facial skin more than once every ten days, this facial steam need not to be done ev-eryday. Just once in ten days is enough]

Now gently wipe your skin and apply the smooth paste over your face and neck evenly with fingers or with the use of the face pack brush.

Allow the pack to work on your skin for 20 minutes.

Now wet your fingers and gently scrub your face in cir-cular motion for at least ten minutes to remove all the dead skin cells and impurities to bring out your new fair skin. Wash off with clean and cold water. Pat dry.

Usage:Use this pack daily for faster results! This is fully natural and hence no need to worry about any side effects. You can also use this on children skin. I strongly recommend everyone to use this herbal face pack, a natural skin product at home DAILY FOR 30 DAYS. After that you can use it twice or once in a week to maintain the fair complexion permanently.

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17 September 2012 Bollywood

A stellar performance by Shreya Ghoshal captivates Chicago Music Lovers

Chicago IL: Sahil and L.A. Tan Chicago local

promoter presented Shreya Ghoshal Live in Concert at 8.00 pm this Friday, September, 14 2012 at Akoo Theatre (Rosemont), 5400 N. River Road, Des Plaines IL 60018. By On public Demand Shreya sang some old Golden Melodies in addition to her own newer hit songs. Shri Balaji Entertainments was a national promoter of Shreya Ghoshal tour in North America.

The program started with entry of Iqubal Jafri as MC and few performances of local artists were presented starting with songs from Ms. Dasgupta, Pasha, a dance with song by Komal Sharma and a young dancer Nisha. All these warmed up the audience those were eager to hear Shreya.

Amidst screaming proclama-tions of love from fans with rhythmic claps and audible hums, Shreya unfolded her repertoire of soothing love songs, delectable duets with up and coming singer Prithvi (who often drew attention with his deep, powerful vo-cals) and vigorous danceable numbers. In addition Iquabal Jafri played the role of MC as well as sang few songs with his spirited voice and exceptional method. So there was ‘ ‘Tujh mein rabb dikhta hai’, ‘Teri oru, teri oru’, ‘Naino ko dheere dheere’, ‘Tere mast mast do nain’, ‘Piya bole’, ‘Mashaallah’, ‘Ooh la la’ and ‘Chikni cham-eli’. She flitted through con-trasting expressions and styles

even travelling back in time to render the hauntingly melodic ‘Lag ja gale’.

With a twinkling smile and re-laxed demeanor she took up lis-teners’ requests that reverber-ated through the packed hall. There’s no chance of a retake in a live show.” She sang num-ber of songs to the demand of audience and tried to satisfy all with her sweet and hilarious voice.

‘Bairi Piya’ from Devdas that heralded her entry into playback singing was served by Shreya as a rich dessert to wind up a hearty meal spiced well with sur and taal.

Her candor was appreciated with a thundering applause. And Shreya said, “Such a discerning audience! Nothing like singing in this city. I wish I could perform here often.” The singer maintained the conversational space more with her musical sensibility and less with drama. Though most songs came imbued with additional feeling and dynamic turn of phrases, the embellishments were not in-your-face and remained true to the essence of the original. Her unabashed virtuosity balanced beautifully with her nuanced singing and graceful moves.

The orchestra gathered around Shreya to play an effective supporting role while she herself drew upon all of her stamina and technique to deliver a mercurial ‘no break’ two-and-a-half hour concert. Light Effects and Sound system

were very well synchronized.

Before ending the program Shreya thanked the entire team of organizers calling Balaji Entertainment dignitaries, who called other dignitaries whose tireless work made this show successful.

Shreya Ghoshal (born March 12, 1984) is an Indian singer. Best known as a playback singer in Hindi films, she also sings in other Indian languages including Bengali, Malayalam, Assamese, Kannada, Marathi, Oriya, Gujarati, Tamil and Telugu. Ghoshal’s career began when she won the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa contest as an adult. Her Bollywood playback singing career began with Devdas, for which she received National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer along with Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer and Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent. Since then, she has received many other awards. Ghoshal was also honored from the U.S. from the state of Ohio, wherein Governor Ted Strickland declared June 26 2012 as “Shreya Ghoshal Day” She has been performing all over the world and captivating audience with her charming personality, ability to connect to audience instantly and above all her musical ability. She has judged child contestant in Musical Talent Show “Voice Of India - Chhote Ustad” with exceptional ability. Her performance as a team leader and a performer in “Music Ka Maha Muqabala” has been legendary.

She wishes to take her musical talent much beyond the film music and expand her horizon in other genre of music in particular Hindustani Classical

Music. In the Filmfare South Awards 2012, Shreya Ghoshal won not one, not two, but three awards!! For ‘Best Playback Singer – Female ‘in 3 languages – Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. Shreya’s Musical Hattrick would not come as a surprise to you if you have heard the award winning songs.

With 4 National Awards, 4 Film fare Awards, and 29 awards in all, Shreya Ghoshal is the most awarded playback singer today. From the movie Devdas till date, her voice resounds in almost all the movies made both in Bollywood and down South. She has been performing all over the world and captivating audiences with her charming personality and musical ability. After winning numerous awards for her melodious tracks, Shreya Ghoshal impressed music lovers at Akoo Theater, Chicago. Her USA/Canada tour began with today’s program.

Shreya Ghoshal tour dates, Shreya Ghoshal

Friday 14 September 2012Akoo Theatre at Rosemont Rosemont, IL, U

Saturday 15 September 2012Sun National Bank Center Trenton, NJ, US

Sunday 16 September 2012Hershey Centre Mississauga, ONT, Canada

Friday 21 September 2012Ovens Auditorium Charlotte, NC, US

Sunday 23 September 2012Ohio Theatre Columbus, OH, US

Friday, September 28, 2012 Linda W. Chapin Theater Orlando, FL

18 September 2012 LOllywood

Pakistan's comedy king Safeerullah

Siddiqui, popularlyknown by fans as Lehri, passed away in the Intensive

Care Unit (ICU) of the Liaquat

National Hospital.

After discussing the 83-year-old actor’s

deteriorating health with his doctor, Lehri’s family decided to take him off the ventilator at 9:42am. The legend-ary film actor, who is best known for his hu-morous roles, had been put on the ventilator since several weeks and was hospitalised due to acute chest congestion and low blood pressure.

“His condition wasn’t improving but I had my hopes high, which is why I never removed the ventilator till now,” Dr Abdul Manan told The Express Tribune at the hospital. “His age, coupled with too many

internal infections, just quickened the process. There were three infec-tions out of which two were treated but I be-lieve the time had ar-rived. And even though we tried our level best, God had His final say. What could we do?”

Present in the ICU ward was a teary-eyed Asad Mehboob, the el-dest son-in-law of the comedian, as well as Lehri’s sons, daughters and daughters-in-law. As they stood by his side, the women recited Quranic verses and wept as the ailing actor’s breathing slowed and blood pressure fell.

As the actor breathed his last, a chorus of cries broke out as emotional family members con-soled each other. “When my biological father passed away years ago, I told him I felt like an or-phan,” cried his daugh-ter-in-law Naheed Re-han. “At that time, he calmed me down and said, ‘Abhi mein zinda hoon (I am still alive)’. Now, I’m an orphan in the true sense of the word!”

Lehri’s nephew Shoaib Siddiqui was also pres-ent at the hospital.

“[Lehri] made the world laugh and us too,” he said. “But with the pas-sage of time he had be-come very religious. I will miss him because whenever I had a social issue or a problem that I couldn’t deal with, I would rush to him and he would gladly solve all my issues.”

Outside the corridor on the first floor of the hospital, women wailed inconsolably and men made plans for the ac-tor’s funeral and last rites. Asad Mehboob was on the telephone informing friends and relative, “Papa chalay gayey (Papa is gone)!”

As the media poured in from various quarters and tried to reach the first floor, the hospital’s strict security measures kept journalists out of the ICU ward.

Lehri’s funeral prayers took place on the same evening at Masjid-e-Baitul-Mukkaram in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, and he was buried at the Yasin-abad Graveyard.

Remembering the man who made millions smile

One of Pakistani’s most celebrated comedians has made his final tran-sition. But despite hav-ing left this world, the man who made millions laugh with his witty dia-logues and clever deliv-ery lives on in the hearts of fans and the film fra-ternity.

“In the late ‘60s, his house was close to mine but I never realised what a big actor resided nearby,” producer Ka-zim Pasha recalls. “Later, I found out what a som-ber and great actor he was; the way he uttered

sentences was beautiful – his phrases forced one to smile.”

Born in British India in 1929, Safeerullah Sid-diqui moved to Karachi after partition and be-gan working as a steno-typist during his teen-age years. Side by side, after completing his hours at the office, he would make ends meet by selling hosiery items in Saddar. His big break came in the 1950s, when director Sheikh Lateef decided to make Anokhi. Lateef’s niece Sheila Ra-mani came from India to play the lead female role in the film, while actor Shad was chosen to play the hero, as his previous film, Naukar was a box office sensation. After bagging the role of a comedian in the film, Siddiqui was christened Lehri, the name that be-came his identity during his 38 years in the film industry.

Out of the 225 films that Lehri made in his career, his comic roles in Mera Ghar Meri Jannat, Tas-vir, Tum Salamat Raho, Ishara, Nai Laila Naya Majnon, Tum Milay Py-aar Mila, Bahadur, Sai-qa, Naukar and Zameer won him outstanding appreciation and fame.

Reflecting on the co-median’s career and work, veteran film ac-tor Nadeem Baig says,

“Lehri sahib was a big actor. I was a fan even before I joined the in-dustry. I was lucky to have worked with him as such actors and co-medians are not born every day,” adding that his film Dillagi was a

“big contribution to his credibility and creativ-ity”.

While the vast major-ity of Lehri’s roles were in Urdu films, the actor also worked on some

Comedy king Lehri's final journeyPunjabi productions. Commenting on his acting skill and talent, Urdu and Punjabi film actor Ghulam Mohiud-din says, “His comedy performances have been great, he would be seri-ous the whole time and then suddenly utter a hilarious dialogue and make us laugh.”

Despite not having played the lead role as a film’s hero , since the comedian’s role is usu-ally a smaller one, Lehri found his place in the hearts of his million ad-mirers. While his last film Dhanak was re-leased in 1986, his con-tributions to Pakistani cinema earned him an award from the film in-dustry in 1993.

Summing up Lehri’s memorable gift to cin-ema, veteran comedian and actor Rauf Lala says:

“For so many years, he worked in the film in-dustry and remained the king of Urdu comedy in Pakistan. From the ut-terance of dialogues to his gestures, we [come-dians] have learnt a lot from him. His films and shows will always be re-membered. The country has lost a treasure [with his death].”

Stars remember Lehri

Talat Hussain - TV actor: He was a very humane [and caring] person with a great sense of humour and satirical skills. His style was very different and he stuck to it. There is no doubt that he was a big actor who kept the tradition of real comedy alive in the sub-conti-nent.

Bushra Ansari - TV actor and comedian: A big ac-tor has left us — no oth-er stars have sprung [in the entertainment in-dustry] like him. We had very little interaction,

19 September 2012 Lollywood

Abida Parveen and Runa Laila to judge Sur-Kshetra

The three-month long song-based reality show, which

will have two teams Besides great singing potential, the viewers will also get a sneak peak into Pakistani and Indi-an cultures. Interestingly, the show will be judged by popular

but when we did on the sets of TV drama “Aangan Tehra” and some other skits in Karachi, he showed me what a pleasant hu-man being he was, who sported a flair for dressing up suitably. However, when I saw him bed-ridden, he looked tiresome and depressed.

Qavi Khan - Film and TV ac-tor: In performing arts, there are different styles and ways of performing. As far as other comedians are concerned, no one was able to match the im-pact Lehri made [on the audi-ence]. In terms of performance, mental and physical delivery [execution], each scene Lehri did had a direct effect on the audience; something which separated him from other co-medians.

Shabnam – Stage and film ac-tor: We are all getting old now and I don’t know what life has in store for us. I hope he gets a good place in heaven. Since this morning, I’ve been very disturbed after hearing this unfortunate news.

Did you know?

Lehri won the prestigious Ni-gar award for 12 movies from 1963 to 1986 and set a record. Up until 1999, no other Paki-stani comedian was able to break his record.

Lehri worked on 225 memo-rable movies over a film career spanning over 38 years.

Late prime minister Benazir Bhutto reportedly provided him a monthly stipend of Rs2,500 during her first tenure, which he continued to receive without any increase.

Life and filmography.

Lehri was no doubt an unpar-alleled comedian and actor of Pakistan. He won great ac-claim for his roles and many lauded him on his unique style of delivering a dialogue. Along with humorous roles, Lehri also played a few villainous and serious roles in films over the years.

1929: Safeerullah Siddiqui was born in British India.

1956: He began his career by acting in the hit film Anokhi and adopted the name Lehri.

1963: Lehri won the prestigious Nigar Award for the first time for Best Comedian in the film Daman. He went on to win 11 more such awards during his career.

1986: Lehri acted in his last film Dhanak

1993: A special award was given to Lehri by the Pakistani film industry for his splendid 38 years of acting.

2012: In August, Lehri was ad-mitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Liaquat National Hospital.

2012: September 13, Lehri passes away.

Movies:

1959 Faisla, Apna Paraya

1960 Insaaf, Noukri, Yeh Duniya

1961 Insaan Badalta Hay, Zamana Kya Kahe Ga

1962 Dosheeza, Anchal

1963 Teen Aur Teen, Qatl ke Baad, Ishq Par Zor Nahin

1964 Touba, Choti Ammi, Ashyana

1965 Shabnam, Kaneez

1966 Jokar, Ruswai, Koun Kisi Ka, Taqdeer

1967 Bahadur, Main Wo Nahin, Sajda, Devar bhabi, Aag Ka Darya, Hamraz,

1968 Doosri Maa, Balam, Aik Musafir Aik Haseena, Shehnai, Yaar Dost

1969 Tum Miley Pyar Mila, Nai Laila Naya Majnoon, Pia Milan Ki Aas, Jaisey Jantey Nahin, Mahmaan, Dil Dai-key Dekho, Baharain Phir Bhi Aaingee

1970 Anjan, Shama Aur Parwana, Lori, Jaley Na Kyoun Parwana, Mohabbat Rang Layegee, Anjuman, Gharasti

1971 Rim Jhim, Do Baghi, Dunya Na Maney, Afshan, Rootha Na Karo, Yeh Aman, Tahzeeb

1972 Dhamaka, Main Bhi To Insaan Hoon

1973 Sehrey Key Phool, Dulhan Raani, Society, Anhoni, Nadya Key Paar

1974 Dil Lagi, Subha ka Tara, Chahat, Babul Mor Muharaan,

Sharafat, Neelam, Nanha far-ishta, Phool Mairey Gulshan Ka

1975 Paisa, Piar Ka Mousam, Mohabbat Zindagi Hay, Gum-rah, Shareef badmash, Dilna-sheen, Anari, Isar, Soorat Aur Seerat, Roshni, Badal Gaya In-saan, Zanjeer, Masoom.

1976 Zubaida, Moam Ki Gurya, Koshish, Daagh, Aaj Aur Kal, Wada, Daikha jaayga, Insanyat, Jeo Aur Jeenay Do

1977 Uf Yeh Beevian, San-gam, Jawani Deevani, Jeeney Ki Raah

1978 Amber, Abshar, Kabhi kabhi, Prince, Mousam Hay Ashqana

1979 Mr.Ranjha, Ab Ghar Janey Do, Chaltey Chaltey

1980 Zameer, Bandhan, Sai-ma, Badnam

1981 Dil Aik Khilona, Kiran Aur Kali

1983 Mang Mairi Bhardo

1985 Halchal

1986 Dhanak

Indian singer Suresh Wadkar along with Pakistani female singers Abida Parveen and Runa Laila. This is for the first time that Abida Parveen and Runa Laila will be judging an Indian reality show.

Abida Parveen, Asha Bhosle, and Runa Laila at the launch of the music show

Sur-Kshetra

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The fixtures were spread be-tween the 20 teams and the

final four played in Hanover Park. For cricket lovers was a rare treat.

In the Finals Northwest Moose was thrashed by the Atlanta Paramveer, a team coached by famous IPL coach Monty. At-lanta Paramveer batted first and piled up score of 163/4. John made 46 in partnership of 69 runs with Sen.In return Northwest were all out for 118.

The prize distribution was a very colorful ceremony at-tended by the sponsors, Kamal Khan of Insure W us, famous

singer , veteran cricketer and Director , Insure W us Shahzad Ahmed, Pasha of Hot & Spices Restaurant, Raja Razzaq, Presi-dent Pakistani Business Asso-ciation, Media Consultant of Sound View Broadcasting, Za-far Khursheed, Tariq Khawaja of Urdu Times, Jawaid Riaz of Bridge Mag, Shiraz Najam and Atif Sheikh of Midwest Crick-et Conference and Cricket Council USA officials, Hafeez ur Rehman and Harris Usmani .

A large number of jubilant crowds were there to cheer and applauded for their favorite teams.

Cricket Council USA and Midwest Cricket Conference Jointly sponsored

SHEKHAR ARVIND UNITY CUP Chicago T20, 2012 from 01 to 03 September. These matches were played in 2 grounds namely Washington Park and

Hanover Park, in Hanover Park, Illinois.

22 September 2012


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