Ansar Burney Biography

Ansar Burney (Urdu: انصار برنی; born 14 August 1956 in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan) is a leading Pakistani human rights and civil rights activist. He is a graduate of Masters and Law from Karachi University and honorary recipient of a PhD. in Philosophy. In 1980, Ansar Burney began the "Ansar Burney Welfare Trust", "Prisoners Aid Society", and "Bureau of Missing and Kidnapped Persons" in Karachi, Pakistan.

Ansar Burney is accredited as being the first man to introduce the concept of human rights in Pakistan nearly 30 years ago.He and his organisation (the Ansar Burney Trust) are also accredited for securing the release of around 700,000 innocent prisoners from countries all around the world.One such famous case was that of Mr. Muhammad Akhtar, in which Akhtar's mother was raped before his birth in prison. After Akhtar's birth no one wanted to accept him and he spent 40 years in prison before his release.

Because of his outstanding achievements in the field of human and civil rights, Ansar Burney was the first man to receive the Pakistani National Civil Award Sitara-i-Imtiaz on 23 March 2002.And due to his two decade long international campaign to end child slavery in the Middle East in the form of child camel jockeys, Ansar Burney was declared an 'Anti-Human Trafficking Hero' in the 2005 Trafficking in Persons Report by the US State Department.

On 16 November 2007, Ansar Burney was sworn in as Pakistan's caretaker Federal Minister for Human Rights. He will be the first man to head the newly established Human Rights ministry of Pakistan.

On 27 March 2008, he was elected for a term of three years as one of the 18 members of the United Nations Human Rights Council Advisory Committee and due to "his recognized experience in the field of human rights and acknowledged competence and impartiality, Burney received wide support from all regional groups of the Council".

In 2008 he was listed in a poll by The Financial Daily as a favorite personality.[citation needed]

Ansar Burney also played an instrumental role in getting the crew of MV Suez free from the captivity of Somali pirates in 2011.

Anti-corruption movement

On Aug 22, 2011, Ansar Buney announced that following the Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations at the end of Ramadan, he would initiate an anti-corruption movement in Pakistan based on the popular movement of Anna Hazare in India.

Anna Hazare Biography

Kisan Baburao Hazare About this sound pronunciation (born 15 June 1937), popularly known as Anna Hazare About this sound pronunciation is an Indian social activist and prominent leader in the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, using nonviolent methods following the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi.Hazare also contributed to the development and structuring of Ralegan Siddhi, a village in Parner taluka of Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, India. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan—the third-highest civilian award—by the Government of India in 1992 for his efforts in establishing this village as a model for others.

Anna Hazare started an indefinite hunger strike on 5 April 2011 to exert pressure on the Indian government to enact a strigent anti-corruption law as envisaged in the Jan Lokpal Bill, for the institution of an ombudsman with the power to deal with corruption in public places. The fast led to nation-wide protests in support of Hazare. The fast ended on 9 April 2011, a day after the government accepted Hazare's demands. The government issued a gazette notification on the formation of a joint committee, consisting of government and civil society representatives, to draft the legislation.

Anna has been ranked as the most influential person in Mumbai by a national daily newspaper.He has faced criticism for his authoritarian views on justice, including death as punishment for corrupt public officials and his alleged support for forced vasectomies as a method of family planning.

Early life

Kisan Hazare was born on 15 June 1937 in Bhingar, a small village in Hingangaon near the city of Bhingar, in Bombay Province (present-day Maharashtra).Kisan's father, Baburao Hazare, worked as an unskilled labourer in Ayurveda Ashram Pharmacy. Kisan's grandfather was working for the army in Bhingar, when he was born. His grandfather died in 1945, but Baburao continued to stay at Bhingar. In 1952, Baburao resigned from his job and returned to his own village, Ralegan Siddhi. Kisan had six younger siblings and the family faced significant hardships. Kisan's childless aunt offered to look after him and his education, and took him to Mumbai. Kisan studied up to the seventh standard in Mumbai and then sought employment, due to the economic situation in his household. He started selling flowers at Dadar to support his family. He soon started his own shop and brought two of his brothers to Bombay.

Military service

In 1962, events in South Asia meant that large-scale army recruitments were being undertaken. Despite not meeting the physical requirements, 25-year-old Hazare was selected, as emergency recruitment was taking place in the Indian Army.[11] After training at Aurangabad in Maharashtra he started his career in the Indian Army as a driver in 1963.[12] During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, Hazare was posted at the border in the Khem Karan sector. On 12 November 1965, the Pakistan Air Force launched air strikes on Indian bases, and all of Hazare's comrades were killed; he was the only survivor of that convoy. It was a close shave for Hazare as one bullet had passed by his head.[13] He was driving a truck.[10][14] This led him to dwell on the purpose and meaning of life and death. He came across a small booklet titled "Call to the youth for nation building" by Swami Vivekananda in a book stall at the New Delhi railway station.[15] He realised that saints sacrificed their own happiness for that of others, and that he needed to work towards ameliorating the sufferings of the poor. He started to spend his spare time reading the works of Vivekananda, Gandhi, and Vinoba Bhave.[16] During the mid-1970s, he again survived a road accident while driving.It was at that particular moment that Hazare took an oath to dedicate his life to the service of humanity, at the age of 38.He took voluntary retirement from the army in 1978.He was honourably discharged from the Indian Army after completing 12 years of service.During his tenure about five medals were apprised to Anna Hazare: Sainya Seva Medal, Nine Years Long Service Medal, Sangram Medal, 25th Independent Anniversary Medal, and Pashimi Star award.Allegations of Hazare deserting the Indian Army were put to rest when an RTI application brought forward information of him having been honourably discharged from service.

Transformation of Ralegan Siddhi

In 1978 after a voluntary retirement from the Indian army, Hazare went to his native village Ralegan Siddhi, a village located in the acute drought-prone and rain-shadow zone of Parner Tehsil of Ahmadnagar district, in central Maharashtra.It was one of the many villages of India plagued by acute poverty, deprivation, a fragile ecosystem, neglect and hopelessness. Hazare made remarkable economic, social and community regeneration in Ralegan Siddhi. He reinforced the normative principles of human development – equity, efficiency, sustainability and people's participation and made Ralegan Siddhi an oasis of human-made regeneration in a human-made desert without any inputs of industrialisation and technology-oriented agriculture.

Prohibition of alcohol

Anna Hazare recognised that without addressing the menace of alcoholism, no effective and sustainable reform was possible in the village. He organised the youth of the village into an organisation named the Tarun Mandal (Youth Association).Hazare and the youth group decided to take up the issue of alcoholism. At a meeting conducted in the temple, the villagers resolved to close down liquor dens and ban alcohol in the village. Since these resolutions were made in the temple, they became, in a sense, religious commitments. Over thirty liquor brewing units were closed by their owners voluntarily. Those who did not succumb to social pressure were forced to close down their businesses when the youth group smashed up their liquor dens. The owners could not complain as their businesses were illegal.

When some villagers were found to be drunk they were tied to poles/pillars of the temple and punished by the violent medieval punishment of flogging, sometimes personally by Hazare. He justified this harsh punishment by stating in an interview to Reader's Digest in 1986 that “rural India was a harsh society”.[24] Hazare is a Faux-Gandian as he claims because he has used violence for 'social benefit'.

Hazare said, "Doesn’t a mother administer bitter medicines to a sick child when she knows that the medicine can cure her child? The child may not like the medicine, but the mother does it only because she cares for the child. The alcoholics were punished so that their families would not be destroyed."

Hazare appealed to the government of Maharashtra to bring in a law whereby prohibition would come into force in a village if 25% of the women in the village demanded it. In July 2009 the state government issued a government resolution amending the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949. As per the amendments, if at least 25% of women voters demand liquor prohibition through a written application to the state excise department, voting should be conducted through a secret ballot. If 50% of the voters vote against the sale of liquor, prohibition should be imposed in the village and the sale of liquor should be stopped. Similar action can be taken at the ward level in municipal areas. Another circular was issued making it mandatory to get the sanction of the Gram sabha (the local self government) for issuing new permits for the sale of liquor. In some instances, when women agitated against the sale of liquor, cases were filed against them. Hazare took up the issue again. In August 2009 the government issued another circular that sought withdrawal of cases against women who sought prohibition of liquor in their villages.

It was decided to ban the sale of tobacco, cigarettes, and beedies (an unfiltered cigarette where the tobacco is rolled in tendu also known as Diospyros melanoxylon leaves instead of paper) in the village. In order to implement this resolution, the youth group performed a unique "Holi" ceremony twenty two years ago.[when?] The festival of Holi is celebrated as a symbolic burning of evil. The youth group brought all the tobacco, cigarettes, and beedies from the shops in the village and burnt them in a ‘Holi’ fire. Tobacco, cigarettes, or beedies are no longer sold.Anna Hazare wants anyone who wants to drink alcohol to be flogged in vigilante style, everywhere in India, claiming that physical abuse is a necessary evil to destroy the free will of any responsible adult who wants to consume alcohol, specially in villages.

Fehmida Mirza Biography

Dr. Fahmida Mirza (Urdu: فہمیدہ مرزا), sometimes also spelled as Fehmida Mirza (born December 20, 1956), is a medical doctor, agriculturist and businesswoman from Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan who was elected as the first female Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan on March 19, 2008.She is also the first female parliamentary speaker in the Muslim world.

She has been elected to Parliament for three consecutive terms in 1997, 2002 and 2008 as MNA from Badin, in Sindh. Dr. Mirza graduated with a medical degree from Liaquat Medical College, Jamshoro, Sindh, in 1982 and did her house job in gynaecology and paediatrics.

Early life

Fahmida Mirza hails from a Sindhi-speaking Muslim political family in Sindh, the Qazis of Sindh. Her grandfather, Qazi Abdul Qayyum, was the first Muslim president of Hyderabad (Latifabad) Sindh Municipality. Her father, Qazi Abdul Majeed Abid (Qazi Abid) held different ministries in the provincial (Sindh) and federal cabinets from 1982 to 1990 including Provincial Minister for Communication, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture, Federal Minister for Education, and Federal Minister for Water and Power. Her Uncle, Qazi Mohammad Akbar, was also a long serving Provincial Minister in Sindh, including serving as Provincial Home Minister.

Mirza is the aunt of Pir Mazhar-ul-Haq, a three time Provincial Sindh Minister and current member and leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party in the Sindh Provincial Assembly, who is related to the influential Sindhi political family through his mother. Pir Mazhar is currently the Senior Minister in the Sindh Cabinet with the portfolio of Education.

Career

She was trained as a doctor at Liaquat Medical College, Jamshoro, Sindh, in 1982. Before entering politics, Dr. Fahmida Mirza ran an advertising agency Informachine, later renamed Information Communication Limited (ICL). In 1997 she contested elections successfully from her husband's former constituency of Badin, Sindh, and has continued to be a parliamentarian since then. She is one of the few women elected from a non-reserved constituency.

Personal life

Dr. Mirza is married to Dr. Zulfiqar Mirza, a close friend of Asif Ali Zardari, the co-chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party. Both her husband and her brother, the renowned journalist, Qazi Asad Abid, are former Members of the National Assembly.Zulfikar Mirza is also currently a member of the Sindh Provincial Assembly and was former Provincial Home Minister.

Arif Lohar Biography

Arif Lohar (Punjabi, Urdu: عارف لوہار) (born 1966) is a Pakistani folk singer. He usually sings with native musical instrument resembling tongs (called a 'chimta'). His folk music is representative of traditional folk heritage of the Punjab. He is the son of folk singer Alam Lohar.

Early life

Born in a small village called Aach Goch in Gujrat District, Punjab, Pakistan , Lohar started singing to explore the folk singing of Punjab, and to keep the tradition of his father alive.

Career

In 2005, he was awarded Pride of Performance Award from Government of Pakistan-the highest civil award in Pakistan. Son of Alam Lohar (another icon of Punjabi music) he started his singing career at an early age. To-date he has more than 150 albums to his credit and has recorded more than 3000 mostly Punjabi language songs. He is without doubt the number one living Punjabi Folk Singer in Pakistan. Worldwide he is among the Top Five Punjabi Folk and Pop Singers. In 2006 he made headlines in the Punjabi music world by his super hit album '21st Century Jugni', music produced, arranged and mastered by Mukhtar Sahota in Wolverhampton, UK, and was released by Internalmusic UK. Recently in June 2010 COKE STUDIO released his album Jugni COKE STUDIO which became a smash hit in Pakistan and over the Punjabi music world. Arif Lohar has made more than 50 foreign tours around the world during the last 20 years including UK, USA and UAE. Further to this he is the only south Asian artist to perform in North Korea as part of a international delegation of peace and goodwill, performing in front of the present president. In 2004 he performed in China for the opening of the Asian Games which had a crowd of close to 1 million in the open square, and was greatly appreciated by the local people: even though they do not understand: but feel his great performing style and great voice. Arif Lohar in the past has played lead roles in Punjabi movies also. He performed at the Wembly Arena London September 2010 to help the flood victims of Pakistan to an expected crowd of 25000 plus. Currently his career is at the peak in the Punjabi music world. He appeared in Pakistani film Jugni Nach De Aye, singing and producing three songs for the soundtrack. In 2010 Arif Lohar participated in Coke-Studio(Pakistan live session programe by Rohail Hayat). In Coke-Studio season 3, Arif Lohar performed "Alif Allah Chambay Dey Booti/Jugni" with upcoming music star Meesha Shafi. The song became a massive hit in Pakistan and it is recognized as one of the greatest hits of Coke-Studio series.

Hina Rabbani Khar Biography

Hina Rabbani Khar (Urdu: حنا ربانی کھر , born 19 January 1977 in Multan) is a Pakistani politician and Minister of Foreign Affairs since 20th July 2011. She is youngest and first female Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan.

Early and personal life

Hina Rabbani Khar was born on 19th January 1977 in Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. She is daughter of the politician Muhammad Ibrahim Arqam and niece of Ghulam Mustafa Khar. A businesswoman by profession, Hina's family has roots in Khar Gharbi village located in Kot Addu, a tehsil in Muzaffargarh District in Punjab. The Khar family has many land holdings: an estate that includes fisheries, mango orchards and sugarcane fields. She graduated with a B.Sc. (Hons) from Lahore University of Management Sciences in 1999 and received her M.Sc in Hospitality Management from the University of Massachusetts in 2001.

Personal life

She is married to Feroze Gulzar and has two daughters Annaya and Dina^[2] . She is the co-owner of the Polo Lounge, a popular upscale restaurant located on the Lahore Polo Grounds in Lahore.

Political career

Hina Rabbani Khar was elected to the National Assembly from the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) in 2002 from NA-177 Muzaffargarh-II constituency, Punjab.^[3] PML-Q denied her a ticket for re-election in 2008, consequently she ran on the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) ticket and won with more than 84,000 votes.^[4]

She served as the State Minister for Economic Affairs and Statistics in the cabinet of Yousaf Raza Gillani. On 13th June 2009, she became the first woman to present a budget speech in the National Assembly of Pakistan.

Foreign Minister

Hina Rabbani, signing the Afghan-Pak Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) with Afghan Foreign Minister, June 2011

She was appointed Minister of State for Foreign Affairs on 11th February, 2011, as part of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani cabinet reshuffle.After Shah Mehmood Qureshi's resignation as foreign minister, she became Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs on 13th February 2011. She was officially appointed foreign minister on 19th July by President Asif Ali Zardari and was sworn-in on 20th of July. Zardari described Khar’s appointment as a demonstration of the PPP government’s "commitment to bring women into the mainstream of national life."

Media Attention

After becoming the first women foreign minister of the country she first visited Afghanistan and then India for peace talks.Her first visit to India brought about much attention among the general public because the national media in the country was much talking about her beauty and her fashion instead of the talks at hand.^[8][9]Few sections in Indian Media, discussed Khar as style icon in detail, which included discussing the bag she carried, her shades, pearl necklace among other things.

Controversy and Criticism

On her first visit to India as foreign minister, Khar created controversy by meeting separatist leaders of Kashmir before meeting Indian government representatives.She faced criticism from Indian media as well as from BJP, the opposition party of India. BJP termed Khar's meet with separatists as a "Breach of Protocol" and also demanded an inquiry into the matter.

Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar in India

Hina Rabbani Khar visits Nizamuddin Dargah

Hina Rabbani Khar fashion statement

Mohib Mirza Biography

Early life

Mirza was born in Karachi, to a Urdu speaking family. Mirza is the youngest one in his family with his parents and an elder sister. His father is a passionate lover of Subcontinental music and Urdu poetry. Mirza did his primary schooling from St Judes in North Nazimabad Town, Karachi. When he progressed towards secondary school, he enrolled for drama classes as a hobby and it was not until he went on to do his graduation that he realised his passion for acting.

Career

Mirza started off as a Theatre actor in 1999. Mirza was doing Bachelors in Commerce at the time and ran out of funds for the next semester in college which made him and his friends start a theatre company of their own called, Dramaybazz. They wrote and directed an Urdu play One way ticket, which ran in PACC for 7 days receiving an overwhelming response and Mirza managed to raise more than thrice the amount of money he actually needed. Mirza made his debut on television in Sahira Kazmi's popular PTV drama serial Zebunnisa,about a girl who becomes the victim of domestic violence. Since then Mirza has acted in numerous Television serials, telefilms, sitcoms and TV commercials. Mirza earned international recognition with his film Insha Allah (2009), winning the award in Best Supporting Actor category at Film Maker's Festival held in Kent, England.^[6][7][8] Mirza is the first Pakistani actor to be awarded at Kent's Film Festival.^[9] He is currently producing a movie entitled Silent Cinema, with which he wishes to revive Pakistan's film industry. He stated that the title, "Silent Cinema", symbolizes how the Pakistani cinema is silent, and that it needs to show its true potential. The film will star Mirza, along with Sanam Baloch, Juggan Kazim, and Sunita Marshall.^[10]

Personal life

Mirza is married to famous Television actress and Model Aamina Sheikh. Their wedding was a three day event taking place from April 30 to May 2, 2005. Mohib and Aamina met on the sets of a show which Mohib was hosting and Aamina was directing. In an interview given to Jang, Mohib revealed that he had the hardest time convincing Aamina's father and that each meeting with him involved 'extensive grilling'.

Aamina Sheikh Biography

Aamina Sheikh (born August 29) is a Pakistani actress and model best known for portraying the main leads in television serials Daam, Uraan, Ishq Gumshuda, Hum Tum and Dil-e-Nadan. Sheikh also played leads, beside husband Mohib Mirza, in telefilms such as Aasmaan Chulay and Azfar Ali's Youth-oriented venture Baarish mein deewar.

Sheikh won an award in Best Emerging Talent's category on Lux Style Award 2009.^[1] She was also nominated for Model of the Year (Female) Award in the following year at Lux Style Award.She is L'Oreal Paris Pakistan's official spokesmodel.

Early life

Sheikh was born in New York City and is the daughter of Abdul Sheikh, a pharmacist by profession. Sheikh's paternal side of family have established themselves in textile business but her father had a passion for chemistry, hence he pursued it and became a pharmacist.

Sheikh has spent her childhood in Karachi and Riyadh. She received her primary education from Mama Parsi School and secondary from American International School (SAIS-R) in Riyadh. Sheikh continued further studies in Karachi and did her O-Levels and A-levels from St.Joseph's Convent and The Lyceum, respectively.Aamina has majored in Film Video production from Hampshire College, Boston and has also worked as an assistant at Manhattan based multi-media company Curious Pictures.^[5]

Career

Debut (2003-2007)

Returning to Pakistan, Sheikh landed a job with Geo Television, where she directed and produced children talkshow Bachey Man Ke Sachey. In 2007, Aamina made her on-screen debut in Sharjil Baloch and Khalid Ahmed's telefilm, Gurmuch Singh ki Waseeyat. The film was based on Saadat Hassan Manto's novel, The Will of Gurmukh Singh. Set during the time of partition, is a story of Sheikh Sahab and his friendship with Gurmukh Singh, a revered elder of the neighborhood. In the wake of Partition Muslims - with the exception of Sheikh Sahib - are leaving a largely Sikh village. Sheikh Sahib is confident that as long as his friend Gurmukh Singh, is there no harm can come to him or his family. On the night of Eid, Gurmukh Singh passes away leaving instructions with his son, that sweets should be delivered to Sheikh Sahib's house as had been the tradition for decades. His wish is carried out in the morning but in an unexpected way. The telefilm was well received and caught the attention of drama addicts.Aamina first major serial's offer came soon after that with Wilco, the ISPR and 7th Sky Entertainment's joint venture, where Aamina portrayed a woman from Thar desert.

Television serials and Modeling (2008-present)

In 2008, had Sheikh rolling with three major telefilms, Aasmaan Chu Lay, Pachees Qadam Pe Maut and Baarish Mein Deewar. Aamina has been notorious in pakistan telvision industry for the substantil success without the charming looks that is a characterstic of pakistani heroines. She has been accused of using her husband as a stepping stone ofr her success. Sheikh played a rickshaw driver who's determined to become the soul breadwinner of the family, in Syed Ali Reza's Aasmaan Chu lay. Sheikh had to learn and drive a rickshaw on Karachi's busiest M.A.Jinnah road and Garden Area, with a massive camera attached to it and had to attract real passengers.In the same year Sheikh made her runaway debut with Rehana Saigol’s fashion show. She has done extensive print work for fashion/advertising labels/companies, such as Maria B, Deepak Perwani, Amir Adnan, Nomi Ansari, Niche Lifestyle, Khaadi, Teejays, The Men's Store, Fahad Hussayn, Hang Ten, Maheen Khan, Umbereen Sharmeen, Chinyere, Crossroads and Limited Edition. In the following year, she did her second photoshoot for Niche Lifestyle, with Popstar and actor Atif Aslam.^[9]

In 2010, Sheikh did Mehreen Jabbar's mega drama serial Daam and Haissam Hussain's Ishq Gumshuda. Both of which had huge cast and were received well by both the audiences and critics. Sheikh has three serials on-air these days, two of which are for Geo Entertainment and another for ARY Digital.

Personal life

Sheikh is married to seasoned actor and comedian Mohib Mirza.^[10] Sheikh had known Mirza since her school days when she was doing English plays with veteran actor Rahat Kazmi but she officially met Mirza on the sets of Geo Entertainment's Bachay Mann Kay Sachay which she was directing and Mirza was hosting.^[4] In 2005, they decided to get married and since then they have co-starred in number of telefilms and drama serials, as on-screen couple.^[4]

Filmography

Television

Drama
Year	Title	Role	Additional Notes
2008	Wilco	Megha	PTV
	Qissaon ki chaadar	Aeman Hajra	Episode Ghutan Episode Tum aurat mein mard, Hum TV
	Mera naam hai muhabbat		Appeared in episode Aashiq Pan Shop
	Boltay Afsanay	Razia	Appeared in episode Daayin (witch) - a story by Ismat Chughtai, TV One
2009	Dil-e-Nadan	Seema	Geo TV
	Agar tum na hotay	Shireen	Indus Vision
2010	Haal-e-Dil	Seerat	ARY Digital
	Daam	Maleeha	ARY Digital
	Saleena	Bushra	ATV
	Tere Liye	Simran	ARY Digital
	Ishq Gumshuda	Neha	Hum TV
	Hum Tum	Amal	Geo Tv
	Uraan	Sana Hamdani	Geo TV
	Mera Saeen	Naina	ARY Digital
	Main Abdul Qadir Hoon	Nael Ibraheem	Hum TV
2011	Kuch Kami Si Hai	Asmee	Under-production
	Maat	-	Under-production
Telefilm
Year	Title	Role	Additional Notes
2007	Gurmuch Singh ki Waseeyat	Mian saab's daughter	Partition telefilm, based on Sadat Hassan Manto's work
2008	Baarish mein deewar	Asma-ul-Haq	Aag TV
	Waapsi	Saba	Independence Day Special on ARY Digital
2009	Bibi Jee	Amber	ARY Digital
	Aik Jaise Khuwab	Saba	ARY Digital
2011	Bhag Amina Bhag	Amna	Geo TV

Imran Abbas Naqvi Biography

Personality

Imran Abbas is a very introvert kind of person and does not like socializing very much. He loves music, poetry, literature. He has a liking of people who are witty with good IQ and sense of humor.

There have been many rumours about Imran hooking up with different girls but he denies them all, when asked about love he says he has fallen in love many times . Currently Imran is single.

Filmography

• Khuda Aur Mohabbat


• Jaanat


• Umrao Jaan Ada


• Shayad K Bahaar Aye


• Jaisay Chaho Jeo


• Bin tere kya hai jeena


• Kho Na Jayain


• Us Paar


• Ambulance


• Mera Naam Hai Muhabbat (Akailay Na jana)


• Mera Naam Hia muhabbat(Tere Koochay main)


• Ye Rishta Kya kehlaye ga


• Qismat ke sitaray


• Love Story (Keh do na)


• Love Story (Merry Christmas)


• Love Story (Kuchh kehna hai)


• Love Story (Jaisay jantay nahi)


• Fazaon main bastiyan


• Love Story (Ye Jo Muhabbat hai)


• Love Story (Dhoondoon ab tujh ko kahan)


• Love Marriage


• Jo Baat gher main hai


• Tum kahan hum Kahan (Sprite’s telefilm)


• Kehta hai Dil


• Akhri Mulaqaat (Tareek Saye)


• Sada Suhagan (Serial)


• Chahat Main Kya Duniya Dari (Serial)


• Aap jaisa Koi (Serial)


• Oh ye kya hogaya


• Milan


• 2004 A love story


• Mystery Theatre (Khwaab)


• Andaleeb (Telefilm)


• Eid Ka jora


• Koi Lahma Gulab Ho


• Tumhe yaad ho ke na yaad ho


• Main Hoon


• Wo ayain gher main humaray


• Sun Lay Na


• Diya


• Farishta


• Dheere Dheere


• Kinara


• Taqdeer


• Pyar Nahi Milta


• Do Pal


• abhi abhias


• Meri Zaat Zara-e-Benishanas


• Khuda Aur Muhabbat, (2011)


• Akbari Asghari

Sajjad Ali Biography

Early life and education

His father, Shafqat Hussain (Sajan), was a Pakistani film actor and also a cricketer.Before Sajjad was born, he appeared for the first time in a film, Badal Aur Bijli in 1973.Sajjad did his F.A from National Art's College,because of which, his father, Hussain started teaching music to him with his classical collections. During Sajjad's training, Hussain played music from classical artists such as Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Ustaad Barkat Ali Khan and Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan.

Career

Music

Sajjad's first classical hit album, 'Master Sajjad Sings Memorable Classics' was released in 1979 by EMI-Pakistan. The musicians were Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Mehdi Hassan, Ghulam Ali and Amanat Ali Khan, while most of the songs were written by Hasrat Mohani, Momin and others.

Sajjad made his television debut in a program, Aap Janab by Athar Shah Khan. After this, he appeared in Rung Barangi Duniya by musician Sohail Rana. He also performed in a program Rag Rung in 1980 at the age of 14, however on the 25th anniversary of PTV's stage show, called Silver Jubilee by Shoaib Mansoor, Sajjad got real fame through the song, Banwari Chakori, originally sung by Noor Jehan.^[2] On November 26, 1983, during a show, Sajjad sung the songs, Lagi Ray Lagay Lagan Yehe Dil Mein and Bawari Chakuri.

He produced Babia 93, Chief Saab and Sohni Lag Di.

Sajjad Ali performs at the launch of a U.S. sponsored music video to promote health awareness about mothers and newborns.

His brother Waqar Ali is also in the music industry. Sajjad along with his brother, wrote lyrics for most of the songs in his albums, while lyricists, Sabir Zafar, Mohammad Nasir, Nadeem Asad, and Ali Moin have also wrote some song^s

In July 2006, Sajjad released a single called Chal Rein De, a more classical song.On 3 September 2006, he released another single in a totally different genre with the help of Meloscience Corp.The song is known as Sajjad-Ali Sinsym Flight, and it is an experimental, jazzy, Sufi beat. In late April 2008, Sajjad released his album, Chahar Balish, which contained new tracks as well as some previous tracks such as Chal Rein De.

On 25 March 2010, Sajjad joined U.S. to promote "Life".He performed at the launch of a new music video produced by the Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN), a U.S. assistance program.

Two new compositions of Sajjad Ali from the film Bol by Shoaib Mansoor were released by Tips music on 22 May 2011 in India and on 30 May 2011 by Fire Records in Pakistan.^[5] He is also appearing in the second episode of Coke Studio with his song "Kir Kir", which will be broadcast on the major television channels across Pakistan on 5 June 2011.^[6]

[edit] Films and television

Sajjad directed his first telefilm, Love Letter in 1989, and then his first full length motion picture, Aik Aur Love Story in 1998.Before that, he also performed as an actor and a singer in a film, Munda Tera Deewana which was directed by Zahoor Husain Gillani.^[7] Sajjad has also sang songs for drama serials, Teri Yaad in drama serial Thori Khushi Thora Ghum (which was onair on PTV), Na Boloon Gi in Na Tum Jano Na Hum Janain (ARY Digital) and Sunn Leyna in Sunn Leyna ( ARY Digital ).^[8] His brother, Waqar Ali also helped him during the making of these songs as he is credited too.^[9]

Sajjad is appearing with his new songs in Shoaib Mansoor's upcoming film Bol which is releasing on June 24, 2011 as announced on the official website. Sajjad has confirmed that this song have been recorded in his own studio in Dubai and by the name of Din Pareshan hai, having two versions, according to sajjad ali this song is different from the song in his album Chahar Balish which has also the same title.

Critical acclaim

Musician, A.R. Rahman has described Sajjad as the original crossover. : "From the realm of the classical, he metamorphosed into one of the brightest lights of Pakistani pop.Always striking the right note, and never missing a beat, even the most hardened purist has to give Sajjad his due. This man can breathe life in a Ghazal even as he puts the V back into verve. He is one of the very few singers in Pakistan who seems a complete singer. As far as skill is concerned I feel nobody compares to Sajjad Ali. He is simply too good at everything he chooses to create."

Hans Raj Hans had said:"If I were to be born again, I'd like to be born as Sajjad Ali"

Personal life

Sajjad married his first cousin in 1989. Sajjad has four children from Noreen, two sons and two daughters.^[13] Nowadays, he is settled in Ajman, United Arab Emirates with his family

Adnan Sami Biography

Adnan Sami (Urdu: عدنان سمیع ; Hindi: अदनान समी; born 15 August 1973) is a British-born singer, musician, pianist,^[1][2] actor and composer of Pakistani origin. He currently holds Canadian citizenship and works and lives in Mumbai, India. His style merges Asian and Western music styles and instrumentation and ranges from classical to jazz to modern pop-rock.

Early life and education

Adnan Sami was born, brought up and educated in London, United Kingdom.His father, Arshad Sami Khan was a pilot with the Pakistan Air Force and a Pakistani diplomat. Sami attended Rugby School.^[9][10] He had played the piano since the age of five. Sami began taking lessons from Pandit Shivkumar Sharma when visiting India during his school vacations.Indian singing legend Asha Bhosle spotted talent in a ten-year-old Sami at an R D Burman concert in London, and encouraged him to take up music as a career.

As a teenager, Sami, when performing on the sitar at a programme in Stockholm, was noticed by Keyboard Magazine as being the fastest man on keyboard in Asia,Sami went on to learn Indian classical music from Mahraj Khatak,a Pakistani classical singing teacher and dancer. At the age of sixteen, Sami was approached to write a song for famine-hit Ethiopia for which he won a special award from UNICEF.^[2]

He graduated from King's College^[16] and became the first person to play Indian classical music on the electric piano.

Career

He had his first solo album Raag Time in 1991-92. The song from his album "Kisi Din Teri Yaad" was the title track "Jab Chandani Barh Kar" of his first album. In 1994, he composed music for a film for the first time. The Pakistani film, in which Adnan was the lead actor with his wife Zeba and famous Indian playback singer Asha Bhosle did the playback, Sargam, was a blockbuster.^[17] However, the authorities banned Asha's voice from the soundtrack which disappointed Adnan. He then had to re-record these songs with Hadiqa Kiyani.^[17] To date Sargam is the only film Adnan acted in. After unsuccessfully trying to make it to the restrictive Pakistani pop scene in 1997, in 2000, Asha Bhosle teamed up with him to release a collection of love songs named Kabhi to Nazar Milao.The music was also composed by Adnan. According to Adnan, this was a "dream come true" for him.The album became an instant blockbuster and topped the Indipop charts for most of 2001. According to BusinessWeek, the album sold 2 million copies in India.

The songs "Kabhi To Nazar Milao", whose music video featured model Aditi Gowitrikar^[23] and Lift Karaa De whose music video starred the popular Indian actor Amitabh Bachan from the album became immensely popular at that time. The videos were shot by Anil Mehra who had shot popular Hindi films, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Lagaan.^[14] Looking at the immense success of that album, Magnasound and Adnan released an album Always Yours which was a remix version of numbers from that album.

He soon became a sensation, which led Hindi filmmaker Boney Kapoor to invite him to give music for his film. This was the beginning for him composing and singing songs for Hindi films very successfully of even the top Hindi film producers of the time like Yash Chopra and Subhash Ghai. Due to the immense popularity of his music videos and live performances, he had even begun getting acting offers at this time.^[14][25]

The song, "Tu Sirf Mera Mehboob", from the Hindi film, Ajnabee (2001) sung by Adnan also became a rage and was a superhit.^[21] Screen Magazine called him the pop personality of the year in 2001

In 2002, Pepsi Foods made Adnan its brand ambassador in India, a contract which involved hosting a series of live music concerts across cities as well as Adnan featuring in ads for Pepsi products. According to the Pakistani newspaper Dawn, no Pakistani artist had managed to gain as much popularity in India as Sami had. According to an article in the Indian newspaper The Times of India, Sami was the most successful face in non-film music in India at that time.

His second studio album, Tera Chehra, was released in October 2002^[29] to critical eulogies even as his first album was still selling.^[14] The music videos for this album were shot by Binod Pradhan who had shot the popular Hindi film Devdas, directed by Bela Sehgal^[30] (director of Devdas Sanjay Leela Bhansali's sister) and featured popular Bollywood stars Rani Mukerji in the title track, Amitabh Bachchan in the track "Kabhi Nahi", who also sang the duet with Adnan and actress Mahima Chaudhry in another song.The title track was written by famous Hindi movie lyricist Sameer. According to the Screen Magazine, it was the only successful pop album of the year.

Saathiya (2002) brought him the opportunity to work with maestro A. R. Rahman in the form of "Aye Udi Udi", which he was looking forward to. According to Screen Magazine, the song was the highlight of the album. Rediff.com called him the "reigning king of Indipop" in early 2003 based on the sales of his albums in the past two years.

His most successful albums have been Kabhi To Nazar Milao (with Asha Bhosle) and Tera Chehra, and his music videos usually have had a host of Bollywood stars in them, including Namrata Shirodkar ("Bheegi Bheegi Raat"), Mahima Chaudhry, Raveena Tandon, Rani Mukerji ("Tera Chehra"), Govinda, Fardeen Khan, Amisha Patel ("O Meri Jaan"), Bhumika Chawla ("Maahiya"), Dia Mirza ("Pal Do Pal") and most famously, Amitabh Bachchan ("Kabhi Nahi")^[33][34]

Since 2003, he has sung for a few Tamil movies like Boys, Aayutha Ezhuthu composed by A.R. Rehman. The songs, "Boom Boom" from Boys^[35] and "Nenjamellam Kadhal" from Aayitha Ezhuthu, were hits. He also sang for the Tamil and Telugu versions besides the Hindi version of songs from the movie Yuva (2004) whose music was also composed by A. R. Rahman. Besides Rahman, he also worked together with composer Yuvan Shankar Raja, singing hit Tamil songs "Oh Intha Kadhal" from Satham Podathey and "Oru Kal" from Siva Manasula Sakthi, which got very popular and widely noticed. He sang the song "Chanchadi Adi Urang Nee" in the Malayalam movie called Makalkku.He has also sang for a Kannada film. His first Kannada song, "Don't Worry Madabeda" for the film Super Star starring Upendra was a big hit.^{[citation needed]} He also worked with music composers Devi Sri Prasad and MM Keeravani singing songs in Telugu films Varsham, Chatrapathi, Shankar Dada MBBS and 100% Love.

In 2006, he took a sabbatical, and reportedly lost over 70 kg,to make a comeback in April 2007 with a new album Kisi Din. In 2007, he sang the soundtrack of the hit Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love. His last film music composition was for Shaurya (2008).

Personal life

Adnan Sami was married to Zeba Bakhtiar^[38] for a short period (2nd marriage, separated in 1996/1997) from whom he had a son Azaan Khan.After their separation, Adnan allegedly abducted their son and took him to Dubai after the Lahore High Court awarded custody rights to Zeba

In May 1998, Zeba alleged that Pakistani and UAE officials were not co-operating with her in her bid to gain custody of her son from Adnan. She took the custody of Azaan by appealing in a Canadian court.Canadian immigration officials "stormed" Adnan's home, arrested him and "whisked away" his son who was handed over to his mother, Zeba.According to Adnan, this forced him to cancel millions of dollars worth of concerts and other recording obligations Adnan's father, Arshad Sami Khan, filed a defamation suit against Zeba and her family claiming that during the hearing, he and his family members were defamed.

According to Sami, this was when he began to gain weight by using food for comfort and getting more depressed and this became a vicious cycle and by June 2006, he weighed 206 kilos.

In 2001, Sami fell in love with and married Dubai-based Sabah Galadar his third marriage and her second. This relationship also called quits a year-and-a-half later According to Adnan, Sabah left him because he was obese.He also claimed that they were married for 10 years.

Around 2001, Sami, who was then based in Dubai, unsuccessfully attempted to acquire Indian citizenship. After failing to acquire Indian citizenship, he attempted to acquire Canadian citizenship and was successful in getting it.

In 2002, Adnan filed an appeal for the custody of his son Azaan in a Pakistani court by claiming that Zeba had obtained the custody of Azaan by "misleading the Canadian court through false and ill-founded allegations against him".Soon after, the two agreed to reconcile and settle the issue out of court after years of legal battles.Adnan agreed to let Zeba have custody but wanted access to Azaan. But it did not work out and in 2004, he sued the Canadian government for $30 million in connection with the immigration raid that had ended with his son "being whisked away".^[43][50] According to Sami, he won the case.

In 2004, Sami revealed himself as a huge fan of S D Burman and R D Burman.^[1]

In 2005, Adnan suffered from lymphoedema and developed an abscess in the knee. He was in intensive care, had to undergo a risky surgery and was in bed for three months

In June 2006, Adnan weighed 206 kilograms (450 lb) and according to him, his doctor said he was giving him just six months to live. By diet, exercise and will-power, Adnan lost 107 kg (240 lb) weight in 9 months

In 2008, Adnan's wife Sabah returned to Mumbai, remarried and began staying with Adnan.

On 30 January 2009, Adnan's wife Sabah registered a case against Adnan at the Oshiwara police station accusing him of physical and mental torture after they had a violent fight Adnan was summoned to the police station and warned against misbehaving with his wife in future. According to Adnan, Sabah is making a claim to his flat in Lokhandwala and did not allow his father to return to it. He said he was planning to fight in court with his wife.Adnan also said that his wife was unkind to his son from a previous marriage, Azaan. Sabah has said that their troubles began soon after remarriage and that Adnan was suffering from alcoholism which "increased by the day" and would often indulge in violence against her.

According to her, on one occasion, Adnan drank so much alcohol that he fell down in the bathroom and they had to cancel a show in London. She has also said that he abused and apologised to her and it became a pattern and that she loved him "so much". Adnan Sami violated the law of India and purchased 8 flats in Mumbai with out approval from the competent authorities, Naresh Kadyan, Chairman — PFA Haryana asked the Mumbai Police to lodge FIR against Adnan Sami u/s 420, 120-B IPC along with other relevant sections of the law of the land.

Adnan married for the third time on 3 April 2010, with an Afghan origin German national woman, Roya Faryabi. Roya works as Project Manager for a US-based company, operating in Germany. According to media, Adnan first met Roya in India and proposed to her after some time, while Roya says that she always liked Adnan and he is the best match for her.

Awards and accolades

Sami has won many international awards, including the Nigar Award,^[53] the Bolan Academy Award, and the Graduate Award. He was given a special award by UNICEF for the song he wrote for famine-hit Ethiopia as a teenager and a United Nations Peace Medal for a song he wrote and performed for Africa

A review of his piano solo performance on Channel 4, UK, in Keyboard Magazine acknowledged him as the "Keyboard Discovery of The 90s".^[29][54]

In 2001, he was awarded the Breakthrough Artist of the Year by MTV.^[30][55]

He was invited to be a member of the jury of the prestigious music festival Voice of Asia competition, held annually at Almaty, Kazakhstan - the jury comprises top music composers of the world.^{[citation needed]} Sami was featured in a documentary, commissioned by the Foreign and Common Wealth Office of Great Britain, about ten people from the Indian subcontinent, who have influenced the Asian culture in the UK over the last fifty years. ^Swedish and British radio and television have often referred to him as the fastest keyboard player in the world. Sami has performed for prestigious music festivals to sold-out stadia of his solo concert tours all over the world in over forty countries. In summer 2003, he became the only Asian artist to have sold out, Wembley Stadium, London, for two consecutive nights, which won him a place in the Limca Book of Records.

As a classical concert pianist, Sami has had the honour of giving "solo" Royal Command performances before the King of Sweden and King Hussein of Jordan In 2008, he was presented the Naushad Music Award by Andhra Pradesh Department of Culture, at Hyderabad.^[61][62] In 2008 he also won "Best International Act" at the UK Asian Music Awards.^[63]

Discography

Year	Title	Notes
1991	Ecstasy
1991	Raag Time	This album featured India's famous tabla artist Ustad Zakir Hussain.
1992	Behta Darya
1995	Sargam	All songs from this album were used in a Pakistani film with the same title.
1997	Badaltay Mausam	This album was re-released in India as Kabhi To Nazar Milao.
2000	Kabhi To Nazar Milao	No. 1 album for 72 weeks — Indian charts.
2002	Tera Chehra	Biggest selling album of (including film soundtracks) in Indian charts (53 weeks)[58]
2004	Teri Kasam
2007	Kisi Din
2008	Tum Jo Milay
2008	Tahaan	Soundtrack
2009	Daddy Cool	Soundtrack
2009	Ek Ladki Deewane Si
2010	My Name Is Khan

Baba Sehgal Biography

Baba Sehgal, a Sikh Rajput, is an Indian rapper and actor. Brought up in Lucknow, he was famous in the mid 1990s. He is credited as the first Indian rapper^[1] to jump on the Indipop bandwagon,^[2] and released an album which got frequent airplay on MTV India.^[3] Since then he has dominated the Indian rap scene^[4] with hits such as 'Thanda Thanda Paani' (a remake of "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice),^[5] 'Manjula' and 'Dil Dhadke'.







He did graduation (B. Tech in electrical engineering) from GB Pant University, Nanital. he has released 22 albums till now,^[7] though they haven't all met with the same level of commercial success. He released Dilruba (1990),^[8] Alibaba (1991),^[9] Thanda Thanda Pani (1992),^[10] Main bhi Madonna (1993),^[11] Double Gadbad (1999) and many more albums. He almost always writes, composes and sings the songs in his albums himself. He was the music director of the movie 'Dance Party' which had a popular song "kapurthala se aaya hoon, tere liye laaya hoon, Orange kurta peela pajama..".^[12] He has the distinction of being the first Indian music video ever to be shown on MTV Asia^[13] (which was broadcasting out of Hong Kong at the time).

He also acted in a few films such as Miss 420 (1998) and Double Gadbad (1999).^[14] Before this he hosted the TV show Superhit Muqabla which was aired on DD2 at primetime.^[15] He has also worked as a stage performer^[16] and a model.

He was in New York from 2001 to 2005^[17] and when he came home to Mumbai, he released his album 'Welcome to Mumbai',^[18] which was his 22nd and latest music album.

He also directed the music for the Bollywood film Bhoot Uncle.^[19] Baba Sehgal has considerable fan following. He is also anchoring the tv show 'Santa and Banta news unlimited' on Zoom.^[20] In 2009 he was one of the performers on the NDTV Imagine show Dhoom Macha De.

In 2009 he played a role in the SAB TV comedy series Jugni Chali Jalandhar and then in 2011 he appeared in Rang Badalti Odhani on Star One. ^[21]

He is the first Indian artist to air his music video "Dil dhadke" on MTV.

He is featured on the Imagine Showbiz series Baba's Cross Connection.

Renewed as a Playback Singer

Baba Sehgal sung many songs for Tollywood. Some of the instant hits include Rikshavodu, Jalsa, Aarya 2, Adhurs, and Don Seenu. He was mostly hired by music director Devi Sri Prasad. It was under Devi Sri Prasad's composition that Sehgal sung the Tamil songs "Jalsa Jalsa" from Villu and "Kadhal Vandhale" from Singam. The latter became one of the most popular songs of 2010.

Albums

• Dilruba


• Alibaba


• Thanda Thanda Pani


• Double Gadbad


• Mai Bhi Madonna


• Dr Dhingra


• Welcome To Mumbai


• Pinga Pinga


• Baba's Cross Connection


• NEPAL'S Rap Rock's

Baba Sehgal Movies as Actor

• My Friend Ganesha 3 (2010)


• Nalaik (2006)


• Double Gadbad (1999)


• Miss 420 (1998)

TV Serials

• Superhit Muqabla... Anchor


• CID


• Yeh Dil Chahe More


• Jugni Chali Jalandhar... Virendra


• Rang Badalti Odhani ....


• Santa Banta Unlimited on ZoomTv


• Maniben.com... cameo

Nandana Sen Biography

Nandana Sen (Bengali: নন্দনা সেন, born Nandana Dev Sen), is an Indian actress.

Early life

Sen was born in Kolkata, West Bengal to a Bengali Hindu family. She is the daughter of Nobel Laureate and Bharat Ratna economist Amartya Sen and Padma Shri winner Nabanita Dev Sen, one of the most prominent authors in the contemporary Bengali literature.

She spent her growing years in various cities across Europe, India and America. She studied drama at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and studied literature at Harvard University.

Career

Sen made her film debut with the movie "The Doll". She made her first debut in Bollywood as Rani Mukherji's 17 year old sister in the movie Black. In 2008 she appeared in the British television series Sharpe, in the episode Sharpe's Peril.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1997	The Doll / Gudia	Rosemary Braganza / Urvashi	Hindi	credited as Nandana Dev Sen
1999	Branchie		Italian
	Forever	Nadia	English	Short feature
2000	Seducing Maarya	Maarya	English
2002	Bokshu, The Myth		English
2004	The Miracle: A Silent Love Story
2005	The War Within	Duri Choudhury	English
	My Wife's Murder	Reena Wadhwa	Hindi
	Tango Charlie	Shyamoli	Hindi
	Black	Sara McNally	Hindi
2006	The Silence / Chuppee			Short feature
2007	The World Unseen	Rehmat	English
	Strangers	Preeti	English / Hindi
	Marigold	Jaanvi	English / Hindi
2008	Sharpe's Peril	Maharani Padmini	English	TV Movie
	Rang Rasiya	Sugandha	Hindi	also known as Colours of Passion
2009	The Forest	Radha	English / Hindi
	Kaler Rakhal		Bengali
	Perfect Mismatch	Neha	English
2010	Autograph	Srinandita	Bengali
	Prince	Serena	Hindi

Syed Mustafa Kamal Biography

Syed Mustafa Kamal (Urdu: سید مصطفى کمال ) served as the nazim (mayor) of the city of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan^[1] from 2005 to 2010. Kamal has affiliations with the Pakistani liberalist party Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM). He was featured as one of the “mayors of the moment” (along with Berlin’s Klaus Wowereit, and Chongqing’s Wang Hongju) in the Foreign Policy magazine in 2008 and was shortlisted for the World Mayor Prize in 2010. He had also served as the IT Minister for the Sindh province from 2003 to 2005.

Early Life

Kamal was born on December 27, 1971 in Karachi where he studied until his Intermediate examinations and left for Malaysia.^[1] In Malaysia, he received as Associate Diploma in Business Executive Studies.^[3] He later received an MBA in Marketing from the Aberystwyth University in United Kingdom.^[1]

Political Career

In 2003, Kamal became the Provincial Minister for Information Technology for the Sindh Province of Pakistan.He held this position until 2005, when he was selected to become the second nazim of the city of Karachi, succeeding Naimatullah Khan.

He championed the role of IT in the transformation of the city’s fortunes, after learning from his experiences in the IT Ministry. He envisaged the city becoming an Asian super-hub borrowing from examples of Israel and its dominant regional economy.At times, Kamal had been quoted as targeting development efforts on par with those of Dubai. Under his leadership, the city administration received acclaims and accolades, both internally and externally, as Kamal was feted by diplomats and internal urban policy-makers as a young and confident city leader.

In 2010, the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan asked for the abolition of post of mayors in all cities across Pakistan and Kamal left to resume his duties as the member of the MQM Coordination Committee. Lala Fazal-ur-Rehman became the caretaker administrator of the CDGK, replacing Kamal.

Syed Mustafa Kamal was awarded an honorary PhD degree in Politics by the Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Karachi, at its convocation held on the 14th of April 2010 at a ceremony held at the open air PAF Museum in Karachi.^[4]

August 2007

Residents of Defence Housing Authority (DHA), a neighborhood of Karachi, wished to pay taxes to CDGK. They even praised City government's efforts to carry out relief operations in their area.

The city government has started work on 3 multistoried parking plazas two in Saddar Town and one in Clifton area and these would be unique and one of its kind projects in Pakistan.

Achievements

Mustafa Kamal was praised by the Supreme Court of Pakistan for his efforts to make Karachi a megacity and to carry out relief operations.

Sharmilla Farooqi Biography

Sharmila Farooqi is a Pakistani politician who served Chief Minister of Sindh, information and media.She is the maternal grand daughter of N M Uqaili and daughter of Usman Farooqi, who was a bureaucrat and former chairman of Pakistan Steel Mills .She is the niece of Salman Farooqi, a well-known confidante of President Asif Ali Zardari.

Farooq Sattar Biography

Farooq Sattar Pirwani (Urdu: فاروق ستار پیراونی ) is a politician from Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Farooq Sattar is Deputy Convener and Parliamentary leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), a political party in Pakistan. He has also served as Provincial Minister in the Sindh Cabinet for Local Bodies and is one of the senior Members of the MQM Co-Ordination Committee. Dr Farooq Sattar was also heading Foreign Relations Committee in the Senate.^[1] A medical doctor by training, he received M.B.B.S degree from Sindh Medical College in 1986. He is a member of Memon community, and resides in Pir Ilahi Buksh Colony in Gulshan Town of Karachi, a modest and lower-middle income residential community. He was elected mayor of Karachi, at age of 28, youngest to hold this position.^[2]

On 16 March 2008, he was nominated as Prime Minister of Pakistan candidate by the opposition parties in Pakistan.

Zulfiqar Mirza Biography

Zulfiqar Mirza is a prominent Sindhi politician of Pakistan affiliated with Pakistan Peoples Party.

Zulfiqar Mirza hails from a Sindhi-speaking Shia Muslim political family in Sindh, the Qazis of Sindh.The Qazi's of Hyderabad themselves are Sunni but have intermarraiges with the Sindhi Mirza Shia tribe.

Dr. Zulfiqar Mirza is married to Dr. Fahmida Mirza who was elected as the first female Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan on March 19, 2008.^[1] She is also the first female parliamentary speaker in the Muslim world.Zulfiqar Mirza is currently member of Provincial Assembly of Sindh and is Home Minister of Sindh. He acquired his secondary education at Cadet College Petaro in the late 1960s.

Ragini Khanna Biography

Ragini Khanna (Hindi: रागिनी खन्ना) is an Indian television actress. She has appeared in many serials most notably Bhaskar Bharti and Radhaa Ki Betiyaan Kuch Kar Dikhayengi.^[2] Currently,^[when?] she is playing the lead role in the television show Sasural Genda Phool on STAR Plus. Recently,^[when?] she appeared on Imagine TV's show, Big Money along with three other television actresses. She was the captain of her team. They won ten lakh rupees on the show. She was also seen in a show called Meethi Choori. She is the niece of actor Govinda On November 3, 2010, she participated in the show Kaun Banega Crorepati and helped win INR 12,50,000 for a charity. The show marked a interlude of her singing a famous song from an older movie of Amitabh Bachchan. She also participated in the fourth season of the dance show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa.

Filmography

Television roles

Serial	Channel	Year	Character
Radhaa Ki Betiyaan Kuch Kar Dikhayengi	NDTV Imagine	2008/09	Ragini Sharma
Bhaskar Bharti	Sony TV	2009	Bharti
Sasural Genda Phool	STAR Plus	2010-	Suhana Bajpai
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa	Sony TV	2010/11	Herself
Meethi Choori No 1	NDTV Imagine	2010	Herself

Films

Year	Film	Character	Notes
2011	Teen Thay Bhai	Gurleen Kaur
2012	Zindagi Live		Filming

Awards

Indian Telly Awards 2010

• Most Popular Actor Female for "Sasural Genda Phool

Big Star Entertainment Awards 2010

• Best Tv Entertainer for "Sasural Genda Phool

Star Parivaar Awards 2011

• Favourite Bahu for "Sasural Genda Phool"


• Pantene Parivartan Award

India Ne Bana Di Jodi Awards 2011

India Ki Best Romantic Jodi

Sadia Imam Biography

Acting

She is considered to be one of the biggest tv actress Pakistan has ever produced . She is two time Lux Style Awards winner in the best actress category .

Credits

Drama Serials

• Uljhan (PTV)


• Colony 52


• Jab Jab Dil Miley (PTV)


• Hum Se Juda Na Hona (PTV)


• Dil Dard Dhuan (ARY Digital)


• Aangan Bhar Chandni (ARY)


• Tapish (PTV)


• Dohri (ARY)


• Koonj (Eveready Pictures) (Geo TV)


• Uljhan (PTV)


• Meray Naseeb Ki Barishain (ARY)


• ijazat (ARY)


• Anokha Bandan (ATV)


• Aasman (PTV)


• Kesi Yeh Deewangi as Maira

Sitcoms

• Dolls & Dude (Geo TV)


• Adha Chehra (PTV)

Soaps

• Sirf Aik Baar (TV One)


• Rani Beti Raaj Karey (ARY)

Producer credits

• Tapish (PTV)


• Kachi Neend Kay Khwab

Nadia Khan Biography

Career

She made her television debut through NTM in 1996. She then hosted a show called Daak Time (Mail Time) with Uncle Sargam which was popular among children PTV.^{[citation needed]} She made a comeback to acting in the year 2005 with an Eid Special Show in which she acted opposite Ijaz Aslam and Sadia Imam. She also appeared in a ARY Digital soap called Koi To Ho in 2003. She later left the show to work as a host on ARY, then left it to work on Geo TV.

Khan returned as an anchor on ARY Digital's morning show Breakfast with Nadia. The show went on air from Dubai in the year 2006. After leaving ARY Digital for unknown reasons in 2008, she moved to Geo TV Khan then hosted Geo TV's morning show called Nadia Khan Show. A live chat and interview show. She quit GEO TV on September 30, 2010 and was replaced by Shaista Wahidi on Geo TV's program 'GEO Morning in November, 2010.^{[citation needed]}

Awards and acknowledgments

Khan has won Masala Awards for Best host in 2009, She has also won a best actress award for her hit PTV Drama serial Bandhan {1998}.

She was also dubbed the "Oprah Winfrey" of Pakistan by a major newspaper of the country in the year 2007.

Mona Lizza Biography

Early life and family

Mona Lizza, born on 11 December 1985 in Kuwait, is a Pakistani actress. She belongs to a Muslim family and has four siblings. She was named Mona before her birth by her father, who was greatly inspired by the classic painting of Mona Lisa. He added Lizza at age of 3. After the death of her father in 2001, the family moved to Pakistan. Mona interests consist of poetry, painting, writing and travelling around the world.

Career

Mona accompanied a close friend who was a model to a photo shoot. The photographer took a few casual pictures of Mona. She did her first ad with Fair and Lovely. Mona Lizza made her acting debut in 2003 with Pakistani director S. Suleman in the serial Rabia Zinda Rahegi.

Mona Lizza has given dance performances in the United States, UK, and Canada. She has also done theater, Anarkali, Shahyad Issi Ka Naam Mohabbat Hai Sheiftaa, in Karachi and Delhi.

In 2011, her movies Gidh and Saltanat are to be released. Subsequently, she confirmed she has left the Pakistani television industry and is focusing on movies nationally and internationally, most likely Indian movies.

Bollywood

In 2008, Mona made her debut in Bollywood film industry with the Indian movie Kajraare.^[1] She was signed by the Bollywood producer Bhushan Kumar for the film, which was directed by Pooja Bhatt. She starred opposite Himesh Reshammiya. Mona plans to continue to work in Bollywood.

Works and appearances

• Memsaab


• Kisi Ko Maan Liya Apna


• Billo CNG


• Shehzadi


• Main Marrgayi Shaukat Ali


• Kaajal


• Tere Liyea


• Noori


• Piyasi


• Raqib Se


• Sandal


• Romeo


• Srif Ek Baar


• Laal Batti


• Uss Ki Bivi


• Anokhi

Filmography

• Kajraare (2010)