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Well bro, thanks for liking the scenery ... thre are more pics to come , i am sure you will like it ....
Bro, thanks for liking pakistani food ....
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Port Grand - Karachi Food Street- Asia's Largest Port Grand Food Street in Karachi
Port Grand Project is a food, shopping and entertainment complex which has been built with over Rs. 1 billion investment by Grand Leisure Corporation. Port Grand project is a 13-acre world-class facility that has been designed and built in collaboration with top international architects/designers who employed the latest technology and building techniques to deliver a state of the art facility. About 40 outlets are being made operational at this stage while more outlets would be opened soon.
The native jetty bridge has been entirely rebuilt to ensure a world-class tourist destination and a source of pride for Karachites that would ultimately attract millions of people from all over the country and beyond. Visitors would come to Port Grand not only for food and entertainment but for over a hundred different concepts at port grand that includes free wifi, port bazaar, bookstore, florist, Art lane, gift and antiques etc.
Parking for over eight hundred cars with complimentary valet service, and pristine public restrooms and Plenty of Pedestrian friendly walkways are additional attractions at the project. The few trees that existed on the site, have been preserved and replanted. The 150 years old Banyan tree has been treated with greet care making its home for an iconic tavern known as the Napiers tavern that sits at the edge of the Napier Mole Bridge. GLC has installed a special irrigation system in the tree to give it an even longer life. Port Grand is also one of the first projects in the City that has been dedicated to building an open eco-friendly/ green environment, with special focus on urban regeneration. Port Grand is going to be a model for lot of good to be followed in the city.
Port Grand Food and Entertainment Complex is a recreational area built in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan along the waterfront of the 19th century Native Jetty Bridge that connects the Karachi Port Trust to Keamari. The complex is a hub of shopping, dining, cultural and coastal recreational activities in the city.
Port Grand is located on Napier Mole Bridge a site that is very significant to the history of Karachi and has played a crucial role in making it the city it is today. The project stretches along 1,000 ft of Karachis ancient 19th century Native Jetty Bridge and spreads over an area of 200,000 sq. ft.
The one kilometer bridge has been transformed into an entertainment and food enclave housing numerous eateries totaling 40,000 sq. ft of climate-controlled area and space for kiosks and 11 restaurants of exotic Pakistani and foreign food and a variety of beverages
Port Grand Project is a food, shopping and entertainment complex which has been built with over Rs. 1 billion investment by Grand Leisure Corporation. Port Grand project is a 13-acre world-class facility that has been designed and built in collaboration with top international architects/designers who employed the latest technology and building techniques to deliver a state of the art facility. About 40 outlets are being made operational at this stage while more outlets would be opened soon.
The native jetty bridge has been entirely rebuilt to ensure a world-class tourist destination and a source of pride for Karachites that would ultimately attract millions of people from all over the country and beyond. Visitors would come to Port Grand not only for food and entertainment but for over a hundred different concepts at port grand that includes free wifi, port bazaar, bookstore, florist, Art lane, gift and antiques etc.
Parking for over eight hundred cars with complimentary valet service, and pristine public restrooms and Plenty of Pedestrian friendly walkways are additional attractions at the project. The few trees that existed on the site, have been preserved and replanted. The 150 years old Banyan tree has been treated with greet care making its home for an iconic tavern known as the Napiers tavern that sits at the edge of the Napier Mole Bridge. GLC has installed a special irrigation system in the tree to give it an even longer life. Port Grand is also one of the first projects in the City that has been dedicated to building an open eco-friendly/ green environment, with special focus on urban regeneration. Port Grand is going to be a model for lot of good to be followed in the city.
Port Grand Food and Entertainment Complex is a recreational area built in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan along the waterfront of the 19th century Native Jetty Bridge that connects the Karachi Port Trust to Keamari. The complex is a hub of shopping, dining, cultural and coastal recreational activities in the city.
Port Grand is located on Napier Mole Bridge a site that is very significant to the history of Karachi and has played a crucial role in making it the city it is today. The project stretches along 1,000 ft of Karachis ancient 19th century Native Jetty Bridge and spreads over an area of 200,000 sq. ft.
The one kilometer bridge has been transformed into an entertainment and food enclave housing numerous eateries totaling 40,000 sq. ft of climate-controlled area and space for kiosks and 11 restaurants of exotic Pakistani and foreign food and a variety of beverages
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Music of Pakistan
The music of Pakistan includes diverse elements ranging from music from various parts of South Asia as well as Central Asian, Persian, Turkish, Arabic and modern day Western popular music influences. With these multiple influences, a distinctive Pakistani sound has been formed.
Ghazal
In poetry, the ghazal (Turkish: gazel) is a poetic form consisting of couplets which share a rhyme and a refrain. Each line must share the same meter. Etymologically, the word literally refers to "the mortal cry of a gazelle". The animal is called Ghizaal, from which the English word gazelles stems, or Kastori haran (where haran refers to deer) in Urdu. Ghazals are traditionally expressions of love, separation and loneliness, for which the gazelle is an appropriate image. A ghazal can thus be understood as a poetic expression of both the pain of loss or separation of the lover and the beauty of love in spite of that pain. The form is ancient, originating in 10th century Persian verse. It is derived from the Persian qasida. The structural requirements of the ghazal are more stringent than those of most poetic forms traditionally written in English. In its style and content it is a genre which has proved capable of an extraordinary variety of expression around its central theme of love and separation. It is considered by many to be one of the principal poetic forms the Persian civilization offered to the eastern Islamic world.
The ghazals can be sung both for men and women, as an expression of love/beauty.
The ghazal spread into South Asia in the 12th century under the influence of the new Islamic Sultanate courts and Sufi mystics. Exotic to the region, as is indicated by the very sounds of the name itself when properly pronounced as ġazal. Although the ghazal is most prominently a form of Urdu poetry, today, it has influenced the poetry of many languages. Most Ghazal singers are trained in classical music and sing in either Khyal or Thumri.
Qawwali
Qawwali is the devotional music of the Chishti Sufis. Qawwali is a vibrant musical tradition that stretches back more than 700 years in India. Originally performed mainly at Sufi shrines throughout the India, it has also gained mainstream popularity. Qawwali music received international exposure through the work of the late Aziz Mian, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and sabri brothers, largely due to several releases on the Real World label, followed by live appearances at WOMAD festivals. Listeners, and often artists themselves are transported to a state of wajad, a trance-like state where they feel at one with God, generally considered to be the height of spiritual ecstasy in Sufism. The roots of Qawwali can be traced back to 8th century Persia, however, Qawwali in the form we know it today was essentially created by Amir Khusrau in the late 13th century.
During the first major migration from Persia, in the 11th century, the musical tradition of Sama migrated to South Asia, Turkey and Uzbekistan. Rumi and his Mevlana order of Sufism have been the propagators of Sama in Central Asia. Amir Khusrau of the Chisti order of Sufis is credited with fusing the Persian and South Asian musical traditions, to create Qawwali as well as the classical music tradition. The word "Sama" is used (or is the preferred name) in Central Asia and Turkey, for forms very similar to Qawwali while in Pakistan, the formal name used for a session of Qawwali is "Mehfil-e-Sama".
Instruments
Tabla
Dholak
Harmonium
Rubab (instrument)
Notable composers and performers (Incomplete List)
Ustad Badar uz Zaman
Munshi Raziuddin
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Overload
Sabri Brothers
Qawwal Bahauddin
Ateeq Hussain Khan
Iqbal Hussain Khan Bandanawazi
Aziz Mian
Religious
There is a large number of hamd and naat singers in Pakistan. This is a type of Islamic religious music where poetical verses of the love for God (Allah) is expressed. Some of the most famous artists include Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, along with his nephew Rahat Fateh Ali KhanThere are sabri brothers from karachi.
Hamd
'Hamd' is not the exclusive domain of any religion. As pointed out – it denotes praise to God, it is more extensively used in the Muslim world. It is usually used in conjunction with the Sanna and referred to as 'Hamd – o – Sanna'.
Classical
Classical music of Pakistan is based on the traditional music of South Asia which was patronized by various empires that ruled the region and gave birth to several genres of classic music. The classical music of Pakistan has two main principles, ‘sur’ (musical note) and ‘lai’ (rhythm). The systematic organization of musical notes into a scale is known as a raag. The arrangement of rhythm (lai) in a cycle is known as taal. Improvisation plays a major role during a performance.
The major genres of classical music in Pakistan are dhrupad and khayal. Dhrupad is approaching extinction in Pakistan despite vocalists like Ustad Badar uz Zaman, Ustad Hafeez Khan and Ustad Afzal Khan have managed to keep this art form alive. Khayal is the most popular genre of classical music in Pakistan as is also enjoyed with much enthusiasm in Afghanistan.
There are many families from gharanas of classical music who inherited the music from their forefathers and are still performing. Some famous gharanas are: Qwaal Bacha gharana (Ut Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Rahat Fateh Ali khan belongs to this gharana), and Patyala gharana (Shafaqat Amanat Ali Khan belongs to this gharana). Number of other gharanas are present in Pakistan who serves classical music. Some classical musicians like Ut Badar uz Zaman do not belong to any famous gharana but has served enormously to classical music. The legendary sitar player Mohammad Sharif Khan Poonchhwaley belongs to Poonch gharana of sitar.
Tari Khan is a classical tabla player from Pakistan. Talib Hussain was one of the last remaining pakhawaj players of Pakistan and was a recognized practitioner of the Punjab style.
Regional
Pakistani folk music deals with subjects surrounding daily life in less grandiose terms than the love and emotion usually contained in its traditional and classical counterpart. In Pakistan, each province has its own variation of popular folk music.
Pakistan has created many famous singers in this discipline such as the late Alam Lohar, who was very influential in the period of 1940 until 1979: he created the concept of "jugni" and this has been a folk song ever since, and he sang heer, sufiana kalaams, mirza, sassi and many more famous folk stories. Other famous folk singers include Sain Zahoor and Alam Lohar from Punjab and Allan Fakir and Mai Bhaghi from Sindh, Akhtar Chanal Zahri from Baluchistan and Zarsanga from North-West Frontier Province who is considered the queen of Pashto folk music.
Balochi
The music of Balochistan province is very rich and full of varieties due to the many different types of languages which are spoken in the province, including Balochi, Pashto, Brahui, Persian and Saraiki. Balochi music stems basically from Persian Music due to the close proximity of Iran. Although Balochi singers have still not made a mark on the Pakistani music scene, there are many Balochi singers and these include;Faiz Mohammad Faizok, baloch. winner of a world singing competition award.Who Was a great Balochi Folk Singer.Ali Reza Askani, Aref Baloch, Asim Baloch.
Punjabi
Music from the Punjab province includes many different varieties. The traditional music utilizes instruments like the dhol, flute, dholak, and tumbi. The most commonly recognized form of Punjabi music, bhangra, is based on drum rhythms of the dhol. Its modern popularity has led to the use of new instruments and electronic sound sampling. Bhangra is a Punjabi folk dance that has become popular all over Pakistan. Bhangra and Punjabi folk songs have been an integral part of the fertile provinces cultural history and many themes are related to harvest and cultivation. Others still draw on the poetic history of the province which transcend ethnic and religious boundaries. The late Alam Lohar is noted for contributing in Punjabi music since the formation of Pakistan until his death in 1979 and popularising the music term Jugni and the Punjabi instrument Chimta.
Potohari
Potohari has a rich tradition of poetry recital accompanied by sitar, ghara, tabla, harmonium and dholak. These poems (potohari sher) are often highly lyrical and somewhat humorous and secular in nature, though religious sher are also recited.
The Late Alam Lohar and Arif Lohar are notable Punjabi singers of Pakistan.
Sindhi
Music from Sindh province is sung in Sindhi, and is generally performed in either the "Baits" or "Waee" styles. The Baits style is vocal music in Sanhoon (low voice) or Graham (high voice). Waee instrumental music is performed in a variety of ways using a string instrument. Waee, also known as Kafi, is found in the surrounding areas of Balochistan, Punjab, and Rajasthan. Common instruments used in Sindhi regional music include the Yaktaro, Narr, and Naghara.
Notable Sindhi singers (Incomplete List)
Allan Faqir
Ahmed Mughal
Sarmad Sindhi
Bhagat Kanwar Ram
Deeba Sahar
Runa Laila
Shazia Khushk
Zarina Baloch
Zeeshan Mashori
Ajay Kumar
Kashmiri
The predominant language found in Pakistan's Northern Areas has an extensive oral history which dates back several thousand years. With the increase in tourism to Pakistan's Northern Areas and increased domestic as well as international awareness of the local folk music, the Shinha folk traditions have managed to stay alive and vibrant. A dardic language with considerable Persian influence is found in Pakistan's Chitral region in the North West of the country. Khowar folk music had considerable patronage particularly during the rule of the Mehtars in the last century. Folk music in this region has remained relatively pure and unscathed by modern influences due to the relative isolation of this district. The arrival of many refugees from the adjacent Nuristan province of Afghanistan and the subsequent increase in commercial activity in Chitrali bazaars allowed this local form of music to flourish in the past few decades.
Saraiki
Saraiki language is spoken by 13.9 million people in southern Punjab and northern Sindh. Atta Ullah Essa Khelvi Khan is one of the most famous Saraiki singers in Pakistan, hailing from Mianwali. Saraiki media has significantly developed and has brought more talent onto the national level, such as Kook TV and Rohi TV. The Saraiki language is often considered the sweetest of all Pakistani languages, hence the popularity of Saraki music is nationwide. The great late Pathanay Khan also did considerable work in the field of Saraiki music. His songs such as Mera Ishq Vi Tu and Charakay De are still loved by masses and equally appreciated by non-Saraiki speakers. Another star of this language is world renowned folk singer Reshma. She has rendered some beautiful songs in Saraiki along with Urdu and Punjabi for which she gained fame across Pakistan and internationally. A new voice from Mianwali is also attracting people Ali Imran Awan.
Pashto
Pashto music is commonly found in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and in Pakistan's major urban centres such as Karachi, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Sialkot and Multan, genres include Tappa, Charbeta, Neemkai, Loba, Shaan and Badala. The Tappa is believed to be one of the oldest forms of Pashto poetry; it comprises two unequal meters, with the second longer than the first. Charbetta is the most popular form of poetry, and epic poem which focuses on heroic figures. The music is sung at a fast tempo by two or more singers. Neemakai is composed by Pashto women, expressing a range of issues from daily life. Loba is another form of Pashto folk song composed as a dramatic dialogue, often to tell romantic tales. Shaan is a celebratory song performed at occasions such as marriage and child birth. Although Badala is a type of Pashto folk music, it is normally sung by professional musicians. It is an epic poem set to composed music which is performed with instruments such harmonium, drums and tabla. The Rubab, a kind of lute is an essential part of Pasthtu folk music. This music is uncommon as the ruling MMA has restricted the use of music in the province. In recent years, the Pashto music industry has been given official patronage through television and increased support by Pakistani listeners who have begun to appreciate classic and traditional Pashto poetry.
Persian
Persian is spoken mainly in the North West of Pakistan but there are also considerable Persian speaking inhabitants in Pakistan's major urban centres of Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. During and after the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and subsequent arrival of millions of Afghan refugees to Pakistan, much of the Afghan (Dari/Persian) music industry was kept alive by performances and recordings made in Pakistan. After more than 20 years, Persian folk music has made considerable and often subtle contributions the overall Pakistani music industry. singers from Afghanistan regularly perform throughout Pakistan particularly at weddings and other formal functions. Singers such as Mehdi Hassan, ustad nusrat fateh ali khan Rahat fateh ali khan Iqbal Bano, Farida Khanum and Abida Parveen have sung ghazals in Persian such as those of Hazrat Amir Khusrow, Arsallah Behram.
Hindko
Music from Hazara Division is sung in Hindko, and is generally performed in either the "Maheyay" or "sher" styles.
Modern
Details of Modern Music in Separate Threads
Pakistani music in the 21st century revitalized itself.
Pop
Rock
Hip hop
Filmi
Producers (Incomplete List)
Music production seems to have stayed in the shadows in the Pakistan music industry. Behind the successes of some of the top talent in the country, there were almost always music producers who never got their due credit.
Badar uz Zaman – Originally a Classical singer yet worked a lot in the fusion of old music with new one.
Mekaal Hasan – a member of the Meekal Hasan Band and one of the most talented musicians in Pakistan who has produced great hits like "Aadat" for Jal The Band, "Sampooran" and "Andohlan" for his own band.
Rohail Hyatt – a member of Vital Signs who produced all the Vital Signs albums and albums for various other artists like Awaz, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Ali Azmat. He has worked with big names such as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Ustaad Saami and Fareed Ayaz. He produced the background music for the hit Pakistani film Khuda Kay Liye and produced the song "Jiya Dhadak Dhadak Jaye" for the film Kalyug. He is also a producer of Coke Studio
Shani Haider – a unique musician from a musical family and the only producer who produced music albums for almost every artist Junaid Jamshed, Ali Zafar, Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan, Hadiqa Kiyani, Shehzad Roy, Fakhir, Haroon, Jimmy Attre, Raheem Shah, Najam Sheraz, Fakhar-e-Alam, Sajjad Ali. Shani is the eldest son of the great tabla maestro Ustad Arshad Ali and he is known in the industry for his different musical approach in blending eastern and western music. He also has a huge musical score in the advertising industry of Pakistan for composing jingles and soundtracks for the major brands like Pepsi, Nestle, P&G, Orascom, Coca Cola, Braun, Toyota, Honda and many.
Zeeshan Parwez, Sachal Music Izzat Majeed and Mushtaq Soofi produce artists including the popular Sachal Studio Orchestra (jazz and bossa nova), Mian Sheharyar, Hariharan, Ustad Fateh Ali Khan of Gwalior, Reshma, Mehnaz, Wazir Afzal, Qadir Shaggan, Ustad Nazar Hussain.
Notable composers and performers (Incomplete List)
Abida Parveen
Abrar ul Haq
Ahmed Rushdi
Tufail Niazi
Alam Lohar
Ali Azmat
Amanat Ali Khan
Amjad Bobby
Arif Lohar
Asad Amanat Ali Khan
Atif Aslam
Farida Khanum
Ghulam Ali
Iqbal Bano
Khawaja Khurshid Anwar
M Ashraf
Malika Pukhraj
Master Abdullah
Mehdi Hassan
Munni Begum
Naheed Akhtar
Najam Sheraz
Nayyara Noor
Noor Jehan
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Rasheed Attre
Roshan Ara Begum
Sabri Brothers
Sajjad Ali
Tahira Syed
Tina Sani
Usman Warsi
Ustad Badar uz Zaman
Waqar Ali
Zayn Malik
The music of Pakistan includes diverse elements ranging from music from various parts of South Asia as well as Central Asian, Persian, Turkish, Arabic and modern day Western popular music influences. With these multiple influences, a distinctive Pakistani sound has been formed.
Ghazal
In poetry, the ghazal (Turkish: gazel) is a poetic form consisting of couplets which share a rhyme and a refrain. Each line must share the same meter. Etymologically, the word literally refers to "the mortal cry of a gazelle". The animal is called Ghizaal, from which the English word gazelles stems, or Kastori haran (where haran refers to deer) in Urdu. Ghazals are traditionally expressions of love, separation and loneliness, for which the gazelle is an appropriate image. A ghazal can thus be understood as a poetic expression of both the pain of loss or separation of the lover and the beauty of love in spite of that pain. The form is ancient, originating in 10th century Persian verse. It is derived from the Persian qasida. The structural requirements of the ghazal are more stringent than those of most poetic forms traditionally written in English. In its style and content it is a genre which has proved capable of an extraordinary variety of expression around its central theme of love and separation. It is considered by many to be one of the principal poetic forms the Persian civilization offered to the eastern Islamic world.
The ghazals can be sung both for men and women, as an expression of love/beauty.
The ghazal spread into South Asia in the 12th century under the influence of the new Islamic Sultanate courts and Sufi mystics. Exotic to the region, as is indicated by the very sounds of the name itself when properly pronounced as ġazal. Although the ghazal is most prominently a form of Urdu poetry, today, it has influenced the poetry of many languages. Most Ghazal singers are trained in classical music and sing in either Khyal or Thumri.
Qawwali
Qawwali is the devotional music of the Chishti Sufis. Qawwali is a vibrant musical tradition that stretches back more than 700 years in India. Originally performed mainly at Sufi shrines throughout the India, it has also gained mainstream popularity. Qawwali music received international exposure through the work of the late Aziz Mian, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and sabri brothers, largely due to several releases on the Real World label, followed by live appearances at WOMAD festivals. Listeners, and often artists themselves are transported to a state of wajad, a trance-like state where they feel at one with God, generally considered to be the height of spiritual ecstasy in Sufism. The roots of Qawwali can be traced back to 8th century Persia, however, Qawwali in the form we know it today was essentially created by Amir Khusrau in the late 13th century.
During the first major migration from Persia, in the 11th century, the musical tradition of Sama migrated to South Asia, Turkey and Uzbekistan. Rumi and his Mevlana order of Sufism have been the propagators of Sama in Central Asia. Amir Khusrau of the Chisti order of Sufis is credited with fusing the Persian and South Asian musical traditions, to create Qawwali as well as the classical music tradition. The word "Sama" is used (or is the preferred name) in Central Asia and Turkey, for forms very similar to Qawwali while in Pakistan, the formal name used for a session of Qawwali is "Mehfil-e-Sama".
Instruments
Tabla
Dholak
Harmonium
Rubab (instrument)
Notable composers and performers (Incomplete List)
Ustad Badar uz Zaman
Munshi Raziuddin
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Overload
Sabri Brothers
Qawwal Bahauddin
Ateeq Hussain Khan
Iqbal Hussain Khan Bandanawazi
Aziz Mian
Religious
There is a large number of hamd and naat singers in Pakistan. This is a type of Islamic religious music where poetical verses of the love for God (Allah) is expressed. Some of the most famous artists include Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, along with his nephew Rahat Fateh Ali KhanThere are sabri brothers from karachi.
Hamd
'Hamd' is not the exclusive domain of any religion. As pointed out – it denotes praise to God, it is more extensively used in the Muslim world. It is usually used in conjunction with the Sanna and referred to as 'Hamd – o – Sanna'.
Classical
Classical music of Pakistan is based on the traditional music of South Asia which was patronized by various empires that ruled the region and gave birth to several genres of classic music. The classical music of Pakistan has two main principles, ‘sur’ (musical note) and ‘lai’ (rhythm). The systematic organization of musical notes into a scale is known as a raag. The arrangement of rhythm (lai) in a cycle is known as taal. Improvisation plays a major role during a performance.
The major genres of classical music in Pakistan are dhrupad and khayal. Dhrupad is approaching extinction in Pakistan despite vocalists like Ustad Badar uz Zaman, Ustad Hafeez Khan and Ustad Afzal Khan have managed to keep this art form alive. Khayal is the most popular genre of classical music in Pakistan as is also enjoyed with much enthusiasm in Afghanistan.
There are many families from gharanas of classical music who inherited the music from their forefathers and are still performing. Some famous gharanas are: Qwaal Bacha gharana (Ut Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Rahat Fateh Ali khan belongs to this gharana), and Patyala gharana (Shafaqat Amanat Ali Khan belongs to this gharana). Number of other gharanas are present in Pakistan who serves classical music. Some classical musicians like Ut Badar uz Zaman do not belong to any famous gharana but has served enormously to classical music. The legendary sitar player Mohammad Sharif Khan Poonchhwaley belongs to Poonch gharana of sitar.
Tari Khan is a classical tabla player from Pakistan. Talib Hussain was one of the last remaining pakhawaj players of Pakistan and was a recognized practitioner of the Punjab style.
Regional
Pakistani folk music deals with subjects surrounding daily life in less grandiose terms than the love and emotion usually contained in its traditional and classical counterpart. In Pakistan, each province has its own variation of popular folk music.
Pakistan has created many famous singers in this discipline such as the late Alam Lohar, who was very influential in the period of 1940 until 1979: he created the concept of "jugni" and this has been a folk song ever since, and he sang heer, sufiana kalaams, mirza, sassi and many more famous folk stories. Other famous folk singers include Sain Zahoor and Alam Lohar from Punjab and Allan Fakir and Mai Bhaghi from Sindh, Akhtar Chanal Zahri from Baluchistan and Zarsanga from North-West Frontier Province who is considered the queen of Pashto folk music.
Balochi
The music of Balochistan province is very rich and full of varieties due to the many different types of languages which are spoken in the province, including Balochi, Pashto, Brahui, Persian and Saraiki. Balochi music stems basically from Persian Music due to the close proximity of Iran. Although Balochi singers have still not made a mark on the Pakistani music scene, there are many Balochi singers and these include;Faiz Mohammad Faizok, baloch. winner of a world singing competition award.Who Was a great Balochi Folk Singer.Ali Reza Askani, Aref Baloch, Asim Baloch.
Punjabi
Music from the Punjab province includes many different varieties. The traditional music utilizes instruments like the dhol, flute, dholak, and tumbi. The most commonly recognized form of Punjabi music, bhangra, is based on drum rhythms of the dhol. Its modern popularity has led to the use of new instruments and electronic sound sampling. Bhangra is a Punjabi folk dance that has become popular all over Pakistan. Bhangra and Punjabi folk songs have been an integral part of the fertile provinces cultural history and many themes are related to harvest and cultivation. Others still draw on the poetic history of the province which transcend ethnic and religious boundaries. The late Alam Lohar is noted for contributing in Punjabi music since the formation of Pakistan until his death in 1979 and popularising the music term Jugni and the Punjabi instrument Chimta.
Potohari
Potohari has a rich tradition of poetry recital accompanied by sitar, ghara, tabla, harmonium and dholak. These poems (potohari sher) are often highly lyrical and somewhat humorous and secular in nature, though religious sher are also recited.
The Late Alam Lohar and Arif Lohar are notable Punjabi singers of Pakistan.
Sindhi
Music from Sindh province is sung in Sindhi, and is generally performed in either the "Baits" or "Waee" styles. The Baits style is vocal music in Sanhoon (low voice) or Graham (high voice). Waee instrumental music is performed in a variety of ways using a string instrument. Waee, also known as Kafi, is found in the surrounding areas of Balochistan, Punjab, and Rajasthan. Common instruments used in Sindhi regional music include the Yaktaro, Narr, and Naghara.
Notable Sindhi singers (Incomplete List)
Allan Faqir
Ahmed Mughal
Sarmad Sindhi
Bhagat Kanwar Ram
Deeba Sahar
Runa Laila
Shazia Khushk
Zarina Baloch
Zeeshan Mashori
Ajay Kumar
Kashmiri
The predominant language found in Pakistan's Northern Areas has an extensive oral history which dates back several thousand years. With the increase in tourism to Pakistan's Northern Areas and increased domestic as well as international awareness of the local folk music, the Shinha folk traditions have managed to stay alive and vibrant. A dardic language with considerable Persian influence is found in Pakistan's Chitral region in the North West of the country. Khowar folk music had considerable patronage particularly during the rule of the Mehtars in the last century. Folk music in this region has remained relatively pure and unscathed by modern influences due to the relative isolation of this district. The arrival of many refugees from the adjacent Nuristan province of Afghanistan and the subsequent increase in commercial activity in Chitrali bazaars allowed this local form of music to flourish in the past few decades.
Saraiki
Saraiki language is spoken by 13.9 million people in southern Punjab and northern Sindh. Atta Ullah Essa Khelvi Khan is one of the most famous Saraiki singers in Pakistan, hailing from Mianwali. Saraiki media has significantly developed and has brought more talent onto the national level, such as Kook TV and Rohi TV. The Saraiki language is often considered the sweetest of all Pakistani languages, hence the popularity of Saraki music is nationwide. The great late Pathanay Khan also did considerable work in the field of Saraiki music. His songs such as Mera Ishq Vi Tu and Charakay De are still loved by masses and equally appreciated by non-Saraiki speakers. Another star of this language is world renowned folk singer Reshma. She has rendered some beautiful songs in Saraiki along with Urdu and Punjabi for which she gained fame across Pakistan and internationally. A new voice from Mianwali is also attracting people Ali Imran Awan.
Pashto
Pashto music is commonly found in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and in Pakistan's major urban centres such as Karachi, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Sialkot and Multan, genres include Tappa, Charbeta, Neemkai, Loba, Shaan and Badala. The Tappa is believed to be one of the oldest forms of Pashto poetry; it comprises two unequal meters, with the second longer than the first. Charbetta is the most popular form of poetry, and epic poem which focuses on heroic figures. The music is sung at a fast tempo by two or more singers. Neemakai is composed by Pashto women, expressing a range of issues from daily life. Loba is another form of Pashto folk song composed as a dramatic dialogue, often to tell romantic tales. Shaan is a celebratory song performed at occasions such as marriage and child birth. Although Badala is a type of Pashto folk music, it is normally sung by professional musicians. It is an epic poem set to composed music which is performed with instruments such harmonium, drums and tabla. The Rubab, a kind of lute is an essential part of Pasthtu folk music. This music is uncommon as the ruling MMA has restricted the use of music in the province. In recent years, the Pashto music industry has been given official patronage through television and increased support by Pakistani listeners who have begun to appreciate classic and traditional Pashto poetry.
Persian
Persian is spoken mainly in the North West of Pakistan but there are also considerable Persian speaking inhabitants in Pakistan's major urban centres of Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. During and after the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and subsequent arrival of millions of Afghan refugees to Pakistan, much of the Afghan (Dari/Persian) music industry was kept alive by performances and recordings made in Pakistan. After more than 20 years, Persian folk music has made considerable and often subtle contributions the overall Pakistani music industry. singers from Afghanistan regularly perform throughout Pakistan particularly at weddings and other formal functions. Singers such as Mehdi Hassan, ustad nusrat fateh ali khan Rahat fateh ali khan Iqbal Bano, Farida Khanum and Abida Parveen have sung ghazals in Persian such as those of Hazrat Amir Khusrow, Arsallah Behram.
Hindko
Music from Hazara Division is sung in Hindko, and is generally performed in either the "Maheyay" or "sher" styles.
Modern
Details of Modern Music in Separate Threads
Pakistani music in the 21st century revitalized itself.
Pop
Rock
Hip hop
Filmi
Producers (Incomplete List)
Music production seems to have stayed in the shadows in the Pakistan music industry. Behind the successes of some of the top talent in the country, there were almost always music producers who never got their due credit.
Badar uz Zaman – Originally a Classical singer yet worked a lot in the fusion of old music with new one.
Mekaal Hasan – a member of the Meekal Hasan Band and one of the most talented musicians in Pakistan who has produced great hits like "Aadat" for Jal The Band, "Sampooran" and "Andohlan" for his own band.
Rohail Hyatt – a member of Vital Signs who produced all the Vital Signs albums and albums for various other artists like Awaz, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Ali Azmat. He has worked with big names such as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Ustaad Saami and Fareed Ayaz. He produced the background music for the hit Pakistani film Khuda Kay Liye and produced the song "Jiya Dhadak Dhadak Jaye" for the film Kalyug. He is also a producer of Coke Studio
Shani Haider – a unique musician from a musical family and the only producer who produced music albums for almost every artist Junaid Jamshed, Ali Zafar, Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan, Hadiqa Kiyani, Shehzad Roy, Fakhir, Haroon, Jimmy Attre, Raheem Shah, Najam Sheraz, Fakhar-e-Alam, Sajjad Ali. Shani is the eldest son of the great tabla maestro Ustad Arshad Ali and he is known in the industry for his different musical approach in blending eastern and western music. He also has a huge musical score in the advertising industry of Pakistan for composing jingles and soundtracks for the major brands like Pepsi, Nestle, P&G, Orascom, Coca Cola, Braun, Toyota, Honda and many.
Zeeshan Parwez, Sachal Music Izzat Majeed and Mushtaq Soofi produce artists including the popular Sachal Studio Orchestra (jazz and bossa nova), Mian Sheharyar, Hariharan, Ustad Fateh Ali Khan of Gwalior, Reshma, Mehnaz, Wazir Afzal, Qadir Shaggan, Ustad Nazar Hussain.
Notable composers and performers (Incomplete List)
Abida Parveen
Abrar ul Haq
Ahmed Rushdi
Tufail Niazi
Alam Lohar
Ali Azmat
Amanat Ali Khan
Amjad Bobby
Arif Lohar
Asad Amanat Ali Khan
Atif Aslam
Farida Khanum
Ghulam Ali
Iqbal Bano
Khawaja Khurshid Anwar
M Ashraf
Malika Pukhraj
Master Abdullah
Mehdi Hassan
Munni Begum
Naheed Akhtar
Najam Sheraz
Nayyara Noor
Noor Jehan
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Rasheed Attre
Roshan Ara Begum
Sabri Brothers
Sajjad Ali
Tahira Syed
Tina Sani
Usman Warsi
Ustad Badar uz Zaman
Waqar Ali
Zayn Malik
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St. Anthony’s Parish,Karachi,Pakistan
St. Anthony’s Parish is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Karachi in Pakistan.
History
The idea of St. Anthony’s Parish was first conceived in 1937. A plot of land with a large bungalow was acquired on McNeil Road.
The largest room was converted into a small church, two rooms served as the presbetery while the two others would be a school. On February 13, 1937 a relic of St. Anthony was brought in procession and the first parish priest Fr. Aquina van Liebergen O.F.M. was appointed.
In 1941 it had 829 parishioners.
In the first year of the parish, the first to be Baptised in the new parish was Anthony Joseph Mahnga.
On June 25, 1939 the foundation stone of the present church was laid, but due to the war, it was decided to postpone the construction.
In 1941 the old church was painted and renovated just before the feast of Pentecost. The new antependium of the altar, the work of a generous lady artist, was used for the first time on the feast. At the time, Fr. Valens Wienk O.F.M was the parish priest. Collection of funds for the building of the church carried on and the new church was dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua in the early 1950s. The architect of this church, built in traditional Gothic style was Bro. Hilary Lardenoye O.F.M.
It had a seating capacity of about 300. In the compound of the church is a beautiful grotto honoring Mary.
The Apostolic Nunciature to Pakistan was also located in the parish in its Chancellery at old Clifton after the Vatican established diplomatic relations with Pakistan on July 17, 1950.
The only person from this parish to be conferred the sacrament of Holy Orders was Fr. Theophilus D’Souza on January 9, 1972. However, St. Anthony’s has given seven members to the religious life.
In July 1986, the parish which had been administered by the Franciscans since its beginning, was handed over to Diocesan priests.
In the 2004, the church’s seating capacity was expanded by building an extension on its left side.
Current situation
The parish is multi-lingual, with Masses said in English daily, Urdu weekly, and Punjabi, Tamil and Konkani on special feasts.
In 2011, the parish is estimated to provide spiritual care to 15,000 people largely due to inter-parish migration and the construction of many housing units in the vicinity of the Church. The territory includes the affluent areas of Clifton and the Defence Housing Society. In Feb. 2011 the parish included about 1,250 English- and about 1,600 Urdu-speaking families.
Over the years the following groups have functioned in the parish, Parish Council, Senior, Junior and Children’s Choirs (English and Urdu), Legion of Mary ( several presidia), Vincent de Paul Society, Youth group (English and Urdu), Lectors’ group (English and Urdu), Eucharistic Ministers, Ushers and Collectors, Family of Jesus and Mary, Familia group, Sunday school (English and Urdu) and Security group. The parish also has chapters of the Catholic Women’s Guild, Women's Sodality and the Goinkars’ Own Academy.
The old St. Anthony’s School, built along the wall of the compound was demolished and in its place, on the opposite side, an imposing three storied structure was constructed for the school which incorporated a hall to seat the overflow of parishioners from the church in 1990.
Every Tuesday, a large number of devotees from all over Karachi make the pilgrimage to the church to attend the special prayers to St. Anthony. So also, a large number of the faithful attend the Tridensina prayers which culminate in the Feast of the patron on June 13. The Novena to Our Lady of Valankani in September is also heavily attended by people from all over Karachi.
The Fete after the Patron’s Feast draws large crowds and affords an opportunity to the parishioners not only to socialise, but also raises funds for the charitable undertakings of the parish.
The parish also caters to the needs of new communities and Masses are said in the newly constructed premises of the Presbytery (in Civil Lines), Stella Maris (old Clifton) and Shirin Jinnah Colony (near the Boating Basin). The parish is also home to a number of religious communities such as the Congregation of Jesus and Mary, Sisters of the Good Shepherd and the Daughters of the Cross.
The parish also fields a soccer team and participated in the Karachi Goan Association Gymkhana All-Christian football tournament on 23 November 2003 at the KGA ground. The inaugural match was played between St. Lawrence’s Parish and St. Anthony’s Parish.
St Anthony’s Church has made it onto the Sindh government’s new list of 1,016 buildings to be classified as heritage listed.
On 25 March 2012, more than 600 people gathered at the Church for a special Mass to celebrate Sister John Berchmans Conway and Fr. Robert McCulloch receiving the country’s highest civilian award - Sitara-e-Quaid-e-Azam, for their services in the fields of education, health and promoting interfaith harmony.
In 2012, as part of its 75th anniversary celebrations, the parish has started a free medical care program for the poor.
Pakistani Top Model Sunita Marshal's Wedding with Hassan Ahmed at Karachi’s Saint Anthony Church.
St. Anthony’s Parish is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Karachi in Pakistan.
History
The idea of St. Anthony’s Parish was first conceived in 1937. A plot of land with a large bungalow was acquired on McNeil Road.
The largest room was converted into a small church, two rooms served as the presbetery while the two others would be a school. On February 13, 1937 a relic of St. Anthony was brought in procession and the first parish priest Fr. Aquina van Liebergen O.F.M. was appointed.
In 1941 it had 829 parishioners.
In the first year of the parish, the first to be Baptised in the new parish was Anthony Joseph Mahnga.
On June 25, 1939 the foundation stone of the present church was laid, but due to the war, it was decided to postpone the construction.
In 1941 the old church was painted and renovated just before the feast of Pentecost. The new antependium of the altar, the work of a generous lady artist, was used for the first time on the feast. At the time, Fr. Valens Wienk O.F.M was the parish priest. Collection of funds for the building of the church carried on and the new church was dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua in the early 1950s. The architect of this church, built in traditional Gothic style was Bro. Hilary Lardenoye O.F.M.
It had a seating capacity of about 300. In the compound of the church is a beautiful grotto honoring Mary.
The Apostolic Nunciature to Pakistan was also located in the parish in its Chancellery at old Clifton after the Vatican established diplomatic relations with Pakistan on July 17, 1950.
The only person from this parish to be conferred the sacrament of Holy Orders was Fr. Theophilus D’Souza on January 9, 1972. However, St. Anthony’s has given seven members to the religious life.
In July 1986, the parish which had been administered by the Franciscans since its beginning, was handed over to Diocesan priests.
In the 2004, the church’s seating capacity was expanded by building an extension on its left side.
Current situation
The parish is multi-lingual, with Masses said in English daily, Urdu weekly, and Punjabi, Tamil and Konkani on special feasts.
In 2011, the parish is estimated to provide spiritual care to 15,000 people largely due to inter-parish migration and the construction of many housing units in the vicinity of the Church. The territory includes the affluent areas of Clifton and the Defence Housing Society. In Feb. 2011 the parish included about 1,250 English- and about 1,600 Urdu-speaking families.
Over the years the following groups have functioned in the parish, Parish Council, Senior, Junior and Children’s Choirs (English and Urdu), Legion of Mary ( several presidia), Vincent de Paul Society, Youth group (English and Urdu), Lectors’ group (English and Urdu), Eucharistic Ministers, Ushers and Collectors, Family of Jesus and Mary, Familia group, Sunday school (English and Urdu) and Security group. The parish also has chapters of the Catholic Women’s Guild, Women's Sodality and the Goinkars’ Own Academy.
The old St. Anthony’s School, built along the wall of the compound was demolished and in its place, on the opposite side, an imposing three storied structure was constructed for the school which incorporated a hall to seat the overflow of parishioners from the church in 1990.
Every Tuesday, a large number of devotees from all over Karachi make the pilgrimage to the church to attend the special prayers to St. Anthony. So also, a large number of the faithful attend the Tridensina prayers which culminate in the Feast of the patron on June 13. The Novena to Our Lady of Valankani in September is also heavily attended by people from all over Karachi.
The Fete after the Patron’s Feast draws large crowds and affords an opportunity to the parishioners not only to socialise, but also raises funds for the charitable undertakings of the parish.
The parish also caters to the needs of new communities and Masses are said in the newly constructed premises of the Presbytery (in Civil Lines), Stella Maris (old Clifton) and Shirin Jinnah Colony (near the Boating Basin). The parish is also home to a number of religious communities such as the Congregation of Jesus and Mary, Sisters of the Good Shepherd and the Daughters of the Cross.
The parish also fields a soccer team and participated in the Karachi Goan Association Gymkhana All-Christian football tournament on 23 November 2003 at the KGA ground. The inaugural match was played between St. Lawrence’s Parish and St. Anthony’s Parish.
St Anthony’s Church has made it onto the Sindh government’s new list of 1,016 buildings to be classified as heritage listed.
On 25 March 2012, more than 600 people gathered at the Church for a special Mass to celebrate Sister John Berchmans Conway and Fr. Robert McCulloch receiving the country’s highest civilian award - Sitara-e-Quaid-e-Azam, for their services in the fields of education, health and promoting interfaith harmony.
In 2012, as part of its 75th anniversary celebrations, the parish has started a free medical care program for the poor.
Pakistani Top Model Sunita Marshal's Wedding with Hassan Ahmed at Karachi’s Saint Anthony Church.
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Pakistani Pop & Rock Music
Pakistani pop music refers to popular music forms in Pakistan. Pakistani pop is a mixture of traditional Pakistani classical music and western influences of jazz, rock and roll, hip-hop and disco sung in various languages of Pakistan, including Urdu. The popularity of music is based on the individual sales of a single, viewership of its music video or the singer's album chart positions. Apart from within Pakistan, Pakistani pop music has also achieved an influential following and popularity in neighboring countries and is listened by members of the Pakistani diaspora, especially in the Middle East, Europe and North America.
Pakistani pop music is attributed to have given birth to the genre in the South Asian region with Ahmed Rushdi's song Ko-Ko-Korina in 1966.
Veterans like Runa Laila started the pop industry in Pakistan while the fifteen-years old pop sensation Nazia with her brother Zohaib Hassan ushered the birth of pop music all over South Asia tailing on the success of her British endeavours.
From Rushdi's pop hits to songs sung by the Hassan siblings, to bands including Junoon, Vital Signs, Jal and Strings, the Pakistani pop industry has steadily spread throughout South Asia and today is the most popular genre in Pakistan and the neighbouring South Asian countries. Songs sung by Pakistani pop artists are a regular feature on soundtracks of most of the Bollywood movies.
The genre has always been accepted in the mainstream youth culture but hindrances came in the form of changing governments, cultural conservatism, foreign influences and a stiff competition from neighbouring countries. Still, pop music thrived and survived with a steady growth. In was not until recent times that Pakistani pop music was to be admired throughout South Asia and the rest of the world.
History
196070: Rise and fall of Film Pop playback
The Master of Stage: Ahmed Rushdi
After the partition of India, the most popular form of entertainment in the newly created Pakistan was the medium of film. Cinemas sprouted up in various corners of the nation, especially in Lahore, Karachi and Dacca in East Pakistan and playback singing became popular. People that tended to move into the genre had to be trained in classical music, usually trained by ustads who mastered its various forms and styles. In 1966, a talented young playback singer Ahmed Rushdi (now considered as one of the greatest singers of South Asia) sang the first South Asian pop song Ko-Ko-Korina for the film Armaan. Composed by Sohail Rana, the song was a blend of 60s bubblegum pop, rock and roll twist music and Pakistani film music. This genre would later be termed as filmi pop. Paired with Runa Laila, the singer is considered the pioneering father of pop music, mostly hip-hop and disco, in South Asia.
Following Rushdi's success, Christian bands specialising in jazz started performing at various night clubs and hotel lobbies in Karachi, Hyderabad and Lahore. They would usually sing either famous American jazz hits or cover Rushdi's songs. Rushdi sang playback hits along with Runa Laila.
The 1970s saw a nose-dive in the progress of cinema in Pakistan as the nation was left in the state of turmoil over the changes in the government administration and Pakistani cinema.
New era and revival: King of Pakistan Pop Alamgir (1972-1989)
While the cinema in Pakistan was declining, And when it seemed that music in Pakistan had no hopes of surviving , Anwar Maqsood and Shoaib Mansoor launched the career of Nerissa, Beena and Shabana Benjamin (collectively known as the Benjamin Sisters) in 1972. The sisters filled television screens with their melodious charms and tabloids started calling it the Benjamin Sisters Phenomenon.
A few years later came Alamgir. Like all people from his generation, Alamgir was raised listening to songs by bands like ABBA and Boney M. He would do renditions of popular New Wave songs in Urdu. In 1973, influenced by disco and funk, Alamgir sang Albela Rahi, an Urdu song literally translated from a famous Cuban hit originally in Spanish. Alamgir brought a new form of music to Pakistan, one that blended the classical forms with a tint of modern Western music. Hit after another, he proved to be the most successful singer and musician of his time. Alongside Alamgir, Muhammad Ali Shehki also rose to fame with his renditions of the Hindustani classical forms with mediums like jazz and rock. Patriotic songs sung by the singer are still the nation's favourites. Pop music was growing a snail's pace until the appearance of the most unlikely entrant in the music scene.
Hassan Jahangir (born 1962) is a Pakistani Pop singer. He gained fame in the 80's with hit singles such as "Hawa Hawa", "Hato Bacho", .He released his first single "Imran Khan" in 1982 and went on to release his one and only internationally famous album Hawa Hawa. It sold approximately 15 million copies in India. His music was acclaimed in South Asia, most notably Pakistan and India.
New wave of music and New genres (1980-2000s)
The Queen of Disco Pop: Nazia Hassan
In 1980, Nazia Hassan, a fifteen-years old Pakistani Singer residing in the United Kingdom was approached by Pakistani and Indian and directors , an Indian music producer who asked her to sing the song Aap Jaisa Koi for the film Qurbani. She was selected for the nasal quality of the song's delivery. The song became an instant hit in the UK and the sub-continent. Influenced primarily by disco beats and hip-hop, Nazia along with her brother Zohaib Hassan produced successive hits. Their songs Disco Deewane and Tere Qadmon Ko became the rage all over Asia to the extent that their very first album was declared the best selling album of the time in Asia.
Rock music (1980-1989)
Despite Zia's tough rhetoric against the Western music, the 1980s era is the widely regarded times of birth and rise of Pakistan's homegrown and ingenious rock music.
Despite the hardship and problems faced by the music industry, the siblings, Nazia and her younger brother Zohaib Hassan, teamed up to produce more pop albums . They managed to reach UK Top 40 with the English version of their song "Disco Deewane" titled "Dreamer Deewane". The album sold over 14 million records, not only in Asia, but as far as South America, South Africa and Soviet Union.
the new genre of music, the rock music, began to rise during the regime of President Zia-ul-Haq. Throughout the 1980s, there was a popular wave of cultural change and the 80's fashion hair styles and clothing was beginning to be notice by the public. The homegrown rock music bands, out of ordinary to the culture, came to be perceived by many Pakistani fans and country's cultural observers as a "promising new era of cultural revival". Their enormous popularity significantly opened a new wave of music and a modern chapter in the history of Pakistan.The public generally welcomed the new hair styles and fashion wear (popular among university female and male students).
During the peak and end times of Zia's conservative regime, there was a popular wave of cultural change, and the Western fashion style and music stormed the country. In 1980s, various music arrangers held underground rock music concerts in the five star hotels and university campuses. Ironically, it was the conservative regime of President Zia-ul-Haq when the rock music exploded and underground rock music concerts were held all over the country, including Islamabad and near the residence of Zia-ul-Haq. In 1986, the rock band, Vital Signs, released its very first single, Do Pal Ka Jeevan, which became an ultimate success in the country.
The success of Vital Signs helped others to follow their suit, and the rock music in the country skyrocketed for the first time in the history of the country. In a time when there was no hope for the industry to survive, rock music bands notably and much quickly filled the gap that pop music industry had left. According to the Western observers and cultural critics, the rock music bands in the country brought the significant shift of country's transformation into modernism during 1990s. With the rise of Vital Signs and later, Junoon and others, the rock music, exploded in 1980s and 1990s, became a vehicle for expressing patriotic nationalist spirit in Pakistan.
In 1987, the first privately owned television station, the Network Television Marketing (NTM) opened up introducing shows aimed at the younger generation. In 1989, Shoaib Mansoor produced a show for PTV called Music '89 and took the Hassan siblings as the show's host. This show is responsible for single-handedly creating legends out of bands like Vital Signs, Junoon, Ali Haider, Sajjad Ali and Jupiters also including underground alternative rock bands like Final Cut and The Barbarians. According to the editorial written in The Express Tribune in 2011, the "Vital Signs and Pakistan's ingenious rock music was the only "arsenal" the country had against foreign encroaching entertainment industry." It was during the midst of Zia times, when Dil Dil Pakistan was released on television and on a short time period, it became a huge success in the country.
Music Channel Charts: 1990-1994
With the success of Vital Signs and other bands, rock music significantly helped listing the pop music as well. The primetime reception on NTM in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad and the STN (STN) which co-broadcast a show titled Music Channel Charts. The rock music continued to be appreciated by the public and an hour-length show that showcased music videos for various artists in a countdown format. When people started getting acquainted to the show's format, amateur bands and singers taped their own videos and sent them to be aired. With competition rising and only a few minutes dedicated to a single video, pop and rock musicians from all over the country were being recognised for their work.
The show made upcoming artists such as rapper Fakhre Alam, Danish Rahi, Fringe Benefit (the debut album Tanhai was recorded and mixed by Tahir Gul Hasan at his recording studios in Karachi), Strings, Aamir Zaki, and Haroon Rashid and Faakhir Mehmood from Awaz household names.
It was during this time that recording companies like EMI Pakistan, Pepsi Pakistan Inc. and Sound Master started taking note of the new and rising stars. They started signing contracts with bands including Strings, Vital Signs, Junoon, Benjamin Sister, and Awaz who would later become iconic pop-rock bands. At this time, various rock bands earned a lot of recognition abroad after Vital Signs made its debut international concert in the United States in 1993.
Filling the void (1994-1998)
During Benazir Bhutto's period, the Pakistan film industry made its comeback after many of film artists, including Reema, Shaan, Meera, Moammar Rana, Shafqat Cheema, and many others, acted in various Urdu films that earned a lot of public appraisal. Benazir Bhutto's cultural policies projected extreme level of national spirit and proponents of nationalism was supported at high government level. At the PTV Lahore centre in 1994, host of the children's musical show Sohail Rana's Angan Angan Taray, pop singer Hadiqa Kiyani sang in Adnan Sami's musical Sargam. She would continue to host the show for three years after taking a break out to pursue her career as a solo pop artist. She would later be crowned as the second most popular pop singer after Nazia. She was followed by Komal Rizvi who won much appraisal for her work.
In the very last years before its closure, MCC introduced a Punjabi pop song "Billo De Ghar", sang by Abrar-ul-Haq, in its line-up which instantly became a hit. The chart-topping success was most unexpected for the singer, a Pakistan Studies teacher at the esteemed Aitchison College. Abrar-ul-Haq became a celebrity overnight and decided to leave his teaching career to enter show business in 1997. His Punjabi pop songs with bhangra beats introduced Punjabi pop .
The rock music continue to dominate the pop music when the band Junoon had established a name as the pioneers of Sufi rock in Europe and the Americas, although people believe the genre started with Alamgir's Jugni. Vital Sings continue its highly acclaimed work, and officially released five rock music albums. In an effort to revive the Qawwali/Ghazal genre, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was join music directors and produced the first ever Qawwali/Ghazal pop song Afreen Afreen.
(1999-2002)
after Pervaiz Musharraf's coup d'état, the media was privatised. Seeing this as an opportunity, bands returned on the music scene and started producing videos with a much richer content. In 2001, Ghazanfar Ali, producer and CEO of the Indus Media Group started his very first venture into the music industry with Indus Music, a channel dedicated to music.
The channel started as a part of the Indus Vision channel and was later started as separate channel in 2003.[14] With nothing much to watch than a few Pakistani channels, the youngsters in the country would settle in for Indus Music and would become interested in music once again.
in 2002, the music industry in Pakistan had fully recovered and with local concerts in full swing, Pakistan music had taken the country by storm yet again. Websites opened up discussing, distributing and satirising music. Perhaps, the only reason music began so popular in so short a span of time can be attributed to piracy. Instead of fighting against piracy, musicians embraced it and released their musical content not through a record label but through the Internet on their own website and personally collaborating with fans.
Recent times
While the rock music continue to be gather more popularity in the country, the Pakistani pop music in the 21st century continues to also grow in popularity as more singers enter the genre. The Pakistani music industry is still dominated by Pakistani rock music and pop singers and their popularity has spilled over into neighbouring countries such as India, Russia, Afghanistan, Iran, Nepal and other countries in South Asia and Central Asia. Atif Aslam, Adnan Sami Khan, Hadiqa Kiyani, Abrar-ul-Haq, Shehzad Roy and bands including Strings and the Mekaal Hasan Band are some of the recent popular Pakistani acts.
List of artists (Incomplete List)
Following is a list of some notable pop acts in Pakistan.
Abrar-ul-Haq
Adnan Sami Khan
Ahmed Jahanzeb
Ahmed Rushdi
Alamgir
Ali Azmat
Ali Haider
Ali Zafar
Atif Aslam
Awaz
Benjamin Sisters
Call
Faakhir Mehmood
Fakhre Alam
Hadiqa Kiyani
Haroon Rashid
Jal
Junaid Jamshed
Junoon
Mekaal Hasan Band
Muhammad Ali Shehki
Mustafa Zahid
Nazia Hassan
Roxen
Runa Laila
Sajjad Ali
Saleem Javed
Shafqat Amanat Ali
Shehzad Roy
Strings
Vital Signs
Zohaib Hassan
Pakistani Rock
Pakistani rock is a form of rock music that is largely produced in Pakistan. It incorporates elements of both American rock and Pakistani classical music. It has its own distinctive elements, such as a homegrown class of sounds and melodies, spanning progressive rock, hard rock, or heavy metal. Pakistani rock is almost entirely sung in Urdu, however many new bands have recently come out with songs in Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and English.
History
New wave of music (19801989)
The rock music in Pakistan began in 1980s with the arrival of many of cassettes of several Western music groups such as Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Van Halen and among others. By 1983-85, various underground rock music groups began to perform at the local five-star hotels and university campuses in the country. The rock music had rooted in the ultraconservative regime of President Zia-ul-Haq who had denounced the Western culture.
In mid 1985, the Western-influenced rock music began to be notice by the public and the underground concerts were held all over the country. The quick success of the rock music jolted the country in a peak time when the ultra-conservative regime of President General Zia-ul-Haq.
Various groups had garnered and got the attention of the public and the rock music naturally got appreciated as it was out of the ordinary.
During the peak and end times of regime of President Zia-ul-Haq, there was popular wave of cultural change in the country, and the youth at that time was attracted to many underground rock music bands. In 1986, the Vital Signs released its very first single Do Pal Ka Jeevan which became an ultimate success and the band built its reputation in Pakistan's underground music industry. The rock music bands and trios came to be perceived by many Pakistani fans and country's cultural observers as a "promising new era of cultural revival". Their enormous popularity significantly opened a new wave of music and a modern chapter in the history of Pakistan.
In 1980s, the rock bands including the Strings, The Barbarians, The Final Cut, Jupiters, Junoon, and Vital Signs gained a lot of public appraisal and popularity for their act; the public opnion was generally positive and welcomed the bands for their unique act. The STN, NTM, and PTV launched a show titled Music Channel Charts to highlight new talent every week due to popular youth demand.
Continuing success (1990-Present)
The Vital Signs were followed by Junoon, Awaz, Strings, and Jupiters, which all of whom had exploded the pop, rock and heavy metal music genre in the country, bringing the significant shift of country's transformation into modernism during 1990s. The Pakistani rock further matured itself and gained public appraisalwith the arrival of American satellite television in the 1990s. The popular form of music quickly spread throughout the country and with that came the arrival of various rock bands in 1990s. Early rock bands such as Vital Signs and Junoon are regarded as the pioneers of Pakistan's rock music. Other bands such as Strings began in the mid 1990s and during the late 1990s underground bands were becoming a norm in cities across Pakistan. In a short span of time, the Western-influenced rock bands gained enormous popularity and were generally welcomed by the public. The Music Channel Charts became the first rock music entity that gives ratings of rock band and Music '89 wasthe first ever all pop/rock music stage-show to be aired on PTV and other privately held channels.
Cities such as Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad witnessed an explosion of rock bands and concerts in 2000 as Pakistan began to liberalize under President Musharraf.
In 2002, a major shift in the rock music of Pakistan occurred with the arrival of the Pepsi Battle of the Bands, which saw bands like Aaroh, Mizraab, Entity Paradigm and Mekaal Hasan Band appear onto the scene. Finally Pakistan saw good rock music, with respectable instrument playing. In 2006 Raeth and Aaroh spread waves across the border by their debut song Bhula Doh.
With the rise of Vital Signs and later, Junoon and others, the rock music, exploded in 1980s and 1990s, became a vehicle for expressing patriotic nationalist spirit in Pakistan. Undoubtedly, the rock music has been one major influential force which has truly kept the national spirits high amidst the prevailing social woes which have had worsened in since 1980s, such music included songs like "Dil Dil Pakistan" and many more.
Sufi Rock
The band Junoon is said to be the pioneers of "Sufi Rock a genre of Pakistani rock which mixes Sufi poetry with modern rock music elements. They sang mostly in Urdu, in a style blending Western hard rock with Sindhi and Punjabi and folk. Junoon effectively created an audience for rock music in Pakistan. "The band's appeal reaches beyond the Westernised elite", said Newsweek. Q magazine called them "One of the biggest bands in the world". The New York Times referred to Junoon as "the U2 of Pakistan".
In a preview of Junoon's performance at the House of Blues in Los Angeles, the L.A. Times said that Junoon's "ability to captivate audiences" is "inspiring Beatles-like reactions". Junoon has been credited with beginning the "Junooni" generation in Pakistan, similar to that of the MTV generation in the United States.
Contemporary Rock
The majority of all Pakistani rock bands are contemporary in nature, often mixing soft rock with Pakistani classical music. Several popular bands, including EP, Call, and Noori, have been integral in revitalizing the rock culture in Pakistan.
Heavy Metal
After the successful emergence of Vital Signs in 1980s and Junoon in 1990s, the heavy metal music genre began to rise after the 1997 general elections. The Black Warrant was one of the earliest heavy metal band that releases its very first album in the public.[10] The roots of Pakistani heavy metal music can be traced back to the British styled New Wave when it was transferred in late 1980s and early 1990s. In 1980s, the bands "Final Cut" and Barbarians are considered the earliest Pakistani heavy metal bands. Although they were short-lived, they influenced many other musicians. Guitarist Salman Ahmad gained fame for his unique style of playing Sufi-style and neoclassical musics in heavy metal form.
The second wave of heavy metal artists, including bands such as Dhun which was Fawad Baloch's more conventional metal project and Black Warrant which still continues to promote the genre..[10] The most notable and productive work on heavy metal genre was bestowed and carried out by the Mizraab whose Panchi album was an ultimate success in this genre. Guitarist Faraz Anwar of Mizraab's solo instrumental work is widely noticed by the public and news channels dubbed Anwar as "Pakistan's master of progressive-metal rock." In recent studies and reports conducted by CNN, the Heavy metal is one of Pakistan's most popular genres of music, and country's radio FMs broadcast the music each week. Since 2004, the economic liberalization programmes of Prime minister Shaukat Aziz which helped open the new Pakistan and several music video channels, have trigger the underground heavy metal movements in cities such as Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad.
Although Mizraab, a band led by Faraz Anwar that is considered to be Pakistan's first progressive metal band, have also played a significant role in promoting the growth of metal music in Pakistan. Furthermore, bands such as Jehangir Aziz Hayat, Takatak, Messiah and Foreskin are examples of significant metal bands that have surfaced in the past five years.
Underground
"Underground" is an umbrella term that covers bands that perform in small establishments throughout the country, most notably in the various universities and colleges in Pakistan. Bands like Kainath, Seth, Incision, Black Warrant and symphonic metal band Jangli Jaggas were some of the earliest underground bands. Other bands such as Burzukh, Corpsepyre, Holy Black, Against All Odds, Hassan Sheraz, Ecstasy, ICU and Sifr have recently emerged. There are a large number of bands from all across Pakistan at present including The world famous Kamode Band, Black Warrant, Paranoid, Mercury, Kain, Ahsan the band, Drain, Lithium, Drainage, Cultural Jukebox, The Rising, Genocide, and Hypnotix-2000. The underground scenes in both Karachi and Lahore are teeming with college students eager to become famous. ICU is the first Pakistani punk band.
More recently Death Metal and Progressive Metal have experienced a rise in popularity in the underground Pakistani music scene. Newer bands composed mostly of university students have taken a huge step in taking the heavy metal scene of Pakistan forward. Bands like Berserker, Black Warrant, Cardinal Sin, Elegy, Communal Grave, Dementia, Odyssey, Takatak, Reckoning Storm, Ruin and Soul Vomit among others have already made their mark in Pakistan.
Famous bands (Incomplete List)
Aaroh
Black Warrant
Call
EP
Fuzon
Jal
Jehangir Aziz Hayat
Josh
Junoon
Karavan
The Kominas
Laal
Mauj
Mekaal Hasan Band
Mizraab
Noori
Roxen
RAETH
Seth
Strings
Sajid & Zeeshan
Vital Signs
Takatak
SYMT
P.S : Pakistani Music Industry is Huge Industry itself. I tried my best to cover every artists and bands in this post.
Pakistani pop music refers to popular music forms in Pakistan. Pakistani pop is a mixture of traditional Pakistani classical music and western influences of jazz, rock and roll, hip-hop and disco sung in various languages of Pakistan, including Urdu. The popularity of music is based on the individual sales of a single, viewership of its music video or the singer's album chart positions. Apart from within Pakistan, Pakistani pop music has also achieved an influential following and popularity in neighboring countries and is listened by members of the Pakistani diaspora, especially in the Middle East, Europe and North America.
Pakistani pop music is attributed to have given birth to the genre in the South Asian region with Ahmed Rushdi's song Ko-Ko-Korina in 1966.
Veterans like Runa Laila started the pop industry in Pakistan while the fifteen-years old pop sensation Nazia with her brother Zohaib Hassan ushered the birth of pop music all over South Asia tailing on the success of her British endeavours.
From Rushdi's pop hits to songs sung by the Hassan siblings, to bands including Junoon, Vital Signs, Jal and Strings, the Pakistani pop industry has steadily spread throughout South Asia and today is the most popular genre in Pakistan and the neighbouring South Asian countries. Songs sung by Pakistani pop artists are a regular feature on soundtracks of most of the Bollywood movies.
The genre has always been accepted in the mainstream youth culture but hindrances came in the form of changing governments, cultural conservatism, foreign influences and a stiff competition from neighbouring countries. Still, pop music thrived and survived with a steady growth. In was not until recent times that Pakistani pop music was to be admired throughout South Asia and the rest of the world.
History
196070: Rise and fall of Film Pop playback
The Master of Stage: Ahmed Rushdi
After the partition of India, the most popular form of entertainment in the newly created Pakistan was the medium of film. Cinemas sprouted up in various corners of the nation, especially in Lahore, Karachi and Dacca in East Pakistan and playback singing became popular. People that tended to move into the genre had to be trained in classical music, usually trained by ustads who mastered its various forms and styles. In 1966, a talented young playback singer Ahmed Rushdi (now considered as one of the greatest singers of South Asia) sang the first South Asian pop song Ko-Ko-Korina for the film Armaan. Composed by Sohail Rana, the song was a blend of 60s bubblegum pop, rock and roll twist music and Pakistani film music. This genre would later be termed as filmi pop. Paired with Runa Laila, the singer is considered the pioneering father of pop music, mostly hip-hop and disco, in South Asia.
Following Rushdi's success, Christian bands specialising in jazz started performing at various night clubs and hotel lobbies in Karachi, Hyderabad and Lahore. They would usually sing either famous American jazz hits or cover Rushdi's songs. Rushdi sang playback hits along with Runa Laila.
The 1970s saw a nose-dive in the progress of cinema in Pakistan as the nation was left in the state of turmoil over the changes in the government administration and Pakistani cinema.
New era and revival: King of Pakistan Pop Alamgir (1972-1989)
While the cinema in Pakistan was declining, And when it seemed that music in Pakistan had no hopes of surviving , Anwar Maqsood and Shoaib Mansoor launched the career of Nerissa, Beena and Shabana Benjamin (collectively known as the Benjamin Sisters) in 1972. The sisters filled television screens with their melodious charms and tabloids started calling it the Benjamin Sisters Phenomenon.
A few years later came Alamgir. Like all people from his generation, Alamgir was raised listening to songs by bands like ABBA and Boney M. He would do renditions of popular New Wave songs in Urdu. In 1973, influenced by disco and funk, Alamgir sang Albela Rahi, an Urdu song literally translated from a famous Cuban hit originally in Spanish. Alamgir brought a new form of music to Pakistan, one that blended the classical forms with a tint of modern Western music. Hit after another, he proved to be the most successful singer and musician of his time. Alongside Alamgir, Muhammad Ali Shehki also rose to fame with his renditions of the Hindustani classical forms with mediums like jazz and rock. Patriotic songs sung by the singer are still the nation's favourites. Pop music was growing a snail's pace until the appearance of the most unlikely entrant in the music scene.
Hassan Jahangir (born 1962) is a Pakistani Pop singer. He gained fame in the 80's with hit singles such as "Hawa Hawa", "Hato Bacho", .He released his first single "Imran Khan" in 1982 and went on to release his one and only internationally famous album Hawa Hawa. It sold approximately 15 million copies in India. His music was acclaimed in South Asia, most notably Pakistan and India.
New wave of music and New genres (1980-2000s)
The Queen of Disco Pop: Nazia Hassan
In 1980, Nazia Hassan, a fifteen-years old Pakistani Singer residing in the United Kingdom was approached by Pakistani and Indian and directors , an Indian music producer who asked her to sing the song Aap Jaisa Koi for the film Qurbani. She was selected for the nasal quality of the song's delivery. The song became an instant hit in the UK and the sub-continent. Influenced primarily by disco beats and hip-hop, Nazia along with her brother Zohaib Hassan produced successive hits. Their songs Disco Deewane and Tere Qadmon Ko became the rage all over Asia to the extent that their very first album was declared the best selling album of the time in Asia.
Rock music (1980-1989)
Despite Zia's tough rhetoric against the Western music, the 1980s era is the widely regarded times of birth and rise of Pakistan's homegrown and ingenious rock music.
Despite the hardship and problems faced by the music industry, the siblings, Nazia and her younger brother Zohaib Hassan, teamed up to produce more pop albums . They managed to reach UK Top 40 with the English version of their song "Disco Deewane" titled "Dreamer Deewane". The album sold over 14 million records, not only in Asia, but as far as South America, South Africa and Soviet Union.
the new genre of music, the rock music, began to rise during the regime of President Zia-ul-Haq. Throughout the 1980s, there was a popular wave of cultural change and the 80's fashion hair styles and clothing was beginning to be notice by the public. The homegrown rock music bands, out of ordinary to the culture, came to be perceived by many Pakistani fans and country's cultural observers as a "promising new era of cultural revival". Their enormous popularity significantly opened a new wave of music and a modern chapter in the history of Pakistan.The public generally welcomed the new hair styles and fashion wear (popular among university female and male students).
During the peak and end times of Zia's conservative regime, there was a popular wave of cultural change, and the Western fashion style and music stormed the country. In 1980s, various music arrangers held underground rock music concerts in the five star hotels and university campuses. Ironically, it was the conservative regime of President Zia-ul-Haq when the rock music exploded and underground rock music concerts were held all over the country, including Islamabad and near the residence of Zia-ul-Haq. In 1986, the rock band, Vital Signs, released its very first single, Do Pal Ka Jeevan, which became an ultimate success in the country.
The success of Vital Signs helped others to follow their suit, and the rock music in the country skyrocketed for the first time in the history of the country. In a time when there was no hope for the industry to survive, rock music bands notably and much quickly filled the gap that pop music industry had left. According to the Western observers and cultural critics, the rock music bands in the country brought the significant shift of country's transformation into modernism during 1990s. With the rise of Vital Signs and later, Junoon and others, the rock music, exploded in 1980s and 1990s, became a vehicle for expressing patriotic nationalist spirit in Pakistan.
In 1987, the first privately owned television station, the Network Television Marketing (NTM) opened up introducing shows aimed at the younger generation. In 1989, Shoaib Mansoor produced a show for PTV called Music '89 and took the Hassan siblings as the show's host. This show is responsible for single-handedly creating legends out of bands like Vital Signs, Junoon, Ali Haider, Sajjad Ali and Jupiters also including underground alternative rock bands like Final Cut and The Barbarians. According to the editorial written in The Express Tribune in 2011, the "Vital Signs and Pakistan's ingenious rock music was the only "arsenal" the country had against foreign encroaching entertainment industry." It was during the midst of Zia times, when Dil Dil Pakistan was released on television and on a short time period, it became a huge success in the country.
Music Channel Charts: 1990-1994
With the success of Vital Signs and other bands, rock music significantly helped listing the pop music as well. The primetime reception on NTM in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad and the STN (STN) which co-broadcast a show titled Music Channel Charts. The rock music continued to be appreciated by the public and an hour-length show that showcased music videos for various artists in a countdown format. When people started getting acquainted to the show's format, amateur bands and singers taped their own videos and sent them to be aired. With competition rising and only a few minutes dedicated to a single video, pop and rock musicians from all over the country were being recognised for their work.
The show made upcoming artists such as rapper Fakhre Alam, Danish Rahi, Fringe Benefit (the debut album Tanhai was recorded and mixed by Tahir Gul Hasan at his recording studios in Karachi), Strings, Aamir Zaki, and Haroon Rashid and Faakhir Mehmood from Awaz household names.
It was during this time that recording companies like EMI Pakistan, Pepsi Pakistan Inc. and Sound Master started taking note of the new and rising stars. They started signing contracts with bands including Strings, Vital Signs, Junoon, Benjamin Sister, and Awaz who would later become iconic pop-rock bands. At this time, various rock bands earned a lot of recognition abroad after Vital Signs made its debut international concert in the United States in 1993.
Filling the void (1994-1998)
During Benazir Bhutto's period, the Pakistan film industry made its comeback after many of film artists, including Reema, Shaan, Meera, Moammar Rana, Shafqat Cheema, and many others, acted in various Urdu films that earned a lot of public appraisal. Benazir Bhutto's cultural policies projected extreme level of national spirit and proponents of nationalism was supported at high government level. At the PTV Lahore centre in 1994, host of the children's musical show Sohail Rana's Angan Angan Taray, pop singer Hadiqa Kiyani sang in Adnan Sami's musical Sargam. She would continue to host the show for three years after taking a break out to pursue her career as a solo pop artist. She would later be crowned as the second most popular pop singer after Nazia. She was followed by Komal Rizvi who won much appraisal for her work.
In the very last years before its closure, MCC introduced a Punjabi pop song "Billo De Ghar", sang by Abrar-ul-Haq, in its line-up which instantly became a hit. The chart-topping success was most unexpected for the singer, a Pakistan Studies teacher at the esteemed Aitchison College. Abrar-ul-Haq became a celebrity overnight and decided to leave his teaching career to enter show business in 1997. His Punjabi pop songs with bhangra beats introduced Punjabi pop .
The rock music continue to dominate the pop music when the band Junoon had established a name as the pioneers of Sufi rock in Europe and the Americas, although people believe the genre started with Alamgir's Jugni. Vital Sings continue its highly acclaimed work, and officially released five rock music albums. In an effort to revive the Qawwali/Ghazal genre, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was join music directors and produced the first ever Qawwali/Ghazal pop song Afreen Afreen.
(1999-2002)
after Pervaiz Musharraf's coup d'état, the media was privatised. Seeing this as an opportunity, bands returned on the music scene and started producing videos with a much richer content. In 2001, Ghazanfar Ali, producer and CEO of the Indus Media Group started his very first venture into the music industry with Indus Music, a channel dedicated to music.
The channel started as a part of the Indus Vision channel and was later started as separate channel in 2003.[14] With nothing much to watch than a few Pakistani channels, the youngsters in the country would settle in for Indus Music and would become interested in music once again.
in 2002, the music industry in Pakistan had fully recovered and with local concerts in full swing, Pakistan music had taken the country by storm yet again. Websites opened up discussing, distributing and satirising music. Perhaps, the only reason music began so popular in so short a span of time can be attributed to piracy. Instead of fighting against piracy, musicians embraced it and released their musical content not through a record label but through the Internet on their own website and personally collaborating with fans.
Recent times
While the rock music continue to be gather more popularity in the country, the Pakistani pop music in the 21st century continues to also grow in popularity as more singers enter the genre. The Pakistani music industry is still dominated by Pakistani rock music and pop singers and their popularity has spilled over into neighbouring countries such as India, Russia, Afghanistan, Iran, Nepal and other countries in South Asia and Central Asia. Atif Aslam, Adnan Sami Khan, Hadiqa Kiyani, Abrar-ul-Haq, Shehzad Roy and bands including Strings and the Mekaal Hasan Band are some of the recent popular Pakistani acts.
List of artists (Incomplete List)
Following is a list of some notable pop acts in Pakistan.
Abrar-ul-Haq
Adnan Sami Khan
Ahmed Jahanzeb
Ahmed Rushdi
Alamgir
Ali Azmat
Ali Haider
Ali Zafar
Atif Aslam
Awaz
Benjamin Sisters
Call
Faakhir Mehmood
Fakhre Alam
Hadiqa Kiyani
Haroon Rashid
Jal
Junaid Jamshed
Junoon
Mekaal Hasan Band
Muhammad Ali Shehki
Mustafa Zahid
Nazia Hassan
Roxen
Runa Laila
Sajjad Ali
Saleem Javed
Shafqat Amanat Ali
Shehzad Roy
Strings
Vital Signs
Zohaib Hassan
Pakistani Rock
Pakistani rock is a form of rock music that is largely produced in Pakistan. It incorporates elements of both American rock and Pakistani classical music. It has its own distinctive elements, such as a homegrown class of sounds and melodies, spanning progressive rock, hard rock, or heavy metal. Pakistani rock is almost entirely sung in Urdu, however many new bands have recently come out with songs in Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and English.
History
New wave of music (19801989)
The rock music in Pakistan began in 1980s with the arrival of many of cassettes of several Western music groups such as Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Van Halen and among others. By 1983-85, various underground rock music groups began to perform at the local five-star hotels and university campuses in the country. The rock music had rooted in the ultraconservative regime of President Zia-ul-Haq who had denounced the Western culture.
In mid 1985, the Western-influenced rock music began to be notice by the public and the underground concerts were held all over the country. The quick success of the rock music jolted the country in a peak time when the ultra-conservative regime of President General Zia-ul-Haq.
Various groups had garnered and got the attention of the public and the rock music naturally got appreciated as it was out of the ordinary.
During the peak and end times of regime of President Zia-ul-Haq, there was popular wave of cultural change in the country, and the youth at that time was attracted to many underground rock music bands. In 1986, the Vital Signs released its very first single Do Pal Ka Jeevan which became an ultimate success and the band built its reputation in Pakistan's underground music industry. The rock music bands and trios came to be perceived by many Pakistani fans and country's cultural observers as a "promising new era of cultural revival". Their enormous popularity significantly opened a new wave of music and a modern chapter in the history of Pakistan.
In 1980s, the rock bands including the Strings, The Barbarians, The Final Cut, Jupiters, Junoon, and Vital Signs gained a lot of public appraisal and popularity for their act; the public opnion was generally positive and welcomed the bands for their unique act. The STN, NTM, and PTV launched a show titled Music Channel Charts to highlight new talent every week due to popular youth demand.
Continuing success (1990-Present)
The Vital Signs were followed by Junoon, Awaz, Strings, and Jupiters, which all of whom had exploded the pop, rock and heavy metal music genre in the country, bringing the significant shift of country's transformation into modernism during 1990s. The Pakistani rock further matured itself and gained public appraisalwith the arrival of American satellite television in the 1990s. The popular form of music quickly spread throughout the country and with that came the arrival of various rock bands in 1990s. Early rock bands such as Vital Signs and Junoon are regarded as the pioneers of Pakistan's rock music. Other bands such as Strings began in the mid 1990s and during the late 1990s underground bands were becoming a norm in cities across Pakistan. In a short span of time, the Western-influenced rock bands gained enormous popularity and were generally welcomed by the public. The Music Channel Charts became the first rock music entity that gives ratings of rock band and Music '89 wasthe first ever all pop/rock music stage-show to be aired on PTV and other privately held channels.
Cities such as Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad witnessed an explosion of rock bands and concerts in 2000 as Pakistan began to liberalize under President Musharraf.
In 2002, a major shift in the rock music of Pakistan occurred with the arrival of the Pepsi Battle of the Bands, which saw bands like Aaroh, Mizraab, Entity Paradigm and Mekaal Hasan Band appear onto the scene. Finally Pakistan saw good rock music, with respectable instrument playing. In 2006 Raeth and Aaroh spread waves across the border by their debut song Bhula Doh.
With the rise of Vital Signs and later, Junoon and others, the rock music, exploded in 1980s and 1990s, became a vehicle for expressing patriotic nationalist spirit in Pakistan. Undoubtedly, the rock music has been one major influential force which has truly kept the national spirits high amidst the prevailing social woes which have had worsened in since 1980s, such music included songs like "Dil Dil Pakistan" and many more.
Sufi Rock
The band Junoon is said to be the pioneers of "Sufi Rock a genre of Pakistani rock which mixes Sufi poetry with modern rock music elements. They sang mostly in Urdu, in a style blending Western hard rock with Sindhi and Punjabi and folk. Junoon effectively created an audience for rock music in Pakistan. "The band's appeal reaches beyond the Westernised elite", said Newsweek. Q magazine called them "One of the biggest bands in the world". The New York Times referred to Junoon as "the U2 of Pakistan".
In a preview of Junoon's performance at the House of Blues in Los Angeles, the L.A. Times said that Junoon's "ability to captivate audiences" is "inspiring Beatles-like reactions". Junoon has been credited with beginning the "Junooni" generation in Pakistan, similar to that of the MTV generation in the United States.
Contemporary Rock
The majority of all Pakistani rock bands are contemporary in nature, often mixing soft rock with Pakistani classical music. Several popular bands, including EP, Call, and Noori, have been integral in revitalizing the rock culture in Pakistan.
Heavy Metal
After the successful emergence of Vital Signs in 1980s and Junoon in 1990s, the heavy metal music genre began to rise after the 1997 general elections. The Black Warrant was one of the earliest heavy metal band that releases its very first album in the public.[10] The roots of Pakistani heavy metal music can be traced back to the British styled New Wave when it was transferred in late 1980s and early 1990s. In 1980s, the bands "Final Cut" and Barbarians are considered the earliest Pakistani heavy metal bands. Although they were short-lived, they influenced many other musicians. Guitarist Salman Ahmad gained fame for his unique style of playing Sufi-style and neoclassical musics in heavy metal form.
The second wave of heavy metal artists, including bands such as Dhun which was Fawad Baloch's more conventional metal project and Black Warrant which still continues to promote the genre..[10] The most notable and productive work on heavy metal genre was bestowed and carried out by the Mizraab whose Panchi album was an ultimate success in this genre. Guitarist Faraz Anwar of Mizraab's solo instrumental work is widely noticed by the public and news channels dubbed Anwar as "Pakistan's master of progressive-metal rock." In recent studies and reports conducted by CNN, the Heavy metal is one of Pakistan's most popular genres of music, and country's radio FMs broadcast the music each week. Since 2004, the economic liberalization programmes of Prime minister Shaukat Aziz which helped open the new Pakistan and several music video channels, have trigger the underground heavy metal movements in cities such as Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad.
Although Mizraab, a band led by Faraz Anwar that is considered to be Pakistan's first progressive metal band, have also played a significant role in promoting the growth of metal music in Pakistan. Furthermore, bands such as Jehangir Aziz Hayat, Takatak, Messiah and Foreskin are examples of significant metal bands that have surfaced in the past five years.
Underground
"Underground" is an umbrella term that covers bands that perform in small establishments throughout the country, most notably in the various universities and colleges in Pakistan. Bands like Kainath, Seth, Incision, Black Warrant and symphonic metal band Jangli Jaggas were some of the earliest underground bands. Other bands such as Burzukh, Corpsepyre, Holy Black, Against All Odds, Hassan Sheraz, Ecstasy, ICU and Sifr have recently emerged. There are a large number of bands from all across Pakistan at present including The world famous Kamode Band, Black Warrant, Paranoid, Mercury, Kain, Ahsan the band, Drain, Lithium, Drainage, Cultural Jukebox, The Rising, Genocide, and Hypnotix-2000. The underground scenes in both Karachi and Lahore are teeming with college students eager to become famous. ICU is the first Pakistani punk band.
More recently Death Metal and Progressive Metal have experienced a rise in popularity in the underground Pakistani music scene. Newer bands composed mostly of university students have taken a huge step in taking the heavy metal scene of Pakistan forward. Bands like Berserker, Black Warrant, Cardinal Sin, Elegy, Communal Grave, Dementia, Odyssey, Takatak, Reckoning Storm, Ruin and Soul Vomit among others have already made their mark in Pakistan.
Famous bands (Incomplete List)
Aaroh
Black Warrant
Call
EP
Fuzon
Jal
Jehangir Aziz Hayat
Josh
Junoon
Karavan
The Kominas
Laal
Mauj
Mekaal Hasan Band
Mizraab
Noori
Roxen
RAETH
Seth
Strings
Sajid & Zeeshan
Vital Signs
Takatak
SYMT
Famous Artists and Bands (Incomplete List)
Ahmed Rushdi
Alamgir- The King of The Pop
M.Ali Shehki
Nazia & Zoheb
Benjamin Sisters
Tehsen Javed
Saleem Javed
Vital Signs
Junoon
Hadiqa
Awaz
Call
Fakhr-e-Alam
Meekal Hassan Band
Roxen
Ahmed Jahanzeb
Sajjad Ali
Jal
Shehzad Roy
Atif Aslam
Adnan Sami
Ali Zafar
Aaroh
EP
Mizraab
Noori
Karvan
Laal
Raeth
Waqar Ali
SYMT
Strings
Ahmed Rushdi
Alamgir- The King of The Pop
M.Ali Shehki
Nazia & Zoheb
Benjamin Sisters
Tehsen Javed
Saleem Javed
Vital Signs
Junoon
Hadiqa
Awaz
Call
Fakhr-e-Alam
Meekal Hassan Band
Roxen
Ahmed Jahanzeb
Sajjad Ali
Jal
Shehzad Roy
Atif Aslam
Adnan Sami
Ali Zafar
Aaroh
EP
Mizraab
Noori
Karvan
Laal
Raeth
Waqar Ali
SYMT
Strings
P.S : Pakistani Music Industry is Huge Industry itself. I tried my best to cover every artists and bands in this post.
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Pakistani Inventions and Discoveries
This article lists inventions and discoveries made by Pakistani Scientists.
Agriculture
In 2013, a Pakistani firm invented a new formula to make fertilizers that cannot be converted into bomb-making materials. The firm, Fatima Fertilizer, had succeeded in making non-lethal alternatives to ammonium nitrate, a key ingredient in the fertilizers it makes. Fertilizers with ammonium nitrate, however, can easily be converted into bomb-making ingredients. This invention was praised by the Pentagon. Such a long-term solution would be a true scientific breakthrough, US Army Lieutenant General Michael Barbero, the head of the Pentagons Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, said in a statement. After this invention, CNN reported that the United States and Pakistan reached an agreement to jointly make fertilizers with non-explosive materials. But diplomatic sources told Dawn that an agreement could only be reached after the new material is tested. The sources said that US experts would soon visit Pakistan for testing the new material with experts from the Fatima Group, Pakistans major fertilizer manufacturer.
Fatima Fertilizer
Biology
Dr. Naweed Syed, a specialist in the field of biomedical engineering and member of the medicine faculty at the University of Calgary, became the first scientist who managed to "connect brain cells to a silicon chip". The discovery is a major step in the research of integrating computers with human brains to help people control artificial limbs, monitor people's vital signs, correct memory loss or impaired vision.
Dr. Naweed Syed
Chemistry
Development of the world's first workable plastic magnet at room temperature by organic chemist and polymer scientist Naveed Zaidi.
Naveed Zaidi
Physics
-Discovery of electroweak interaction by Abdus Salam, along with two Americans Sheldon Lee Glashow and Steven Weinberg. The discovery led them to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics.
-Abdus Salam who along with Steven Weinberg independently predicted the existence of a subatomic particle now called the Higgs boson, Named after a British physicist who theorized that it endowed other particles with mass.
-The development of the Standard Model of particle physics by Sheldon Glashow's discovery in 1960 of a way to combine the electromagnetic and weak interactions. In 1967 Steven Weinberg and Abdus Salam incorporated the Higgs mechanism into Glashow's electroweak theory, giving it its modern form.
Abdus Salam
-Development of the SMB probe to detect heavy water leaks in nuclear power plants by Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood.
Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood
Medicine
-The Ommaya reservoir - a system for the delivery of drugs (e.g. chemotherapy) into the cerebrospinal fluid for treatment of patients with brain tumours - was developed by Ayub K. Ommaya, a Pakistani neurosurgeon.
Ayub K. Ommaya
-A non-invasive technology for monitoring intracranial pressure (ICP) - developed by Faisal Kashif.
Faisal Kashif
-Two medical devices - a pleuroperitoneal shunt and a special endotracheal tube to supply oxygen during fiberoptic bronchoscopy in awake patients - were invented by S Amjad Hussain, a Pakistani American doctor from Peshawar, Pakistan. His work made him an inductee into the Medical Mission Hall of Fame.
Dr. S Amjad Hussain
-A non-kink catheter mount was designed by a Pakistani doctor A. K. Jamil. He also developed a simple device for teaching controlled ventilation (A device through which young doctors can be trained on artificial ventilation of the lungs without Operation theater and patient)
A. K. Jamil
-Sheraz Daya is a Pakistani ophthalmologist and eye surgeon best known for his work in the use of stem-cell research during sight recovery surgery. Daya has developed new techniques in corneal transplant surgery, including the integration of stem cell treatment to trigger ocular surface restoration. The research led to clinical success in 2005, with the application of ex vivo stem cell transplantation and lamellar grafting to transplant surgery. His 2005 trial helped forty people regain their partially or fully impaired vision, including Deborah Catlyn who was blind in both eyes. Daya first began using and developing the techniques in 1999, describing the process as the removal of the "Limbal tissue ... from a donor eye. These cells are then multiplied in a laboratory," before being used. By 2007 the procedure had been used with over 1000 patients in the UK. He has also worked in the fields of anterior segment and keratorefractive surgery.
Sheraz Daya
Computing
-A boot sector computer virus dubbed (c)Brain, one of the first computer viruses in history,was created in 1986 by the Farooq Alvi Brothers in Lahore, Pakistan, reportedly to deter piracy of the software they had written.
Farooq Alvi Brothers
-A Software simulation based on blast forensics designed by Pakistani computer scientist, Zeeshan-ul-Hassan Usmani, that can reduce deaths by 12 per cent and injuries by seven per cent on average just by changing the way a crowd of people stand near an expected suicide bomber.
Zeeshan-ul-Hassan Usmani
Music
The Sagar Veena, a string instrument designed for use in classical music, was developed entirely in Pakistan over the last 40 years at the Sanjannagar Institute in Lahore by Raza Kazim.
Raza Kazim
Economics
The Human Development Index was devised by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq in 1990 and had the explicit purpose "to shift the focus of development economics from national income accounting to people centered policies".
Mahbub ul Haq
Technology
Professor Sohail Khan, a Pakistani researcher at Loughborough University designed a clever lavatory that transforms human waste into biological charcoal and minerals. These can then be used as fuel or a form of conditioner for soil. It also produces clean water. The invention can lead to community-led total sanitation in the developing world. The challenge was set by Microsoft founder Bill Gates who wanted to improve sanitation for the poor and combat open defacation in countries where water supply and sewage pipe infrastructure is not widely available.
Professor Sohail Khan
This article lists inventions and discoveries made by Pakistani Scientists.
Agriculture
In 2013, a Pakistani firm invented a new formula to make fertilizers that cannot be converted into bomb-making materials. The firm, Fatima Fertilizer, had succeeded in making non-lethal alternatives to ammonium nitrate, a key ingredient in the fertilizers it makes. Fertilizers with ammonium nitrate, however, can easily be converted into bomb-making ingredients. This invention was praised by the Pentagon. Such a long-term solution would be a true scientific breakthrough, US Army Lieutenant General Michael Barbero, the head of the Pentagons Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, said in a statement. After this invention, CNN reported that the United States and Pakistan reached an agreement to jointly make fertilizers with non-explosive materials. But diplomatic sources told Dawn that an agreement could only be reached after the new material is tested. The sources said that US experts would soon visit Pakistan for testing the new material with experts from the Fatima Group, Pakistans major fertilizer manufacturer.
Fatima Fertilizer
Biology
Dr. Naweed Syed, a specialist in the field of biomedical engineering and member of the medicine faculty at the University of Calgary, became the first scientist who managed to "connect brain cells to a silicon chip". The discovery is a major step in the research of integrating computers with human brains to help people control artificial limbs, monitor people's vital signs, correct memory loss or impaired vision.
Dr. Naweed Syed
Chemistry
Development of the world's first workable plastic magnet at room temperature by organic chemist and polymer scientist Naveed Zaidi.
Naveed Zaidi
Physics
-Discovery of electroweak interaction by Abdus Salam, along with two Americans Sheldon Lee Glashow and Steven Weinberg. The discovery led them to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics.
-Abdus Salam who along with Steven Weinberg independently predicted the existence of a subatomic particle now called the Higgs boson, Named after a British physicist who theorized that it endowed other particles with mass.
-The development of the Standard Model of particle physics by Sheldon Glashow's discovery in 1960 of a way to combine the electromagnetic and weak interactions. In 1967 Steven Weinberg and Abdus Salam incorporated the Higgs mechanism into Glashow's electroweak theory, giving it its modern form.
Abdus Salam
-Development of the SMB probe to detect heavy water leaks in nuclear power plants by Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood.
Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood
Medicine
-The Ommaya reservoir - a system for the delivery of drugs (e.g. chemotherapy) into the cerebrospinal fluid for treatment of patients with brain tumours - was developed by Ayub K. Ommaya, a Pakistani neurosurgeon.
Ayub K. Ommaya
-A non-invasive technology for monitoring intracranial pressure (ICP) - developed by Faisal Kashif.
Faisal Kashif
-Two medical devices - a pleuroperitoneal shunt and a special endotracheal tube to supply oxygen during fiberoptic bronchoscopy in awake patients - were invented by S Amjad Hussain, a Pakistani American doctor from Peshawar, Pakistan. His work made him an inductee into the Medical Mission Hall of Fame.
Dr. S Amjad Hussain
-A non-kink catheter mount was designed by a Pakistani doctor A. K. Jamil. He also developed a simple device for teaching controlled ventilation (A device through which young doctors can be trained on artificial ventilation of the lungs without Operation theater and patient)
A. K. Jamil
-Sheraz Daya is a Pakistani ophthalmologist and eye surgeon best known for his work in the use of stem-cell research during sight recovery surgery. Daya has developed new techniques in corneal transplant surgery, including the integration of stem cell treatment to trigger ocular surface restoration. The research led to clinical success in 2005, with the application of ex vivo stem cell transplantation and lamellar grafting to transplant surgery. His 2005 trial helped forty people regain their partially or fully impaired vision, including Deborah Catlyn who was blind in both eyes. Daya first began using and developing the techniques in 1999, describing the process as the removal of the "Limbal tissue ... from a donor eye. These cells are then multiplied in a laboratory," before being used. By 2007 the procedure had been used with over 1000 patients in the UK. He has also worked in the fields of anterior segment and keratorefractive surgery.
Sheraz Daya
Computing
-A boot sector computer virus dubbed (c)Brain, one of the first computer viruses in history,was created in 1986 by the Farooq Alvi Brothers in Lahore, Pakistan, reportedly to deter piracy of the software they had written.
Farooq Alvi Brothers
-A Software simulation based on blast forensics designed by Pakistani computer scientist, Zeeshan-ul-Hassan Usmani, that can reduce deaths by 12 per cent and injuries by seven per cent on average just by changing the way a crowd of people stand near an expected suicide bomber.
Zeeshan-ul-Hassan Usmani
Music
The Sagar Veena, a string instrument designed for use in classical music, was developed entirely in Pakistan over the last 40 years at the Sanjannagar Institute in Lahore by Raza Kazim.
Raza Kazim
Economics
The Human Development Index was devised by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq in 1990 and had the explicit purpose "to shift the focus of development economics from national income accounting to people centered policies".
Mahbub ul Haq
Technology
Professor Sohail Khan, a Pakistani researcher at Loughborough University designed a clever lavatory that transforms human waste into biological charcoal and minerals. These can then be used as fuel or a form of conditioner for soil. It also produces clean water. The invention can lead to community-led total sanitation in the developing world. The challenge was set by Microsoft founder Bill Gates who wanted to improve sanitation for the poor and combat open defacation in countries where water supply and sewage pipe infrastructure is not widely available.
Professor Sohail Khan
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Television in Pakistan
Television in Pakistan started in 1964, and the first live transmission of Pakistan Television began on November 26, 1964, in Lahore.
History
Originally a private sector project in 1961 by prominent industrialist Syed Wajjid Ali who signed a joint venture agreement with Nipon Electric Company (NEC) of Japan, leading Pakistani engineer Ubaidur Rahman was appointed by Wajjid Ali to head the television project. By 1962, after a series of pilot transmission tests, the project was quickly taken over by the Ayub Khan Government in 1963 for the "greater national interest of Pakistan". President Ayub Khan re-appointed Ubaidur Rahman in 1963 under the Ministry of Information to continue with the NEC joint venture collaboration to launch Pakistan Television or PTV. The project began with a tent on the back lot of Radio Pakistan Karachi where a transmission tower and a studio were constructed. On November 26, 1964 the first official television station commenced transmission broadcasts from LAHORE,followed by Dhaka in 1965 (then the capital of East Pakistan). A third centre was established in Rawalpindi-Islamabad in 1965 and the fourth in Karachi in 1966. Later centres in Peshawar and Quetta were established by 1974. Originally broadcast in black and white, PTV began colour transmission in 1976. With this new upgrade in techniques and equipment, the Pakistan Television Academy was founded and opened in 1987 to teach students who wished to work in the medium. As with the other agreement, the government financed most of the funds while the private venture capitalists offered to fund the remainder. Late 1980s morning transmission started on PTV.
In 1988, the then government launched the first semi government TV network of the country by the name of "Peoples Television Network (PTN)under the umbrella of Shalimar Recording Company (which is Shalimar Recording and Broadcasting Company now). PTN was later renamed as Shalimar Television Network (STN). STN started from Islamabad first and then from Karachi, Lahore and by mid 1990s the network made its way to the whole of the country. STN for the first time in Pakistan started the transmission of CNN International on the terrestrial beam, this was the first project of STN. In 1990 STN under an agreement with the a private company started the first private TV channel of Pakistan, Network Television Marketing (NTM). So STN's broadcast became the combination of CNN and NTM and successfully continued till 1999. NTM came as a breath of fresh air to the Paksitani viewers due to its fresh and innovative programmings.
PTV Network launched a full-scale satellite broadcasting service in 1991-1992 as PTV-2 which was renamed as PTV World in 1998. PTV-2/World also enjoyed viewership on terrestrial beam. In the same year i.e. 1998 PTV in association with a private company started PTV Prime exclusively for European and later for American viewers. Digital TV satellite broadcasting was launched in 1999. PTV-1 started its satellite transmission in 2000-2001.
NTM went off air in 1999 due to financial losses and STN also shut down CNN in 1999. PTV and STN started Channel-3 as a joint venture in 1999 which regularly started its transmissions in 2001. Due to Channel-3, STN for the first time went satellite.
In 2002, the then government opened up new ways for the media industry of Pakistan by allowing private TV channels to operate openly even to telecast their own news and current affairs content. Prior to that the only private TV channel of the country NTM was not allowed to transmit its own news and current affairs programmings. Indus Vision, ARY Digital, Geo, Hum, and then list went on and on.
In 2005 Channel-3 went off air and with that Shalimar Recording and Broadcasting Company again renamed its TV network as ATV Network and ATV started its transmission as the only private TV channel of Pakistan being shown on terrestrial as well as satellite beam. In 2007, PTV or PTV-1 was given a new name PTV Home and PTV World was changed into PTV News. PTV Home, PTV News (both state owned) and ATV (semi private) channels are shown on terrestrial beams along with the satellite beam. While recently started PTV Sports becomes available on terrestrial beams only during the important national and international sports events.
Pakistan Television Network
Pakistan Television Network, also referred to as PTV, is Pakistan's state owned television network which operates on both terrestrial and satellite. Channels included on the PTV network are:
Nationwide
PTV National - Regional programming channel
PTV Home - 24 hour entertainment channel
PTV News - 24 hour news channel
PTV Sports - 24 hours sports channel
PTV Global - For European and North American viewers
PTV World - 24 hour English News channel
Regional
VSH News - Balochi Language Channel
PTV Bolan - Balochi Language Channel
AJK TV - Kashmiri Language Channel
PTV Multan - Saraiki
Planned
PTV English - English Language Channel
PTV Abaseen - Pashto Language Channel
PTV Mehran - Sindhi Language Channel
PTV Panjnad - Punjabi Language Channel
Virtual University
Further information: Virtual University of Pakistan
Virtual University of Pakistan, also known as VU, is Pakistans first University based completely on modern information and communication technologies. It was established by the government as a public sector institution with a clear mission to provide extremely affordable world class education to aspiring students all over the country. VU uses free-to-air satellite television broadcasts and the internet to broadcast across the country. At the moment VU provides four channels:
VTV1
VTV2
VTV3
VTV4
Pakistani Private TV channels
Education
Virtual Television
ILIM TV
Entertainment
PTV Home
ATV
ARY Digital
Express Entertainment
Geo TV
Hero TV
Hum TV
Indus Vision
Dhoom TV
PTV National
TVOne Global
Mashriq TV
Prime TV
PTV Global
Raah TV
Chalta TV
Good News TV
Hum2
Hero (TV channel)
AAP TV
PTV Home
A-Plus Entertainment
Urdu 1
Food
ARY Zauq
Masala TV
Zaiqa TV
Lifestyle and fashion
Health TV
De Vida
Style 360
A lite
Music
Aag TV
ARY Musik
Oxygene
Kashish TV
Indus Music
Play TV
8XM
MTV Pakistan
Jalwa
Movies
Filmax
Filmazia
Film World
Silver Screen
Star Lite
News
Such TV
AAJ News
Abb Takk
Aman TV
ARY News
Dawn News
Dunya News
Express News
Geo News
Geo Tez
Indus News
Metro1 News
News One
PTV News
PTV World
Royal News
Waqt News
SAMAA TV
CNBC Pakistan
Khyber News
City 42
Business Plus
Hero TV
Religious
ARY Qtv
Hidayat TV
Hadi TV
Labbaik TV
MTA 1
MTA 2
MTA 3
Madani Channel
Islam Channel - UK based channel
Paigham TV
Sports
Geo Super
Zindagi Super
PTV Sports
Ten Sports
Kids
Cartoon Network Pakistan
Nickelodeon Pakistan
wikkid plus
Regional channels
Saraiki
Rohi
kook
Waseb
Punjabi
Apna Channel
Punjab TV
Bali TV
Sindhi
Awaz TV
Kashish TV
KTN
KTN News
Mehran TV
Mehran TV News 2013
Dharti TV Network
Sindh TV
Sindh tv news leading news channel
Balochi
VSH NEWS
PTV Bolan
SABZBAAT BALOCHISTAN
Kashmiri, Pothohari, Pahari, and Hindko
AJK TV
JK NEWS
KAY2 TV
Pushto
AVT Khyber
Khyber News
AFGHAN TV
International channels
Entertainment
AXN Pakistan
Animax Pakistan
DM Digital
HBO Pakistan
WB Channel Pakistan
Fashion TV
International Pakistani TV Channles
PTV Global
Prime TV
TV One Canada
HUM TV World
GEO UK
ARY DIGITAL UK
ARY DIGITAL USA
DM Digital
Takbeer TV
Umaah Channel
IQRA TV
Noor TV UK
Emerland TV
Internet Protocol television (IPTV)
EMUSIK.TV
EFASHIONS.TV
EMAX.TV
RAAH.TV
MINHAJ.TV
ILIM.TV
HHRD.TV
Style 360
Sports
Ten Sports
PTV Sports
Geo Super
Former channels
Aag TV Replaced with GEO Kahani
Geo English Replaced with GEO Tez May 2013
VH1 Pakistan Music
MTV Pakistan Music
FTV Pakistan Fashion
INDUS Plus Entertainment Channel
INDUS Films Movies Chsnnel
ARY Gold Sports & Movies
ARY Shopping Channel Shopping Channel
ARY City Channel Shut Down
ARY One World Changed its name to ARY News
Style Dunya Shut Down
PTV 1 Changed its name to PTV Home
PTV 2 Shut Down
PTV World Changed its name to PTV World News
PTV World News Changed its name to PTV News
Channel 3 Shut Down
Prime Entertainment Shut Down
Sunday TV Shut Down
OYE TV Shut Down
Uni Plus Shut Down
Musix Station Shut Down
Fun TV Shut Down
The Musik Replaced with ARY Musik
Rung TV Shut Down
R World Shut Down
TV2DAY Shut Down
Roshni TV Shut Down
Anjuman TV Shut Down
Pak TV Shut Down
Mashriq TV Shut Down
TMN TV Shut Down
FORTUNE TV Shut Down
KOOK TV - Replaced with 8XM Jalwa
NTM Shut Down
PTN Shut Down
STN Shut Down
UTN Shut Down
Shamal TVShamal TV Network, First Hindko Channel
Sun TV Shut Down
Sun Biz Shut Down
Asset Plus Shut Down
Wikkid Plus Shut Down
ZamZam TV Shut Down
Dawn News ENGLISH
Express 24/7 ENGLISH
GEO English ENGLISH
Future channels
Capital TV Live - Launched on 10th of April in Pakistan.
Abb Takk Launched on 19th of April in Pakistan.
SBN Infotainment Channel
DM News News Channel Launching soon by Jehan Group.
Dais News Launching on 23 March 2013.(Postponed until May 2013).
Pearl News Pearl TV Network
Pearl Entertainment Pearl TV Network
Jehaan Urdu Documentary Channel
Sahar TV by Dawn Media Group
Herald News by Dawn Media Group
Herald Entertainment by Dawn Media Group
Frontline TV by Dawn Media Group
Express Music by Express TV Network
ALJazeera Urdu News Channel by ALJazeera
BBC Urdu by BBC
Lamhe TV by Mastermind Media
Jinnah TV News Channel
ARY QTV Plus Kids Channel
Lucky TV Lucky TV Network.
Home TV Home Media Group.
AVT Prime Urdu Entertainment Channel
AVT News Urdu News Channel
Music One Airwaves Media
Next One Owned by Next Media PVT Ltd.
Family Channel
ATN Air Television Network.
AB Entertainment Entertanment Channel from A&B Productions
Dunya Entertainment Date not Confirmed.
Premier TV launching 2 Channels by November 2013.
Premier Sports
Ribena TV
Aaj Entertainment Test Run
Sky Entertainment Launching on 14 August 2013 by 7thSky Media House
Mirror TV
Amber TV
Aman TV
Alif TV Educational Channel for kids.
Aladin TV Kids Entertainment Channel
Pehla Channel Pehla Media Group of Pakistan
EYE Vision Premier Entertainment Channel coming soon
EYE Plus Entertainment & Infotainment Channel
EYE Max First Telefilms Channel
SANA News Channel from South Asian News Agency
Shaheen TV -
Happy TV - Unique Vision Ltd.
SHAAN - Infotainment Channel
NEU- National Entertainment Urdu (Launch Delayed due to Pakistan's Election).
Natak - Urdu Drama Channel Launching October 2013.
Sooper - Date not confirmed.
News + - a Part of Business Plus TV.
TIME TV -
Jalwa TV by Apna TV Network - Test Run
PTV Abaseen
PTV Punjabi
PTV Mehran
GEO KahaniUrdu Entertainment Channel - Test transition on Aired, Replaced by Aag TV.
GEO Tez Live Urdu News Channel - Test transition on Aired.
GEO MoviesEnglish Movies Channel
GEO WorldEnglish Entertainment Channel
GEO FilmsUrdu Movies Channel
GEO EnglishEnglish News & Entertainment Channel
GEO KidsKids Entertainment Channel.
Television in Pakistan started in 1964, and the first live transmission of Pakistan Television began on November 26, 1964, in Lahore.
History
Originally a private sector project in 1961 by prominent industrialist Syed Wajjid Ali who signed a joint venture agreement with Nipon Electric Company (NEC) of Japan, leading Pakistani engineer Ubaidur Rahman was appointed by Wajjid Ali to head the television project. By 1962, after a series of pilot transmission tests, the project was quickly taken over by the Ayub Khan Government in 1963 for the "greater national interest of Pakistan". President Ayub Khan re-appointed Ubaidur Rahman in 1963 under the Ministry of Information to continue with the NEC joint venture collaboration to launch Pakistan Television or PTV. The project began with a tent on the back lot of Radio Pakistan Karachi where a transmission tower and a studio were constructed. On November 26, 1964 the first official television station commenced transmission broadcasts from LAHORE,followed by Dhaka in 1965 (then the capital of East Pakistan). A third centre was established in Rawalpindi-Islamabad in 1965 and the fourth in Karachi in 1966. Later centres in Peshawar and Quetta were established by 1974. Originally broadcast in black and white, PTV began colour transmission in 1976. With this new upgrade in techniques and equipment, the Pakistan Television Academy was founded and opened in 1987 to teach students who wished to work in the medium. As with the other agreement, the government financed most of the funds while the private venture capitalists offered to fund the remainder. Late 1980s morning transmission started on PTV.
In 1988, the then government launched the first semi government TV network of the country by the name of "Peoples Television Network (PTN)under the umbrella of Shalimar Recording Company (which is Shalimar Recording and Broadcasting Company now). PTN was later renamed as Shalimar Television Network (STN). STN started from Islamabad first and then from Karachi, Lahore and by mid 1990s the network made its way to the whole of the country. STN for the first time in Pakistan started the transmission of CNN International on the terrestrial beam, this was the first project of STN. In 1990 STN under an agreement with the a private company started the first private TV channel of Pakistan, Network Television Marketing (NTM). So STN's broadcast became the combination of CNN and NTM and successfully continued till 1999. NTM came as a breath of fresh air to the Paksitani viewers due to its fresh and innovative programmings.
PTV Network launched a full-scale satellite broadcasting service in 1991-1992 as PTV-2 which was renamed as PTV World in 1998. PTV-2/World also enjoyed viewership on terrestrial beam. In the same year i.e. 1998 PTV in association with a private company started PTV Prime exclusively for European and later for American viewers. Digital TV satellite broadcasting was launched in 1999. PTV-1 started its satellite transmission in 2000-2001.
NTM went off air in 1999 due to financial losses and STN also shut down CNN in 1999. PTV and STN started Channel-3 as a joint venture in 1999 which regularly started its transmissions in 2001. Due to Channel-3, STN for the first time went satellite.
In 2002, the then government opened up new ways for the media industry of Pakistan by allowing private TV channels to operate openly even to telecast their own news and current affairs content. Prior to that the only private TV channel of the country NTM was not allowed to transmit its own news and current affairs programmings. Indus Vision, ARY Digital, Geo, Hum, and then list went on and on.
In 2005 Channel-3 went off air and with that Shalimar Recording and Broadcasting Company again renamed its TV network as ATV Network and ATV started its transmission as the only private TV channel of Pakistan being shown on terrestrial as well as satellite beam. In 2007, PTV or PTV-1 was given a new name PTV Home and PTV World was changed into PTV News. PTV Home, PTV News (both state owned) and ATV (semi private) channels are shown on terrestrial beams along with the satellite beam. While recently started PTV Sports becomes available on terrestrial beams only during the important national and international sports events.
Pakistan Television Network
Pakistan Television Network, also referred to as PTV, is Pakistan's state owned television network which operates on both terrestrial and satellite. Channels included on the PTV network are:
Nationwide
PTV National - Regional programming channel
PTV Home - 24 hour entertainment channel
PTV News - 24 hour news channel
PTV Sports - 24 hours sports channel
PTV Global - For European and North American viewers
PTV World - 24 hour English News channel
Regional
VSH News - Balochi Language Channel
PTV Bolan - Balochi Language Channel
AJK TV - Kashmiri Language Channel
PTV Multan - Saraiki
Planned
PTV English - English Language Channel
PTV Abaseen - Pashto Language Channel
PTV Mehran - Sindhi Language Channel
PTV Panjnad - Punjabi Language Channel
Virtual University
Further information: Virtual University of Pakistan
Virtual University of Pakistan, also known as VU, is Pakistans first University based completely on modern information and communication technologies. It was established by the government as a public sector institution with a clear mission to provide extremely affordable world class education to aspiring students all over the country. VU uses free-to-air satellite television broadcasts and the internet to broadcast across the country. At the moment VU provides four channels:
VTV1
VTV2
VTV3
VTV4
Pakistani Private TV channels
Education
Virtual Television
ILIM TV
Entertainment
PTV Home
ATV
ARY Digital
Express Entertainment
Geo TV
Hero TV
Hum TV
Indus Vision
Dhoom TV
PTV National
TVOne Global
Mashriq TV
Prime TV
PTV Global
Raah TV
Chalta TV
Good News TV
Hum2
Hero (TV channel)
AAP TV
PTV Home
A-Plus Entertainment
Urdu 1
Food
ARY Zauq
Masala TV
Zaiqa TV
Lifestyle and fashion
Health TV
De Vida
Style 360
A lite
Music
Aag TV
ARY Musik
Oxygene
Kashish TV
Indus Music
Play TV
8XM
MTV Pakistan
Jalwa
Movies
Filmax
Filmazia
Film World
Silver Screen
Star Lite
News
Such TV
AAJ News
Abb Takk
Aman TV
ARY News
Dawn News
Dunya News
Express News
Geo News
Geo Tez
Indus News
Metro1 News
News One
PTV News
PTV World
Royal News
Waqt News
SAMAA TV
CNBC Pakistan
Khyber News
City 42
Business Plus
Hero TV
Religious
ARY Qtv
Hidayat TV
Hadi TV
Labbaik TV
MTA 1
MTA 2
MTA 3
Madani Channel
Islam Channel - UK based channel
Paigham TV
Sports
Geo Super
Zindagi Super
PTV Sports
Ten Sports
Kids
Cartoon Network Pakistan
Nickelodeon Pakistan
wikkid plus
Regional channels
Saraiki
Rohi
kook
Waseb
Punjabi
Apna Channel
Punjab TV
Bali TV
Sindhi
Awaz TV
Kashish TV
KTN
KTN News
Mehran TV
Mehran TV News 2013
Dharti TV Network
Sindh TV
Sindh tv news leading news channel
Balochi
VSH NEWS
PTV Bolan
SABZBAAT BALOCHISTAN
Kashmiri, Pothohari, Pahari, and Hindko
AJK TV
JK NEWS
KAY2 TV
Pushto
AVT Khyber
Khyber News
AFGHAN TV
International channels
Entertainment
AXN Pakistan
Animax Pakistan
DM Digital
HBO Pakistan
WB Channel Pakistan
Fashion TV
International Pakistani TV Channles
PTV Global
Prime TV
TV One Canada
HUM TV World
GEO UK
ARY DIGITAL UK
ARY DIGITAL USA
DM Digital
Takbeer TV
Umaah Channel
IQRA TV
Noor TV UK
Emerland TV
Internet Protocol television (IPTV)
EMUSIK.TV
EFASHIONS.TV
EMAX.TV
RAAH.TV
MINHAJ.TV
ILIM.TV
HHRD.TV
Style 360
Sports
Ten Sports
PTV Sports
Geo Super
Former channels
Aag TV Replaced with GEO Kahani
Geo English Replaced with GEO Tez May 2013
VH1 Pakistan Music
MTV Pakistan Music
FTV Pakistan Fashion
INDUS Plus Entertainment Channel
INDUS Films Movies Chsnnel
ARY Gold Sports & Movies
ARY Shopping Channel Shopping Channel
ARY City Channel Shut Down
ARY One World Changed its name to ARY News
Style Dunya Shut Down
PTV 1 Changed its name to PTV Home
PTV 2 Shut Down
PTV World Changed its name to PTV World News
PTV World News Changed its name to PTV News
Channel 3 Shut Down
Prime Entertainment Shut Down
Sunday TV Shut Down
OYE TV Shut Down
Uni Plus Shut Down
Musix Station Shut Down
Fun TV Shut Down
The Musik Replaced with ARY Musik
Rung TV Shut Down
R World Shut Down
TV2DAY Shut Down
Roshni TV Shut Down
Anjuman TV Shut Down
Pak TV Shut Down
Mashriq TV Shut Down
TMN TV Shut Down
FORTUNE TV Shut Down
KOOK TV - Replaced with 8XM Jalwa
NTM Shut Down
PTN Shut Down
STN Shut Down
UTN Shut Down
Shamal TVShamal TV Network, First Hindko Channel
Sun TV Shut Down
Sun Biz Shut Down
Asset Plus Shut Down
Wikkid Plus Shut Down
ZamZam TV Shut Down
Dawn News ENGLISH
Express 24/7 ENGLISH
GEO English ENGLISH
Future channels
Capital TV Live - Launched on 10th of April in Pakistan.
Abb Takk Launched on 19th of April in Pakistan.
SBN Infotainment Channel
DM News News Channel Launching soon by Jehan Group.
Dais News Launching on 23 March 2013.(Postponed until May 2013).
Pearl News Pearl TV Network
Pearl Entertainment Pearl TV Network
Jehaan Urdu Documentary Channel
Sahar TV by Dawn Media Group
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Abdul Sattar Edhi (Pakistani philanthropist, social activist, public figure and humanitarian)
Abdul Sattar Edhi, or Edhi Sahab , is a prominent Pakistani philanthropist, social activist, public figure and an humanitarian. He is the founder and head of the Edhi Foundation, a non-profit social welfare organization in Pakistan. Together with his wife, Bilquis Edhi, he received the 1986 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service. He is also the recipient of the Lenin Peace Prize and the Balzan Prize. In 2006, Institute of Business Administration Pakistan conferred an honoris causa degree of Doctor of Social Service Management for his services. In September 2010, Edhi was also awarded an honorary degree of Doctorate by the University of Bedfordshire.In 1985 Edhi received the Nishan-e-Imtiaz from the Government of Pakistan.
He was born in 1928, in the city of Bantva in what is now western India. Edhi's first interaction with human suffering occurred at the age of eleven, when his mother was physically paralyzed and later suffered from mental illness. Edhi spent his waking hours caring for her, and her worsening health and eventual death left a lasting impact on his life. In 1947, at the age of 19, Mr. Edhi's family was flee their hometown and relocate to Karachi. Finding himself in a new city without any resources, Edhi resolved to dedicate his life to aiding the poor, and over the last sixty years, he has single handedly changed the face of welfare in Pakistan. Edhi founded the Edhi Foundation, with an initial sum of a mere five thousand rupees. Regarded as a guardian for the poor, Edhi began receiving numerous donations, which allowed him to expand his services. To this day, the Edhi Foundation continues to grow in both size and service, and is currently the largest welfare organization in Pakistan. Since its inception, the Edhi Foundation has rescued over 20,000 abandoned infants, rehabilitated over 50,000 orphans and has trained over 40,000 nurses. It also runs over three hundred and thirty welfare centers in rural and urban Pakistan which operate as food kitchens, rehabilitation homes, shelters for abandoned women and children and clinics for the mentally handicapped.
Edhi has remained a simple and humble man. To this day, he owns two pairs of clothes, has never taken a salary from his organization and lives in a small two bedroom apartment over his clinic in Karachi. He has been recommended for a Nobel Peace prize by the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Early life
Edhi was born in 1928 in Bantva in the Gujarat, India. When he was eleven, his mother became paralyzed and later grew mentally ill and died when he was 19. His personal experiences caused him to develop a system of services for old, mentally ill and challenged people. Edhi and his family migrated to Pakistan in 1947. He initially started as a pedlar, later became a commission agent selling cloth in the wholesale market in Karachi. After a few years, he established a free dispensary with the help from his community. He later established a welfare trust, "Edhi Trust".
Abdul Sattar Edhi was married in 1965 to Bilquis, a nurse who worked at the Edhi dispensary. The couple have four children, two daughters and two sons. Bilquis runs the free maternity home at the headquarter in Karachi and organizes the adoption of illegitimate and abandoned babies.
Charity work
Edhi Foundation runs the world's largest ambulance service and operates free nursing homes, orphanages, clinics, women's shelters, and rehab centers for drug addicts and mentally ill individuals.It has run relief operations in Africa, Middle East, the Caucasus region, eastern Europe and US where it provided aid following the New Orleans hurricane of 2005. In November 2011, Edhi was recommended for a Nobel Peace prize by the Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani.
Honors and awards
International awards
Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service (1986)
Lenin Peace Prize (1988)
Paul Harris Fellow from Rotatory International Foundation, (1993)
Peace Prize from (USSR former) for services in the American earthquake disaster, (1998)
Largest Voluntary Ambulance Organization of the World - Guinness Book of World Records (2000)
Hamdan Award for volunteers in Humanitarian Medical Services (2000) UAE
International Balzan Prize (2000) for Humanity, Peace and Brotherhood, Italy
Peace and Harmony Award (Delhi), 2001
Peace Award (Mumbai), 2004
Peace Award (Hyderabad Deccan), 2005
Wolf of Bhogio Peace Award (Italy), 2005
Gandhi Peace Award (Delhi),2007
UNESCO Madan jeet sing Peace Award (Paris),2007
Peace Award Seoul (South Korea), 2008
Honorary Doctorate degree from the Institute of Business Administration Karachi (2006).
UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize (2009)
Peace Award (London), 2011
National awards
Silver Jubilee Shield by College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan, (19621987)
The Social Worker of Sub-Continent by Government of Sind, Pakistan, (1989)
Nishan-e-Imtiaz, civil decoration from Government of Pakistan (1989)
Recognition of meritorious services to oppressed humanity during eighties by Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Government of Pakistan,(1989)
Pakistan Civic Award from the Pakistan Civic Society (1992)
Shield of Honor by Pakistan Army (E & C)
Khidmat Award by Pakistan Academy of Medical Sciences
Human Rights Award by Pakistan Human Rights Society
A Mirror to the Blind, a biography of Abdul Sattar Edhi
Edhi Foundation
The Edhi Foundation is a non-profit social welfare program in Pakistan, founded by Abdul Sattar Edhi in 1951. Edhi is the head of the organization and his wife Bilquis, a nurse, oversees the maternity and adoption services of the foundation. Its headquarters are in Karachi, Pakistan.
The Edhi Foundation provides 24-hour emergency assistance across the nation of Pakistan and abroad. The Foundation provides, among many other services, shelter for the destitute, free hospitals and medical care, drug rehabilitation services, and national and international relief efforts. Its main focuses are Emergency Services, Orphans, Handicapped Persons, Shelters, Education, Healthcare, International Community Centers, Blood & Drug Bank, air ambulance services, Marine And Coastal Services.
Origin
Edhi established his first welfare center and then the Edhi Trust with a mere Rs. 5000 {Approx. $55.56}. What started as one man operating from a single room in Karachi is now the Edhi Foundation, the largest welfare organization in Pakistan. The foundation has over 300 centers across the country, in big cities, small towns and remote rural areas, providing medical aid, family planning and emergency assistance. They own air ambulances, providing quick access to far-flung areas.
In Karachi alone, the Edhi Foundation runs 8 hospitals providing free medical care, eye hospitals, diabetic centers, surgical units, a 4- bed cancer hospital and mobile dispensaries. In addition to these the Foundation also manages two blood banks in Karachi.
Born in 1928 in Bantva, Gujarat, India, Edhis family belonged to the Memon community. From a young age his mother taught Edhi to be kind towards others and to help the poor. In the partition of India in 1947 the family migrated to Pakistan and settled in Karachi. That was a time of great emotional trauma and social and political upheaval. Edhi became involved in social work and began working with welfare organizations and soon started his own dispensary, providing medical aid to the poor. He bought his first ambulance, an old van which he called the "poor mans van" and went around the city providing medical help and burying unclaimed bodies. His van became his advertisement and soon he came to be known for his work with the poor. As a consequence, donations started pouring in and his operations expanded, employing additional nurses and staff. It was here that Edhi met his wife Bilquis who was a trainee nurse at the dispensary. They were married in 1966. Bilquis became an ideal partner in life and work for Edhi.
The Edhi Foundation grew as people began to recognize its humanitarian aims. In 1973 when an old apartment building collapsed in Karachi, Edhis ambulances and volunteers were the first to reach the scene and start rescue operations. From then, on, through the troubles in Karachi and all over the country, Edhis ambulances have been rescuing and taking the injured to hospitals and burying unclaimed bodies. They go to places where even government agencies hesitate to venture.
The Edhi Foundation is the first of its kind in South Asia that owns air ambulances, providing quick access to far-flung areas. Whether it is a train accident or a bomb blast, Edhi ambulances are the first to arrive. The foundation relies on the support of its 3,500 workers and thousands of volunteers who form the backbone of the organization.
Despite the growth of the foundation, Edhi remains a very down-to-earth person, dressed always in grey homespun cotton local clothes. He has a hands on approach to his work, sweeping his own room and even cleaning the gutter if need be. Apart from the one room, which he uses for his living quarters, the rest of the building serves as his workplace in Mithadar, a locality of old Karachi that is full of narrow streets and congested alleyways. Adjoining their living room is a small kitchen where Bilquees usually prepares the midday meal. Next to it is a washing area where bodies are bathed and prepared for burial.
When Edhi is not traveling to supervise his other centers, a typical day for him begins at five in the morning with morning Fajr prayers. His work starts thereafter answering any calls for help, organizing and meeting people in need while afternoons are spent at various centers and hospitals all over the city. In the evening he dines with hundreds of poor at his "free community meals common among South East Asia" at another Edhi centre in the city. His Fridays are invariably spent at homes for the destitute children where Edhi personally helps bathe the ones who are physically handicapped, before joining them for Friday prayers. Occasionally, when he is able to, he also takes them out for picnics.
In Karachi alone, the Edhi Foundation runs 8 hospitals providing free medical care, eye hospitals, diabetic centres, surgical units, a 4- bed cancer hospital and mobile dispensaries. In addition to these the Foundation also manages two blood banks in Karachi. As with other Edhi services, employed professionals and volunteers run these. The foundation has a Legal aid department, which provides free services and has secured the release of countless innocent prisoners. Commissioned doctors visit jails on a regular basis and also supply food and other essentials to the inmates. There are 15 " Apna Ghar" ["Our Home"] homes for the destitute children, runaways, and psychotics and the Edhi Foundation states that over the years 3 million children have been rehabilitated and reunited with their families thorough the Edhi network.
The foundation also has an education scheme, which apart from teaching reading and writing covers various vocational activities such as driving, pharmacy and para-medical training. The emphasis is on self-sufficiency. The Edhi Foundation has branches in several countries where they provide relief to refugees in the USA, UK, Canada, Japan, and Bangladesh. In 1991 the Foundation provided aid to victims of the Gulf war and earthquake victims in Iran and Egypt.
Edhi plans mass campaigns against narcotics, illiteracy, population control and basic hygiene. Edhis wife Bilquees works in the areas of maternity centre management. She runs 6 nursing training schools in Karachi, which provide basic training courses. These centres have so far trained over 40,000 qualified nurses. Some 20,000 abandoned babies have been saved and about a million babies have been delivered in the Edhi maternity homes. Bilquees also supervises the food that is supplied to the Edhi hospitals in Karachi. The total number of orphans in Edhi housing is 50,000 and Edhis two daughters and one son assist in the running of the orphanages and the automation of these institutions.
Edhis vision is to create an institution that will carry on his lifes work and survive for a long time to come. His dream is that of a Pakistan as a modern welfare state, which provides a safety net for the poor and needy while providing basic health and education with vocational skills. A welfare state Edhi feels is the only way to tackle Pakistans myriad social problems. He hopes that one day, Pakistan will be a model for other developing countries.
In 1985 Edhi received the Nishan-e-Imtiaz from the Government of Pakistan and in recognition of their services the Government of Philippines awarded Edhi & Bilquees the Magsayay award.
The Edhi Foundation has also saved Mohammad Humzah Paracha's life, a boy from Karachi, who is fifteen years old. He suffered from lip problems. He is now fine, thanks to Abdul Sattar Edhi's persistent and determination to heal the boy.
Programs
Welfare activities
-Baby cradles (jhoolas) are installed at most Edhi centers, where unwanted or abandoned babies may be left. Adoptions are then arranged for the infants.
-Destitute homes (Apna Ghar) service orphans, runaways, and the mentally ill.
-Warehouses hold supplies for emergency situations.
-Missing Persons Service posts bulletins for missing persons in the press, on radio and TV.
-Prisoner's Aid provides provisions and legal aid to imprisoned persons.
-Graveyard Services provide washing and burials for unclaimed bodies. Religious services are provided according to the deceased's religious affiliation.
-Public Kitchens feed the hungry in Karachi, Lahore, and Rawalpindi
-Animal Shelter Edhi Homes were originally meant to provide services to the distressed and ailing destitutes. Soon, however, animals that were cruelly treated by their owners and had become lame, crippled or badly wounded, started ending up in Edhi Centers. These also include missing animals and unwanted pets which have no other place to go except Edhi shelters. In view of the increasing number of such animals, Edhi Foundation established a separate treatment unit which has now grown up into a small zoo. Veterinary doctors look after these animals along with other volunteer staff at super highway, Karachi. These animals include peacocks, owls, deers, monkeys, horses, mules, cats, dogs and a number of domestic birds.
Emergency Services
Note The Edhi Foundation is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as having the largest volunteer ambulance organization in the world.
-Field Ambulance Service provides 1800 ambulances (the largest ambulance fleet in Pakistan and the largest private ambulance service network in the world).
-Air Ambulance Service provides two airplanes and one helicopter.
-Marine and Coastal Service provides weather warnings, air-drops food supplies, and recovers dead bodies.
-Emergency Checkposts provides immediate, emergency care.
Projects
-Highway Projects are developing new Edhi centers across the nation of Pakistan.
-Blood and Drug Banks provide medicine to needy persons. They also collect and store blood for transfusions.
-Cancer Research Hostel houses 50 cancer patients in Karachi.
International Activities
-Refugee Assistance provides help to refugees in Pakistan.
-International Community Centers are established in several nations to assist Pakistanis and other Asians overseas.
-Offices Abroad are Edhi Foundation offices established in other nations, such as Japan, the UK, and the USA.
Edhi Service Expansion
Edhi Homes for the Destitute
The establishment/extension of additional Edhi Homes for the destitute during next three years is planned for all major cities. Peshawar Quetta, Muzaffarabad, Chitral, Gujranwala and Lahore. The estimated cost of the above facilities is over Rs.100 million
Rehabilitation Centre for Heroin Addicts
Rehabilitation and associated training centres are planned for learning skills. A ball point manufacturing plant will be established at Super-Highway, at a cost of Rs.2.5 million. This is in addition to the drug abuse rehabilitation programme already in Operation Ambulance Centres And Associated Ambulances The number of ambulances will be increased from existing 400 ambulances to 650 ambulances over the next two years. The total cost of ambulance Centres and associated ambulances will be approximately 56 million.
Rural Centres
Rural Welfare Centres will be established to organise medical and other aids to the poverty and drought stricken areas of Utthal in Baluchistan, and Thar and Cholistan in Sindh. These centres will supplement the Foundations relief centres already in Operation.
Edhi Community Centres
In its next phase of development, Highway Centres, which are mainly located in rural areas, shall be converted into community centres to create awareness regarding literacy, health, sanitation, safe drinking-water and immunisation. The programme will also support the community for solving their problems on self-help basis. Small loans will be granted for poultry farming and cattle breeding through Edhi Community Centres. Establishment of Specialised Centres for Treatment For treatment of renal problems and poor cancer patients, the Foundation hopes to build specialised hospitals and surgical units in Pakistan.
Ambulance aircraft
Five additional ambulance aircraft will be acquired within the next three years. This will include two helicopters and three fixed-wing aircraft.
Construction of Hospitals at Every 100 Kilometres
During accidents on highways, deaths occur due to non availability of timely medical treatment. The Foundation hopes to build traumatology centres during the next three years at every 100 kilometers to save precious lives.
Edhi Public Kitchen
Edhi Foundation hopes to build public kitchens in major cities of Pakistan and in Third World countries during the next three years for basic food supplies to the poor, needy and drought-stricken areas.
Establishment of Reserve Funds
In order to run Edhi services and meet recurrent expenditures on long-term footing, the Foundation hopes to raise Rs.400 million within the next five years as a reserve fund which will act as a fixed deposit base. These funds will be generated through community efforts.
Edhi Air Ambulance Service
Edhi Sahab with wife Bilqis Edhi
Sean penn with Edhi Sahab and Bilqis Edhi
Abdul Sattar Edhi, or Edhi Sahab , is a prominent Pakistani philanthropist, social activist, public figure and an humanitarian. He is the founder and head of the Edhi Foundation, a non-profit social welfare organization in Pakistan. Together with his wife, Bilquis Edhi, he received the 1986 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service. He is also the recipient of the Lenin Peace Prize and the Balzan Prize. In 2006, Institute of Business Administration Pakistan conferred an honoris causa degree of Doctor of Social Service Management for his services. In September 2010, Edhi was also awarded an honorary degree of Doctorate by the University of Bedfordshire.In 1985 Edhi received the Nishan-e-Imtiaz from the Government of Pakistan.
He was born in 1928, in the city of Bantva in what is now western India. Edhi's first interaction with human suffering occurred at the age of eleven, when his mother was physically paralyzed and later suffered from mental illness. Edhi spent his waking hours caring for her, and her worsening health and eventual death left a lasting impact on his life. In 1947, at the age of 19, Mr. Edhi's family was flee their hometown and relocate to Karachi. Finding himself in a new city without any resources, Edhi resolved to dedicate his life to aiding the poor, and over the last sixty years, he has single handedly changed the face of welfare in Pakistan. Edhi founded the Edhi Foundation, with an initial sum of a mere five thousand rupees. Regarded as a guardian for the poor, Edhi began receiving numerous donations, which allowed him to expand his services. To this day, the Edhi Foundation continues to grow in both size and service, and is currently the largest welfare organization in Pakistan. Since its inception, the Edhi Foundation has rescued over 20,000 abandoned infants, rehabilitated over 50,000 orphans and has trained over 40,000 nurses. It also runs over three hundred and thirty welfare centers in rural and urban Pakistan which operate as food kitchens, rehabilitation homes, shelters for abandoned women and children and clinics for the mentally handicapped.
Edhi has remained a simple and humble man. To this day, he owns two pairs of clothes, has never taken a salary from his organization and lives in a small two bedroom apartment over his clinic in Karachi. He has been recommended for a Nobel Peace prize by the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Early life
Edhi was born in 1928 in Bantva in the Gujarat, India. When he was eleven, his mother became paralyzed and later grew mentally ill and died when he was 19. His personal experiences caused him to develop a system of services for old, mentally ill and challenged people. Edhi and his family migrated to Pakistan in 1947. He initially started as a pedlar, later became a commission agent selling cloth in the wholesale market in Karachi. After a few years, he established a free dispensary with the help from his community. He later established a welfare trust, "Edhi Trust".
Abdul Sattar Edhi was married in 1965 to Bilquis, a nurse who worked at the Edhi dispensary. The couple have four children, two daughters and two sons. Bilquis runs the free maternity home at the headquarter in Karachi and organizes the adoption of illegitimate and abandoned babies.
Charity work
Edhi Foundation runs the world's largest ambulance service and operates free nursing homes, orphanages, clinics, women's shelters, and rehab centers for drug addicts and mentally ill individuals.It has run relief operations in Africa, Middle East, the Caucasus region, eastern Europe and US where it provided aid following the New Orleans hurricane of 2005. In November 2011, Edhi was recommended for a Nobel Peace prize by the Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani.
Honors and awards
International awards
Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service (1986)
Lenin Peace Prize (1988)
Paul Harris Fellow from Rotatory International Foundation, (1993)
Peace Prize from (USSR former) for services in the American earthquake disaster, (1998)
Largest Voluntary Ambulance Organization of the World - Guinness Book of World Records (2000)
Hamdan Award for volunteers in Humanitarian Medical Services (2000) UAE
International Balzan Prize (2000) for Humanity, Peace and Brotherhood, Italy
Peace and Harmony Award (Delhi), 2001
Peace Award (Mumbai), 2004
Peace Award (Hyderabad Deccan), 2005
Wolf of Bhogio Peace Award (Italy), 2005
Gandhi Peace Award (Delhi),2007
UNESCO Madan jeet sing Peace Award (Paris),2007
Peace Award Seoul (South Korea), 2008
Honorary Doctorate degree from the Institute of Business Administration Karachi (2006).
UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize (2009)
Peace Award (London), 2011
National awards
Silver Jubilee Shield by College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan, (19621987)
The Social Worker of Sub-Continent by Government of Sind, Pakistan, (1989)
Nishan-e-Imtiaz, civil decoration from Government of Pakistan (1989)
Recognition of meritorious services to oppressed humanity during eighties by Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Government of Pakistan,(1989)
Pakistan Civic Award from the Pakistan Civic Society (1992)
Shield of Honor by Pakistan Army (E & C)
Khidmat Award by Pakistan Academy of Medical Sciences
Human Rights Award by Pakistan Human Rights Society
A Mirror to the Blind, a biography of Abdul Sattar Edhi
Edhi Foundation
The Edhi Foundation is a non-profit social welfare program in Pakistan, founded by Abdul Sattar Edhi in 1951. Edhi is the head of the organization and his wife Bilquis, a nurse, oversees the maternity and adoption services of the foundation. Its headquarters are in Karachi, Pakistan.
The Edhi Foundation provides 24-hour emergency assistance across the nation of Pakistan and abroad. The Foundation provides, among many other services, shelter for the destitute, free hospitals and medical care, drug rehabilitation services, and national and international relief efforts. Its main focuses are Emergency Services, Orphans, Handicapped Persons, Shelters, Education, Healthcare, International Community Centers, Blood & Drug Bank, air ambulance services, Marine And Coastal Services.
Origin
Edhi established his first welfare center and then the Edhi Trust with a mere Rs. 5000 {Approx. $55.56}. What started as one man operating from a single room in Karachi is now the Edhi Foundation, the largest welfare organization in Pakistan. The foundation has over 300 centers across the country, in big cities, small towns and remote rural areas, providing medical aid, family planning and emergency assistance. They own air ambulances, providing quick access to far-flung areas.
In Karachi alone, the Edhi Foundation runs 8 hospitals providing free medical care, eye hospitals, diabetic centers, surgical units, a 4- bed cancer hospital and mobile dispensaries. In addition to these the Foundation also manages two blood banks in Karachi.
Born in 1928 in Bantva, Gujarat, India, Edhis family belonged to the Memon community. From a young age his mother taught Edhi to be kind towards others and to help the poor. In the partition of India in 1947 the family migrated to Pakistan and settled in Karachi. That was a time of great emotional trauma and social and political upheaval. Edhi became involved in social work and began working with welfare organizations and soon started his own dispensary, providing medical aid to the poor. He bought his first ambulance, an old van which he called the "poor mans van" and went around the city providing medical help and burying unclaimed bodies. His van became his advertisement and soon he came to be known for his work with the poor. As a consequence, donations started pouring in and his operations expanded, employing additional nurses and staff. It was here that Edhi met his wife Bilquis who was a trainee nurse at the dispensary. They were married in 1966. Bilquis became an ideal partner in life and work for Edhi.
The Edhi Foundation grew as people began to recognize its humanitarian aims. In 1973 when an old apartment building collapsed in Karachi, Edhis ambulances and volunteers were the first to reach the scene and start rescue operations. From then, on, through the troubles in Karachi and all over the country, Edhis ambulances have been rescuing and taking the injured to hospitals and burying unclaimed bodies. They go to places where even government agencies hesitate to venture.
The Edhi Foundation is the first of its kind in South Asia that owns air ambulances, providing quick access to far-flung areas. Whether it is a train accident or a bomb blast, Edhi ambulances are the first to arrive. The foundation relies on the support of its 3,500 workers and thousands of volunteers who form the backbone of the organization.
Despite the growth of the foundation, Edhi remains a very down-to-earth person, dressed always in grey homespun cotton local clothes. He has a hands on approach to his work, sweeping his own room and even cleaning the gutter if need be. Apart from the one room, which he uses for his living quarters, the rest of the building serves as his workplace in Mithadar, a locality of old Karachi that is full of narrow streets and congested alleyways. Adjoining their living room is a small kitchen where Bilquees usually prepares the midday meal. Next to it is a washing area where bodies are bathed and prepared for burial.
When Edhi is not traveling to supervise his other centers, a typical day for him begins at five in the morning with morning Fajr prayers. His work starts thereafter answering any calls for help, organizing and meeting people in need while afternoons are spent at various centers and hospitals all over the city. In the evening he dines with hundreds of poor at his "free community meals common among South East Asia" at another Edhi centre in the city. His Fridays are invariably spent at homes for the destitute children where Edhi personally helps bathe the ones who are physically handicapped, before joining them for Friday prayers. Occasionally, when he is able to, he also takes them out for picnics.
In Karachi alone, the Edhi Foundation runs 8 hospitals providing free medical care, eye hospitals, diabetic centres, surgical units, a 4- bed cancer hospital and mobile dispensaries. In addition to these the Foundation also manages two blood banks in Karachi. As with other Edhi services, employed professionals and volunteers run these. The foundation has a Legal aid department, which provides free services and has secured the release of countless innocent prisoners. Commissioned doctors visit jails on a regular basis and also supply food and other essentials to the inmates. There are 15 " Apna Ghar" ["Our Home"] homes for the destitute children, runaways, and psychotics and the Edhi Foundation states that over the years 3 million children have been rehabilitated and reunited with their families thorough the Edhi network.
The foundation also has an education scheme, which apart from teaching reading and writing covers various vocational activities such as driving, pharmacy and para-medical training. The emphasis is on self-sufficiency. The Edhi Foundation has branches in several countries where they provide relief to refugees in the USA, UK, Canada, Japan, and Bangladesh. In 1991 the Foundation provided aid to victims of the Gulf war and earthquake victims in Iran and Egypt.
Edhi plans mass campaigns against narcotics, illiteracy, population control and basic hygiene. Edhis wife Bilquees works in the areas of maternity centre management. She runs 6 nursing training schools in Karachi, which provide basic training courses. These centres have so far trained over 40,000 qualified nurses. Some 20,000 abandoned babies have been saved and about a million babies have been delivered in the Edhi maternity homes. Bilquees also supervises the food that is supplied to the Edhi hospitals in Karachi. The total number of orphans in Edhi housing is 50,000 and Edhis two daughters and one son assist in the running of the orphanages and the automation of these institutions.
Edhis vision is to create an institution that will carry on his lifes work and survive for a long time to come. His dream is that of a Pakistan as a modern welfare state, which provides a safety net for the poor and needy while providing basic health and education with vocational skills. A welfare state Edhi feels is the only way to tackle Pakistans myriad social problems. He hopes that one day, Pakistan will be a model for other developing countries.
In 1985 Edhi received the Nishan-e-Imtiaz from the Government of Pakistan and in recognition of their services the Government of Philippines awarded Edhi & Bilquees the Magsayay award.
The Edhi Foundation has also saved Mohammad Humzah Paracha's life, a boy from Karachi, who is fifteen years old. He suffered from lip problems. He is now fine, thanks to Abdul Sattar Edhi's persistent and determination to heal the boy.
Programs
Welfare activities
-Baby cradles (jhoolas) are installed at most Edhi centers, where unwanted or abandoned babies may be left. Adoptions are then arranged for the infants.
-Destitute homes (Apna Ghar) service orphans, runaways, and the mentally ill.
-Warehouses hold supplies for emergency situations.
-Missing Persons Service posts bulletins for missing persons in the press, on radio and TV.
-Prisoner's Aid provides provisions and legal aid to imprisoned persons.
-Graveyard Services provide washing and burials for unclaimed bodies. Religious services are provided according to the deceased's religious affiliation.
-Public Kitchens feed the hungry in Karachi, Lahore, and Rawalpindi
-Animal Shelter Edhi Homes were originally meant to provide services to the distressed and ailing destitutes. Soon, however, animals that were cruelly treated by their owners and had become lame, crippled or badly wounded, started ending up in Edhi Centers. These also include missing animals and unwanted pets which have no other place to go except Edhi shelters. In view of the increasing number of such animals, Edhi Foundation established a separate treatment unit which has now grown up into a small zoo. Veterinary doctors look after these animals along with other volunteer staff at super highway, Karachi. These animals include peacocks, owls, deers, monkeys, horses, mules, cats, dogs and a number of domestic birds.
Emergency Services
Note The Edhi Foundation is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as having the largest volunteer ambulance organization in the world.
-Field Ambulance Service provides 1800 ambulances (the largest ambulance fleet in Pakistan and the largest private ambulance service network in the world).
-Air Ambulance Service provides two airplanes and one helicopter.
-Marine and Coastal Service provides weather warnings, air-drops food supplies, and recovers dead bodies.
-Emergency Checkposts provides immediate, emergency care.
Projects
-Highway Projects are developing new Edhi centers across the nation of Pakistan.
-Blood and Drug Banks provide medicine to needy persons. They also collect and store blood for transfusions.
-Cancer Research Hostel houses 50 cancer patients in Karachi.
International Activities
-Refugee Assistance provides help to refugees in Pakistan.
-International Community Centers are established in several nations to assist Pakistanis and other Asians overseas.
-Offices Abroad are Edhi Foundation offices established in other nations, such as Japan, the UK, and the USA.
Edhi Service Expansion
Edhi Homes for the Destitute
The establishment/extension of additional Edhi Homes for the destitute during next three years is planned for all major cities. Peshawar Quetta, Muzaffarabad, Chitral, Gujranwala and Lahore. The estimated cost of the above facilities is over Rs.100 million
Rehabilitation Centre for Heroin Addicts
Rehabilitation and associated training centres are planned for learning skills. A ball point manufacturing plant will be established at Super-Highway, at a cost of Rs.2.5 million. This is in addition to the drug abuse rehabilitation programme already in Operation Ambulance Centres And Associated Ambulances The number of ambulances will be increased from existing 400 ambulances to 650 ambulances over the next two years. The total cost of ambulance Centres and associated ambulances will be approximately 56 million.
Rural Centres
Rural Welfare Centres will be established to organise medical and other aids to the poverty and drought stricken areas of Utthal in Baluchistan, and Thar and Cholistan in Sindh. These centres will supplement the Foundations relief centres already in Operation.
Edhi Community Centres
In its next phase of development, Highway Centres, which are mainly located in rural areas, shall be converted into community centres to create awareness regarding literacy, health, sanitation, safe drinking-water and immunisation. The programme will also support the community for solving their problems on self-help basis. Small loans will be granted for poultry farming and cattle breeding through Edhi Community Centres. Establishment of Specialised Centres for Treatment For treatment of renal problems and poor cancer patients, the Foundation hopes to build specialised hospitals and surgical units in Pakistan.
Ambulance aircraft
Five additional ambulance aircraft will be acquired within the next three years. This will include two helicopters and three fixed-wing aircraft.
Construction of Hospitals at Every 100 Kilometres
During accidents on highways, deaths occur due to non availability of timely medical treatment. The Foundation hopes to build traumatology centres during the next three years at every 100 kilometers to save precious lives.
Edhi Public Kitchen
Edhi Foundation hopes to build public kitchens in major cities of Pakistan and in Third World countries during the next three years for basic food supplies to the poor, needy and drought-stricken areas.
Establishment of Reserve Funds
In order to run Edhi services and meet recurrent expenditures on long-term footing, the Foundation hopes to raise Rs.400 million within the next five years as a reserve fund which will act as a fixed deposit base. These funds will be generated through community efforts.
Edhi Air Ambulance Service
Edhi Sahab with wife Bilqis Edhi
Sean penn with Edhi Sahab and Bilqis Edhi
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Architects: Lari Associates Architects and Urban Planners.
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K2,Pakistan (National Mountain of Pakistan, The Second-highest Mountain on Earth)
K2 (also known as Chhogori/Qogir, Ketu/Kechu, and Mount Godwin-Austen) is the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest. It is located on the border between Baltistan, in the Gilgit–Baltistan region of Pakistan, and the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang, China.With a peak elevation of 8,611 m (28,251 feet), K2 is the highest point of the Karakoram Range and the highest point in Pakistan.
K2 is known as the Savage Mountain due to the difficulty of ascent and the second-highest fatality rate among the eight thousanders. For every four people who have reached the summit, one has died trying. It is more hazardous to reach K2 from the Chinese side; thus, it is mostly climbed from the Pakistani side. Unlike Annapurna, the mountain with the highest fatality-to-summit rate, K2 has never been climbed in winter.
Name
The name K2 is derived from the notation used by the Great Trigonometric Survey. Thomas Montgomerie made the first survey of the Karakoram from Mount Haramukh, some 210 km (130 miles) to the south, and sketched the two most prominent peaks, labelling them K1 and K2.
The policy of the Great Trigonometric Survey was to use local names for mountains wherever possible and K1 was found to be known locally as Masherbrum. K2, however, appeared not to have acquired a local name, possibly due to its remoteness. The mountain is not visible from Askole, the last village to the south, or from the nearest habitation to the north, and is only fleetingly glimpsed from the end of the Baltoro Glacier, beyond which few local people would have ventured.The name Chogori, derived from two Balti words, chhogo ("big") and ri ("mountain") has been suggested as a local name, but evidence for its widespread use is scant. It may have been a compound name invented by Western explorers or simply a bemused reply to the question "What's that called?" It does, however, form the basis for the name Qogir (simplified Chinese: 乔戈里峰; traditional Chinese: 喬戈里峰; pinyin: Qiáogēlǐ Fēng) by which Chinese authorities officially refer to the peak. Other local names have been suggested including Lamba Pahar ("Tall Mountain" in Urdu) and Dapsang, but are not widely used.
Lacking a local name, the name Mount Godwin-Austen was suggested, in honor of Henry Godwin-Austen, an early explorer of the area, and while the name was rejected by the Royal Geographical Society it was used on several maps, and continues to be used occasionally.
The surveyor's mark, K2, therefore continues to be the name by which the mountain is commonly known. It is now also used in the Balti language, rendered as Kechu or Ketu (Urdu: کے ٹو*).
Geographical setting
K2 lies in the northwestern Karakoram Range. It is located in the Baltistan region of Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan and the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang, China. The Tarim sedimentary basin borders the range on the north and the Lesser Himalayas on the south. Melt waters from vast glaciers, such as those south and east of K2, feed agriculture in the valleys and contribute significantly to the regional fresh-water supply. The Karakoram Range lies along the southern edge of the Eurasian tectonic plate and is made up of ancient sedimentary rocks (more than 390 million years old). Those strata were folded and thrust-faulted, and granite masses were intruded, when the Indian plate collided with Eurasia, beginning more than 100 million years ago.
K2 is only ranked 22nd by topographic prominence, a measure of a mountain's independent stature, because it is part of the same extended area of uplift (including the Karakoram, the Tibetan Plateau, and the Himalaya) as Mount Everest, in that it is possible to follow a path from K2 to Everest that goes no lower than 4,594 metres (15,072 ft), at Mustang Lo. Many other peaks which are far lower than K2 are more independent in this sense.
K2 is notable for its local relief as well as its total height. It stands over 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) above much of the glacial valley bottoms at its base. It is a consistently steep pyramid, dropping quickly in almost all directions. The north side is the steepest: there it rises over 3,200 metres (10,500 ft) above the K2 (Qogir) Glacier in only 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) of horizontal distance. In most directions, it achieves over 2,800 metres (9,200 ft) of vertical relief in less than 4,000 metres (13,000 ft).
Climbing history
Early attempts
The mountain was first surveyed by a European survey team in 1856. Thomas Montgomerie was the member of the team who designated it "K2" for being the second peak of the Karakoram range. The other peaks were originally named K1, K3, K4 and K5, but were eventually renamed Masherbrum, Gasherbrum IV, Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I respectively. In 1892, Martin Conway led a British expedition that reached "Concordia" on the Baltoro Glacier.
The first serious attempt to climb K2 was undertaken in 1902 by Oscar Eckenstein, Aleister Crowley, Jules Jacot-Guillarmod, Heinrich Pfannl, Victor Wessely and Guy Knowles via the Northeast Ridge. In the early 1900s, modern transportation did not exist: It took "fourteen days just to reach the foot of the mountain". After five serious and costly attempts, the team reached 6,525 metres (21,407 ft)—although considering the difficulty of the challenge, and the lack of modern climbing equipment or weatherproof fabrics, Crowley's statement that "neither man nor beast was injured" highlights the pioneering spirit and bravery of the attempt. The failures were also attributed to sickness (Crowley was suffering the residual effects of malaria), a combination of questionable physical training, personality conflicts, and poor weather conditions—of 68 days spent on K2 (at the time, the record for the longest time spent at such an altitude) only eight provided clear weather.
The next expedition to K2, in 1909, led by Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, reached an elevation of around 6,250 metres (20,510 ft) on the South East Spur, now known as the Abruzzi Spur (or Abruzzi Ridge). This would eventually become part of the standard route, but was abandoned at the time due to its steepness and difficulty. After trying and failing to find a feasible alternative route on the West Ridge or the North East Ridge, the Duke declared that K2 would never be climbed, and the team switched its attention to Chogolisa, where the Duke came within 150 metres (490 ft) of the summit before being driven back by a storm.
The next attempt on K2 was not made until 1938, when an American expedition led by Charles Houston made a reconnaissance of the mountain. They concluded that the Abruzzi Spur was the most practical route, and reached a height of around 8,000 metres (26,000 ft) before turning back due to diminishing supplies and the threat of bad weather. The following year an expedition led by Fritz Wiessner came within 200 metres (660 ft) of the summit, but ended in disaster when Dudley Wolfe, Pasang Kikuli, Pasang Kitar and Pintso disappeared high on the mountain.
Charles Houston returned to K2 to lead the 1953 American expedition. The expedition failed due to a storm that pinned the team down for ten days at 7,800 metres (25,600 ft), during which time Art Gilkey became critically ill. A desperate retreat followed, during which Pete Schoening saved almost the entire team during a mass fall, and Gilkey was killed, either in an avalanche or in a deliberate attempt to avoid burdening his companions. In spite of the failure and tragedy, the courage shown by the team has given the expedition iconic status in mountaineering history.
Success and repeats
An Italian expedition finally succeeded in ascending to the summit of K2 via the Abruzzi Spur on 31 July 1954. The expedition was led by Ardito Desio, and the two climbers who reached the summit were Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni. The team included a Pakistani member, Colonel Muhammad Ata-ullah, who had been a part of the 1953 American expedition. Also on the expedition were Walter Bonatti and Pakistani Hunza porter Amir Mahdi, who both proved vital to the expedition's success in that they carried oxygen to 8,100 metres (26,600 ft) for Lacedelli and Compagnoni.
On 9 August 1977, 23 years after the Italian expedition, Ichiro Yoshizawa led the second successful ascent, with Ashraf Aman as the first native Pakistani climber. The Japanese expedition took the Abruzzi Spur, and used more than 1,500 porters.
The third ascent of K2 was in 1978, via a new route, the long and corniced Northeast Ridge. The top of the route traversed left across the East Face to avoid a vertical headwall and joined the uppermost part of the Abruzzi route. This ascent was made by an American team, led by James Whittaker; the summit party was Louis Reichardt, Jim Wickwire, John Roskelley, and Rick Ridgeway. Wickwire endured an overnight bivouac about 150 metres (490 ft) below the summit, one of the highest bivouacs in history. This ascent was emotional for the American team, as they saw themselves as completing a task that had been begun by the 1938 team forty years earlier.
Another notable Japanese ascent was that of the difficult North Ridge on the Chinese side of the peak in 1982. A team from the Mountaineering Association of Japan led by Isao Shinkai and Masatsugo Konishi put three members, Naoe Sakashita, Hiroshi Yoshino, and Yukihiro Yanagisawa, on the summit on 14 August. However Yanagisawa fell and died on the descent. Four other members of the team achieved the summit the next day.
The first climber to reach the summit of K2 twice was Czech climber Josef Rakoncaj. Rakoncaj was a member of the 1983 Italian expedition led by Francesco Santon, which made the second successful ascent of the North Ridge (31 July 1983). Three years later, on 5 July 1986, he reached the summit via the Abruzzi Spur (double with Broad Peak West Face solo) as a member of Agostino da Polenza's international expedition.
In 2004 the Spanish climber Carlos Soria Fontán became the oldest person ever to summit K2, at the age of 65.
The peak has now been climbed by almost all of its ridges. Although the summit of Everest is at a higher altitude, K2 is a much more difficult and dangerous climb, due in part to its more inclement weather and comparatively greater height from base to peak. The mountain is believed by many to be the world's most difficult and dangerous climb, hence its nickname "the Savage Mountain". It, and the surrounding peaks, have claimed more lives than any others. As of July 2010, only 302 people have completed the ascent, compared with over 2,700 individuals who have ascended the more popular target of Everest. At least 80 (as of September 2010) people have died attempting the climb. Notably, 13 climbers from several expeditions died in 1986 in the 1986 K2 Disaster, five of these in a severe storm.
Recent attempts
2008 On 1 August 2008, a group of climbers went missing after a large piece of ice fell during an avalanche taking out the fixed ropes on part of the route; four climbers were rescued, but 11, including Gerard McDonnell, the first Irish person to reach the summit, were confirmed dead.
2009 Despite several attempts, the K2 summit was not climbed for the next two climbing seasons.
2010 On 6 August 2010, Fredrik Ericsson, who intended to ski from the summit, joined Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner on the way to the summit of K2. Ericsson fell 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) and was killed. Kaltenbrunner aborted her summit attempt.
2011 On Aug 23, 2011 around sunset, a team of four climbers reached the summit of K2 from the North side. Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner became first woman to complete all 14 eight-thousanders without supplemental oxygen. Kazakhs Maxut Zhumayev, and Vassiliy Pivtsov completed their eight-thousanders quest. The fourth team member was Dariusz Załuski from Poland.
2012 The year started with a vigorous Russian team aiming for a first winter ascent. The expedition ended on an unfortunate note with the demise of Vitaly Gorelik due to frostbite and pneumonia. In the summer season, K2 saw a record crowd standing on its summit—28 climberes in a single day—bringing the total for the year to 30.
Use of bottled oxygen
For most of its climbing history, K2 was not usually climbed with bottled oxygen, and small, relatively lightweight teams were the norm. However the 2004 season saw a great increase in the use of oxygen: 28 of 47 summiteers used oxygen in that year.
Acclimatisation is essential when climbing without oxygen to avoid some degree of altitude sickness. K2's summit is well above the altitude at which high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE), or high altitude cerebral edema (HACE) can occur. In mountaineering, when ascending above an altitude of 8,000 metres (26,000 ft), the climber enters what is known as the death zone.
Films
Vertical Limit, 2000
K2, 1991
Karakoram & Himalayas, 2007
The Summit, 2012
K2
K2 (also known as Chhogori/Qogir, Ketu/Kechu, and Mount Godwin-Austen) is the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest. It is located on the border between Baltistan, in the Gilgit–Baltistan region of Pakistan, and the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang, China.With a peak elevation of 8,611 m (28,251 feet), K2 is the highest point of the Karakoram Range and the highest point in Pakistan.
K2 is known as the Savage Mountain due to the difficulty of ascent and the second-highest fatality rate among the eight thousanders. For every four people who have reached the summit, one has died trying. It is more hazardous to reach K2 from the Chinese side; thus, it is mostly climbed from the Pakistani side. Unlike Annapurna, the mountain with the highest fatality-to-summit rate, K2 has never been climbed in winter.
Name
The name K2 is derived from the notation used by the Great Trigonometric Survey. Thomas Montgomerie made the first survey of the Karakoram from Mount Haramukh, some 210 km (130 miles) to the south, and sketched the two most prominent peaks, labelling them K1 and K2.
The policy of the Great Trigonometric Survey was to use local names for mountains wherever possible and K1 was found to be known locally as Masherbrum. K2, however, appeared not to have acquired a local name, possibly due to its remoteness. The mountain is not visible from Askole, the last village to the south, or from the nearest habitation to the north, and is only fleetingly glimpsed from the end of the Baltoro Glacier, beyond which few local people would have ventured.The name Chogori, derived from two Balti words, chhogo ("big") and ri ("mountain") has been suggested as a local name, but evidence for its widespread use is scant. It may have been a compound name invented by Western explorers or simply a bemused reply to the question "What's that called?" It does, however, form the basis for the name Qogir (simplified Chinese: 乔戈里峰; traditional Chinese: 喬戈里峰; pinyin: Qiáogēlǐ Fēng) by which Chinese authorities officially refer to the peak. Other local names have been suggested including Lamba Pahar ("Tall Mountain" in Urdu) and Dapsang, but are not widely used.
Lacking a local name, the name Mount Godwin-Austen was suggested, in honor of Henry Godwin-Austen, an early explorer of the area, and while the name was rejected by the Royal Geographical Society it was used on several maps, and continues to be used occasionally.
The surveyor's mark, K2, therefore continues to be the name by which the mountain is commonly known. It is now also used in the Balti language, rendered as Kechu or Ketu (Urdu: کے ٹو*).
Geographical setting
K2 lies in the northwestern Karakoram Range. It is located in the Baltistan region of Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan and the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang, China. The Tarim sedimentary basin borders the range on the north and the Lesser Himalayas on the south. Melt waters from vast glaciers, such as those south and east of K2, feed agriculture in the valleys and contribute significantly to the regional fresh-water supply. The Karakoram Range lies along the southern edge of the Eurasian tectonic plate and is made up of ancient sedimentary rocks (more than 390 million years old). Those strata were folded and thrust-faulted, and granite masses were intruded, when the Indian plate collided with Eurasia, beginning more than 100 million years ago.
K2 is only ranked 22nd by topographic prominence, a measure of a mountain's independent stature, because it is part of the same extended area of uplift (including the Karakoram, the Tibetan Plateau, and the Himalaya) as Mount Everest, in that it is possible to follow a path from K2 to Everest that goes no lower than 4,594 metres (15,072 ft), at Mustang Lo. Many other peaks which are far lower than K2 are more independent in this sense.
K2 is notable for its local relief as well as its total height. It stands over 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) above much of the glacial valley bottoms at its base. It is a consistently steep pyramid, dropping quickly in almost all directions. The north side is the steepest: there it rises over 3,200 metres (10,500 ft) above the K2 (Qogir) Glacier in only 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) of horizontal distance. In most directions, it achieves over 2,800 metres (9,200 ft) of vertical relief in less than 4,000 metres (13,000 ft).
Climbing history
Early attempts
The mountain was first surveyed by a European survey team in 1856. Thomas Montgomerie was the member of the team who designated it "K2" for being the second peak of the Karakoram range. The other peaks were originally named K1, K3, K4 and K5, but were eventually renamed Masherbrum, Gasherbrum IV, Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I respectively. In 1892, Martin Conway led a British expedition that reached "Concordia" on the Baltoro Glacier.
The first serious attempt to climb K2 was undertaken in 1902 by Oscar Eckenstein, Aleister Crowley, Jules Jacot-Guillarmod, Heinrich Pfannl, Victor Wessely and Guy Knowles via the Northeast Ridge. In the early 1900s, modern transportation did not exist: It took "fourteen days just to reach the foot of the mountain". After five serious and costly attempts, the team reached 6,525 metres (21,407 ft)—although considering the difficulty of the challenge, and the lack of modern climbing equipment or weatherproof fabrics, Crowley's statement that "neither man nor beast was injured" highlights the pioneering spirit and bravery of the attempt. The failures were also attributed to sickness (Crowley was suffering the residual effects of malaria), a combination of questionable physical training, personality conflicts, and poor weather conditions—of 68 days spent on K2 (at the time, the record for the longest time spent at such an altitude) only eight provided clear weather.
The next expedition to K2, in 1909, led by Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, reached an elevation of around 6,250 metres (20,510 ft) on the South East Spur, now known as the Abruzzi Spur (or Abruzzi Ridge). This would eventually become part of the standard route, but was abandoned at the time due to its steepness and difficulty. After trying and failing to find a feasible alternative route on the West Ridge or the North East Ridge, the Duke declared that K2 would never be climbed, and the team switched its attention to Chogolisa, where the Duke came within 150 metres (490 ft) of the summit before being driven back by a storm.
The next attempt on K2 was not made until 1938, when an American expedition led by Charles Houston made a reconnaissance of the mountain. They concluded that the Abruzzi Spur was the most practical route, and reached a height of around 8,000 metres (26,000 ft) before turning back due to diminishing supplies and the threat of bad weather. The following year an expedition led by Fritz Wiessner came within 200 metres (660 ft) of the summit, but ended in disaster when Dudley Wolfe, Pasang Kikuli, Pasang Kitar and Pintso disappeared high on the mountain.
Charles Houston returned to K2 to lead the 1953 American expedition. The expedition failed due to a storm that pinned the team down for ten days at 7,800 metres (25,600 ft), during which time Art Gilkey became critically ill. A desperate retreat followed, during which Pete Schoening saved almost the entire team during a mass fall, and Gilkey was killed, either in an avalanche or in a deliberate attempt to avoid burdening his companions. In spite of the failure and tragedy, the courage shown by the team has given the expedition iconic status in mountaineering history.
Success and repeats
An Italian expedition finally succeeded in ascending to the summit of K2 via the Abruzzi Spur on 31 July 1954. The expedition was led by Ardito Desio, and the two climbers who reached the summit were Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni. The team included a Pakistani member, Colonel Muhammad Ata-ullah, who had been a part of the 1953 American expedition. Also on the expedition were Walter Bonatti and Pakistani Hunza porter Amir Mahdi, who both proved vital to the expedition's success in that they carried oxygen to 8,100 metres (26,600 ft) for Lacedelli and Compagnoni.
On 9 August 1977, 23 years after the Italian expedition, Ichiro Yoshizawa led the second successful ascent, with Ashraf Aman as the first native Pakistani climber. The Japanese expedition took the Abruzzi Spur, and used more than 1,500 porters.
The third ascent of K2 was in 1978, via a new route, the long and corniced Northeast Ridge. The top of the route traversed left across the East Face to avoid a vertical headwall and joined the uppermost part of the Abruzzi route. This ascent was made by an American team, led by James Whittaker; the summit party was Louis Reichardt, Jim Wickwire, John Roskelley, and Rick Ridgeway. Wickwire endured an overnight bivouac about 150 metres (490 ft) below the summit, one of the highest bivouacs in history. This ascent was emotional for the American team, as they saw themselves as completing a task that had been begun by the 1938 team forty years earlier.
Another notable Japanese ascent was that of the difficult North Ridge on the Chinese side of the peak in 1982. A team from the Mountaineering Association of Japan led by Isao Shinkai and Masatsugo Konishi put three members, Naoe Sakashita, Hiroshi Yoshino, and Yukihiro Yanagisawa, on the summit on 14 August. However Yanagisawa fell and died on the descent. Four other members of the team achieved the summit the next day.
The first climber to reach the summit of K2 twice was Czech climber Josef Rakoncaj. Rakoncaj was a member of the 1983 Italian expedition led by Francesco Santon, which made the second successful ascent of the North Ridge (31 July 1983). Three years later, on 5 July 1986, he reached the summit via the Abruzzi Spur (double with Broad Peak West Face solo) as a member of Agostino da Polenza's international expedition.
In 2004 the Spanish climber Carlos Soria Fontán became the oldest person ever to summit K2, at the age of 65.
The peak has now been climbed by almost all of its ridges. Although the summit of Everest is at a higher altitude, K2 is a much more difficult and dangerous climb, due in part to its more inclement weather and comparatively greater height from base to peak. The mountain is believed by many to be the world's most difficult and dangerous climb, hence its nickname "the Savage Mountain". It, and the surrounding peaks, have claimed more lives than any others. As of July 2010, only 302 people have completed the ascent, compared with over 2,700 individuals who have ascended the more popular target of Everest. At least 80 (as of September 2010) people have died attempting the climb. Notably, 13 climbers from several expeditions died in 1986 in the 1986 K2 Disaster, five of these in a severe storm.
Recent attempts
2008 On 1 August 2008, a group of climbers went missing after a large piece of ice fell during an avalanche taking out the fixed ropes on part of the route; four climbers were rescued, but 11, including Gerard McDonnell, the first Irish person to reach the summit, were confirmed dead.
2009 Despite several attempts, the K2 summit was not climbed for the next two climbing seasons.
2010 On 6 August 2010, Fredrik Ericsson, who intended to ski from the summit, joined Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner on the way to the summit of K2. Ericsson fell 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) and was killed. Kaltenbrunner aborted her summit attempt.
2011 On Aug 23, 2011 around sunset, a team of four climbers reached the summit of K2 from the North side. Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner became first woman to complete all 14 eight-thousanders without supplemental oxygen. Kazakhs Maxut Zhumayev, and Vassiliy Pivtsov completed their eight-thousanders quest. The fourth team member was Dariusz Załuski from Poland.
2012 The year started with a vigorous Russian team aiming for a first winter ascent. The expedition ended on an unfortunate note with the demise of Vitaly Gorelik due to frostbite and pneumonia. In the summer season, K2 saw a record crowd standing on its summit—28 climberes in a single day—bringing the total for the year to 30.
Use of bottled oxygen
For most of its climbing history, K2 was not usually climbed with bottled oxygen, and small, relatively lightweight teams were the norm. However the 2004 season saw a great increase in the use of oxygen: 28 of 47 summiteers used oxygen in that year.
Acclimatisation is essential when climbing without oxygen to avoid some degree of altitude sickness. K2's summit is well above the altitude at which high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE), or high altitude cerebral edema (HACE) can occur. In mountaineering, when ascending above an altitude of 8,000 metres (26,000 ft), the climber enters what is known as the death zone.
Films
Vertical Limit, 2000
K2, 1991
Karakoram & Himalayas, 2007
The Summit, 2012
K2
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Hakim Said (January 9, 1920 - October 17, 1998) (a medical researcher, scholar, philanthropist, and a Governor of Sindh Province, Pakistan from 1993 until 1996)
Hakim Muhammad Said ,January 9, 1920 - October 17, 1998, NI, PhD) was a medical researcher, scholar, philanthropist, and a Governor of Sindh Province, Pakistan from 1993 until 1996. Said was one of Pakistan's most prominent medical researchers in the field of Eastern medicines. He established the Hamdard Foundation in 1948, prior to his settlement in West Pakistan. In a few years time, the herbal medical products of the Hamdard Foundation became household names in Pakistan. Hakim Muhammad Said authored and compiled about 200 books in medicines, philosophy, science, health, religion, natural medicine, literary, social, and travelogues.
Biography
Youth
Hakim Muhammad Said was born in New Delhi, British Indian Empire in 1922 to an educated and religious Urdu-speaking class. His forefathers and family had been associated with the herbal medicine business, and had established the Hamdard Waqf Laboratories which today has emerged as one of the largest manufacturers of Unani medicines in the world. Said attended the local school where he learned Arabic, Persian, Urdu, English and studied the Quran. At age 18, Hakim passed the university entrance test and went on to attend the University of Delhi in 1938. There, Said obtained a BPharm and B.S. in medicinal chemistry in 1942.After his undergraduate education, Said joined Hamdard Waqf Laboratories as a junior researcher and participated in herbal quality control while formulating medicines. In 1945, Said attended the post-graduate course, and obtained MPharm in Pharmacy from the same institution. Following the Partition and establishment of Pakistan, Said left his hometown with his wife and daughter. The family settled in Karachi, Sindh Province of West Pakistan. He established Hamdard Laboratories and served as its first director until his death in 1998. In 1952, Said traveled to Turkey where he attended the Ankara University and was awarded a Ph.D in Pharmacy, then returned to Pakistan to devote his life to medicine research.
Scholarship
Following his settlement in Pakistan, Said began practicing medicine and continued to research Eastern medicines. Having established the Hamdard Laboratories in 1948, Said was one the driving force in Pakistan for engaging the research in medical biology and medicines. In 1953, after his doctorate, Said joined the Sindh University as the associate professor of Pharmacy and taught courses in organic chemistry. In 1963, Said resigned from his position due to amid differences with the Federal government. In 1964, Said came into public limelight when he gave rogue criticism to Lieutenant-General Vajid Burkie, then-Surgeon General of Army Medical Corps and then high profile officer leading the Ministry of Health under the government of Field Marshal Ayub Khan. Said criticized the General, saying, "General [Vajid] Burkie used to say that Eastern medicine and homeopathy were quackery". Said began to write articles organised conferences and lobbied hard for the ban of Eastern medicine, and Ayub Khan had to pass a law legalising Eastern medicine, due to amid fear of his government's bad credibility.
In 1985, Hakim Muhammad Said founded Hamdard University, where he served its first Vice-Chancellor and as a professor.
The crowning activity of his life is the establishment of Madinat-al-Hikmah. It comprises Hamdard University with such institutes as Hamdard College of Medicine and Dentistry, Hamdard Al-Majeed College of Eastern Medicine, Hafiz Muhammad Ilyas Institute of Herbal Sciences, Hamdard Institute of Education & Social Sciences, Hamdard Institute of Management Sciences, Hamdard Institute of Information Technology, Hamdard School of Law, Faculty of Engineering Science & Technology, Hamdard Public School and Hamdard Village School. Bait-al-Hikmah (the Library) is also a constituent part of Madinat-al-Hikmah. This is one of the biggest and best-stocked libraries of Pakistan.
Said wrote, edited or compiled over 200 books and journals in Urdu and English on Islam, Education, Pakistan, Science, Medicine and Health. Besides writing travelogues of countries he visited, he also wrote books especially for youth and children. He also edited some journals such as Hamdard Islamicus, Hamdard Medicus, Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society “Historicus”, Hamdard Sehat and Hamdard Naunehal. For several years he was also editor of Payami, the Urdu edition of UNESCO'S journal Courier. Said participated in various international conferences on medicine, science, education and culture and traveled widely to many countries of the world. While in Pakistan he organized numerous international and national conferences on topics of prime importance. Said created two widely attended national forums: Hamdard Shura (for leaders of public opinion) and Naunehal Assembly (for children). He held offices and memberships in dozens of national and international organizations related to education and health care. He launched two journals, Hamdard Medicus and Hamdard Islamicus. Hamdard-e-Sehat, which was already being published under his editorship since 1940, also appeared from Karachi in 1948. He launched a magazine for young readers, Hamdard Naunehal, and established a separate division, Naunehal Adab, for producing quality books for children.
Said was an exponent of Eastern medicine who had treated patients from all over the world including Pakistan, Europe, Africa and the Middle East by the time of his death in October 1998. He helped get alternative medicine recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO). After a fifty-year career as a practitioner of Greco-Arab medicine, he was posthumously awarded the Nishan-e-Imtiaz by the Government of Pakistan in 2002.
Family
Hakim Muhammad Said left behind a daughter, Sadia Rashid, who is heading the Hamdard Foundation and the Hamdard Lab, and three grand-daughters: Dr. Mahenemah Munir Ahmed, Amena Mian (who is married and settled in the United States with four children), and Fatema-Tuz-Zahra Munir Ahmed, who has joined her mother at Hamdard.
Idara-e-Said Research and Documentation Centre
In order to preserve his works, a Research and Documentation Center named Idara-e-Said has been set up. It is a joint venture of Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Pakistan, Hamdard University, and Hamdard Foundation Pakistan. Idara-e-Said will project and focus the life and works of Shaheed Hakim Muhammad Said, most particularly in the field of science, education and research, medicine and health care. The project is aimed at the collection of Shaheed Hakim Muhammad Said's speeches, writings (both published and un-published), personal memorabilia, photographs and artifacts. After the collection of materials related to his life and works, all records will be preserved and displayed in a scientifically arranged and properly managed museum. Hakim Muhammad Said Archives / Museum is being set up at Madinat-al-Hikmah.
Idara-e-Said will also initiate research projects leading to the award of post graduate (M.Phil. & PhD) degrees on the contribution of Hakim Muhammad Said to Islam, education, medicine, sciences & culture. Idara-e-Said will also patronize publications of literature and books written by different authors on the life of Hakim Muhammad Said, his personality, leadership and his endeavors for the propagation and promotion of education and learning. The first M.Phil degree on the life and works of Said was awarded to Mr. Javed Swati at the Hamdard University convocation 2002. His topic of research was “Education Ideas & Perceptions of Hakim Muhammad Said”.
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Hakim Muhammad Said ,January 9, 1920 - October 17, 1998, NI, PhD) was a medical researcher, scholar, philanthropist, and a Governor of Sindh Province, Pakistan from 1993 until 1996. Said was one of Pakistan's most prominent medical researchers in the field of Eastern medicines. He established the Hamdard Foundation in 1948, prior to his settlement in West Pakistan. In a few years time, the herbal medical products of the Hamdard Foundation became household names in Pakistan. Hakim Muhammad Said authored and compiled about 200 books in medicines, philosophy, science, health, religion, natural medicine, literary, social, and travelogues.
Biography
Youth
Hakim Muhammad Said was born in New Delhi, British Indian Empire in 1922 to an educated and religious Urdu-speaking class. His forefathers and family had been associated with the herbal medicine business, and had established the Hamdard Waqf Laboratories which today has emerged as one of the largest manufacturers of Unani medicines in the world. Said attended the local school where he learned Arabic, Persian, Urdu, English and studied the Quran. At age 18, Hakim passed the university entrance test and went on to attend the University of Delhi in 1938. There, Said obtained a BPharm and B.S. in medicinal chemistry in 1942.After his undergraduate education, Said joined Hamdard Waqf Laboratories as a junior researcher and participated in herbal quality control while formulating medicines. In 1945, Said attended the post-graduate course, and obtained MPharm in Pharmacy from the same institution. Following the Partition and establishment of Pakistan, Said left his hometown with his wife and daughter. The family settled in Karachi, Sindh Province of West Pakistan. He established Hamdard Laboratories and served as its first director until his death in 1998. In 1952, Said traveled to Turkey where he attended the Ankara University and was awarded a Ph.D in Pharmacy, then returned to Pakistan to devote his life to medicine research.
Scholarship
Following his settlement in Pakistan, Said began practicing medicine and continued to research Eastern medicines. Having established the Hamdard Laboratories in 1948, Said was one the driving force in Pakistan for engaging the research in medical biology and medicines. In 1953, after his doctorate, Said joined the Sindh University as the associate professor of Pharmacy and taught courses in organic chemistry. In 1963, Said resigned from his position due to amid differences with the Federal government. In 1964, Said came into public limelight when he gave rogue criticism to Lieutenant-General Vajid Burkie, then-Surgeon General of Army Medical Corps and then high profile officer leading the Ministry of Health under the government of Field Marshal Ayub Khan. Said criticized the General, saying, "General [Vajid] Burkie used to say that Eastern medicine and homeopathy were quackery". Said began to write articles organised conferences and lobbied hard for the ban of Eastern medicine, and Ayub Khan had to pass a law legalising Eastern medicine, due to amid fear of his government's bad credibility.
In 1985, Hakim Muhammad Said founded Hamdard University, where he served its first Vice-Chancellor and as a professor.
The crowning activity of his life is the establishment of Madinat-al-Hikmah. It comprises Hamdard University with such institutes as Hamdard College of Medicine and Dentistry, Hamdard Al-Majeed College of Eastern Medicine, Hafiz Muhammad Ilyas Institute of Herbal Sciences, Hamdard Institute of Education & Social Sciences, Hamdard Institute of Management Sciences, Hamdard Institute of Information Technology, Hamdard School of Law, Faculty of Engineering Science & Technology, Hamdard Public School and Hamdard Village School. Bait-al-Hikmah (the Library) is also a constituent part of Madinat-al-Hikmah. This is one of the biggest and best-stocked libraries of Pakistan.
Said wrote, edited or compiled over 200 books and journals in Urdu and English on Islam, Education, Pakistan, Science, Medicine and Health. Besides writing travelogues of countries he visited, he also wrote books especially for youth and children. He also edited some journals such as Hamdard Islamicus, Hamdard Medicus, Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society “Historicus”, Hamdard Sehat and Hamdard Naunehal. For several years he was also editor of Payami, the Urdu edition of UNESCO'S journal Courier. Said participated in various international conferences on medicine, science, education and culture and traveled widely to many countries of the world. While in Pakistan he organized numerous international and national conferences on topics of prime importance. Said created two widely attended national forums: Hamdard Shura (for leaders of public opinion) and Naunehal Assembly (for children). He held offices and memberships in dozens of national and international organizations related to education and health care. He launched two journals, Hamdard Medicus and Hamdard Islamicus. Hamdard-e-Sehat, which was already being published under his editorship since 1940, also appeared from Karachi in 1948. He launched a magazine for young readers, Hamdard Naunehal, and established a separate division, Naunehal Adab, for producing quality books for children.
Said was an exponent of Eastern medicine who had treated patients from all over the world including Pakistan, Europe, Africa and the Middle East by the time of his death in October 1998. He helped get alternative medicine recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO). After a fifty-year career as a practitioner of Greco-Arab medicine, he was posthumously awarded the Nishan-e-Imtiaz by the Government of Pakistan in 2002.
Family
Hakim Muhammad Said left behind a daughter, Sadia Rashid, who is heading the Hamdard Foundation and the Hamdard Lab, and three grand-daughters: Dr. Mahenemah Munir Ahmed, Amena Mian (who is married and settled in the United States with four children), and Fatema-Tuz-Zahra Munir Ahmed, who has joined her mother at Hamdard.
Idara-e-Said Research and Documentation Centre
In order to preserve his works, a Research and Documentation Center named Idara-e-Said has been set up. It is a joint venture of Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Pakistan, Hamdard University, and Hamdard Foundation Pakistan. Idara-e-Said will project and focus the life and works of Shaheed Hakim Muhammad Said, most particularly in the field of science, education and research, medicine and health care. The project is aimed at the collection of Shaheed Hakim Muhammad Said's speeches, writings (both published and un-published), personal memorabilia, photographs and artifacts. After the collection of materials related to his life and works, all records will be preserved and displayed in a scientifically arranged and properly managed museum. Hakim Muhammad Said Archives / Museum is being set up at Madinat-al-Hikmah.
Idara-e-Said will also initiate research projects leading to the award of post graduate (M.Phil. & PhD) degrees on the contribution of Hakim Muhammad Said to Islam, education, medicine, sciences & culture. Idara-e-Said will also patronize publications of literature and books written by different authors on the life of Hakim Muhammad Said, his personality, leadership and his endeavors for the propagation and promotion of education and learning. The first M.Phil degree on the life and works of Said was awarded to Mr. Javed Swati at the Hamdard University convocation 2002. His topic of research was “Education Ideas & Perceptions of Hakim Muhammad Said”.
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Hamdard University (HU), Karachi , Pakistan
Hamdard University is an accredited private research university with multiple campuses in Karachi and Islamabad, Pakistan.The university was founded in 1991 by the renowned philanthropist Hakim Said of the Hamdard Foundation. Hamdard is one of the first and the oldest private institutions of higher education in Pakistan. In Karachi alone, Hamdard University is the largest private research university with a campus area of over 350 acres.
Hamdard University's central library Bait-ul-Hikmah is one of the largest research libraries in South Asia with a collection of over half a million books, some of them dating back to 17th century. The university includes eight faculties, nine research institutes, three separate university teaching hospitals and three affiliated engineering institutes. There are more than 15,000 alumni of Hamdard University employed in different organisations in Pakistan and worldwide.
Major programs of Hamdard University are accredited by and offered in collaboration with bodies such as the Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC), Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC), Pakistan Bar Council (PBC), National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC), and the Pakistan Pharmacy Council (PCP).
History
Hamdard University was established on October 9, 1991, by a provisional act of the Sindh Assembly. The founding chancellor, Hakim Said, had been long advocating for the establishment of private-sector higher education learning institutions. He received the university's charter from then-President Ghulam Ishaq Khan in a solemn ceremony. The university is named after Said's philanthropy and education lobby organisation, the Hamdard Foundation.
For the university, an area of about 178 acres was earmarked at Madinat al-Hikmah: "a City of Education, Science and Culture", 30 km north of the commercial center of Karachi.
Stretching over an area of 350 acres, Madinat al-Hikmah includes, in addition to the establishments of the university, Hamdard Garden, sports stadium, Hamdard Public School and college, operating as its earliest institutions, imparting education from primary to higher secondary level and Bait al-Hikmah library. Institute of Education & Social Sciences (HIESS) and College of Eastern Medicine (HACEM) were among the earliest institutions, established after its inception. The other institutions that appeared in the later stages of its development include Hamdard College of Medicine & Dentistry (HCM&D), Hamdard Institute of Management Sciences (HIMS), Hamdard Institute of Information Technology (HIIT), Faclty of Engineering Sciences and Technology (FEST), Usman Institute of Technology (UIT), Hafiz Mohammad Ilyas Institute of Pharmacology & Herbal Sciences, Hamdard School of Law (HSL), Hamdard Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (HPS), Bait al-Hikmah Institute of Research and Regional CISCO Networking Academy.
In 1996 the first city campus of the university was established at Adamjee Nagar. Later on, another city campus operating both weekend and evening programs was started in PECHS, Karachi. The number of campuses increased with the establishment of Islamabad and Faisalabad campuses in 1998 and 2000 respectively. During the period, five Lahore-, Islamabad- and Karachi-based organisations, imparting professional education in different disciplines, also became affiliated with the university.
Faculties and institutes
Hamdard University offers undergraduate and post-graduate education through its different institutions/faculties which are based in the different campuses of the university.
Faculty of Engineering Sciences and Technology
FEST (Faculty of Engineering Sciences and Technology) offers its Bachelors, Masters and Doctorate degrees through its three institutions: GSESIT, HIIT – Karachi and HIIT – Islamabad.
GSESIT
Graduate School of Engineering Sciences and Information Technology" was established in 1997 with the name of Hamdard Institute of Information Technology (HIIT). Later on, due to its main focus on graduate programs, it was renamed as Graduate School of Engineering Sciences and Information Technology (GSESIT). Initially, Master of Sciences in Information Technology – MS (IT) was offered with the inception of the institute. In Fall 2002, Master of Science in Software Engineering – MS (SE) program was introduced. Recently, new Masters, M.Phil. and Ph.D. degree programs are being offered to take active part in research and development and to concentrate toward the area of specialisation, and the institute is also catering the needs of professionals through short courses, certificates and diploma programs. Currently, GSESIT offers following graduate and research programs:
Master of Sciences/Philosophy:
M.E. (Electronic Engineering)
M.E. (Telecommunication Engineering
M.E. (Energy Engineering)
M.E. (Control & Automation)
M.E. (Signal Processing)
M.S. (Information Technology)
M.S. (Software Engineering)
M.S. (Telecommunications)
M.Phil. (Environmental Sciences)
Doctorate/Miscellaneous programs:
Ph.D. (Environmental Sciences)
Ph.D. (Computer Sciences)
Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering)
Ph.D. (Electronics Engineering)
Ph.D. (Information Technology)
Ph.D. (Telecommunication Engineering)
Ph.D. (Software Engineering)
Other certifications and short courses such as CCNA,
Java & Web programming, etc.
HIIT – Karachi
"Hamdard Institute of Information Technology, Karachi" was established in 1997 at the Main Campus of Hamdard University. Initially it offered graduate programmes only. Later on, the graduate studies were started to offered under the institute of GSESIT and HIIT – Karachi was dedicated for the Bachelors programs only. Currently, the institute offers following programs:
Bachelor of Engineering:
B.E. (Bio-Medical Engineering)
B.E. (Computer-Systems Engineering)
B.E. (Electronics Engineering)
B.E. (Energy Engineering)
B.E. (Telecommunication Engineering)
Bachelor of Sciences:
B.S. (Computer Science)
B.S. (Telecommunications & Networking)
B.S. (Multimedia Technology)
B.S. (Information Technology) – Evening Shift
HIIT – Islamabad
"Hamdard Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad" is a constituent institute of Hamdard University, Islamabad Campus which came into being with the establishment of Islamabad Campus in 2000. HIIT – Islamabad initially offered Bachelor of Science (B.S.) programs in Computer Science, Information Technology and Computer-Systems Engineering. Later on, the institute introduced Engineering programs in Telecommunications and Electronics in 2003. Recently, on the advice of PEC, the two engineering programs (T.E. and E.E.) were merged to form one program as B.E. (Electrical Engineering). This is applicable from the intake of 2007 and onwards. The institute is thus offering B.E. (Electrical Engineering) with two streams, i.e. Telecommunications and Electronics at present. Pakistan Engineering Council has granted conditional accreditation to the engineering programs of HUIC for the intakes of 2004, 2005 and 2006, for Telecommunications and Electronics Engineering programs. Currently, the institution offers following programs:
B.E. (Electrical Engineering)
B.S. (Computer Science)
Faculty of Environmental Sciences
The Faculty of Environmental Sciences offers the degree of Bachelor of Sciences in Environment & Energy Management.
Faculty of Management Sciences
The Faculty of Management Sciences offers the degrees of Bachelor and Master of Business Administration (B.B.A. & M.B.A.) and M.S. (Management Sciences) through its two constituent institutes: HIMS – Karachi and HIMS – Islamabad.
HIMS – Karachi
"Hamdard Institute of Management Sciences, Karachi" offers a 4-year program of B.B.A. (Bachelor of Business Administration) in undergraduate category, an M.S. (Management Sciences) program and a post-graduate M.B.A. (Master of Business Administration) program which has been divided into four categories with respect to the time-span and previous education:
A three-and-a-half year MBA plan for students having a previous 2-year Bachelors degree in any discipline,
A regular 2-year MBA plan for students having a previous 4-year Bachelors degree in any discipline,
A one-and-a-half year MBA plan for students having a previous 4-year Bachelors degree in Business Administration (BBA) or equivalent,
An executive 2-year MBA plan for students having a 2-year Bachelor's degree in any discipline and a professional experience of at least 4 years in executive capacity.
HIMS – Islamabad
"Hamdard Institute of Management Sciences, Islamabad" offers B.B.A. (Bachelor of Business Administration) in undergraduate category and post-graduate M.B.A. (Master of Business Administration) programs, similar to those offered by the HIMS – Karachi.
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences was inaugurated in 1992 and it offers its degrees through Hamdard Institute of Education and Social Sciences (HIESS), which was established as the first constituent institution of Hamdard University's Main Campus. The institution's mission, as described on the official site, is "the production of the unconventional, capable, dynamic, creative, democratic and innovative teacher". HIESS offers the degree of Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.).
Faculty of Eastern Medicine
The Faculty of Eastern Medicine provides education in the field of Herbal Medicine, which continues to be practised in many of the Islamic countries today. The countries where it has, to some extent, enjoyed an official status are: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and South Africa. In Pakistan, in the mid sixties, the government under the then-President ordered the official registration of "Hakims".
The Faculty of Eastern Medicine was established "[to] produce graduates with knowledge of Eastern Medicine with latest technology for diagnosis and modern methods for the management of diseases and health care". Hamdard Research Institute of Unani Medicine (H.R.I.U.M.) was included in the Faculty of Eastern Medicine as approved by the Academic Council held on 24 April 2008. Currently, the faculty offers following degrees:
Bachelor of Eastern Medicine and Surgery (Regular five years)
Bachelor of Eastern Medicine and Surgery (Condensed Three years)
M.Phil. and Ph.D. programs are also offered for regular bases.
The degree programs offered by the faculty are accredited by the National Council of Tibb, Ministry of Heath – Government of Pakistan and by the Higher Education Commission, Islamabad. Most of the B.E.M.S. graduates start their own practice by establishing their clinics and other are employed in various hospitals and research institutes and organizations such as Hamdard Foundation and Hamdard Laboratories, Pakistan, Ibn-e-Sina Institute for Tibb and University of Western Cape, South Africa and Qarshi Industries, Pakistan.
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences offers the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.) and Bachelor of Dental Surgery (B.D.S.).
Faculty of Legal Studies
The Hamdard School of Law, as a constituent institution of the Hamdard University opened for admission in January 2001, on the initiative of its former Chancellor, Justice (R) Ajmal Mian, former Chief Justice of Pakistan and the then-Vice Chancellor. Faculty of Legal Studies offers the degree of Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) through the Hamdard School of Law which is located in the vicinity of the City Campus II (CC-II). Unlike most of the Pakistani institutions which offer the LL. B. courses in evening lecture sessions, the Hamdard School of Law offers a full-time semester-based course.
Faculty of Pharmacy
Faculty of Pharmacy was established in the year 1997 with the aim of "[providing] high quality education in healthy academic environment with a commitment to produce competent pharmacists with managerial skills." The faculty initially offered following programs in its early phase (1997-2001):
Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)
Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D. - Condensed one-year Program)
M.Phil (Pharmacology & Clinical Practices)
M.Phil (Pharmaceutics)
M.Phil (Pharmacognosy)
M.Phil (Pharm. Chemistry)
Ph.D. (Pharmacology & Clinical Practices)
Ph.D. (Pharmaceutics)
Ph.D. (Pharmacognosy)
Ph.D. (Pharm. Chemistry)
In 2001, the Faculty of Pharmacy introduced an innovative B. Pharm, MBA program combining Pharmaceutical and Management Sciences for the first time in Pakistan. It has the support of two major faculties of the University, namely the Faculty of Pharmacy and the Faculty of Management Sciences.
Keeping in view the changing global trends and recent advances in the field of pharmaceutical sciences, the Pharmacy Council of Pakistan and Higher Education Commission have upgraded the pharmacy syllabi and introduced an advanced program of Pharm.D. extending over a period of five years. It is a professional doctoral program that is designed to prepare practitioner and researcher who can provide patient oriented pharmaceutical care in contemporary setting including community practice and hospital environment.
In the light of the recommendation of Pharmacy Council of Pakistan and Higher Education Commission, the Faculty of Pharmacy, Hamdard University, has adopted Pharm.D. as the basic degree in Pharmacy.
Campus facilities
Student accommodation
For the undergraduate students of the Main Campus, Karachi, the facility of 5 hostels has been provided. One girls' hostel and 4 boys' hostels serve as dormitories for the undergraduate students of the Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology, the Faculty of Easter Medicine, the Faculty of Management Sciences and the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences.
Cafeteria
The Students-Teachers Centre (STC) is the central cafeteria of the main campus, which provides food and a facility for student-teacher interaction. Cafeterias and teashops are also present at various campuses of the University.
Transport
Transportation for students, faculty and staff members between the Main Campus and different parts of the city is provided by a fleet of University-owned and on-contract vehicles which include buses, Coasters, HiAces and mini-vans.
Libraries
Bait al-Hikmah
Bait al-Hikmah, named after the famous library, House of Wisdom in Baghdad, is the central library of Hamdard University's Main, Karachi Campus. It houses over half a million modern volumes as well as thousands of ancient manuscripts, millions of clippings, translations of Quran in over 60 languages, A.V. cassettes, as well as postage stamps, coins and photographs of Hamdard University/Foundation activities,making it one of the largest libraries in South Asia.
The foundation-stone of Bait al-Hikmah was laid on 17 June 1985 by the then-President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. It was established by Hakim Mohammed Said, the founder of Madinat al-Hikmah, a humanitarian and a philanthropist. After the completion of the Bait al-Hikmah as the first major and important institution of Madinat al-Hikmah, Hakim Said invited the then-President Ghulam Ishaq Khan to inaugurate the library on 11 December 1989.
The Bait al-Hikmah as a central library and center for academic research is used by students, faculties, researchers, scholars and freelancers nationally and internationally. The library is fully computerised.
The collection of Bait al-Hikmah Library ranges from books and journals on different subjects and in different languages, covering Science and Technology, Medicine, Management Sciences, Indo-Pakistan History, Islam and Religion, Traditional/Alternative Systems of Medicine, Social Sciences and Jurisprudence, to Literature in Urdu, English, Arabic and Persian.
Departmental libraries
Almost every institute of Hamdard University has a dedicated library which contains books related but not limited to that institute. These include:
HIIT Departmental Library, for the registered students and faculty of Hamdard Institute of Information Technology, Karachi. It houses books related to Information & Technology, Applied Sciences and different engineering disciplines. The facility of Book Bank is also provided to the students of HIIT through the same library.
HIMS Departmental Library, for the registered students and faculty of Hamdard Institute of Management Sciences, Karachi
HIESS Departmental Library, for the students and faculty of Hamdard Institute of Education & Social Sciences, Karachi
Departmental Library of Faculty of Eastern Medicine
Departmental Library of Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Departmental Library of Faculty of Legal Studies
Notable people
prominent scholars include senator S. M. Zafar, who is the current chancellor of the university and also a registered professor of law and political science.The university's founder, Hakim Said, also served as a registered professor of medicinal chemistry and taught many courses on chemistry, pharmacy, and medical sciences after the foundation of the institution.
Dr. Nazeer Ahmad, professor of physics at Hamdard University, earned his doctorate in physics (specialization in meteorology) under the supervision of Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan and others.
Many scholars have produced cutting-edge research in their respective disciplines, including Islamic scholars Zakariyau Oseni, Zulkadir Siddiqui, historian Mohammad Ishaq Khan, and economist Matin Ahmed Khan. Other faculty members include Sarwar Munir Rao (Mass Communication), electrical engineer Atta-ur-Rehman Memon, and Zillur Rahman (who has been serving as visiting professor of medicine since 1997).
Hamdard University is an accredited private research university with multiple campuses in Karachi and Islamabad, Pakistan.The university was founded in 1991 by the renowned philanthropist Hakim Said of the Hamdard Foundation. Hamdard is one of the first and the oldest private institutions of higher education in Pakistan. In Karachi alone, Hamdard University is the largest private research university with a campus area of over 350 acres.
Hamdard University's central library Bait-ul-Hikmah is one of the largest research libraries in South Asia with a collection of over half a million books, some of them dating back to 17th century. The university includes eight faculties, nine research institutes, three separate university teaching hospitals and three affiliated engineering institutes. There are more than 15,000 alumni of Hamdard University employed in different organisations in Pakistan and worldwide.
Major programs of Hamdard University are accredited by and offered in collaboration with bodies such as the Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC), Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC), Pakistan Bar Council (PBC), National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC), and the Pakistan Pharmacy Council (PCP).
History
Hamdard University was established on October 9, 1991, by a provisional act of the Sindh Assembly. The founding chancellor, Hakim Said, had been long advocating for the establishment of private-sector higher education learning institutions. He received the university's charter from then-President Ghulam Ishaq Khan in a solemn ceremony. The university is named after Said's philanthropy and education lobby organisation, the Hamdard Foundation.
For the university, an area of about 178 acres was earmarked at Madinat al-Hikmah: "a City of Education, Science and Culture", 30 km north of the commercial center of Karachi.
Stretching over an area of 350 acres, Madinat al-Hikmah includes, in addition to the establishments of the university, Hamdard Garden, sports stadium, Hamdard Public School and college, operating as its earliest institutions, imparting education from primary to higher secondary level and Bait al-Hikmah library. Institute of Education & Social Sciences (HIESS) and College of Eastern Medicine (HACEM) were among the earliest institutions, established after its inception. The other institutions that appeared in the later stages of its development include Hamdard College of Medicine & Dentistry (HCM&D), Hamdard Institute of Management Sciences (HIMS), Hamdard Institute of Information Technology (HIIT), Faclty of Engineering Sciences and Technology (FEST), Usman Institute of Technology (UIT), Hafiz Mohammad Ilyas Institute of Pharmacology & Herbal Sciences, Hamdard School of Law (HSL), Hamdard Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (HPS), Bait al-Hikmah Institute of Research and Regional CISCO Networking Academy.
In 1996 the first city campus of the university was established at Adamjee Nagar. Later on, another city campus operating both weekend and evening programs was started in PECHS, Karachi. The number of campuses increased with the establishment of Islamabad and Faisalabad campuses in 1998 and 2000 respectively. During the period, five Lahore-, Islamabad- and Karachi-based organisations, imparting professional education in different disciplines, also became affiliated with the university.
Faculties and institutes
Hamdard University offers undergraduate and post-graduate education through its different institutions/faculties which are based in the different campuses of the university.
Faculty of Engineering Sciences and Technology
FEST (Faculty of Engineering Sciences and Technology) offers its Bachelors, Masters and Doctorate degrees through its three institutions: GSESIT, HIIT – Karachi and HIIT – Islamabad.
GSESIT
Graduate School of Engineering Sciences and Information Technology" was established in 1997 with the name of Hamdard Institute of Information Technology (HIIT). Later on, due to its main focus on graduate programs, it was renamed as Graduate School of Engineering Sciences and Information Technology (GSESIT). Initially, Master of Sciences in Information Technology – MS (IT) was offered with the inception of the institute. In Fall 2002, Master of Science in Software Engineering – MS (SE) program was introduced. Recently, new Masters, M.Phil. and Ph.D. degree programs are being offered to take active part in research and development and to concentrate toward the area of specialisation, and the institute is also catering the needs of professionals through short courses, certificates and diploma programs. Currently, GSESIT offers following graduate and research programs:
Master of Sciences/Philosophy:
M.E. (Electronic Engineering)
M.E. (Telecommunication Engineering
M.E. (Energy Engineering)
M.E. (Control & Automation)
M.E. (Signal Processing)
M.S. (Information Technology)
M.S. (Software Engineering)
M.S. (Telecommunications)
M.Phil. (Environmental Sciences)
Doctorate/Miscellaneous programs:
Ph.D. (Environmental Sciences)
Ph.D. (Computer Sciences)
Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering)
Ph.D. (Electronics Engineering)
Ph.D. (Information Technology)
Ph.D. (Telecommunication Engineering)
Ph.D. (Software Engineering)
Other certifications and short courses such as CCNA,
Java & Web programming, etc.
HIIT – Karachi
"Hamdard Institute of Information Technology, Karachi" was established in 1997 at the Main Campus of Hamdard University. Initially it offered graduate programmes only. Later on, the graduate studies were started to offered under the institute of GSESIT and HIIT – Karachi was dedicated for the Bachelors programs only. Currently, the institute offers following programs:
Bachelor of Engineering:
B.E. (Bio-Medical Engineering)
B.E. (Computer-Systems Engineering)
B.E. (Electronics Engineering)
B.E. (Energy Engineering)
B.E. (Telecommunication Engineering)
Bachelor of Sciences:
B.S. (Computer Science)
B.S. (Telecommunications & Networking)
B.S. (Multimedia Technology)
B.S. (Information Technology) – Evening Shift
HIIT – Islamabad
"Hamdard Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad" is a constituent institute of Hamdard University, Islamabad Campus which came into being with the establishment of Islamabad Campus in 2000. HIIT – Islamabad initially offered Bachelor of Science (B.S.) programs in Computer Science, Information Technology and Computer-Systems Engineering. Later on, the institute introduced Engineering programs in Telecommunications and Electronics in 2003. Recently, on the advice of PEC, the two engineering programs (T.E. and E.E.) were merged to form one program as B.E. (Electrical Engineering). This is applicable from the intake of 2007 and onwards. The institute is thus offering B.E. (Electrical Engineering) with two streams, i.e. Telecommunications and Electronics at present. Pakistan Engineering Council has granted conditional accreditation to the engineering programs of HUIC for the intakes of 2004, 2005 and 2006, for Telecommunications and Electronics Engineering programs. Currently, the institution offers following programs:
B.E. (Electrical Engineering)
B.S. (Computer Science)
Faculty of Environmental Sciences
The Faculty of Environmental Sciences offers the degree of Bachelor of Sciences in Environment & Energy Management.
Faculty of Management Sciences
The Faculty of Management Sciences offers the degrees of Bachelor and Master of Business Administration (B.B.A. & M.B.A.) and M.S. (Management Sciences) through its two constituent institutes: HIMS – Karachi and HIMS – Islamabad.
HIMS – Karachi
"Hamdard Institute of Management Sciences, Karachi" offers a 4-year program of B.B.A. (Bachelor of Business Administration) in undergraduate category, an M.S. (Management Sciences) program and a post-graduate M.B.A. (Master of Business Administration) program which has been divided into four categories with respect to the time-span and previous education:
A three-and-a-half year MBA plan for students having a previous 2-year Bachelors degree in any discipline,
A regular 2-year MBA plan for students having a previous 4-year Bachelors degree in any discipline,
A one-and-a-half year MBA plan for students having a previous 4-year Bachelors degree in Business Administration (BBA) or equivalent,
An executive 2-year MBA plan for students having a 2-year Bachelor's degree in any discipline and a professional experience of at least 4 years in executive capacity.
HIMS – Islamabad
"Hamdard Institute of Management Sciences, Islamabad" offers B.B.A. (Bachelor of Business Administration) in undergraduate category and post-graduate M.B.A. (Master of Business Administration) programs, similar to those offered by the HIMS – Karachi.
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences was inaugurated in 1992 and it offers its degrees through Hamdard Institute of Education and Social Sciences (HIESS), which was established as the first constituent institution of Hamdard University's Main Campus. The institution's mission, as described on the official site, is "the production of the unconventional, capable, dynamic, creative, democratic and innovative teacher". HIESS offers the degree of Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.).
Faculty of Eastern Medicine
The Faculty of Eastern Medicine provides education in the field of Herbal Medicine, which continues to be practised in many of the Islamic countries today. The countries where it has, to some extent, enjoyed an official status are: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and South Africa. In Pakistan, in the mid sixties, the government under the then-President ordered the official registration of "Hakims".
The Faculty of Eastern Medicine was established "[to] produce graduates with knowledge of Eastern Medicine with latest technology for diagnosis and modern methods for the management of diseases and health care". Hamdard Research Institute of Unani Medicine (H.R.I.U.M.) was included in the Faculty of Eastern Medicine as approved by the Academic Council held on 24 April 2008. Currently, the faculty offers following degrees:
Bachelor of Eastern Medicine and Surgery (Regular five years)
Bachelor of Eastern Medicine and Surgery (Condensed Three years)
M.Phil. and Ph.D. programs are also offered for regular bases.
The degree programs offered by the faculty are accredited by the National Council of Tibb, Ministry of Heath – Government of Pakistan and by the Higher Education Commission, Islamabad. Most of the B.E.M.S. graduates start their own practice by establishing their clinics and other are employed in various hospitals and research institutes and organizations such as Hamdard Foundation and Hamdard Laboratories, Pakistan, Ibn-e-Sina Institute for Tibb and University of Western Cape, South Africa and Qarshi Industries, Pakistan.
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences offers the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.) and Bachelor of Dental Surgery (B.D.S.).
Faculty of Legal Studies
The Hamdard School of Law, as a constituent institution of the Hamdard University opened for admission in January 2001, on the initiative of its former Chancellor, Justice (R) Ajmal Mian, former Chief Justice of Pakistan and the then-Vice Chancellor. Faculty of Legal Studies offers the degree of Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) through the Hamdard School of Law which is located in the vicinity of the City Campus II (CC-II). Unlike most of the Pakistani institutions which offer the LL. B. courses in evening lecture sessions, the Hamdard School of Law offers a full-time semester-based course.
Faculty of Pharmacy
Faculty of Pharmacy was established in the year 1997 with the aim of "[providing] high quality education in healthy academic environment with a commitment to produce competent pharmacists with managerial skills." The faculty initially offered following programs in its early phase (1997-2001):
Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)
Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D. - Condensed one-year Program)
M.Phil (Pharmacology & Clinical Practices)
M.Phil (Pharmaceutics)
M.Phil (Pharmacognosy)
M.Phil (Pharm. Chemistry)
Ph.D. (Pharmacology & Clinical Practices)
Ph.D. (Pharmaceutics)
Ph.D. (Pharmacognosy)
Ph.D. (Pharm. Chemistry)
In 2001, the Faculty of Pharmacy introduced an innovative B. Pharm, MBA program combining Pharmaceutical and Management Sciences for the first time in Pakistan. It has the support of two major faculties of the University, namely the Faculty of Pharmacy and the Faculty of Management Sciences.
Keeping in view the changing global trends and recent advances in the field of pharmaceutical sciences, the Pharmacy Council of Pakistan and Higher Education Commission have upgraded the pharmacy syllabi and introduced an advanced program of Pharm.D. extending over a period of five years. It is a professional doctoral program that is designed to prepare practitioner and researcher who can provide patient oriented pharmaceutical care in contemporary setting including community practice and hospital environment.
In the light of the recommendation of Pharmacy Council of Pakistan and Higher Education Commission, the Faculty of Pharmacy, Hamdard University, has adopted Pharm.D. as the basic degree in Pharmacy.
Campus facilities
Student accommodation
For the undergraduate students of the Main Campus, Karachi, the facility of 5 hostels has been provided. One girls' hostel and 4 boys' hostels serve as dormitories for the undergraduate students of the Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology, the Faculty of Easter Medicine, the Faculty of Management Sciences and the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences.
Cafeteria
The Students-Teachers Centre (STC) is the central cafeteria of the main campus, which provides food and a facility for student-teacher interaction. Cafeterias and teashops are also present at various campuses of the University.
Transport
Transportation for students, faculty and staff members between the Main Campus and different parts of the city is provided by a fleet of University-owned and on-contract vehicles which include buses, Coasters, HiAces and mini-vans.
Libraries
Bait al-Hikmah
Bait al-Hikmah, named after the famous library, House of Wisdom in Baghdad, is the central library of Hamdard University's Main, Karachi Campus. It houses over half a million modern volumes as well as thousands of ancient manuscripts, millions of clippings, translations of Quran in over 60 languages, A.V. cassettes, as well as postage stamps, coins and photographs of Hamdard University/Foundation activities,making it one of the largest libraries in South Asia.
The foundation-stone of Bait al-Hikmah was laid on 17 June 1985 by the then-President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. It was established by Hakim Mohammed Said, the founder of Madinat al-Hikmah, a humanitarian and a philanthropist. After the completion of the Bait al-Hikmah as the first major and important institution of Madinat al-Hikmah, Hakim Said invited the then-President Ghulam Ishaq Khan to inaugurate the library on 11 December 1989.
The Bait al-Hikmah as a central library and center for academic research is used by students, faculties, researchers, scholars and freelancers nationally and internationally. The library is fully computerised.
The collection of Bait al-Hikmah Library ranges from books and journals on different subjects and in different languages, covering Science and Technology, Medicine, Management Sciences, Indo-Pakistan History, Islam and Religion, Traditional/Alternative Systems of Medicine, Social Sciences and Jurisprudence, to Literature in Urdu, English, Arabic and Persian.
Departmental libraries
Almost every institute of Hamdard University has a dedicated library which contains books related but not limited to that institute. These include:
HIIT Departmental Library, for the registered students and faculty of Hamdard Institute of Information Technology, Karachi. It houses books related to Information & Technology, Applied Sciences and different engineering disciplines. The facility of Book Bank is also provided to the students of HIIT through the same library.
HIMS Departmental Library, for the registered students and faculty of Hamdard Institute of Management Sciences, Karachi
HIESS Departmental Library, for the students and faculty of Hamdard Institute of Education & Social Sciences, Karachi
Departmental Library of Faculty of Eastern Medicine
Departmental Library of Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Departmental Library of Faculty of Legal Studies
Notable people
prominent scholars include senator S. M. Zafar, who is the current chancellor of the university and also a registered professor of law and political science.The university's founder, Hakim Said, also served as a registered professor of medicinal chemistry and taught many courses on chemistry, pharmacy, and medical sciences after the foundation of the institution.
Dr. Nazeer Ahmad, professor of physics at Hamdard University, earned his doctorate in physics (specialization in meteorology) under the supervision of Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan and others.
Many scholars have produced cutting-edge research in their respective disciplines, including Islamic scholars Zakariyau Oseni, Zulkadir Siddiqui, historian Mohammad Ishaq Khan, and economist Matin Ahmed Khan. Other faculty members include Sarwar Munir Rao (Mass Communication), electrical engineer Atta-ur-Rehman Memon, and Zillur Rahman (who has been serving as visiting professor of medicine since 1997).
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T.V Drama Industry of Pakistan
Pakistani media in the past history has played a major role in producing many unforgettable Pakistani dramas that inspired generations. Pakistan television started the trend of making classic dramas with the help of intellectual writers, powerful direction, and multitalented actors.
In the very early days of 80's & 90s, there was only one tv channel known as Pakistan television(ptv) that telecasted many popular dramas like dhoop kinaray, ankahi, tanhayan, dhuan, . The whole idea was to show a well prepared family drama with a strong script and a clean environment. All the credit undoubtedly goes to the brilliant story writers like Haseena Moen, Seema Ghazal, Ashfak Ahmad etc. Their stories focused on many societal issues that touched the hearts of many people. This was the glorious period of Pakistani dramas which led them to accomplish many awards not only at national but also at international level.
now Pakistani dramas once again have reached the peaks of fame.many writers have started writing many powerful stories for different tv channels like geo, hum tv, ptv, ary digital. Every channel is now struggling hard to provide the audience with the best dramas ever. This competition has provoked them to make good serials which include our own culture. Because of this sudden revival of Pakistani dramas, the audience is our dramas very much. The best thing is that they are well appreciated by the Pakistani people living abroad as well.
These days the dramas that have gained popularity are meri zaat zarraye be-nishan on geo and , nur pur ki rani malaal wasal nur bano on hum tv. These are realistic with powerful direction and script. They focus on societal issues that actually take place in the society. Moreover, dramas like wasal, ishk junoon deewangi doraha and malaal focus on the problems that are faced in a marriage like misunderstandings, extra maritial affairs, lack of trust.
The emergence of intelligent writers and powerful directors has managed to revive the Pakistani dramas. In short Pakistani media has changed by providing the audience with the dramas they want to see. Paki dramas are well produced and give a good message. The increasing competition among different tv channels has improved the quality of Pakistani dramas due to which the audience gets entertained and gets to watch the best dramas ever.
Pakistani drama television series (Incomplete List)
A
Aangan Terha
Aansoo
Aashti
Adhoori Aurat
Ahmed Habib Ki Betiyan
Aik Nayee Cinderella
Aik Pagal Si Larki
Akbari Asghari
Akhri Barish
Aks (2011 TV series)
Aks (2012 TV series)
Alif Noon
Alpha Bravo Charlie
Ana (Geo TV Drama)
Andhera Ujala
Angar Wadi
Ankahi
Ashk (drama)
B
Baityaan
Bandhan (TV series)
Bari Apa
Barson Baad
Bin Tere
Boota from Toba Tek Singh
Bulbulay
C
Chaandni Raatain
Chemistry (drama)
Coke Kahani
D
Daagh (drama)
Daam
Daddy (drama)
Daray Daray Naina
Dastaan (TV series)
Dhoop Kinare
Dhundle Raste (TV miniseries)
Dhuwan
Dil e Muztar
Doraha (drama)
E
Ek Tamanna Lahasil Si
F
Family Front
G
Ghaao
Ghazi Shaheed
H
Happily Married
Heer Ranjha (TV series)
Hisar E Ishq
Hotel (Pakistani TV Series)
Hum Tum (TV series)
Humnasheen
Humsafar
I
Ideals (drama)
Ishq Ibadat
Ishq Junoon Deewangi
J
Jal Pari (TV series)
K
Kankar (TV series)
Kashkol (TV series)
Khatti Meethi Zindagi
Khuda Aur Muhabbat
Khuda Ki Basti (serial)
Khushi Ek Roag
Khwaab Ankhain Khwahish Chehre
L
Laag (TV series)
Ladies Park
Landa Bazar (TV series)
M
Maat (TV series)
Madiha Maliha
Main Abdul Qadir Hoon
Main Manto
Malaal
Manay Na Ye Dil
Mannchalay
Mar Jain Bhi To Kya
Mastana Mahi
Mehar Bano aur Shah Bano
Mehmoodabad Ki Malkain
Mehndi (drama)
Mein Hari Piya
Mera Naseeb
Mera Saaein
Mera Saaein 2
Mera Yaqeen
Meray Khwab Raiza Raiza
Meray Qatil Meray Dildar
Meri Behan Maya
Meri Behan Meri Dewrani
Meri Dulari
Meri Ladli
Meri Saheli Meri Humjoli
Meri Teri Kahani
Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishan
Mil Ke Bhi Hum Na Mile
Mirat Ul Uroos (drama)
Mishaal
Mohabbat Jai Bhar Mein
Mohabbat Jaye Bhar Mein
Mohabbat Rooth Jaye Toh
Mujhay Roothnay Na Daina
Mujhay Sandal Kar Do
N
Na Kaho Tum Mere Nahi
Nadamat
Nail Polish (TV serial)
Namak Paray (TV series)
Nanhi
Neeyat
Nijaat
Nikhar Gaye Gulab Sare
Noor Pur Ki Rani
O
Omer Dadi Aur Gharwale
P
Pani Jaisa Piyar
Parsa (TV series)
Pathjar Ke Baad
Phir Chand Pe Dastak
Q
Qaid-e-Tanhai
Quddusi Sahab Ki Bewah
R
Raju Rocket
Rani (TV series)
Rehaai
Riyasat
Roshan Sitara
Rubber Band (TV Series)
S
Saat Pardon Mein
Saiqa (TV series)
Samjhauta Express (TV series)
Sanjha
Shab e Gham
Shehr-e-Zaat
Shehzori
Sitamgar (TV series)
T
Talaash (Pakistani TV series)
Talafi
Tanhai (TV series)
Tanhaiyaan
Tanhaiyan Naye Silsilay
Tanveer Fatima (B.A)
Teen Bata Teen
Thakan
Tum Jo Miley
U
Uraan
V
Vasl
W
Waris (drama)
Y
Yariyan
Yeh Zindagi Hai
Z
Zard Mausam
Zeenat Bint-e-Sakina Hazir Ho
Zindagi Dhoop Tum Ghana Saya
Zindagi Gulzar Hai
Zip Bus Chup Raho
Pakistani TV Actors (Incomplete List)
A
Waseem Abbas
Shamoon Abbasi
Farhan Ali Agha
Ahmed Ali Butt
Ahmed Zeb
Hasan Ahmed
Sohail Ahmed
Moin Akhter
Abid Ali (actor)
Agha Ali
Babar Ali
Mahmood Ali
Shahood Alvi
Najeebullah Anjum
Jamshed Ansari
Kanwar Arsalan
Aijaz Aslam
Mehmood Aslam
B
Nadeem Baig
Babu Baral
Barkat Ali Siddiqui
Jawad Bashir
Osman Khalid Butt
C
Shafqat Cheema
Nasir Chinyoti
D
Khalid Abbas Dar
Hayatullah Khan Durrani
E
Abdullah Ejaz
F
Jamil Fakhri
Farooq Qaiser
H
Ali Haider
Naeem Haq
Saad Haroon
Sajid Hasan
Adeel Hashmi
Murtaza Hassan
Talat Hussain (actor)
I
Noman Ijaz
Ismail Tara
J
Ahmed Jahanzeb
Shabbir Jan
K
Abdullah Kadwani
Khurram Kahloon
Syed Kamal
Latif Kapadia
Sara Kashif
Abid Kashmiri
Rauf Khalid
Abid Khan
Ahsan Khan (actor)
Alyy Khan
Babar Khan
Bilal Khan (actor)
Cezanne Khan
Fawad Afzal Khan
Junaid Khan (actor and singer)
Kashif Khan
Qavi Khan
Sami Khan (actor)
Zaigham Khan
Rafi Khawar
Khayyam Sarhadi
Sarmad Sultan Khoosat
Ayoob Khoso
Sajjad Kishwar
L
Sahir Lodhi
M
Malik Anokha
Asad Malik
Mani and Hira
Anwar Maqsood
Noman Masood
Kashif Mehmood
Asif Raza Mir
Mohib Mirza
Zia Mohyeddin
Mukarram
Sheheryar Munawar Siddiqui
Fahad Mustafa
N
Nabeel (actor)
Imran Abbas Naqvi
Amanullah Nasir
Salim Nasir
Danish Nawaz
Yasir Nawaz
Nayyar Ejaz
Rasheed Naz
Abid Ali Nazish
Noor Hassan Rizvi
Q
Faisal Qureshi (actor)
Faisal Qureshi (TV director)
Mustafa Qureshi
R
Rahat Kazmi
Moammar Rana
Rashid Mehmood (actor)
Zuhab Khan
Azfar Rehman
Faisal Rehman
S
Behroze Sabzwari
Shehroz Sabzwari
Humayun Saeed
Manzar Sehbai
Faris Shafi
Babrik Shah
Jamal Shah
Shafi Muhammad Shah
Salman Shahid
Shakeel
Hameed Sheikh
Javed Sheikh
Rehan Sheikh
Saleem Sheikh
Adnan Siddiqui
Anwar Solangi
Liaquat Soldier
Rahman Syed
T
Danish Taimoor
Mustansar Hussain Tarar
Tariq Teddy
Iftikhar Thakur
Iqbal Theba
Salahuddin Toofani
U
Usman Peerzada
V
Naseem Vicky
W
Qazi Wajid
Rizwan Wasti
Z
Ali Zafar
Waqar Zaka
Mikaal Zulfiqar
Pakistani TV Actresses
A
Anoushay Abbasi
Javeria Abbasi
Sohai Ali Abro
Suhaee Abro
Samina Ahmad
Fiza Ali
Iman Ali
Maya Ali (actress)
Saboor Ali
Sajal Ali
Bushra Ansari
Anusheh Asad
Anoushey Ashraf
Rubina Ashraf
Sana Askari
Ayesha Khan
Ayyan (model)
B
Zeba Bakhtiar
Mahnoor Baloch
Sanam Baloch
Nimra Bucha
Noor Bukhari
C
Rubya Chaudhry
Beenish Chohan
D
Hina Dilpazeer
E
Fatima Effendi
F
Bushra Farrukh
Arij Fatyma
G
Rachel Gill
H
Saba Hameed
Aaminah Haq
Sadia Hayat
Mawra Hocane
Soniya Hussain
I
Madiha Iftikhar
Sadia Imam
J
Javeria Saud
K
Nayyar Kamal
Juggan Kazim
Badar Khalil
Aiza Khan
Mahira Khan
Marina Khan
Nadia Khan
Sabiha Khanum
L
Sara Loren
M
Angeline Malik
Humaima Malick
Jana Malik
Veena Malik
Mani and Hira
Mansha Pasha
Sunita Marshall
Eshita Mehboob
Mehwish Hayat
Begum Khurshid Mirza
Momal Sheikh
Samiya Mumtaz
Neelam Muneer
N
Savera Nadeem
Nadia Afghan
Nadia Hussain
O
Atiqa Odho
P
Samina Peerzada
Q
Saba Qamar
Zainab Qayyum
R
Mehreen Raheel
Arjumand Rahim
Iffat Rahim
Arisha Razi
Resham
Khalida Riyasat
Komal Rizvi
S
Sadia Khan
Sanam Saeed
Ayesha Sana
Sanam Jung
Sangeeta
Zhalay Sarhadi
Sarwat Gilani
Naheed Shabbir
Meesha Shafi
Shagufta Ejaz
Babra Sharif
Aamina Sheikh
Shehnaz Sheikh
Azra Sherwani
Tooba Siddiqui
Hina Sultan
Sumbul Iqbal
T
Zaheen Tahira
U
Urwa Tul Wusqa
W
Fauzia Wahab
Naveen Waqar
Maria Wasti
Tahira Wasti
Y
Nida Yasir
Alishba Yousuf
Syra Yousuf
Z
Yumna Zaidi
Zeba Ali
Contd .
Pakistani media in the past history has played a major role in producing many unforgettable Pakistani dramas that inspired generations. Pakistan television started the trend of making classic dramas with the help of intellectual writers, powerful direction, and multitalented actors.
In the very early days of 80's & 90s, there was only one tv channel known as Pakistan television(ptv) that telecasted many popular dramas like dhoop kinaray, ankahi, tanhayan, dhuan, . The whole idea was to show a well prepared family drama with a strong script and a clean environment. All the credit undoubtedly goes to the brilliant story writers like Haseena Moen, Seema Ghazal, Ashfak Ahmad etc. Their stories focused on many societal issues that touched the hearts of many people. This was the glorious period of Pakistani dramas which led them to accomplish many awards not only at national but also at international level.
now Pakistani dramas once again have reached the peaks of fame.many writers have started writing many powerful stories for different tv channels like geo, hum tv, ptv, ary digital. Every channel is now struggling hard to provide the audience with the best dramas ever. This competition has provoked them to make good serials which include our own culture. Because of this sudden revival of Pakistani dramas, the audience is our dramas very much. The best thing is that they are well appreciated by the Pakistani people living abroad as well.
These days the dramas that have gained popularity are meri zaat zarraye be-nishan on geo and , nur pur ki rani malaal wasal nur bano on hum tv. These are realistic with powerful direction and script. They focus on societal issues that actually take place in the society. Moreover, dramas like wasal, ishk junoon deewangi doraha and malaal focus on the problems that are faced in a marriage like misunderstandings, extra maritial affairs, lack of trust.
The emergence of intelligent writers and powerful directors has managed to revive the Pakistani dramas. In short Pakistani media has changed by providing the audience with the dramas they want to see. Paki dramas are well produced and give a good message. The increasing competition among different tv channels has improved the quality of Pakistani dramas due to which the audience gets entertained and gets to watch the best dramas ever.
Pakistani drama television series (Incomplete List)
A
Aangan Terha
Aansoo
Aashti
Adhoori Aurat
Ahmed Habib Ki Betiyan
Aik Nayee Cinderella
Aik Pagal Si Larki
Akbari Asghari
Akhri Barish
Aks (2011 TV series)
Aks (2012 TV series)
Alif Noon
Alpha Bravo Charlie
Ana (Geo TV Drama)
Andhera Ujala
Angar Wadi
Ankahi
Ashk (drama)
B
Baityaan
Bandhan (TV series)
Bari Apa
Barson Baad
Bin Tere
Boota from Toba Tek Singh
Bulbulay
C
Chaandni Raatain
Chemistry (drama)
Coke Kahani
D
Daagh (drama)
Daam
Daddy (drama)
Daray Daray Naina
Dastaan (TV series)
Dhoop Kinare
Dhundle Raste (TV miniseries)
Dhuwan
Dil e Muztar
Doraha (drama)
E
Ek Tamanna Lahasil Si
F
Family Front
G
Ghaao
Ghazi Shaheed
H
Happily Married
Heer Ranjha (TV series)
Hisar E Ishq
Hotel (Pakistani TV Series)
Hum Tum (TV series)
Humnasheen
Humsafar
I
Ideals (drama)
Ishq Ibadat
Ishq Junoon Deewangi
J
Jal Pari (TV series)
K
Kankar (TV series)
Kashkol (TV series)
Khatti Meethi Zindagi
Khuda Aur Muhabbat
Khuda Ki Basti (serial)
Khushi Ek Roag
Khwaab Ankhain Khwahish Chehre
L
Laag (TV series)
Ladies Park
Landa Bazar (TV series)
M
Maat (TV series)
Madiha Maliha
Main Abdul Qadir Hoon
Main Manto
Malaal
Manay Na Ye Dil
Mannchalay
Mar Jain Bhi To Kya
Mastana Mahi
Mehar Bano aur Shah Bano
Mehmoodabad Ki Malkain
Mehndi (drama)
Mein Hari Piya
Mera Naseeb
Mera Saaein
Mera Saaein 2
Mera Yaqeen
Meray Khwab Raiza Raiza
Meray Qatil Meray Dildar
Meri Behan Maya
Meri Behan Meri Dewrani
Meri Dulari
Meri Ladli
Meri Saheli Meri Humjoli
Meri Teri Kahani
Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishan
Mil Ke Bhi Hum Na Mile
Mirat Ul Uroos (drama)
Mishaal
Mohabbat Jai Bhar Mein
Mohabbat Jaye Bhar Mein
Mohabbat Rooth Jaye Toh
Mujhay Roothnay Na Daina
Mujhay Sandal Kar Do
N
Na Kaho Tum Mere Nahi
Nadamat
Nail Polish (TV serial)
Namak Paray (TV series)
Nanhi
Neeyat
Nijaat
Nikhar Gaye Gulab Sare
Noor Pur Ki Rani
O
Omer Dadi Aur Gharwale
P
Pani Jaisa Piyar
Parsa (TV series)
Pathjar Ke Baad
Phir Chand Pe Dastak
Q
Qaid-e-Tanhai
Quddusi Sahab Ki Bewah
R
Raju Rocket
Rani (TV series)
Rehaai
Riyasat
Roshan Sitara
Rubber Band (TV Series)
S
Saat Pardon Mein
Saiqa (TV series)
Samjhauta Express (TV series)
Sanjha
Shab e Gham
Shehr-e-Zaat
Shehzori
Sitamgar (TV series)
T
Talaash (Pakistani TV series)
Talafi
Tanhai (TV series)
Tanhaiyaan
Tanhaiyan Naye Silsilay
Tanveer Fatima (B.A)
Teen Bata Teen
Thakan
Tum Jo Miley
U
Uraan
V
Vasl
W
Waris (drama)
Y
Yariyan
Yeh Zindagi Hai
Z
Zard Mausam
Zeenat Bint-e-Sakina Hazir Ho
Zindagi Dhoop Tum Ghana Saya
Zindagi Gulzar Hai
Zip Bus Chup Raho
Famous Tv Dramas (Incomplete List)
Alif noon (1964)
Shehzori (1970)
Uncle Urfi (1972)
An Kahi aka Un Kahi (1982)
Dhoop Kinare (1987)
Tanhaiyan (1985)
Aangan Terha (1985)
Janglos aka Jungle (1989)
Waris (1984)
Chaand Girhan (1992)
Kashkol (1993)
Aahat (1992)
Hawayein (1995)
Dasht (1996)
Nadan Nadia (1997)
Dhuwan (1996)
Alpha Bravo Charlie
Castle
Aansoo
Ruswa
Lahasil
Vasl
Wujood-e-Laraib
Umm-e-Kulsoom
Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishan
Mein Abdul Qadir Hoon
Dastaan
Maat
Qaid-e-Tanhai
Humsafar
Zindagi Gulzar Hay
Dil-e-Muzter
Alif noon (1964)
Shehzori (1970)
Uncle Urfi (1972)
An Kahi aka Un Kahi (1982)
Dhoop Kinare (1987)
Tanhaiyan (1985)
Aangan Terha (1985)
Janglos aka Jungle (1989)
Waris (1984)
Chaand Girhan (1992)
Kashkol (1993)
Aahat (1992)
Hawayein (1995)
Dasht (1996)
Nadan Nadia (1997)
Dhuwan (1996)
Alpha Bravo Charlie
Castle
Aansoo
Ruswa
Lahasil
Vasl
Wujood-e-Laraib
Umm-e-Kulsoom
Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishan
Mein Abdul Qadir Hoon
Dastaan
Maat
Qaid-e-Tanhai
Humsafar
Zindagi Gulzar Hay
Dil-e-Muzter
Pakistani TV Actors (Incomplete List)
A
Waseem Abbas
Shamoon Abbasi
Farhan Ali Agha
Ahmed Ali Butt
Ahmed Zeb
Hasan Ahmed
Sohail Ahmed
Moin Akhter
Abid Ali (actor)
Agha Ali
Babar Ali
Mahmood Ali
Shahood Alvi
Najeebullah Anjum
Jamshed Ansari
Kanwar Arsalan
Aijaz Aslam
Mehmood Aslam
B
Nadeem Baig
Babu Baral
Barkat Ali Siddiqui
Jawad Bashir
Osman Khalid Butt
C
Shafqat Cheema
Nasir Chinyoti
D
Khalid Abbas Dar
Hayatullah Khan Durrani
E
Abdullah Ejaz
F
Jamil Fakhri
Farooq Qaiser
H
Ali Haider
Naeem Haq
Saad Haroon
Sajid Hasan
Adeel Hashmi
Murtaza Hassan
Talat Hussain (actor)
I
Noman Ijaz
Ismail Tara
J
Ahmed Jahanzeb
Shabbir Jan
K
Abdullah Kadwani
Khurram Kahloon
Syed Kamal
Latif Kapadia
Sara Kashif
Abid Kashmiri
Rauf Khalid
Abid Khan
Ahsan Khan (actor)
Alyy Khan
Babar Khan
Bilal Khan (actor)
Cezanne Khan
Fawad Afzal Khan
Junaid Khan (actor and singer)
Kashif Khan
Qavi Khan
Sami Khan (actor)
Zaigham Khan
Rafi Khawar
Khayyam Sarhadi
Sarmad Sultan Khoosat
Ayoob Khoso
Sajjad Kishwar
L
Sahir Lodhi
M
Malik Anokha
Asad Malik
Mani and Hira
Anwar Maqsood
Noman Masood
Kashif Mehmood
Asif Raza Mir
Mohib Mirza
Zia Mohyeddin
Mukarram
Sheheryar Munawar Siddiqui
Fahad Mustafa
N
Nabeel (actor)
Imran Abbas Naqvi
Amanullah Nasir
Salim Nasir
Danish Nawaz
Yasir Nawaz
Nayyar Ejaz
Rasheed Naz
Abid Ali Nazish
Noor Hassan Rizvi
Q
Faisal Qureshi (actor)
Faisal Qureshi (TV director)
Mustafa Qureshi
R
Rahat Kazmi
Moammar Rana
Rashid Mehmood (actor)
Zuhab Khan
Azfar Rehman
Faisal Rehman
S
Behroze Sabzwari
Shehroz Sabzwari
Humayun Saeed
Manzar Sehbai
Faris Shafi
Babrik Shah
Jamal Shah
Shafi Muhammad Shah
Salman Shahid
Shakeel
Hameed Sheikh
Javed Sheikh
Rehan Sheikh
Saleem Sheikh
Adnan Siddiqui
Anwar Solangi
Liaquat Soldier
Rahman Syed
T
Danish Taimoor
Mustansar Hussain Tarar
Tariq Teddy
Iftikhar Thakur
Iqbal Theba
Salahuddin Toofani
U
Usman Peerzada
V
Naseem Vicky
W
Qazi Wajid
Rizwan Wasti
Z
Ali Zafar
Waqar Zaka
Mikaal Zulfiqar
Pakistani TV Actresses
A
Anoushay Abbasi
Javeria Abbasi
Sohai Ali Abro
Suhaee Abro
Samina Ahmad
Fiza Ali
Iman Ali
Maya Ali (actress)
Saboor Ali
Sajal Ali
Bushra Ansari
Anusheh Asad
Anoushey Ashraf
Rubina Ashraf
Sana Askari
Ayesha Khan
Ayyan (model)
B
Zeba Bakhtiar
Mahnoor Baloch
Sanam Baloch
Nimra Bucha
Noor Bukhari
C
Rubya Chaudhry
Beenish Chohan
D
Hina Dilpazeer
E
Fatima Effendi
F
Bushra Farrukh
Arij Fatyma
G
Rachel Gill
H
Saba Hameed
Aaminah Haq
Sadia Hayat
Mawra Hocane
Soniya Hussain
I
Madiha Iftikhar
Sadia Imam
J
Javeria Saud
K
Nayyar Kamal
Juggan Kazim
Badar Khalil
Aiza Khan
Mahira Khan
Marina Khan
Nadia Khan
Sabiha Khanum
L
Sara Loren
M
Angeline Malik
Humaima Malick
Jana Malik
Veena Malik
Mani and Hira
Mansha Pasha
Sunita Marshall
Eshita Mehboob
Mehwish Hayat
Begum Khurshid Mirza
Momal Sheikh
Samiya Mumtaz
Neelam Muneer
N
Savera Nadeem
Nadia Afghan
Nadia Hussain
O
Atiqa Odho
P
Samina Peerzada
Q
Saba Qamar
Zainab Qayyum
R
Mehreen Raheel
Arjumand Rahim
Iffat Rahim
Arisha Razi
Resham
Khalida Riyasat
Komal Rizvi
S
Sadia Khan
Sanam Saeed
Ayesha Sana
Sanam Jung
Sangeeta
Zhalay Sarhadi
Sarwat Gilani
Naheed Shabbir
Meesha Shafi
Shagufta Ejaz
Babra Sharif
Aamina Sheikh
Shehnaz Sheikh
Azra Sherwani
Tooba Siddiqui
Hina Sultan
Sumbul Iqbal
T
Zaheen Tahira
U
Urwa Tul Wusqa
W
Fauzia Wahab
Naveen Waqar
Maria Wasti
Tahira Wasti
Y
Nida Yasir
Alishba Yousuf
Syra Yousuf
Z
Yumna Zaidi
Zeba Ali
Famous TV Actors (Incomplete List)
Abid Ali
Shakeel
Qavi Khan
Talat Hussain
Moin Akhtar
shafi muhammad shah
Salim Nasir
Khayyam sarhadi
Rahat Kazmi
firdous jamal
Mehmood Aslam
Sohail Ahmad
Sohail Asghar
Waseem Abbas
Sajid Hassan
Shabbir Jan
Nouman Ijaz
Humayun saeed
Abid Ali
Shakeel
Qavi Khan
Talat Hussain
Moin Akhtar
shafi muhammad shah
Salim Nasir
Khayyam sarhadi
Rahat Kazmi
firdous jamal
Mehmood Aslam
Sohail Ahmad
Sohail Asghar
Waseem Abbas
Sajid Hassan
Shabbir Jan
Nouman Ijaz
Humayun saeed
Contd .
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T.V Drama Industry of Pakistan
Famous TV Actors (Incomplete List)
P.S: Pakistani Tv Drama Industry is huge itself. i tried my best to cover every Drama Artist in this Post.
T.V Drama Industry of Pakistan
Famous TV Actors (Incomplete List)
Shamoon abbasi
Adnan siddiqui
Aijaz aslam
Nabeel
Kamran jilani
Mohib Mirza
Fahad Mustafa
Faisal qureshi
Fawad Afzal Khan
Mikaal zulfiqar
Imran abbas
Shehroz
shahzad sheikh
Famous TV Actresses (Incomplete List)
Uzma Gilani
Rohi Bano
Khalida Riyasat
Samina Ahmad
Sahira Kazmi
Sakina Samo
Samina perzada
Bushra Ansari
Badar Khalil
Hina dilpazeer
Shehnaz Shiekh
Marina Khan
Rubina Ashraf
Saba Hameed
Atiqa Odho
Sania Saeed
Zeba bakhtiar
Mahnoor baloch
Maria Wasti
Sadia Imam
Nadia Khan
Javeria Abbasi
Ayesha Khan
Aamina Sheikh
Sanam Jung
Mahira Khan
Aayesha Omar
Mehwish Hayat
Zhalay sarhadi
Sajal ali
Soha Ali
Madiha iftikhar
Maya Ali
Mehreen raheel
Adnan siddiqui
Aijaz aslam
Nabeel
Kamran jilani
Mohib Mirza
Fahad Mustafa
Faisal qureshi
Fawad Afzal Khan
Mikaal zulfiqar
Imran abbas
Shehroz
shahzad sheikh
Famous TV Actresses (Incomplete List)
Uzma Gilani
Rohi Bano
Khalida Riyasat
Samina Ahmad
Sahira Kazmi
Sakina Samo
Samina perzada
Bushra Ansari
Badar Khalil
Hina dilpazeer
Shehnaz Shiekh
Marina Khan
Rubina Ashraf
Saba Hameed
Atiqa Odho
Sania Saeed
Zeba bakhtiar
Mahnoor baloch
Maria Wasti
Sadia Imam
Nadia Khan
Javeria Abbasi
Ayesha Khan
Aamina Sheikh
Sanam Jung
Mahira Khan
Aayesha Omar
Mehwish Hayat
Zhalay sarhadi
Sajal ali
Soha Ali
Madiha iftikhar
Maya Ali
Mehreen raheel
P.S: Pakistani Tv Drama Industry is huge itself. i tried my best to cover every Drama Artist in this Post.
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Jinnah International Airport,Karachi,Pakistan
Jinnah International Airport is Pakistan's largest international and domestic airport. Located in Karachi, it is named after Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan.
The airport provides secondary hub for the flag carrier, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Shaheen Air, and airblue as well as many other private airlines. The airport is equipped with aircraft engineering and overhauling facilities including the Ispahani Hangar for wide-body aircraft.
History
J. R. D. Tata, the father of civil aviation in the British Raj made India's maiden voyage from Juhu Aerodrome in Bombay to Drigh Road airstrip (Now Jinnah International Airport), Karachi, via Ahmedabad, on 15 October 1932 carrying mail in a Puss Moth aircraft.
During the 1940s there was a large black coloured hangar (also locally known as PAUL JHON C SALCEDO) at the site of Karachi Airport, constructed for the British R101 Airship. Only three hangars were ever built in the world to dock and hangar the R101 airships. However, the R101 airship never arrived in Karachi (then part of the British Raj) as it crashed early in its journey in France. This hangar was so huge that aircraft often used it as a visual marker while attempting VFR landings at Karachi. Over the years, the hangar became known as the landmark of Karachi, until it was torn down by order of then-President Ayub Khan in the 1960s.
During World War II, Karachi Airport was a major transhipment base for United States Army Air Forces units and equipment being used by Tenth Air Force in eastern India and Burma, as well as for Fourteenth Air Force in China. Several operational bomber and fighter units flew into Karachi for short organisational periods prior to their deployment. Air Technical Service Command had extensive facilities where aircraft were received, assembled and tested prior to being flown to their combat units at forward airfields. It also functioned as a major maintenance and supply depot for both air forces. In addition, Air Transport Command flew numerous cargo and passenger flights to the Middle East and to points within India and China.
The airport facilities were further expanded in the 1980s to Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 respectively. The present day infrastructure of Jinnah International Complex is a result of an expansion programme carried out in 1994. Today, the new Jinnah Terminal handles both domestic and international flights, whereas Terminal 2 is now dedicated to Hajj operations. Terminal 1 (the original airport) is now the HQ of Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority, and Terminal 3 is dedicated to commercial offices.
Karachi was once a much busier airport. Between the 1960s and 1980s it was an online station of several major airlines of the world including Air India, British Airways, Interflug, TAROM, Alitalia, JAT Yugoslavia Airlines, Aeroflot, Philippine Airlines, Nigeria Airways, Ethiopian Airlines, EgyptAir, East African Airways, Kenya Airways, Air France, Qantas, Pan Am, Royal Jordanian, Libyan Arab Airlines, Japan Airlines, Syrian Arab Airlines, Middle East Airlines, Lufthansa, Swissair, and SAS. Other former airlines were Azerbaijan Airlines, Garuda Indonesia, Kazakhstan Airlines, KLM (now operating via codeshares with Etihad and Gulf Air), Kuwait Airways, Kyrgyzstan Airlines, Libyan Arab Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Transportes Aéreos da Índia Portuguesa, and Uzbekistan Airways.
Structure
Jinnah International Airport has a capacity of handling 12 million passengers annually. In fiscal year 2008–2009, over 5,725,052 passengers used Jinnah International Airport. 50,095 aircraft movements were registered.
Jinnah International Airport in Karachi has always been the largest aviation facility in Pakistan. It is the primary hub of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). All other Pakistani airlines also use Jinnah International Airport as their main hub. These include airblue and Shaheen Air International, as well as several charter carriers.
The building is linked via connecting corridors to two satellites, each having a provision of eight passenger-loading bridges. The eastern satellite is devoted exclusively to handling international operations. The western satellite is used for domestic operations, as well as some international operations. This is achieved through a flexible arrangement of gates. The two satellites supplement the departure lounges of the terminal building and also provide shopping facilities, mobile recharging points, and snack counters.
The Jinnah Terminal was completed in 1992 at a cost of US $100 million – at the time the most expensive civil construction project in Pakistan. NESPAK (National Engineering Services Pakistan) and Airconsult (Frankfurt, Germany) were responsible for the architecture and planning of the terminal. Sogea Construction, a French company, was the contractor. Mukhtar Husain and Abdul Malik (NESPAK) were the Chief Engineers for the new terminal.
In Karachi, the CIP Lounge can be used by all first and business class passengers on all outbound flights. Barclays, UBL, and airblue have also introduced their dedicated lounges in the international terminal of the airport.
There are a number of bank kiosks and ATMs that passengers can use at the airport. The airport is also where the majority of PIA's maintenance network is located, although some of its maintenance work also takes place at Benazir Bhutto International Airport, Rawalpindi. There are several hangars at the airport; the largest being the Ispahani Hangar (named after Mirza Ahmad Ispahani, the first chairman of PIA) that can accommodate two Boeing 747s and one narrow body airliner (e.g. Boeing 737) at one time. On 15 February 2006, the first major overhaul of a Boeing 777-200ER aircraft (known as "C" check) was done at Ispahani Hangar. Most of the PIA aircraft are checked and regulated at the aircraft hangars in Karachi. The PIA maintenance also check other airline aircraft in Karachi such as Philippine Airlines, Turkish Airlines, and Air Universal.
The head office of the Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan is located in Terminal 1.Pakistan International Airlines has its head office on the grounds of the airport (PIA Building), as well as its central mainframe (CRC Building) which also houses its frequent flyer programme, Awards +, as well as hosting SITA Bagtrak, the shared International Air Transport Association global lost luggage tracking computer network. PIA Engineering HQ, Cargo Village, and Flight Kitchen are also located here. Terminals 1 and Jinnah West also have round-the-clock PIA booking offices and ticketing auto-kiosks. PIA Building also has a ticketing facility, but only for PIA staff, their dependents, and authorised third-party contractors.Shaheen Air also has its head office on the airport property.
Runways and parking
The airport has two runways measuring 3,200m and 3,400m in length respectively. Runways, 25R/07L and 25L/07R each have a width of 46 m (250 ft). The runways have capacity to handle 15 flights per hour and it accommodate simultaneous landing and take off. Runway 07L/25R is equipped with ILS to guide landing aircraft safely under very poor weather conditions and also allowing planes to land in low visibility conditions, such as fog. The taxiway is able to handle 12 aircraft at any one moment while the parking area measures 266,000 sq metres and is able to accommodate 42 aircraft, 12 of which through air bridges linking them directly with the terminal building. In addition to this, there are remote parking bays for 30 aircraft.
Ispahani Hangar
The Ispahani Hangar is PIA's wide-body aircraft maintenance hangar at Jinnah International Airport. It has been named in honour of Mr. Mirza Ahmad Ispahani. Mirza Ahmad Ispahani was the first and longest serving chairman of Pakistan International Airlines from its inception in 1954 until 1962. The new jet hangar for wide body and narrow body aircraft with a supporting airframe overhaul shop was completed and commissioned in 1968.
Most of the PIA aircraft are checked and regulated at the aircraft hangars in Karachi. The PIA maintenance also check other airline aircraft in Karachi such as Philippine Airlines, Yemenia, and Turkish Airlines.
Jinnah International Airport,Karachi.
Jinnah International Airport is Pakistan's largest international and domestic airport. Located in Karachi, it is named after Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan.
The airport provides secondary hub for the flag carrier, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Shaheen Air, and airblue as well as many other private airlines. The airport is equipped with aircraft engineering and overhauling facilities including the Ispahani Hangar for wide-body aircraft.
History
J. R. D. Tata, the father of civil aviation in the British Raj made India's maiden voyage from Juhu Aerodrome in Bombay to Drigh Road airstrip (Now Jinnah International Airport), Karachi, via Ahmedabad, on 15 October 1932 carrying mail in a Puss Moth aircraft.
During the 1940s there was a large black coloured hangar (also locally known as PAUL JHON C SALCEDO) at the site of Karachi Airport, constructed for the British R101 Airship. Only three hangars were ever built in the world to dock and hangar the R101 airships. However, the R101 airship never arrived in Karachi (then part of the British Raj) as it crashed early in its journey in France. This hangar was so huge that aircraft often used it as a visual marker while attempting VFR landings at Karachi. Over the years, the hangar became known as the landmark of Karachi, until it was torn down by order of then-President Ayub Khan in the 1960s.
During World War II, Karachi Airport was a major transhipment base for United States Army Air Forces units and equipment being used by Tenth Air Force in eastern India and Burma, as well as for Fourteenth Air Force in China. Several operational bomber and fighter units flew into Karachi for short organisational periods prior to their deployment. Air Technical Service Command had extensive facilities where aircraft were received, assembled and tested prior to being flown to their combat units at forward airfields. It also functioned as a major maintenance and supply depot for both air forces. In addition, Air Transport Command flew numerous cargo and passenger flights to the Middle East and to points within India and China.
The airport facilities were further expanded in the 1980s to Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 respectively. The present day infrastructure of Jinnah International Complex is a result of an expansion programme carried out in 1994. Today, the new Jinnah Terminal handles both domestic and international flights, whereas Terminal 2 is now dedicated to Hajj operations. Terminal 1 (the original airport) is now the HQ of Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority, and Terminal 3 is dedicated to commercial offices.
Karachi was once a much busier airport. Between the 1960s and 1980s it was an online station of several major airlines of the world including Air India, British Airways, Interflug, TAROM, Alitalia, JAT Yugoslavia Airlines, Aeroflot, Philippine Airlines, Nigeria Airways, Ethiopian Airlines, EgyptAir, East African Airways, Kenya Airways, Air France, Qantas, Pan Am, Royal Jordanian, Libyan Arab Airlines, Japan Airlines, Syrian Arab Airlines, Middle East Airlines, Lufthansa, Swissair, and SAS. Other former airlines were Azerbaijan Airlines, Garuda Indonesia, Kazakhstan Airlines, KLM (now operating via codeshares with Etihad and Gulf Air), Kuwait Airways, Kyrgyzstan Airlines, Libyan Arab Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Transportes Aéreos da Índia Portuguesa, and Uzbekistan Airways.
Structure
Jinnah International Airport has a capacity of handling 12 million passengers annually. In fiscal year 2008–2009, over 5,725,052 passengers used Jinnah International Airport. 50,095 aircraft movements were registered.
Jinnah International Airport in Karachi has always been the largest aviation facility in Pakistan. It is the primary hub of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). All other Pakistani airlines also use Jinnah International Airport as their main hub. These include airblue and Shaheen Air International, as well as several charter carriers.
The building is linked via connecting corridors to two satellites, each having a provision of eight passenger-loading bridges. The eastern satellite is devoted exclusively to handling international operations. The western satellite is used for domestic operations, as well as some international operations. This is achieved through a flexible arrangement of gates. The two satellites supplement the departure lounges of the terminal building and also provide shopping facilities, mobile recharging points, and snack counters.
The Jinnah Terminal was completed in 1992 at a cost of US $100 million – at the time the most expensive civil construction project in Pakistan. NESPAK (National Engineering Services Pakistan) and Airconsult (Frankfurt, Germany) were responsible for the architecture and planning of the terminal. Sogea Construction, a French company, was the contractor. Mukhtar Husain and Abdul Malik (NESPAK) were the Chief Engineers for the new terminal.
In Karachi, the CIP Lounge can be used by all first and business class passengers on all outbound flights. Barclays, UBL, and airblue have also introduced their dedicated lounges in the international terminal of the airport.
There are a number of bank kiosks and ATMs that passengers can use at the airport. The airport is also where the majority of PIA's maintenance network is located, although some of its maintenance work also takes place at Benazir Bhutto International Airport, Rawalpindi. There are several hangars at the airport; the largest being the Ispahani Hangar (named after Mirza Ahmad Ispahani, the first chairman of PIA) that can accommodate two Boeing 747s and one narrow body airliner (e.g. Boeing 737) at one time. On 15 February 2006, the first major overhaul of a Boeing 777-200ER aircraft (known as "C" check) was done at Ispahani Hangar. Most of the PIA aircraft are checked and regulated at the aircraft hangars in Karachi. The PIA maintenance also check other airline aircraft in Karachi such as Philippine Airlines, Turkish Airlines, and Air Universal.
The head office of the Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan is located in Terminal 1.Pakistan International Airlines has its head office on the grounds of the airport (PIA Building), as well as its central mainframe (CRC Building) which also houses its frequent flyer programme, Awards +, as well as hosting SITA Bagtrak, the shared International Air Transport Association global lost luggage tracking computer network. PIA Engineering HQ, Cargo Village, and Flight Kitchen are also located here. Terminals 1 and Jinnah West also have round-the-clock PIA booking offices and ticketing auto-kiosks. PIA Building also has a ticketing facility, but only for PIA staff, their dependents, and authorised third-party contractors.Shaheen Air also has its head office on the airport property.
Runways and parking
The airport has two runways measuring 3,200m and 3,400m in length respectively. Runways, 25R/07L and 25L/07R each have a width of 46 m (250 ft). The runways have capacity to handle 15 flights per hour and it accommodate simultaneous landing and take off. Runway 07L/25R is equipped with ILS to guide landing aircraft safely under very poor weather conditions and also allowing planes to land in low visibility conditions, such as fog. The taxiway is able to handle 12 aircraft at any one moment while the parking area measures 266,000 sq metres and is able to accommodate 42 aircraft, 12 of which through air bridges linking them directly with the terminal building. In addition to this, there are remote parking bays for 30 aircraft.
Ispahani Hangar
The Ispahani Hangar is PIA's wide-body aircraft maintenance hangar at Jinnah International Airport. It has been named in honour of Mr. Mirza Ahmad Ispahani. Mirza Ahmad Ispahani was the first and longest serving chairman of Pakistan International Airlines from its inception in 1954 until 1962. The new jet hangar for wide body and narrow body aircraft with a supporting airframe overhaul shop was completed and commissioned in 1968.
Most of the PIA aircraft are checked and regulated at the aircraft hangars in Karachi. The PIA maintenance also check other airline aircraft in Karachi such as Philippine Airlines, Yemenia, and Turkish Airlines.
Jinnah International Airport,Karachi.
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Mohammad Ali (actor)
Mohammad Ali (April 19, 1931 March 19, 2006) was a Pakistani actor. He was known as Shahenshah-e-Jazbaat , meaning The Emperor of Emotions. A highly versatile actor, he performed in historical, biographical and patriotic roles; in costume and art movies. He has starred in over 250 movies playing both heroes and villains. He was included among 25 greatest actors of Asia (all time) by CNN survey (On 4 March 2010).
Early life
Mohammad Ali was born in Rampur, British India on April 19, 1931. He was the son of Maulana Syed Murshid Ali, who was an Islamic scholar. Born into a religious family, he was the youngest of two brothers and two sisters. After his birth the family migrated from Rampur to Rohtak, and from there to Hyderabad and then finnaly settled in Multan shortly after the independence of Pakistan.
He attended Millat High School. In 1954 he moved back to Hyderabad to pursued higher studies and passed B.A. from City College, Hyderabad.
Career
Start of career from Radio Pakistan
Muhammad Ali joined Radio Pakistan Hyderabad station as a broadcaster in 1956, where his elder brother Irshad was already working as a drama artist. After some time working there, he moved to Bhawalpur station and from there finally moved to Radio Pakistan, Karachi.
Film career
Chiragh Jalta Raha was premiered by Fatima Jinnah on March 9, 1962 at Nishat Cinema, Karachi. He then appeared as a villain in director Munawwar Rasheed's film Bahadur, director Iqbal Yusuf's film Daal Mein Kala, and director Javed Hashmi's film Dil Ne Tujhay Maan Liya. His first film as a hero was Mr. X but Movie Shararat was released before (in 1963). Later, he moved to Lahore and worked in the movie Khandan (1964). He made a breakthrough from Khamosh Raho (1964). In 1989, he had an extended cameo in the Hindi film Clerk.
Mohammad Ali's first colour movie was Jan Pehchan in 1967. His debut guest appearance movie was Baji in 1963 and his first double role movie was Khandan in 1964. His debut character role movie Ghaddar in 1965. Mohammad Ali's first Silver Jubilee movie was Charagh Jalta Raha 1962. His first Golden Jubilee movie was Kaneez in 1965. His first Platinum Jubilee movie was Dil Aur Duniyan (1971) and his first Diamond Jubilee movie was Bobi (1984).
Ali's debut foreign released movie was Mr. X (1963), which was dubbed in Farsi and released in Iran. The Pakistani movie Tiger Gang (1974) starring Mohammad Ali was co-produced by Germany. Mohammad Ali's debut foreign shot movie Mere Humsafar was shot in London (1972). Mohammad Ali's debut Punjabi movie was Sher (1964).
Ali's movie Insan aur Aadmi was screened when General Zia ul Haq visited China.
Makers of the movie Shirin Farhad voted for the role of Farhad. Ali got 30 votes, Waheed Murad 16, Shahid 14, Habeeb 14, Nadeem 13.
Mohammad Ali was seen in Pakistan's debut scientific movie named Shaani, which was released in (1989). It was his last successful movie.
Mohammad Ali was a solo hero in 94 films. His first solo hero movie was Shararat and his last movie as a solo hero was Aaj Ki Raat (1983). His last leading actor movie was Mohabbat ho to aisi (1989) and his last movie of his career was titled Dum Mast Qalander (1995). Mohammad Ali worked with 111 directors in his career .
Ali had a record of 13 back-to-back hits and super hit movies in 197475. His own favorite movies were: Khamosh raho, Aag ka Dariya, Insaan aur Aadmi, Wehshi and Haider Ali.
Ali produced two films, Aag (1967) and Jaise jantey nahin (1969) as Ali-Zeb Productions. He co-produced two films, Aadil (1966) and Hatim Tai (1967).
Ali was most often voiced by Mehdi Hassan. Hassan sang 115 songs for Ali in his 88 movies. Ahmed Rushdi sang 88 songs in 57 movies of Ali. Masood Rana sang 34 songs for Ali in his 23 films. Others who provided his voice were Akhlaq Ahmed, Ghulam Abbas, Rajab Ali and Mujeeb Aalam.
Mohammad Ali and his wife Zeba (Ali-Zeb) worked in 70 movies together. In 59 movies, Zeba played the heroine to her husband. His fans created a fan club known as The Sweet and Great Mohammad Ali Federation at Ghotki Sindh in 1967 and the chairman was Mohammad Akram. Despite his retirement from movies, the federation published a book named Millennium Star Mohammad Ali about his 34 years in the Pakistani film industry.
Mohammad Ali had a total of 268 films (251 Urdu, 15 Punjabi, 08 Pushto, 02 Double version, 01 Hindi and 01 Bengali). He had 28 films as guest appearances and a documentary film Named Allah o Akber. Ali had 128 Silver Jubilee movies, 54 Golden Jubilee movies, 8 Platinum Jubilee movies and 1 Diamond Jubilee opening. He made 91 black and white movies and 177 movies in color.
Marriage
Ali met Zeba first time in 1962 during the filming of their debut film "Chirag jalta rahe". The couple got married four years later during the filming of Tum mile pyar mila on September 29, 1966 and remain married until Ali's death in 2006.
They did not have any children together. However, Mohammad Ali legally adopted Samina, Zeba's daughter from her previous marriage, giving her the name Samina Ali.
Political and social Political activism
Mohammad Ali and his wife Zeba both had close relations with different political regimes in the country. In Nawaz Sharif's government, he also served as Cultural Minister and introduced new policies to improve the condition of Paksitani film Industry.
Ali-Zeb Foundation
Muhammad Ali along with his Zeba founded Ali-Zeb Foundation in 1990s to help the cancer patients. The founadtion made hospitals in Sargodha, Sahiwal, Mianwali and Faisalabad. He also continued patronage to the Fatmid Foundation and contributed in several hospitals, besides numerous other NGOs.
Awards
Asian Academy Award
He received the first foreign award Al-Nasr Award in Dubai 1984.
He was also awarded the Naushad Award of India.
He won 10 Nigar awards in in his film career starting from 1964 to 1984.
Nigar awards for best supporting actor in 1964 Khamosh Raho
Nigar awards for best actor awards in 1965 for Kaneez
Nigar awards for best actor awards in 1966 for Aag ka darya
Nigar awards for best actor awards in 1968 for Saiqa
Nigar awards for best actor awards in 1971 for Wehshi
Nigar awards for best actor awards in 1973 for Aas
Nigar awards for best actor awards in 1974 for Aaina Aur Soorat
Nigar awards for best actor awards in 1975 for Insaan Aur Aadmi
Nigar awards for best actor awards in 1978 for Haidar Ali
Special award from Nigar awards in 1984 for Doorian and Bobby
He was the only actor who win six Best Actor Nigar Awards in the first decade of his career.
In 1984, he become the first film actor to receive Pride of Performance which is the third highest civilian award in Pakistan from former president Zia ul Haq in recognition of his lifelong services to the entertainment industry of Pakistan. Later,he was also honored with Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, the second highest civilian award in Pakistan and the only film actor who received it.
He got many honours and special awards like the Millennium Legend Star Graduate Award in 2000, Ilyas Rasheedi Gold medal 1998, Nigar Lifetime Achievement Award 1998, Nigar Millennium Award 2000, Lifetime Excellency Award 1997, Pakistan Best Personality Award 1997. He received Bolan Awards, Screen Light Awards, National Academy Awards, Critics Award, Cultural Award from Punjab University.
Famous Movies (Incomplete List)
Insan Aur Aadmi
Bobby
Aag Ka Samandar
Kaneez
Muhammad Ali with Wife Zeba
Mohammad Ali (April 19, 1931 March 19, 2006) was a Pakistani actor. He was known as Shahenshah-e-Jazbaat , meaning The Emperor of Emotions. A highly versatile actor, he performed in historical, biographical and patriotic roles; in costume and art movies. He has starred in over 250 movies playing both heroes and villains. He was included among 25 greatest actors of Asia (all time) by CNN survey (On 4 March 2010).
Early life
Mohammad Ali was born in Rampur, British India on April 19, 1931. He was the son of Maulana Syed Murshid Ali, who was an Islamic scholar. Born into a religious family, he was the youngest of two brothers and two sisters. After his birth the family migrated from Rampur to Rohtak, and from there to Hyderabad and then finnaly settled in Multan shortly after the independence of Pakistan.
He attended Millat High School. In 1954 he moved back to Hyderabad to pursued higher studies and passed B.A. from City College, Hyderabad.
Career
Start of career from Radio Pakistan
Muhammad Ali joined Radio Pakistan Hyderabad station as a broadcaster in 1956, where his elder brother Irshad was already working as a drama artist. After some time working there, he moved to Bhawalpur station and from there finally moved to Radio Pakistan, Karachi.
Film career
Chiragh Jalta Raha was premiered by Fatima Jinnah on March 9, 1962 at Nishat Cinema, Karachi. He then appeared as a villain in director Munawwar Rasheed's film Bahadur, director Iqbal Yusuf's film Daal Mein Kala, and director Javed Hashmi's film Dil Ne Tujhay Maan Liya. His first film as a hero was Mr. X but Movie Shararat was released before (in 1963). Later, he moved to Lahore and worked in the movie Khandan (1964). He made a breakthrough from Khamosh Raho (1964). In 1989, he had an extended cameo in the Hindi film Clerk.
Mohammad Ali's first colour movie was Jan Pehchan in 1967. His debut guest appearance movie was Baji in 1963 and his first double role movie was Khandan in 1964. His debut character role movie Ghaddar in 1965. Mohammad Ali's first Silver Jubilee movie was Charagh Jalta Raha 1962. His first Golden Jubilee movie was Kaneez in 1965. His first Platinum Jubilee movie was Dil Aur Duniyan (1971) and his first Diamond Jubilee movie was Bobi (1984).
Ali's debut foreign released movie was Mr. X (1963), which was dubbed in Farsi and released in Iran. The Pakistani movie Tiger Gang (1974) starring Mohammad Ali was co-produced by Germany. Mohammad Ali's debut foreign shot movie Mere Humsafar was shot in London (1972). Mohammad Ali's debut Punjabi movie was Sher (1964).
Ali's movie Insan aur Aadmi was screened when General Zia ul Haq visited China.
Makers of the movie Shirin Farhad voted for the role of Farhad. Ali got 30 votes, Waheed Murad 16, Shahid 14, Habeeb 14, Nadeem 13.
Mohammad Ali was seen in Pakistan's debut scientific movie named Shaani, which was released in (1989). It was his last successful movie.
Mohammad Ali was a solo hero in 94 films. His first solo hero movie was Shararat and his last movie as a solo hero was Aaj Ki Raat (1983). His last leading actor movie was Mohabbat ho to aisi (1989) and his last movie of his career was titled Dum Mast Qalander (1995). Mohammad Ali worked with 111 directors in his career .
Ali had a record of 13 back-to-back hits and super hit movies in 197475. His own favorite movies were: Khamosh raho, Aag ka Dariya, Insaan aur Aadmi, Wehshi and Haider Ali.
Ali produced two films, Aag (1967) and Jaise jantey nahin (1969) as Ali-Zeb Productions. He co-produced two films, Aadil (1966) and Hatim Tai (1967).
Ali was most often voiced by Mehdi Hassan. Hassan sang 115 songs for Ali in his 88 movies. Ahmed Rushdi sang 88 songs in 57 movies of Ali. Masood Rana sang 34 songs for Ali in his 23 films. Others who provided his voice were Akhlaq Ahmed, Ghulam Abbas, Rajab Ali and Mujeeb Aalam.
Mohammad Ali and his wife Zeba (Ali-Zeb) worked in 70 movies together. In 59 movies, Zeba played the heroine to her husband. His fans created a fan club known as The Sweet and Great Mohammad Ali Federation at Ghotki Sindh in 1967 and the chairman was Mohammad Akram. Despite his retirement from movies, the federation published a book named Millennium Star Mohammad Ali about his 34 years in the Pakistani film industry.
Mohammad Ali had a total of 268 films (251 Urdu, 15 Punjabi, 08 Pushto, 02 Double version, 01 Hindi and 01 Bengali). He had 28 films as guest appearances and a documentary film Named Allah o Akber. Ali had 128 Silver Jubilee movies, 54 Golden Jubilee movies, 8 Platinum Jubilee movies and 1 Diamond Jubilee opening. He made 91 black and white movies and 177 movies in color.
Marriage
Ali met Zeba first time in 1962 during the filming of their debut film "Chirag jalta rahe". The couple got married four years later during the filming of Tum mile pyar mila on September 29, 1966 and remain married until Ali's death in 2006.
They did not have any children together. However, Mohammad Ali legally adopted Samina, Zeba's daughter from her previous marriage, giving her the name Samina Ali.
Political and social Political activism
Mohammad Ali and his wife Zeba both had close relations with different political regimes in the country. In Nawaz Sharif's government, he also served as Cultural Minister and introduced new policies to improve the condition of Paksitani film Industry.
Ali-Zeb Foundation
Muhammad Ali along with his Zeba founded Ali-Zeb Foundation in 1990s to help the cancer patients. The founadtion made hospitals in Sargodha, Sahiwal, Mianwali and Faisalabad. He also continued patronage to the Fatmid Foundation and contributed in several hospitals, besides numerous other NGOs.
Awards
Asian Academy Award
He received the first foreign award Al-Nasr Award in Dubai 1984.
He was also awarded the Naushad Award of India.
He won 10 Nigar awards in in his film career starting from 1964 to 1984.
Nigar awards for best supporting actor in 1964 Khamosh Raho
Nigar awards for best actor awards in 1965 for Kaneez
Nigar awards for best actor awards in 1966 for Aag ka darya
Nigar awards for best actor awards in 1968 for Saiqa
Nigar awards for best actor awards in 1971 for Wehshi
Nigar awards for best actor awards in 1973 for Aas
Nigar awards for best actor awards in 1974 for Aaina Aur Soorat
Nigar awards for best actor awards in 1975 for Insaan Aur Aadmi
Nigar awards for best actor awards in 1978 for Haidar Ali
Special award from Nigar awards in 1984 for Doorian and Bobby
He was the only actor who win six Best Actor Nigar Awards in the first decade of his career.
In 1984, he become the first film actor to receive Pride of Performance which is the third highest civilian award in Pakistan from former president Zia ul Haq in recognition of his lifelong services to the entertainment industry of Pakistan. Later,he was also honored with Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, the second highest civilian award in Pakistan and the only film actor who received it.
He got many honours and special awards like the Millennium Legend Star Graduate Award in 2000, Ilyas Rasheedi Gold medal 1998, Nigar Lifetime Achievement Award 1998, Nigar Millennium Award 2000, Lifetime Excellency Award 1997, Pakistan Best Personality Award 1997. He received Bolan Awards, Screen Light Awards, National Academy Awards, Critics Award, Cultural Award from Punjab University.
Famous Movies (Incomplete List)
Insan Aur Aadmi
Bobby
Aag Ka Samandar
Kaneez
Muhammad Ali with Wife Zeba
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