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Volume VIII, Issue-8,August 2018

August in History Smiles, sweets and flags celebrate country's 71st birthday

August 14, 1947: came ment functionaries and armed into existence. forces' officials took part. August 21, 1952: Pakistan and Schools and colleges also organised agree on the boundary pact functions for students, and a rally between East Bengal & West Bengal. was held in the capital to mark August 22, 1952: A 24 hour Independence Day. telegraph telephone service is established between East Pakistan Border security forces both on the and West Pakistan. Indian side at Wagah, and the August 16, 1952: Kashmir Afghan side at Torkham exchanged Martyrs' Day observed throughout sweets and greetings with each Pakistan. other as a gesture of goodwill. August 7, 1954: approves the National President Mamnoon Hussain and Smiles are everywhere and the official functions and ceremonies a Anthem, written by Abul Asar caretaker PM Nasirul Mulk issued atmosphere crackles with 31-gun salute in the capital and Hafeez Jullundhri and composed by separate messages addressing the excitement as Pakistanis across the 21-gun salutes in the provincial Ahmed G. Chagla. nation on August 14. country celebrate their nation's 71st capitals, as well as a major event in August 17, 1954: Pakistan defeats Courtesy: Dawn anniversary of independence. Islamabad in which top govern - England by 24 runs at Oval during its maiden tour of England. Major cities have been decked out August 1, 1960: Islamabad is in bright, colourful lights, creating declared the principal seat of the a cheery and festive atmosphere. Government of Pakistan. August 24, 1967: Pakistan's first The festivities officially kicked off steel mill is inaugurated at last night, with charged youngsters Chittagong. racing through streets on bikes, August 29, 1971: Rashid Minhas armed with various patriotic para - awarded Nishan-i-Haider, Pakistan's phernalia ranging from the ordinary highest gallantry award. flags and green and white clothing August 11, 1973: Chaudhry Fazal to the novel noisy vuvuzelas. Ilahi is elected as President. August 28, 1973: Return of The day dawned with the usual Pakistan POWs (prisoners of war) Accord signed in New . What’s inside: August 6, 1976: Z. A. Bhutto lays the foundation-stone of Port Qasim. F Pakistan gets place in Youth.... August 31, 1981: Pakistan Steel F JF-17 Thunder wins acclaim.... Mills starts functioning. August 14, 1991: Nawaz Sharif F Coke Studio brings Allama .... lays foundation-stone of Bab-i- F announces ...... Pakistan at Walton . August 14, 2000: President F Mountaineering: Scaling the... Musharraf introduces Local F sets world... Government Ordinance. Homage paid to Dr Ruth ...... August 14, 2001: New Local F Government system installed, after F Meet Pakistan's first and ...... holding of elections in three phases. Positive Post is published to project positivity all around Pakistan amongst our youth and the entire nation. Our efforts are to inculcate patriotism and a sense of ownership in them. It is a compilation of news extracted by the students of Mass Communications and Media Studies of Greenwich University. Girls clinch top three positions in Pakistan gets place in Youth Olympics matric exam

The Board of Secondary Education second with 85.64pc marks. Mo - The International Weightlifting ation (PWF) will select one of its Kara¬chi (BSEK) on Tuesday hammad Huzaifa Quraishi of Federation has allocated a univer - best weightlifter to forward his announced the results of the Dewa Academy was third with sality place to Pakistan in the Youth name to the POA. Meanwhile, Secondary School Certi¬ficate 83.29pc marks. (SSC) Part-II General Group for Olympic Games, Buenos Aires, POA president Lt Gen (r) Syed Some 23,923 candidates registered 2018, according to a press release is - Arif Hasan has hailed the efforts of regular, private and special (deaf and mute) students. themselves for the examinations in sued by the Pakistan Olympic As - the President of PWF for the pro - the General Group of whom sociation (POA) here on Thursday. motion of weightlifting in the Sabiha Zuha of Iqra Huffaz Girls 21,683 actually appeared with country. Secondary School, North 8,724 of them being boys and The Pakistan Weightlifting Feder - Courtesy:Daily Times Nazimabad, stood first with 89.64 15,199 girls. per cent marks. Pakistani drama serial gets an A total of 13,538 students passed Madiha of C.P. and Berar High with 4,099 of them being boys and International release School for Girls was second with 9,438 girls. The passing percentage 89.17pc marks while Laiba Ather was 62.44. of DMC Girls School was third with 88.70pc marks. Of the 126 deaf and mute students who were registered for the exami - ABSA School and College for the nations, all 126 passed with 101 Deaf bagged both the first and sec - bagging first division and 24 second ond positions for special students. division giving a 100pc result. Khizer Azfar was first with 86.11pc Courtesy: Dawn marks and Alisha Gul Qadri was JF-17 Thunder wins acclaim at Radom air show in Poland Amidst thundering applause by the The thundery performance by spectators, Pakistan Air Force’s JF- PAF’s display pilot, Wing Com - 17 Thunder exhibited its dazzling mander Zeeshan Baryar, included aerial display during the opening some extraordinary aerobatics like While drama serial Aisi Hai Tan - and . day of Radom International Air - the muscle climb, thunder turns, hai, featuring Sonya Hussyn, Sami show at Radom-Sakdu Airport, slow speed performance and in - Khan and Nadia Khan in key roles, Moreover, actor Sami Khan also Poland. verted flight. became quite successful after going took to his official Instagram page on air last year, the good news is to share the news and wrote, “Aisi Air Marshal Arshad Malik, Vice that recently the play has had its Hai Tanhai starting in KSA.”The Chief of the Air Staff, was also international release. play, written by Mohsin Ali and there to witness the aerial and static directed by Badar Mehmood, display of JF-17 Thunder, which has Based on issues like cyber bullying highlights how the life of a girl been co-developed by Pakistan and and slut-shaming in a conservative turns upside down when her China. society like ours, Aisi Hai Tanhai intimate photos are leaked online. has been redubbed in Arabic and is He interacted with the air and already on air on MBC Bollywood This is not the first time that a Painted in the colour scheme of ground crew of PAF and appreci - for Arab viewers around the world. Pakistani play is getting an inter - Pakistan’s national flag, the pride of ated their flawless performance in The TV channel is known for air - national release. MCB Bollywood the nation, JF-17 roared in the Pol - the show. He said that PAF’s par - ing Bollywood movies and Indian has earlier aired the Mahira and ish skies and left the spectators ticipation in the show would help soaps for the consumption of the Fawad Khan starrer Humsafar. spellbound with its breathtaking project the positive image of Pak - Arab Diaspora in , Ger - Courtesy: The News manoeuvres, said a PAF press re - istan in the world. many, Sweden, , UK lease issued here. Courtesy: Dawn 2 This art exhibition aims to promote Pakistan's natural beauty

A three-day group exhibition titled ple are important and that she has Beautiful Pakistan started on tried to depict social issues with her Monday at the Rawalpindi Arts paintings. Council (RAC). Artist Malika Mushahid said she The exhibition featured more than was inspired to paint landscapes 100 art pieces, mostly oil-on-canvas and that she likes working on site. of Pakistani landscape and 30 She said it was difficult to bring life artists have contributed their paint - to the canvas but she has tried. ings to the show. RAC Director Waqar Ahmed There were also portraits of people, lauded the artists for their work and showcasing their lives in deserts, said they help promote a soft image mountains and cities. The paintings of the country by raising awareness are simple but attractive due to their of its natural beauty. Another artist, Mohammad Nawaz ings, vehicles and other objects. interesting colour schemes. Khan said he used to paint in vari - Madiha Baig, a contributor to the He said the council has decided to ous locations in the twin cities to show, said the group exhibition had One of the artists, Mehmood Ali, hold events for celebrating capture the real essence of life in the provided artists with an opportu - had painted the mountains and Independence Day from Aug 10 to cities. nity to present the beauty of their plains of the country. He said August 14. country and junior artists had an Pakistan is blessed with natural He said he has painted the routine opportunity to learn from senior beauty and that the exhibition was The exhibition will continue till lives of people and that the love artists. started with an aim to showcase the August 9. Pakistanis have for art is evident in natural beauty of the desk. He has Courtesy: Dawn the artwork to be found on build - She said portraits of common peo - mostly used oil colours. Coke Studio brings Allama Iqbal's poetry to Saudi Arabia announces scholarships for life in their first episode students in Balochistan

Natasha Baig joins forces with Natasha Baig starts off the 13- and Abu Mohammad minute track, performing 'Shikwa' Saudi ambassador Nawaf bin Said Saudi government and the stu - Qawwal and brothers for a rendi - to a pop-rock riff and we can't Al-Malki during a meeting with dents will also be provided a tion of Shikwa/Jawab-e-Shikwa. deny that her vocals are powerful. Senate Chairman Muhammad monthly stipend, according to the Fareed Ayaz and Abu Mohammad Sadiq Sanjrani on Friday an - spokesperson. Coke Studio season 11 kicks off Qawwal then take over 'Jawab-e- nounced that 50 scholarships with Allama Iqbal's poetry. Shikwa' with their signature sponsored by the Saudi govern - At the conclusion of the 11th ses - Qawwal style giving the Coke Stu - ment would be granted to students sion of the Pakistan-Saudi Arabia The first episode of the show is out dio touch. The track was com - of Balochistan. Joint Ministerial Commission and it features Natasha Baig with posed by their father, the late (JMC) in January this year, it was Fareed Ayaz and Abu Mohammad Munshi Razi Uddin. According to the Senate agreed between the two countries Qawwal and brothers, performing spokesperson, the scholarships will to encourage cooperation in the 'Shikwa/Jawab-e-Shikwa'. With this track opening season 11 be granted to students wishing to fields of scientific research, ex - of Coke Studio and knowing the pursue undergraduate and gradu - change of scholarship and experi - According to Coke Studio, this roster ahead, we're excited to see ate studies. ences in health teaching and "unique rendition explores the what the rest of the season has in medical staff and exchange of stu - genre of rock and the signature store for us. All expenses incurred by the stu - dent visits. sound of in [a] one of a Courtesy: Dawn dents during the course of their Courtesy: Dawn kind track." education will be paid for by the

3 Mountaineering: Scaling The Savage Sanam Maher's 'The Sensational Life & Mountain Death of Qandeel Baloch' shortlisted for Shakti Bhatt prize Climbing K2 is somewhat akin to a fatal attraction that many moun - taineers cannot resist. The world’s second-highest peak, feared as the ‘Savage Mountain,’ was first conquered on July 31, 1954, by Italian mountaineers Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli with the help of their porter, Amir Mahdi, from Hunza.

Sixty years later, on June 14, 2014, history repeated itself with a little help from good fate. Eight high-al - titude porters from Gilgit- Baltistan, hoping to take their The book is shortlisted alongside Elephants), Deepak Unnikrishnan career to the next level, set off on five other titles for the Shakti Bhatt (Temporary People), Aanchal the first all-Pakistani expedition First Book Prize Malhotra (Remnants of a to the K2 summit this time as Separation) and Shreevatsa Nevatia Journalist Sanam Maher's The mountaineers. (How to Travel Light). wary of the perennial dangers of Sensational Life and Death of the sport and ensured that the Qandeel Baloch has been short - In the nomination announcement, The Italians have had an everlast - porters went through extensive listed for India's Shakti Bhatt First Maher's Qandeel Baloch is ing love for the K2. They have been training before taking on the noto - Book Prize 2018. described as "a testimony to the associated with the mountain and rious K2. Just last year, the Pakistan short, incandescent and courageous the Karakoram since 1909, sharing Army recovered the bodies of The First Book Prize was set up by life of this Pakistani social media an equal responsibility for its mountaineers who were swallowed the Shakti Bhatt Foundation in personality, murdered for the fam - conservation and facilitating by a snow storm during their climb 2008 to encourage authors from ily’s honour by her brother. mainstream climbing. Polenza first and the bodies of the three other the sub-continent. The prize is a Through the story of Qandeel’s life scaled the K2 from the north side climbers who were caught by an cash award of INR200,000 and a and death, Maher shows us what it in 1983 and has since been the avalanche have yet to be found. At trophy. means to be a woman who defies team leader of three successful a height of over 8,000 metres, it is convention in a patriarchal society." expeditions to the K2, reportedly foolish to leave anything to chance. She has been shortlisted alongside his ‘charmed’ mountain. Courtesy: Dawn five other authors, including Preti The prize winner will be an - Taneja (We That Are Young), nounced in November. Although lucky himself, Ploenza is Sujatha Gidla (Ants Among Courtesy: Dawn

41 paintings of maestros are being restored at Lahore Arts Council

The paintings include works by Mr Ali said the council had trained Ana Molka Ahmed, , 60 or so artists to treat the dam - Mian Ijaz-ul-Hassan and other ac - aged paintings which is a difficult claimed painters art. The master artists whose paintings were restored during the The Lahore Arts Council (LAC) workshop included Ustad Allah will achieve a milestone after com - Bux, , Shamza, S. Safdar, pleting the restoration of 41 dam - Zubaida Agha, Zakia Dil and aged paintings of maestros. . The restored paint - These works have been preserved ings were about 50 to 60 years old, at the Alhamra Art Museum at he added. Cultural Complex, Qaddafi Sta - dium, officials told Dawn. He said an exhibition of the re - stored paintings would be held in They said the process of restoring and Development and introduced who attended that workshop,” said near future and the seasoned and the paintings of the masters of yes - many restorers. LAC Director Art and Culture emerging artists would be invited. teryears officially started back in Zulfiqar Ali. The restorers would also brief the 2016 when the council held a “The 33 paintings which have audience on their respective proj - grand workshop under the title been restored now and eight which The paintings which are under ects and the technical process they ‘Saving the Dying Art’. The work - are still to be restored are not part restoration process are by Ana went through during the treatment shop was a collaborative effort be - of that project. These paintings are Molka Ahmed, Colin David, Mian of paintings. tween the Lahore Arts Council from the Punjab Council of Arts Ijaz-ul-Hassan and other ac - Courtesy: Dawn and the Danish Center for Culture and being restored by the restorers claimed painters. 4 Mohammad Irfan sets world record for most economical T20 spell

Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad PM Imran nominates Asad Ali Irfan has set the world record for Khan, Ehsan Mani as members of the most economical spell PCB BoG in T20 history while playing for the Barbados Tridents in the In reply, the visitors found it diffi - Caribbean Premier League (CPL). cult to tackle the bowling spell of Irfan during the early stages of Irfan picked up two Chris their innings but once the Pakistan Gayle and Evin Lewis and con - quick was finished with his spell ceded just one run from his four the team recovered nicely to chase overs against the St Kitts and down the target with seven balls Nevis Patriots in Bridgetown. and six wickets to spare. Brandon King scored 60 runs off 49 balls The first 23 deliveries of his spell with the help of four fours and five were all dot balls while the bats - sixes. man denied him a fourth consecu - tive maiden over by scoring a run Due to his record-breaking spell of off his 24th and final Morris notched up figures of 4-3- Patriots Chris Gayle won , Irfan was declared which helped the quick register 2-2 for the Cape Cobras in South the toss and asked the Jason player of the match. figures of 4-3-1-2. Africa’s Ram Slam in November Holder-led Tridents to bat first. 2014 while Chanaka Welegedara’s “I’m really happy. I would’ve been PSL audit report cites significant numbers were 4-2-2-4 for Tamil The home side managed 147 runs happier if the team won, but I am discrepancies in season 1, 2 Union in during April for the loss of six wickets in their happy that I bowled one of the 2015. allotted 20 overs. Holder was the best spells in T20 ,” said This record was previously shared top scorer with 54 runs off 35 balls Irfan after the match. “I liked by South Africa’s and Despite Irfan’s superb bowling while Shai Hope and Dwayne bowling on the lively , and I Sri Lanka’s Chanaka Welegedara spell, the Tridents were not able to Smith scored 26 and 20 runs re - get extra bounce because of my with an economy rate of 0.5 per get over the line and suffered their spectively. For the Patriots, Kiwi height, so yes, a satisfying perform - over while Irfan’s economy rate of second defeat in four matches of spinner Anton Devcich and Aussie ance.” 0.25 was better than the duo. this year’s CPL. pacer Ben Cutting picked up two Courtesy:The Express Tribune wickets each.

Transgender singers Lucky and Karateka Nargis fetches second bronze for steal the show in Coke Studio wedding track Pakistan in Asiad

Pakistan won their second medal in Karate Champ¬ion¬ships held in Sri the 18th Asian Games here on Sat - Lanka. urday as martial artist Nargis beat Titled Baalkada, the song also fea - tures Jimmy Khan: ’s Rita Karki 3-1 in the women’s She attributed her success to her tures Jimmy Khan And they even get to dedicate a bit +68kg kumite karate competition to father Hameedullah and her coaches of the song to the unrelenting spirit win a bronze medal. Ghulam Ali and Shah Mohammad The inclusion of transgender of the transgender community. Shan, both SAF Games gold medal - singers Lucky and Naghma in Nargis became the country’s first fe - lists in karate. Coke Studio was cause for a lot of While there has been some criti - male karate player to win a medal at Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) buzz when the Season 11 teaser cism that featuring Lucky and the Asiad. The 19-year-old, who hails president retired Lt Gen Arif Hasan came out. Naghma on a wedding track is a from Hazara town in Quetta, has and secretary Khalid Mahmood con - form of stereotyping, it's important been the national karate champion gratulated Nargis for her brilliant With the release of 'Baalkada', it's to note that the song is said to be for the past five years. clear that the hype was worth it. their "first appearance" on the show fighting qualities that fetched her the bronze. The duo owns the stage in this and there's more to come. In 2017, she won a gold, a silver and Courtesy: Dawn quirky wedding track that also fea - Courtesy: Dawn a bronze medal at the South Asian 5 Homage paid to Dr Ruth Pfau on her first death anniversary

Holding a lone red rose in one played during the remembrance hand and a little white candle in ceremony. There were clips of her the other, the patients, staff and treating patients and travelling to guests at the Marie Adelaide Lep - the remotest of places in Pakistan rosy Centre (MALC) observed the with her team to help people with first death anniversary of Dr Ruth leprosy while also training volun - Pfau on Friday. teers. The video showed her grow old from a young energetic doctor Earlier, the Society of the Daugh - but still engaged in selfless work. ters of the Heart of Mary also Then during the scenes of her fu - commemorated the occasion at the neral, the entire staff of the hospi - St Patrick’s Cathedral, where Car - tal stood up in respect. Some had dinal Joseph Coutts carried out the tears in their eyes. holy mass with the priests of the dioceses in her memory , a field officer who followed by a visit to the graveyard. was lucky enough to have worked with no other choice but to beg for centres that treated thousands of with her, said that he learned alms. But even if they had money, people and the hard work paid off Pfau was a German doctor and everything, big or small, from Dr vendors or shopkeepers refused to when the World Health Organisa - nun, who dedicated 57 years of her Pfau. “Every day as I work I re - sell them bread as they were seen tion declared leprosy under control life to eradicating leprosy from member something or the other as untouchables. The young doctor in Pakistan in 1996. She was also Pakistan. Born in Leipzig in 1929, that she had taught me. She really from decided to help granted Pakistani citizenship in she first came to Pakistan in 1960 cared for all her patients and we try them. She stayed back and grew 1988 and she received numerous as a missionary while serving her following in her footsteps,” he said. old in Pakistan, which she made accolades for her services, includ - order, the Society of the Daughters her home while always being avail - ing the Hilal-i-Imtiaz, of the Heart of Mary. Her devo - Atiq ur Rehman, a well-respected able to them. Not only did she Nishan-i-Quaid-i-Azam and tion to doing something in and for member of the business commu - treat them, she also gave them Hilal-i-Pakistan. Pakistan took her to become Pak - nity of Karachi and donor to back their dignity by visiting their istan’s leprosy fighter. Actually, her MALC, said that he used to watch families and raising awareness of Those who worked with her at real destination was India but she her work because it helped him the illness. She changed people’s MALC or its various centres re - got stuck in Karachi owing to a gather inspiration. “Here was this thinking and removed the stigma membered her kindness to pa - visa issue. doctor, herself so old and weak, regarding leprosy. tients, even those who reacted and yet she wouldn’t tire of helping violently during treatment due to That was when she came across others. She will always remain alive Joining MALC, she managed to pain. A video, ‘Tribute to Dr Ruth the poor lepers here. Disowned by in our hearts,” he said. set up a network of 157 medical Pfau, a life lived for others’, was their own families, they were left Courtesy: Dawn

Asian Games hockey: Pakistan decimate Kazakhstan 16-0

Pakistan hockey team beat Kaza - He added that the team needs to khstan 16-0 in their third Pool B stay composed to beat Malaysia. match of the ongoing Asian “Till now we are in full shape, Games in Jakarta. form and in coordination. If we keep playing like this, then we can Men in Green, who bagged 10-0 win the match against Malaysia. win each against Thailand and They are one of the top teams of in their first two matches, the competition, if we beat them made sure they decimated their then that will increase our chances opponents from the word go. to win the gold medal,” he said.

Mohammad Toseeq found the net Pakistan will next face Malaysia on four times, while Mahmood Abu August 26, before facing Bakar also scored a hat-trick for on August 28 to com - Pakistan. plete their Pool B matches.

Asian Games hockey: Pakistan One more win for the Men in thrash Thailand 10-0 in opener Muhammad Atiq also scored one be tough to face,” skipper Muham - Green will mean they qualify for goal each for Pakistan. mad Rizwan senior told The Ex - the semi-finals of the Asian Ali Rizwan, Shan Ali and press Tribune. Games hockey event, scheduled to Muhammad Umar Bhutta scored “We have won all three matches take place on August 30, with the a brace each to add to the score. and haven’t conceded any goal but Asian Games hockey: India de - final to be played on September 1. Malaysia is another team which is molish 26-0 in record Courtesy:The Express Tribune Ali Mubashar, Muhammad Dilber, on a winning streak and they will hockey win

6 A trip to Naltar Valley made me proud of Pakistan's natural beauty

An isolated haven of sheer beauty, As the jeep made its way to the first Naltar lies tucked away from the lake on our way, I tried to picture hustle bustle of Gilgit-Baltistan's the lakes I had seen in photographs town and cities. Nestled among before. But nothing prepared me for snow-topped peaks and towering my first sight of Satrangi Lake. I forests, the valley is home to what was left awestruck. are referred to as the tastiest pota - toes in the world. After all, it was hard to believe that a lake could reflect as many colours Every tourist's journey to Naltar as this one from having seen just a begins by leaving behind the couple of pictures. True to its name Karakoram Highway at Gilgit for which means seven coloured, the an adventurous two-hour jeep ride. most prominent colours were blue, The fact that cars can't be driven green and surprisingly, yellow, a from Gilgit to Naltar is testament colour I had never seen before in a to the bumpy and somewhat ardu - lake. The calm, peaceful water lay ous track. However, for those with still as the underwater plants par - the slightest clue of what beauty lies night, make for an exquisitely serene tance of 13km from Naltar Bala, it ticularly algae provided more colour in the valley, the journey is simply atmosphere. Further into the night, takes about an hour of travelling on from under the pristine water sur - part of the experience and is most aided by the lack of light pollution, unmetalled roads to reach them. All face. certainly worth taking. the Milky Way emerges from be - along the route, which is a dirt hind the mountains. The view leaves track, glacial streams can be seen Visiting Naltar was an exquisite ex - Reaching Naltar Bala, the center of you absolutely speechless. flowing across the verdant valley perience to say the least. The beauty the valley, one is absolutely spell- floor. Due to the ample vegetation, of the region must be experienced bound by the beauty of the area. During the winters, Naltar offers a these are ideal grazing grounds, at - in person to fully appreciate it. The What makes Naltar particularly wonderful experience of skiing on tracting Gujjar nomads who travel only obstacle remains the tough unique is also that its forest cover is its famous slopes that attract here with their cattle. road but that’s tolerable considering vaster than other areas of the coun - tourists by the droves. The ski resort the invaluable experience that try. The entire landscape is truly de - is run by the Pakistan Air Force, At two points in particular, the river awaits. Over the years, the place has lightful to the eyes. along with the recently installed ski and a large glacial stream cut across developed to a certain extent, hav - lifts that take skiers to the top of the the track and as a result, the local ing a couple of hotels to accommo - In the evening as the sunlight grad - slope. jeep drivers are required to utilise date tourists as compared to none ually disappears, the few residents their experience and skills in order in the recent past, providing an of the valley return to their homes The ski slope during the summers to navigate them. During the win - ideal opportunity to visit this re - after working the fields during the Naltar is home to three magnificent ters however, these lakes remain in - gion. Pakistan Zindabad! day. Stars begin to emerge, which lakes known collectively as the accessible as the route is blocked by Courtesy: Dawn combined with the silence of the Bashkiri Lakes. Located at a dis - up to 15 feet of snow. Meet Pakistan's first and only international female mixed martial arts practitioner "I wanted to beat the stereotypical enced Anita found it a bit tough to thinking that girls are not strong fight on the floor. Her opponent enough," says MMA fighter Anita exploited this, and got her in a rear Karim choke in the second round. Anita lost the fight... but had made it Five seconds into the fight, Anita abundantly clear that she was here Karim who had stepped on to the to stay. octagonal mat for the very first time after only one year of training The first ever female mixed martial confidently landed her left hand on arts (MMA) fighter of Pakistan, her opponent’s face, throwing the who started practicing taekwondo experienced Nyrene Crowley off at an early age in Hunza with her female companion to train with or challenges. balance. brothers, is not disheartened by the to compete against, so she trained defeat. She is determined to learn with her brother and other male Anita Karim is Pakistan’s first and The far more experienced Kiwi from her mistakes and get back to practitioners of martial arts under only international female practi - fighter was taken by surprise. She the ring stronger to walk off as the the supervision of the well-known tioner of mixed martial arts. Her spent the entire first round defend - winner one day. trainer, Ehtisham Karim. When rise has been as much about her ing herself against Anita’s powerful she arrived in Islamabad from determination to take on a male- strikes. It was in the final seconds MMA is still a growing sport in Hunza, she was given a choice be - oriented society as her dedication of the initial round that Crowley Pakistan and not so popular tween higher studies or a profes - to hard work and training. came back to her senses and threw among the female population of sional MMA career. She picked Courtesy: Dawn Anita on the floor. The inexperi - the country. Anita did not have a the latter, despite knowing the 7 Photos that prove Pakistani street food is the absolute best

Okay, enough with the fancy shmancy fine dining restaurants! We all know that some of the best food in Pakistan is its street food. From shawarma to paan, we have an amazing variety of goodies that you can get on the go!

Here's our top picks from the many 8. Have an epic brekkie with good 12. You can find street vendors fantastic photos of 'Street Foods' ol puri! selling this French Fries goodness submitted to us. made out of potatoes almost any - where. 4. How about a glass of creamy and delicious lassi to beat the heat?

9. Grab a Kulfi from those stands! 1. Shawarma is a little piece of Don't forget the coconut spinkles! heaven. 13. Treat yourself to a gola ganda in 5. Sometimes, all you really need is this heat! grilled corn on the cob

2. You love the paratha culture? Go 10. What is evening chai without for some pizza paratha for that desi them freshly fried patties goodness! 14. Have that doodh jalebi for pre- 6. Don't wanna ruin your health dessert. You earned it, you know goals? Then sugarcane juice is a you did! must!

11. Want something heavy duty? 15. Conclude your happy food 3. Take a break from your shopping Better have the anday wala bun spree with paan and grab some sweet and spicy dahi 7. Pakoray... we salute you kebab bhallay

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