Volume VIII, Issue-6, June 2018

June in History Samina Baig plans to lead first women’s team to scale Everest

GILGIT: Samina Baig, the noted June 3, 1947: British Government mountaineer, plans to lead a first decides to bifurcate British India, Pakistani women’s expedition team into two sovereign states – India to scale Everest, the world’s tallest and peak, this season. June 25, 1958: President Rule is Talking to Dawn here, she said proclaimed in East Pakistan. Gilgit-Baltistan women had natu - ral talent in sport, June 14, 1961: Government takes but they lacked facilities, besides over news agency, Associated Press local traditions were a hurdle. of Pakistan (APP). Born in Shamshal valley of upper June 1, 1962: Soviet Union awards Hunza, Ms Baig became the first Lenin Prize to Faiz Ahmed Faiz Pakistani woman and third for his literary contribution. Pakistani mountaineer to climb Everest in July 2013. She is the first June 7, 1962: SUPARCO launches Pakistani woman to have climbe - Pakistan's first weather rocket, dall the seven highest peaks in the Rehbar - I from Sonmiani. seven continents. About 200 girls and boys from Sindh, adding naturally GB people had June 8, 1962: National Assembly In July this year, Ms Baig was Punjab, Swat, AJK and Gilgit- talent in mountaineering as they elected and begins its first session. appointed as thenational goodwill Baltistan were trained, she added. are born on mountains. Ayub Khan takes oath of first ambassador bythe United Nations under new Development Programme. Under the programme, she said She agreed that GB girls could constitution. hiking, trekking and climbing com - prove their mettle in mountaineer - She said her main aim in moun - petitions were held. Unfortunately, ing, but they lacked basic training June 11, 1978: Altaf Hussain forms taineering field was to empower she said they could not carry on the and guidance, besides social taboos All Pakistan Muhajir Students women to participate in moun - programme due to financial prob - were hurdles to them participating Organization (APMSO). taineering and trekking sports. “For lems. She said they had established in the sport. this purpose I started training the world’s highest sport June 21, 1980: Government starts camps in in 2014, where arena‘Zarthgurben’ in Shimshal, “I also faced these challenges, but collecting Zakat. girls from all over Pakistan got Hunza, at an altitude of 4,100m my family supported me. My training in mountaineering,” she (13,451 ft). brother Mirza Ali is always with What’s inside: said, adding events werealsoorgan - me, he is my mentor and trainer,” ised by Pakistan Youth Outreach, She said basic infrastructure had she said. headed by her brother Mirza Ali, been constructed by themselves, F Pakistan hockey team leaves ...... who is also a mountaineer. adding football and cricket compe - In a male-dominated society, she F Kamila Shamsie has won ...... titions were held in summer while said the outdoor activities were not rock climbing, skiing, and off-road being encouraged in the region. F Shangla people praise Malala ..... Ms Baig said the purpose of the event was to promote outdoor bike trainings were conducted in Emirates to launch Airbus ...... F sports, encourage women participa - summer. Ms Baig said girls should take on F 5 Pakistani films screen ...... tion in challenging adventure these challenges and try to do “We started these activities in an what they wanted. She vowed to F Eid spending crosses the ...... sports and promote tourism, espe - cially winter and adventure tourism attempt to empower women and ensure women participation in F First visually impaired civil ...... in Pakistan. sustain tourism in GB without mountaineering. F Nabila confirmed as official ...... government support,” she said, Courtesy: Dawn

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. Pakistan hockey team leaves for Shandur polo festival to begin on July 7 Champions Trophy

Pakistan hockey team is set to fly Netherlands, Olympic champions After two years, the annual Shan - The poor condition of roads lead - to Amsterdam from Quaid-i- Arge¬ntina, world champions dur polo festival will be held on its ing to the venue at Shandur lo - Azam international airport in the Australia, Olympic silver medallist old schedule from July 7, an offi - cated in Chitral is the major wee hours of Sunday to compete Belgium and Asian champions cial of the Tourism Corporation obstacle for tourists in reaching in the 37th Champions Trophy, India. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa confirmed the area. Despite repeated an - being held at Breda, the Nether - Team: here on Saturday. nouncements and the federal gov - lands from June 23 to July 1. ernment’s decision to include Imran Butt, Mazhar Abbas, “The festival will be organised Gilgit-Shandur-Chitral Road in The team is led by Rizwan Sr Amjad Ali (goal-keepers), Irfan Sr, from July 7 to 9, as for a couple of the China-Pakistan Economic while Ammad Shakeel Butt will Mubbashir Ali, Aleem Bilal, years the annual three-day event Corridor, work on the road is yet be his deputy. Ammad Shakeel Butt (vice-cap - could not be held from July 7 as to be started. tain), Touseeq Arshad, Rashid Ali, due to floods and Ramazan it had The Pakistan Hockey Federation Tasawwar Abbas, Rizwan Jr, Abu been organised from July 29 for Shandur top also acts as a bridge (PHF) is sending the greenshirts Bakar Mahmood, Irfan Jr, Arsalan two years,” said the official. between the two opponent teams three weeks ahead of the competi - Qadir, Umer Bhuttta, Rizwan Sr of polo Chitral and Gilgit- tion to help them acclimatise be - (captain), Shafqat Rasool, Ali The TCKP, he said, had started a Baltistan. sides playing five practice matches. Shan, Azfar Yaqoob, Aijaz, Rana process to put in place the The PHF has picked 22 players Suhail and Dilber. arrangements and float advertise - The Shandur annual festival for the trip to en¬a¬ble the team ments to attract tourists from brings a great sense of content - management to raise a winning Officials: Hasan Sardar (manager), across the world. In that regard, ment among the people of these combination for the upcoming Roelant Oltmans (head coach), officials from the Gilgit-Baltistan districts. The festival is often em - Asian Games. Rehan Butt, M. Saqlain (coaches), government are likely to be invited bellished with cultural orienta - Daniel Berry (physical trainer). to Peshawar to make the arrange - tions of both the teams that Pakistan is among six teams who Published in Dawn, June 3rd, ments in order to facilitate the include their cultural dances, will feature in the Champions 2018 spectators. paragliding and folk music. Trophy the other five being hosts Courtesy: Dawn Courtesy: Dawn

Kamila Shamsie has won the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018 for her seventh novel Home Fire, reports The Guardian. Home Fire is a contemporary re- The Women's Prize for Fiction is imagining of the Greek tragedy awarded annually to what judges Antigone that follows three or - consider the best novel of the year phaned siblings, elder sister Isma written in English by a female au - and twins Aneeka and Parvaiz, as thor, according to the BBC. Previ - the latter leaves them to work for ous winners of the prize include Isis. When the son of the British- Zadie Smith, Ali SMITH and Muslim home secretary enters their Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The lives, Aneeka hopes to use him to winning author receives £30,000 in save her missing brother. prize money and a Bessie - a lim - ited edition bronze figurine. When announcing Home Fire as winner of the award, chair of judges Home Fire was also longlisted for Sarah Sands said the panel “chose the 2017 Man Booker prize and the book which we felt spoke for markable book which we passion - as winner over acclaimed titles like shortlisted for the Costa novel our times … Home Fire is about ately recommend.” Jesmyn Wards National Book award. identity, conflicting loyalties, love Award-winning Sing, Unburied, Courtesy: Dawn and politics. And it sustains mastery She added that the novel's selection Sing, was "unanimous". of its themes and its form. It is a re - 2 Shangla people praise Malala for building modern college

The residents of Shangla district in bad condition. have appreciated education activist and Nobel Prize laureate Malala Sidra Bibi, a 6th grader, said she Yousafzai for constructing an inter - was quite happy getting education national standard school and col - in the institute because all the facil - lege for orphans and poor students ities were available there. She of the district. thanked Malala Yousafzai and his father for executing the project for The school has been built in the girls of Shangla. Barkana area of the district, which has no functional government girls “I will study in the school till grad - college, to boost girls education in uation because it is near my house,” the backward region. she said.

Initially, the school enrolled 190 Faiz Mohammad, a local activist, the government towards girls edu - District education officer, female, girls from nursery to class three, and said they were thankful to Malala cation. “Malala’s initiative to build Parveen Rehman said the school now it has students till class 6th. It for constructing the college in the the college deserves praise,” he was equipped with modern facili - was constructed in a span of two backward area to enable the local added. He also urged the education ties. She said there were two girls years over 20 kanals of land at a cost girls to get quality education at department to improve the school - high schools in Koz Kana and of Rs60 million financed by the their doorsteps. ing system in the district. Shahpur and a middle school in Malala Fund. Damorai, so it was a good opportu - Dr Afsarul Mulk, a PPP leader, said Sajid Shah, the school principal, nity for the girls to get higher edu - The locals said out of 190 students, Shangla was at the bottom of liter - said the institute was fully equipped cation in the Malala-funded 90 were orphans, who were getting acy rate in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with modern facilities. However, he college. free education. after Kohistan due to the apathy of said the road leading to the area was Courtesy: Dawn

National Mango Festival kicks off today in Mirpurkhas

The three-day festival is being the festival as possible and held for the 53rd time! hoped that number of stalls in the festival would further All is set to hold three-day 53rd increase. The awards would be national mango and summer given only on the basis of merit, fruits festival starting today he said. (Friday) at Sindh Horticulture Research Institute. It will con - He said that mango exporters as tinue till June 10. well as general public had been invited to visit the festival which According to the management also featured different sports committee of the festival, min - guest at the seminar. of water had seriously affected competitions and Meena bazaar ister for agriculture would inau - taste, colour and size of the fruit for the recreation of women and gurate the festival at 5.00pm On the third day on June 10, and drastically cut the produc - children after owners of mango orchards interim chief minister would tion, causing a drop of 30 per would get themselves registered distribute prizes among winners cent this year as compared to He said that a souvenir would with the committee. and runners-up at the conclud - last year’s. also be distributed among ing ceremony at 4.00pm. participants on the concluding On the second day, judging of He said the committee had day at the prize distribution mango varieties on the basis of The festival will showcase made concerted efforts to make ceremony. quality would be held at 9.00 several varieties of the fruit the festival a national level event am and seminar on mangoes including Sindhri, Dasehri, where agriculturists would judge The objective of the festival was would be organised at 10.00 am Chonsa, Langra, Anwer Rattol, different varieties of mangoes to encourage mango producers at State Life building where Neelum, Tota Pari, Gulab and winning mango farms and educate them in the use of experts would read papers Khasa, Collector, Dilpasand, would be given cash prizes and modern technology for making on latest developments in Began Phali, Desi, etc. shields. their crop exportable and maxi - techniques for improvement in mizing their profits by earning mango crop. Mirpurkhas The management committee He said that they had tried their precious foreign exchange for Commissioner Shafique chairman, Mohammad Umer best to convince as many grow - themselves and the country. Ahmed Mahesar would be chief Bughio, said that acute shortage ers to display their produce in Courtesy: Dawn 3 Emirates to launch Airbus A380 flights in Pakistan

Emirates will be launching and bridge 7. Category “E” bridges scheduled flights of its super jet are used for Boeing 777, Boeing 747 Airbus A380 in Pakistan with its and Airbus A330, while category D first landing expected to take place bridges are used for 757, 767, A310 at the new Islamabad International and A300 whereas category C Airport on July 7 this year. bridges are used for A320, 737-700 airplanes. According to official sources, the Emirates airline management had A spokesperson for Emirates air - sought permission from the Civil lines told Dawn that the airline can Aviation authority (CAA) for confirm that it will launch a sched - launching scheduled flights of its uled A380 service to Pakistan in passenger jet A380 to the new July, 2018. The airline is currently in Islamabad airport. the middle of planning the opera - tion and will disclose the inaugural “The new airport has all the facilities date and flight details in due time. has a four level passenger terminal the new airport has the required for handling the world’s largest building with two runways, taxi way length of 12,000 feet and the capac - passenger airplane. Therefore, they The A380 is the world’s largest pas - aprons and parking bays for ity to bear the weight of the double- wanted to launch this operation,” a senger four engine jetliner, having wide-body aircraft. Aircraft such as decked jetliner. CAA official said. a seating capacity, with various A380, Boeing 777 and the Airbus configurations, of between 489 and A350 can also land at this airport. There are 15 passenger bridges at the He added that the application 615 passengers. The double-decked jetliner A380 new airport- 10 for international was in process as many other could not be landed at the Benazir flights and five for domestic passen - departments are involved in the The Emirates airbus A380 will Bhutto International Airport due to gers. operation of a flight or the landing receive a celebratory water cannon its short runway and the low weight of a large plane when it is a double- salute as it arrives at the new airport. bearing capacity of the runway. There are two passenger bridges of decked jetliner. Hundreds of aviation fans are likely category “F” used for the double- to turn up at the airport to watch the A CAA official said the old runway decked jetliner Airbus A380 avail - He said a decision will be made in a landing. was 11,000 feet while the runway at able at the new airport – bridge 6 few days and that the new airport Courtesy: Dawn

Kinno exports hit record volume at 370,000 tonnes

The country exported 370,000 before Pakistani and Russian quota system by the Indonesian Excellent local crop this year tonnes of kinno in this season authorities while Pakistani government on import of Pakistani coupled with low production of the fetching $222 million the highest diplomats posted in Russia as well kinno have resulted in its fruit by Morocco a major producer ever volume during any season. as Ministry of Commerce also withdrawal. provided yet another opportunity to rendered assistance. As a result, the increase exports to the Russian Kinno exports began from market, Waheed said. December 2017 and continued till the beginning of May 2018. Last For the last seven consecutive years, year exports stood at 325,000 the export of kinno to the Iranian tonnes. market with volume potential of 60,000-80,000 tonnes remains Waheed Ahmed, Patron-in-Chief of suspended. Pakistan Fruit and Vegetable Exporters, Importers and Merchants However, import permits were Association (PFVA) said kinno issued by Iran on the eve of “Nauroz” continued to face issues of high festival, but due to a limited time valuation from the Russian customs period, logistical issues as well as authorities leading to higher cost difficulties in financial transactions, of the fruit in this important the temporary opportunity could international market. not be availed by the local exporters, he said. The actual value of Pakistani kinno Russian authorities have shown The association’s demand from is around $6-7 per 10 kg whereas willingness to reduce the rate. Due government for the drawback of Pakistan can potentially tap into the the Russian authorities assess it at to non-affirmation of valuation by local taxes and levies (DLTL) of vast Chinese market with CPEC $9.5 per 10 kg which after February the Federal Board of Revenue, the $250 per export container of kinno providing an easy and accessible was revised upward to$10.5 per 10 issue still remains unresolved, he to Russia enabled local exporters to road route to the neighbouring kg, thus making it even more said. compete in this international country. difficult for local exporters to market, leading to enhanced exports, Courtesy: Dawn compete. PFVA has raised the issue Earlier, efforts from PFVA against he said. 4 13 transgender people to contest 5 Pakistani films screen at SCO Film elections across Pakistan Festival in China A five-day long Shanghai Cooper - Pakistan movies to be screened ation Organization (SCO) Film during the film festival include Festival kicked off on Wednesday Jawani Phir Nahi Ani, Punjab night with stunning performances Nahi Jaungi, Parchi, Bin Roye and in front of a packed audience at a Chalay Thay Saath. local concert hall in Qingdao, east Chinas Shandong province. Kung Fu giant Jackie Chan has been named as the festival's The festival, co-hosted by the promotional ambassador and State Film Administration and filmmaker Han Sanping will head Shandong provincial government the jury panel. aims to promote cooperation and exchanges between the member CEO of Hum TV Channel, Ms. states. Sultana Siddiqui is representing as a jury member, while the Pakistani Thirteen members of the transgen - transgender people one in Peshawar The festival, first of its kind, will delegation is led by Director Ex - der community will be contesting and another in Haripur were unable screen around 55 movies from ternal Publicity Wing, Ms. Am - elections on various seats across the to submit nomination papers SCO countries including five breen Jan. Pakistan Ambassador to country, the All Pakistan Transgen - because they were beaten up and Pakistani films, with more than China, Masood Khalid and Vice der Election Network (Apten) harassed after their intentions to 200 delegates from eight SCO Secretary General of SCO, announced at a press conference in contest elections became public states in attendance. Vladimir Potapenko were present Peshawar on Wednesday. knowledge.

Apten, a rights group focusing on Dejected by the failure of main - the invisibility of leaders from the stream political parties to address transgender community, comprises the issues of transgenders, the net - TransAction KP, the Sindh Trans - work announced it would form its gender Welfare Network, the own political party after the elec - Balochistan Alliance for Transgen - tions. The group said that it was der and Intersex Community aiming for the party to be registered and the Punjab Transgender before local body elections. Foundation. "Given the power of presence, and The group, led by TransAction KP the paucity of role models in all President Farzana Jan presented a spheres of life, the potential influ - charter of demands calling for the ence of having transgender-identi - removal of systemic barriers to fying representatives who can stand entry of transgender people into in the public spotlight and demon - politics, and for political parties to strate the legitimacy, value, and dig - induct more members of the com - nity of transgender lives and munity into their ranks. political claims is huge," Jan ex - Executive vice Minister Publicity during the opening ceremony. plained today at the press confer - Department of CPC Central Apten urged political parties to ence. Committee and Head of The movies, all brought by the look beyond catering to populations State Film Administration of SCO member states, will allow on the basis of existing gender bi - In 2009, Pakistan became one of China welcoming the delegations spectators to feast their eyes and naries and demanded provision of the first countries in the world to from members countries and experience different cultures. The security and an end to stereotyping legally recognise a third sex, allow - observer states during the opening festival organizer will play the of the community, among other de - ing transgenders to obtain identity ceremony and welcoming banquet. movies for over 260 times on 23 mands from the Election Commis - cards. They number at least half a screens of nine cinemas in sion of Pakistan (ECP), political million people in the country, ac - Terming the festival as an impor - Qingdao. parties, law enforcement agencies, cording to several studies, but their tant cultural event, he said it would media and civil society. representation in politics and many enhance people to people contacts The SCO Film Festival is the first other spheres of life remains mini - between the SCO member states international film event being held Apten said that two transgender mal as they are restricted to very and help build a community of in Qingdao after the place was leaders Nayab Ali and Lubna Lal few job roles — with many forced shared future of mankind. He named City of Film by the will contest from NA-142 Okara to earn their living by begging and informed that China, one of the UNESCO. The festival will pres - and PP-26 Jhelum, respectively, on dancing. largest film industries with 55,000 ent characteristics and charm of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Gulalai cinema screens, is producing more the coastal city. The SCO now in - (PTI-G) tickets, while the remain - For more live updates, follow than 700 films annually and said cludes China, Kazakhstan, Kyr - ing 11 candidates will run as inde - Dawn.com's official news his country is willing to share its gyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, pendents. Instagram account @dawn.today expertise with the film industries Uzbekistan, India and Pakistan as Courtesy: Dawn of SCO countries. full members However, they said, at least two Courtesy: Dawn 5 Eid spending crosses the trillion mark

SHRUGGING off all concerns, holy festival — people can get Pakistanis celebrated Eid 2018 like bonuses and advance salaries, can never before. All across the country, very well spin a trillion rupees col - despite successive heat waves, peo - lectively for the celebration,” she ple thronged the market to boost said. the Eid economy by about 15 per cent; crossing the trillion rupee The projection of Rs1.1tr as a vol - mark. ume of the Eid economy is an in - telligent guess based on the data The spike in spending is attributed provided by the State Bank of Pak - to a combination of economic, so - istan and the Federal Bureau of cial and political factors. Statistics. These include: cash with - drawals by private account holders “Even where salaries are static fam - from banks, fresh notes issued on ily income has consistently been in - peoples’ demand, the official and creasing. One- job, one- earner unofficial flow of remittances from business supported the view. the market there are dozens who households are replaced by multi - overseas Pakistanis and scores on can barely make ends meet and ple- jobs, several- earners house - the consumer’s confidence index. The second factor is the public’s have no money to indulge,” an artist holds. Those better informed buying power. “People don’t head insisted. (thanks to internet and television) Commercial bankers confirmed for shopping with empty pockets. budget more skilfully to create the massive withdrawals by account They clearly have a budget for Eid “It is the insufficient physical infra - financial space needed to indulge on holders before Eid. “The time lag of irrespective of their social class. It is structure in densely populated Pak - special occasions. withdrawal and deposit of cash is illogical to compare budgets across istan that chokes roads and causes reducing over time as more busi - the social spectrum as a small acces - traffic jams in shopping areas if “Expectations of a smooth transi - nesses depend on banking services sory for one person may cost more even a tiny fraction of the popula - tion of power and improved secu - for liquidity handling”, a senior than the entire Eid budget of a low tion ventures out of its homes at the rity situation has provided comfort, banker commented, admitting a income family,” commented an - same time,” he made his point. dulled collective anxiety and mo - major haemorrhage from the de - other market watcher. bilised Pakistanis to take a calcu - posit base in Ramazan for Eid “Like despair, the feeling of joy, cuts lated risk for pleasure,” an analyst shopping. There is little empirical evidence to across all social divides. Groups of commented. suggest a sudden jump in family in - people of all ages and classes enjoy Remittances this year are said to be come over a year. Still leaders of a good time in bustling Eid bazaars. “The law and order situation has better than last year. The ten month market associations in several cities It is a pleasure just to watch that,” improved significantly. For people data of Financial Year 2017-18 assert that majority of the people in commented a banker discussing the starved for outdoor family activity posted last week by the SBP markets before Eid were out to probable quantum of spending be - the holy festivals provide an excel - recorded inflows of $18.4bn that make purchases, unlike the norm fore Eid. lent chance that no one wants to comes to a monthly average of when window shoppers used to miss”, Afnan Shah Khan, Director $1.8bn. Traditionally during Ra - outnumber actual buyers in Pak - “Many shoppers use plastic cards Operations, Emporium Mall La - mazan inflows almost double the istan. and the majority of big business hore, told Dawn. He sees a 20pc average. If the trend is repeated in houses and brands record all their pickup in the market this year over 2018 remittance inflows through “People are not just purchasing transactions. It is, therefore, compa - last year. banking channels will be in the clothes, accessories and foods and rably easy to gauge money move - vicinity of $3.5bn. beverages; they are also actively ment and assess the total quantum He mentioned a record footfall of buying cell phones, home appli - of transaction in a specified period over a million people in Ramazan Assuming even a third of that ances, furniture and crockery,” a today than at any point in the past. 2018 up from 830,000 in his mall amount ($1.1bn) is spent in rupee trader in Saddar, Karachi’s biggest An exact projection is not possible in 2017. terms; total value will come up to shopping area, told Dawn three owing to the gigantic cash econ - Rs134bn at the rate of Rs122 to a days before to Eid. omy,” a mid career banker com - “Like despair, the feeling of joy, cuts dollar. If remittances arriving mented in his office Karachi’s city across all social divides. Groups of through informal channels are in - Buyer enthusiasm was not limited centre. people of all ages and classes enjoy serted in the equation a total of to in-shop purchasing. Online a good time in bustling Eid Rs250bn may not be too off the shopping also made records, ac - A freelance economist did not find bazaars.” commented a banker mark to project what overseas Pak - cording to bankers and fintech ex - the Eid economy projections ab - istanis pitch in into the Eid econ - perts. surd. “Pakistan is a big country with deep omy of Pakistan. seated problems. You still hear Not everyone concurred with the “A nation that can afford to spend about disturbing incidents. The “If we assume that remittances are perception of an expanding Eid Rs175 billion in the holy month for scale and frequency of terrorist 20pc of the total spending Rs1.1tr economy. Some people thought philanthropic giving, 2.4 million strikes targeting the public, how - is perfectly believable,” a trend gazer that expert opinion was based on citizens can approach the central ever, has come down to a level commented who finds the estimate simple observations. “People see a back to acquire new currency notes where the public now perceives it as actually conservative. rush on the roads and in shopping — the SBP has confirmed disburs - something in the horrific past,” an - Courtesy: Dawn areas and they assume that Pakistan ing Rs350bn worth of new notes other young expert in the retail is prosperous. For every shopper in generally used as a cash gift at the 6 Young writer steals literary show Poets gather at an mushaira in Peshawar

The Peshawar chapter of Halqa-i- Swat, Chitral and Dir in the start of Arbab-i-Zauq organised an Eid the current year. Melan Urdu poetry recitation ses - sion at a local hotel here on He said that only 30 to 40 members Wednesday. of Halqa turned up at its weekly lit - erary sessions in Peshawar but its Urdu poets hailing from Peshawar online members had exceeded and other parts of Khyber 40,000. Pakhtunkhwa attended the event and recited their inspiring poetic Syed said that they had pieces. planned to open more sub-branches in other districts of Most bards versified the current po - the province. He said that so far litical and social issues in their requests from Dera Ismail Khan, poems while few young poets also Bannu, Kohat and Mardan had turned to romantic expressions, been received for opening sub- which were appreciated by the writers speaking Pashto, Hindko, have been associated with Halqa-i- branches of Halqa. Akbar Marwat, audience. Seraiki and Chitrali. Arab-i-Zauq for the last over four Dr Baharullah Khan, Salim Ban - decades and I have learnt much gash, Dr Sagheer, Dr Noor Haikm Halqa-i-Arbab-i-Zauq conducts Aziz Ejaz, a senior poet who from this humble gathering of the Jilan, Iqbal Sikander, Qari Shahid Eid Milan poetry recitation session chaired the event, said that it was blessed souls. Such gathering does Azam Alazhari, Akhtar Moham - encouraging that a good taste was have a social impact,” said Mr Ejaz. mad Seemab, Sabir Hiran, Syed Zubair Shah, a young fiction - being developed over the years in Mohammad Naeem Yousafzai and ist and poet from Swabi, stole the the region for Urdu literature. He Shakeel Ahmad Nayab, chief of Nishat Sarhadi attended the event. show by reciting a beautiful roman - said that since its inception in 1957, Halqa-i-Arab-i-Zauq Peshawar Next session of Halqa-i- Arbab-i- tic poem. In his brief talk, he said Halqa-i-Arab-i-Zauq Peshawar chapter said that owing to its wide - Zauq would be held on the coming that Halqa’s literary circles were not chapter had groomed up many spread popularity and impact, his Tuesday at the Urdu Science Board confined to Urdu alone but pro - noted poets and writers, whose colleagues were compelled to open Library Hall at Khyber Bazaar. vided a forum to young poets and mother tongue was not Urdu. “I sub-branches of the literary body in Courtesy: Dawn

First visually impaired civil judge takes oath Nabila confirmed as official hair and makeup partner for IIFA 2018 The country’s first visually Award-winning hair and make-up impaired civil judge, Yousaf Saleem, maestro Nabila Maqsood has con - on Tuesday took oath of his office firmed via Instagram that her along with 20 other recently brands Nabila Salon, N-Gents and appointed judicial officers in ZERO will be the official hair and Punjab. makeup partners for the upcoming International Indian Film Acad - Lahore High Court Chief Justice emy Awards (IIFA) 2018. Muhammad Yawar Ali adminis - tered the oath to the civil judges at The platform celebrities are given a ceremony held at the Punjab should be used sacredly and Judicial Academy. responsibly: Beautician Nabila deliver justice without fear and Maqsood The other civil judges who took favour. He said rendering justice oath included Sardar Umar was a sacred profession. The Karachi-based stylist establsi - Hassan Khan, Saba Qamar, hed her first salon in 1986 and over Naseem Akhtar Naz, Maira Lahore-based Saleem was initially the course of three decades, has Hassan, Qamar Abbas, Ehsan denied the position of civil judge managed to redefine fashion, style Nawaz, Muhammad Bilal, despite being a topper in the and imagery in Pakistan.With the Muhammad Amir Sultan Kolachi, examination. ability to turn any newcomer into ZERO are the official hair and Muhammad Abbas, Sumaira a fashion force, she has extensively makeup partners for this mega Jabbar, Ali Raza, Muhammad Bilal Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian contributed towards reconstructing event!” Khan, Muhammad Tariq, Rasheed Saqib Nisar had taken notice of the the image of the local media Khan, Obaid Hassan, Sana Afzal, matter and directed the Lahore industry. This isn’t the first time the beauty Mansoor Ahmad, Allah Nawaz, High Court to review the guru will be representing Pakistan Muhammad Zubair Sabir, case observing that a visually Posting a video on her official internationally, she has done so Muhammad Javed Iqbal and impaired person could become a Instagram handle, she wrote many a times before. This time, she Shaheen Noor. judge provided he met other “WE ARE GOING TO IIFA! will be replacing MAC Cosmetics requirements. We are very proud to announce at the IIFA Awards. The chief justice urged the judges to Courtesy: Dawn that NABILA, N-Gents and Courtesy: The Express Tribune 7 Meet Hammad Safi, the 11-year-old motivational coach who has Pakistan enchanted

The pint-sized motivational coach Safi's youth and precociousness seem is already an online star with his to form part of the enchantment. own YouTube channel and 145,000 subscribers. But he is also seen as presenting a positive image of Pakistan, one Several hundred university students that resonates powerfully with his sit enraptured as Hammad Safi lec - listeners. tures them on the merits of better - ing their diction by watching Discussing the distinguished poet Barack Obama speeches on Allama Iqbal, Safi says: “If he had YouTube. not been there, I or anyone else would surely be cleaning the toilet The elegantly dressed motivational in the house of an Englishman.” speaker is something of an internet sensation and regularly draws large Hammad Safi (R) attends an crowds. But it's not just because of English language class at a his infectious enthusiasm and en - languages academy in Peshawar. In this picture taken on April 3, own YouTube channel and 145,000 gaging smile. 2018, 11-year-old motivational subscribers. Some videos have been Hammad Safi (R) walks with his coach Hammad Safi lectures viewed millions of times. Safi speaks into his wireless micro - teacher at a languages academy in students at a languages academy in phone, his hand gestures practised Peshawar. Peshawar. and his confidence unwavering be - Some of his advice may sound fore the attention of his elders at hackneyed: “Every second is a At USECS, the faculty see him as The pint-sized motivational coach the University of Spoken English challenge,” he says in one video. a “nanha professor”, or little is already an online star with his (USECS) in Peshawar. “Failure is the basis of success.” But teacher; a protege who could go on his audiences don't seem to mind. to great things one day though what, exactly, they are looking for Bilal Khan, a political science stu - from him remains undefined. dent twice Safi's age who came to listen to his speech, said the boy Safi was studying at a traditional wonder had had a profound effect school but also taking English on him. classes at USECS, where he was quickly noticed for his “phenome - “A few months ago I was really nal self-confidence”, says director disappointed with life... I was Ammer Sohail. (thinking) about suicide, because there are no jobs and no success in Shortly afterwards, he left his school to be full-time at USECS, life,” he told continuing his English studies and embarking on his motivational “Then I saw a movie of Hammad career. Safi. I thought, if an 11-year-old child can do anything, why can't I?” The university, made up largely of Hammad Safi (2nd R) attends an working-class students, now has English language class at a Safi offer motivational lectures languages academy in Peshawar. each week, in addition to his grow - ing internet fanbase. “People love him because he's just talking, he's a hit every time,” says Hammad Safi reads a book at a Samiullah Waqil, one of his former languages academy in Peshawar. English teachers. Courtesy: Dawn

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