Volume VIII, Issue-6, June 2018 Samina Baig Plans to Lead First
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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 Pakistan 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 mountaineering 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 President of Pakistan 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 Shimshal 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.