Volume IX, Issue-6, June 2019

June in History Pakistan’s standing in the global rankings June 3, 1947: British Government Overview decides to bifurcate British India, into two sovereign states – India Pakistan observed a slight improvement in the overall international rankings in 2018 covering socio-economic and and Pakistan political outcomes of the country. Several elements complemented the prospects including successful democratic transition,efficient counter-terrorism measures leading to enhanced peace and security, and foreign direct investment June 25, 1958: President Rule is inflows under CPEC, among others. Albeit, decoupling economic growth from human development suggests that the country needs to enhance its scores in health, education and standard of living by ensuring political will, equitable proclaimed in East Pakistan. financing and efficient governance to ensure parallel growth for marginalized segments as well. Civil and political liberties must grow hand in hand to ensure a conducive environment for democratic dialogue and accountability which June 14, 1961: Government takes ultimately supports its nation building process. over news agency, Associated Press of Pakistan (APP). DEMOCRACY INDEX

Pakistan ranked 112th out of 167 countries in the Democracy Index scoring June 1, 1962: Soviet Union awards 4.17 out of 10 in 2018 compared to 4.26 in 2017. Lenin Prize to Faiz Ahmed Faiz for his literary contribution. Index from 0 (authoritarian regime) to 10 (full democracy) Compiled based on indicators covering: Electoral process and pluralism, Civil liberties, June 7, 1962: SUPARCO launches Functioning of government, Political participation, and Political culture. Pakistan's first weather rocket, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX Rehbar - I from Sonmiani. Pakistan ranked 150th out of 189 countries in the Human Development Index scoring June 8, 1962: National Assembly 0.562 out of 1.000 in 2018 compared to 0.560 out of 1.000 in 2017. elected and begins its first session. Index from 0 (low development) to 1 (very high development) Ayub Khan takes oath of first President of Pakistan under new Compiled based on indicators covering: life expectancy, education, and per capita income constitution. PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

June 30, 1965: Pakistan and India Pakistan ranked 139th out of 180 countries in the Press Freedom Index scoring sign accord on Rann of Kutch. 43.24 out of 100 in 2018 compared to 43.55 in 2017. Index from 0 (most press freedom) to 100 (least press freedom) June 11, 1978: Altaf Hussain forms All Pakistan Muhajir Students Compiled based on indicators covering: pluralism, media independence, environment and self-censorship, legislative framework, transparency, and infrastructure. Organization (APMSO). TERRORISM INDEX June 21, 1980: Government starts collecting Zakat. Pakistan ranked 5th out of 163 countries in the Terrorism Index scoring 8.18 out of 10 in 2018 compared to 8.40 in 2017. June 6, 1986: President Zia lays Index from 0 (lowest impact) to 10 (highest impact) foundation stone of Al-Shifa Trust Compiled based on indicators covering : Total number of terrorist incidents in a given year, total number of Eye Hospital in Rawalpindi. fatalities caused by terrorism in a given year, total number of injuries causedby terrorism in a given year and the approximate level of total property damage from terrorist incidents in a given year. June 15, 1988: President General Zia promulgates Shariat Ordinance ECONOMIC FREEDOM INDEX making Sharia supreme law of the Pakistan ranked 131st out of 180 countries in the Economic Freedom Index scoring land. 54.4 out of 100 in 2018 compared to 52.8 out of 100 in 2017. Index from 0 (repressed) to 100 (free) June 18, 2017: Pakistan wins 2017 ICC Champions Trophy defeating Compiled based on indicators covering: Market openness, Regulatory efficiency, India in the finals. Government size and the rule of law. Positive Post is a strategic effort to project achievement and contributions of Pakistan. While showcasing Greenwich University’s cultural diplomacy initiatives, it also encapsulates a compilation of different developments complementing Pakistan’s socio-cultural, economic and Political outcomes. Belgium Nimra Irfan BS51 5721

The Kingdom of Belgium is located in Western Europe, borders in the kingdom of Belgium and it is made up of ministers and with Netherlands, Germany, Luxemburg and France. The popula - secretaries of state drawn from political parties that formed the tion is more than 11.4 million, covers 30,688 sq.km total area. governing union. There are three levels of government in Belgium: The capital and the largest city is Brussels, other major cities are the federal, regional, and linguistic community division with each Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi and Liège. Belgium is the home of two having different responsibilities. The parliament has two houses; linguistic groups; Dutch community, constitutes about 59% Senate and the Chamber of Representatives. population and French community, constitutes about 49% population. The head of the government is the Prime Minister who is the head of the government who is in charge of appointing the cabinet Belgium is the smallest but most densely populated region. It is and the direction of the executive departments in of government. a developed country with an advanced high income economy. It The cabinet is made up of the council of ministers, and they are has a very high standard of living, quality life, education and appointed by the monarch. The monarchy is both hereditary and health care. It ranks as one of the most safest and peaceful state constitutional, and after the parliamentary elections the king in the globe. appoints the Prime Minister and which must be approved by the parliament. Government Belgium is a parliamentary democracy under a constitutional Culture monarchy. The federal government exercises the executive power Belgium has contributed greatly to the European art and culture.

2 Contributions to painting and architecture have been especially rich. The Mosan art, the Early Netherlandish, the Renaissance and Baroque painting and major examples of Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architecture are milestones in the history of art. Belgium has produced several well-known authors, including the poets Emile Verhaeren, Robert Goffin and novelists Hendrik Conscience, Georges Simenon, Suzanne Lilar, Hugo Claus and Amélie Nothomb.

Food Belgium cuisine is usually diverse and reflects the cuisines of neigh - boring countries; France, Germany and Netherlands. Belgium is famous for beer, chocolate, waffles and French fries with mayonnaise. The national dishes are "steak and fries with salad", and "mussels with fries. The Belgians are also chocolate-lovers, Sports chocolate is very popular in the region, with 172,000 tons Sports clubs and Federations are organized separately for lingual produced each year, and widely exported. communities. Association football is the most popular while other popular sports are cycling, swimming, tennis, judo and basketball.

Belgium hosted the 1972 European Football Championships, and co-hosted the 2000 European Championships with the Nether - lands. The Belgium national football team reached first place in the FIFA World Rankings for the first time in November 2015. Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin both were Player of the Year in the Women's Tennis Association as they were ranked the number one female tennis player and Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx is regarded as one of the greatest cyclists of all time. Jean-Marie Pfaff, a former Belgian goalkeeper, is considered one of the greatest in the history of association football.

Belgium-Pakistan Relations Pakistan and Belgium maintains bilateral relations between both Though Belgium has many unique national dishes, many the nations. Belgium permanent embassy is located in Islamabad internationally popular foods like hamburgers and spaghetti and Pakistan’s embassy is in Brussels. Belgium is the sixth largest Bolognese are also popular in Belgium, and most of what Belgians European importer of Pakistani goods and the bilateral trade eat is also eaten in neighboring countries. between the two is up to US$600 million. During the 2010 Pakistan

Religion Although, the Belgium is a secular country but its constitution grants a right to religious freedom. Roman Catholicism has been the major religion of Belgium with 52.9% of the total population, non-religious comprises of 32%, Muslims are 6% and 2.1% population are the believers of other faiths.

floods Belgium provided aid worth €4.6 million to Pakistan. Pakistan and Belgium goes way back, with trade investment crossing US $1 billion mark in 2017.

Belgium was one of the first countries which recognized Pakistan’s independence. The embassy was opened in 1948. 3 Belgium built the first port in Gwadar in the 1980s. It has also assisted Pakistan in all its hours of need and donated large amounts to help the country overcome the devastations of the 2005 earthquake.

Belgium is also a home to a number of Pakistanis 19,247 (2012 official estimate). In 2007, 666 Pakistani citizens were granted Belgian citizenship, making them the highest Asian recipients of Belgian citizenship in 2007. Pakistani restaurants are also opened in Belgium and loved by the country’s multicultural society.

Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium Mr. Frederic Verheyden

Maas Foundation will represent Pakistan in Alhamra's music show Gohar-i-Nayab aims to the Colombo International Theatre Festival preserve traditional music Maas Foundation will stage its mu - Book of Love is a non-verbal take Gohar-i-Nayab will feature young sical play, Book of Love, at the 8th on the classic boy-meets-girl tale. It singers, who will perform classics Colombo International Theatre Fes - showcases a couple’s journey of love, songs of legendary singers from the tival in Sri Lanka on Aug 4. family and parenthood through a ‘60s to ‘80s. child’s perspective. Maas Foundation earlier performed A mash-up of classic film and folk this play at the 2nd Tamasha Festival Five-year-old Ali once found him - songs and ghazals rendered by the in April, said Aamir Nawaz, the di - self alone at home. On a book shelf, younger generation of singers will rector of the play and president of he finds a book, called Book of Love, entertain the audience every three Maas Foundation. and starts reading it. In each section months at Alhamra as part of a new of the book, he finds an interesting musical show, Gohar-i-Nayab, in He said the Colombo festival will be event happing in the life of a couple the pipeline. organised by Inter Act Art Theatre, their meetings, dates, engagement, Sri Lanka after completing their marriage, honeymoon etc. Alhamra Art Centre is gearing up seven successful editions since 2012. to launch a music show featuring Maas Foundation was the first Pak - At the end, he finds that this story is young singers, who would perform istani theatre company to be selected so much like that of his own parents’ classics songs of legendary singers Suraiyya Khanum among others. for the first edition of the festival whose love had disappeared from from the ‘60s to ‘80s. and it has been invited again to per - their lives. He has to his credit some everlast - form this year. “Our mission is to support and pre - ing compositions as well, including Hassan Raza has conceptualised the serve the cultural diversity and her - ‘Ay Puttar Hataan Tey Nai Vikday’, The theatre group has been invited play and it has been directed and itage of all traditional and ‘Rung Laye Ga Shaheedon Ka by the Pakistani high commissioner light designed by Aamir Nawaz. The contemporary music and to bring in Lahoo’ and ‘Raat Pheli Hai’. in Sri Lanka, who would also be the background score has been delivered a new lot of singers immensely liked chief guest at the festival. and played by Imran Nawaz Mani, by music lovers on social media,” Lahore Arts Council Executive Di - while Gulshan Majeed has choreo - said Muhammad Azam Khan, a rector Athar Ali Khan said: “In More than 15 theatre companies graphed it. The cast includes Gul - former radio buff who worked at today’s times, we experience a daily from world over, including the US, shan Majeed, Eshah Shakeel and Radio Pakistan for four decades. barrage of horrific incidents, insen - Germany, India, Sweden, Switzer - Hassan Raza. sitive attitudes of people on roads, land, Iran, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, are The Lahore Arts Council will initi - frustrating and overabundance of scheduled to perform at the festival. The director, Nawaz, says it’s not easy ate this musical programme with bad news. Art and music, especially to portray a story on stage without the assistance of Khan early next classic old melodies, can bring relief dialogue, especially in the subconti - month and the best voices have al - to the wounds of our souls. The di - nent where script-based theatre is ready been chosen who would be verse musical talent the youth pos - considered practical and acceptable . provided with this platform to sesses in music and other art forms showcase their talent. will celebrate the traditional and “I take it as a challenge, as in the commercial music of yore through story of Book of Love there were a Singers Kishwar Jahan, Muham - this programme.” lot of scenes which we were going to mad Zubair, Saif Ali Khan, Amanat stage so technically and aesthetically Ali, Ali Abbas, Muhammad Hanif He added that film music from the it was really hard. and Ali Bakhsh have been chosen ‘60 to ‘80s in the voices Noor Jehan, by Mr Khan for the first pro - Mehdi Hassan, Akhlaq Ahmed, We had rehearsed for two months to gramme. Naheed Akhtar, Mehnaz and many put everything together. And finally others would be recreated and per - when we did it in Lahore in January During his radio journey as a pro - formed by young singers, which and then at the 2nd Tamasha Festi - ducer, Mr Khan introduced legends would be a pleasant innovation. val this year.” like Nayyara Noor, A Nayyar, Ghu - Courtesy: Dawn Courtesy: Dawn lam Abbas, Naheed Akhtar and 4 Differently-abled persons to be provided health coverage, free assistive devices: Dr Nishtar Chairperson of the Ehsas pro - Nishtar said that the government gramme Dr Sania Nishtar on Sat - has allocated funds, constituted urday briefed the media about the committees and initiated the con - measures that the government plans sultation process with institutions to implement in order to facilitate and provincial governments, but differently-abled people across the added that the implementation of country. the planned measures will take some time. Under the Ehsas programme, which was launched in March this She also revealed that the Planning year, the government will provide Commission of Pakistan had issued Sehat Insaf cards to differently- a directive to all ministries and abled people who are registered instructed them to make sure that with the National Database and government will also provide free quota for differently-abled persons. the PC-I forms which contain Registration Authority (Nadra) so hearing aids to people with hearing Nishtar regretted that the require - details of any project pertaining to that they can get free medical treat - impairment under the Tahaffuz ment was not fulfilled and said that infrastructure, production or social ment from hospitals that are regis - programme, which will be launched Prime Minister Imran Khan has sectors are "disability sensitive". tered under the health cards, in September, Nishtar added. "taken strong notice" of the matter. "This is just the beginning," Nishtar Nishtar announced. The government will also reserve said of the government efforts. "We Nishtar, who was appointed as spe - 1pc quota for differently-abled peo - will focus on how this programme Furthermore, government hospitals cial assistant to the prime minister ple in the Naya Pakistan Housing can be expanded and improved. have been directed to issue certifi - on social protection and poverty Scheme as well as in government Most importantly, we will focus on cates to differently-abled people as alleviation last month, said that housing societies in different cities, how we can ensure that there is no per United Nations classifications according to an estimate, around the Ehsas programme chairperson corruption or leakages in this so that free assistive devices, such as five million people in Pakistan face revealed. programme." canes, wheelchairs etc., can be pro - some form of disability. vided accordingly. As part of the Ehsas initiative, the Before coming to power, the ruling Apart from the provision of medical government will also establish centres Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf had The government will provide free facilities, the government will also in 20 underdeveloped districts in order promised to provide medical white canes to the visually-impaired ensure that government institutions to assist people who require artificial facilities, jobs and housing to and wheelchairs to those paralysed abide by the constitutional require - limbs due to loss of arms or legs. differently-abled people. from the waist down, she said. The ment to allocate two per cent job Courtesy: Dawn

Sharmeen Obaid's Aagahi bags nomination at Six Iranian fishermen released by Pakistan Cannes Lions International Fest If she wins, this won't be the first time system with confidence in Pakistan. she's bringing an international trophy home. In the past seven months, SOC Films have released short animated films in Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s animated Urdu explaining the laws which affect awareness series, Aagahi has been women on topics such as: how to file nominated at The 66th Cannes Lions an FIR, what does the law state on in - International Festival of Creativity. stances of domestic violence, divorce, cyber-crimes and inheritance and Aagahi is the first Pakistani series to what is the procedure for reporting is - ever be nominated at Cannes Lion. sues like these and who should be ap - The two-time Academy Award win - proached for help. One of Pakistan’s ner's series is a public service cam - leading actresses, Aamina Sheikh has paign which aims to educate women lent her voice for the series. about their legal rights in Pakistan. It Pakistan has released six Iranian Iranian fishermen jailed in Pakistan has been nominated for the Sustain - Over 30,000 pieces of creative and ef - fishermen who were detained by over the past two years. Pakistan able Development Goals Lions in the fective work from 89 countries, in 27 the Maritime Security Agency had so far released 41 other Iranian Gender Equality category. distinct creative disciplines, will be (MSA) for fishing in Pakistani wa - fishermen on three occasions, re - awarded and celebrated at the 66th ters, Iranian media and local sources ported the agency. “Aagahi is a campaign designed to cre - Cannes Lions International Festival of said on Friday. ate awareness in women so they are Creativity. Cannes Lions is committed A security source said that like In - able to navigate the police and judicial to campaigning for creativity as a pow - Radio Farda while quoting Mehr dians, Iranian fishermen were often erful force for good in the world and News Agency said that all the six caught by the marine authorities has partnering with the UN to support men released on Thursday reached while fishing in Pakistani waters the Sustainable Development Goals their homes the same day. “The and booked by the police under through a range of creative initiatives sailors were arrested on the charges Sections 3/4 of the Foreign Act and at the Festival. of illegal entry into Pakistan’s waters.” 3/9 of the Fishery Act. Courtesy: Dawn Courtesy: Dawn It said this was the fourth group of 5 First British Airways flight to Pakistan Minhajul Quran launches interest-free in 11 years lands in Islamabad loan project British Airways resumed operations Minhajul Quran, a sister wing of to Pakistan, over a decade after they the Pakistan Awami Tehreek were suspended in Sept 2008 in the (PAT), on Saturday launched “in - wake of the Marriott Hotel bomb - terest-free” Al-Muwakhat Islamic ing in Islamabad. Micro-Finance Project designed to provide small loans to those who British Airways' Boeing 787 want to start their businesses. Dreamliner departed from This, he said, is a pilot project. Soon, Heathrow, London, with 240 pas - Speaking at the launch ceremony, the organisation would decide how sengers on board, and touched down Hassan Mohiuddin Qadri, son of it plans to expand in future: weather at Islamabad International Airport the better security situation in the PAT head Dr Tahirul Qadri, said it would involve donors or the or - (IIA) at 9:15am this morning. country," said British High Com - the basic purpose of the effort was ganisation itself would generate missioner Thomas Drew. to help people create economic life - funds for expansion. The airline will fly thrice weekly be - line for the beneficiaries. tween London and Islamabad. Unprecedented security, including He also distributed keys of 10 mo - more than 600 police, Quick Re - The project, he said, would be “prod - torcycles for which the loan would uct based,” meaning thereby that the Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sar - sponse Force units and snipers were be recovered in 18 installments. loans would not be provided in cash, war Khan, Adviser to Prime Min - in place at the time of the flight's but kind only. “If someone needs a About the recovery in one-and-a- ister on Commerce Abdul Razak arrival. rickshaw, he will be provided the ve - half months, a party spokesman Dawood, Special Assistant on hicle and not cash. The organisation said a lot of research had gone into Overseas Pakistanis Zulfi Bukhari "Return of British Airways is the will not charge any interest on loan the recovery period fixation. After and senior officials of the Aviation first step. We will offer and facilitate but only small administrative comparison with other such insti - Division and British High Com - other airlines to increase interna - charges covering cost of service pro - tution, it was found workable time- mission welcomed the passengers at tional connectivity in Pakistan," vision,” he said. frame, he said. the airport. Bukhari said while speaking to Radio Pakistan. He conceded that this was not The organisation also plans to "The resumption of flight operation going to be a unique plan as many The same aircraft departed for launch a business and technical of British Airways is great. Today is such were already in vogue. But the Heathrow at 11:10am with passen - training plan in the university. It a good day for both Pakistan and only difference is “dignity of the gers on board from Islamabad. would also encourage its student to Britain and we are also happy about loanee would not be at stake.” Courtesy: Dawn conceive business plans and the or - ganisation would try to help them Similarly, the Minhajul Quran stu - set it up. Motorcycle Girl will be screened dents who want to set up their own Courtesy: Dawn at Stanford University businesses would also get the benefit. Motorcycle Girl won our hearts as it Army helicopter rescues stranded shared the story of Zenith Irfan, a mountaineers in Ishkoman Valley young woman who biked all across the northern areas of Pakistan. A Pakistani mountaineering official said on Tuesday that an army heli - While she broke barriers for women copter has rescued four Italian and across the country, Irfan just added two Pakistani climbers stranded another milestone as the movie will after being hit by a snow avalanche be showcased at Stanford University in the Ishkoman Valley. as a part of their Global Studies Summer Film Festival. A seven-member Pakistan-Italian friendship expedition comprising ford Global Studies Summer Film four Italian climbers led by Tarcisio An excited Zenith posted the excited Festival. This year's festival features Bellò, Nadeema and Shakeela, news on her Facebook: 10 films from around the world that students of Karakoram International Alpine Club, told The Associated "AAHHHHHHH I AM CRYING focus on the theme “Earth: Habitat University, and a guide namely Press that the six rescued climbers WITH HAPPINESS RIGHT for All.” Mohammad Imtiaz from Shimshal were lifted on Tuesday to a hospital NOW. Stanford University is show - in Gilgit for medical treatment. casing my biopic. My life story this Motorcycle Girl was directed, writ - valley, had started their adventure to ten and co-produced by Adnan Sar - climb an unknown 5,300-metre July. This is huge. This is big news. I The climbers were at an altitude war. It is the second installment in peak in Hindukush mountain range cannot even express my joy. I just of around 17,390 feet in Ishkoman Sarwar's thematic Hero trilogy, the in Ishkoman valley on June 2. dont know what to say. This is unbe - Valley in the Ghizar district. lievable. Ya Allah tera lakh shukar first one being Shah. hay" read her caption. Mohammad Imtiaz, a Pakistani Zenith Rehman's role was played by member of the expedition, was killed, Officials say all the rescued mountaineers were listed in a stable The film will be screened on Sohai Ali Abro; the cast also in - while six, including foreigners, were cluded Ali Kazmi and Samina injured by a snow avalanche. condition and none had life Wednesday, July 31, 2019 and the threatening injuries. screening is part of the annual Stan - Peerzada. Courtesy: Dawn Karrar Haidri, secretary of the Courtesy: Dawn 6 Abida Parveen's son Sarang Latif pays tribute to her legacy in a new web series

I've always wanted to experiment any sponsors whatsoever. Unable to with Ammi's music, says Sarang find the appropriate venue for film - ing the performances, Sarang, along The youngest child of legendary with his wife Shireen Benazir Bi - Sufi singer Abida Parveen and jarani, came up with the idea of renowned Radio Pakistan producer building the set at his own studio Ghulam Hussain Sheikh, Sarang hall. The production was handled by Latif was born into a family with his friends at Placid Films, who deep ties to the musical realm. “understood the concept really well and worked extremely hard at odd It was inevitable then that he’d be times” to make the series happen. drawn into the world of music as well, a journey he started in 2013 as The songs are being released online a producer. He has since worked The first chapter of Bazm e Rang A quest to revisit those kalams and not just because of the high ex - with various artists and multina - comprises 10 songs, starting with see them in a new light as well as penses that would have been re - tional companies. Now he is pour - the track ‘Parda Dari’ featuring Atif the chance to create new songs led quired to release the set on ing his passion for the craft into a Aslam (above). Other names that to the production of the web series. television, but because the producer new project, Bazm e Rang, which will lend their vocals to upcoming The words of celebrated ancient feels that “people are more into premiered this Eid. releases include Rahat Fateh Ali poets and Sufis will form the basis YouTubing and Facebooking rather Khan, Waqar Ehsan, Jabir Abbas, of the songs. than watching TV, so it felt more Conceived, directed and produced appropriate to release it online so by Sarang himself, the venture takes Khurram Waqar, Qasim Azhar, and “Ammi has selected poetry by the that people can watch it whenever the shape of a series of songs that the band Khamaaj. likes of Hazrat Bedam Shah Warsi they want.” feature his mother as the main "Ammi was always strict and really r.a, Hazrat Shah Niaz Barelvi r.a, artist. The set will find Abida Sarang says that working on the busy, but it was always inspiring to see Hazrat Baba Bulleh Shah r.a, Parveen performing her tracks both project was a remarkable experi - her work so hard,” says Sarang as he Hazrat Baba Zaheen Shah Taji r.a, as a solo artist and in collaboration ence, not just for himself but clearly recalls his childhood. “Her dedication Hazrat Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai with other renowned singers. for everyone else who was part of towards her work had a positive im - r.a, Hazrat Amir Khusro r.a, Hazrat the team as well. “There are many pact on me and I've long dreamt of Maulana Rumi r.a, Hazrat Moin - The idea for the project was born memorable incidents that happened working with passion like hers.” uddin Chishti r.a, Faiz Ahmad Faiz out of admiration for Abida during the project, but the one that sahab, Gulzar sahab, Hazrat Ghalib, Parveen’s music. touched my heart the most was “I wanted different renowned music and Sabir Zafar sahab. Amanat Ali during a shoot, when Ammi was “Ammi has done more than 138 al - artists to collaborate with Ammi, and myself have arranged the music singing. One of the cameramen, bums, MashaAllah,” Sarang gushes, singing her very own composi - for the whole project.” Tayyab, left his camera uninten - “and I had always wanted to exper - tions,” says Sarang. “Unfortunately, tionally and started listening to her, iment with her music. I had been what most people still don’t know is Sarang Latif with his legendary forgetting his job totally and then planning Bazm e Rang for the last that 99% of the kalaams that my mother Abida Parveen all of a sudden everybody noticed five to six years but just couldn’t put mother has sung in her entire life The series really was a labour of love him sitting down without his cam - together all the pieces of the puzzle were composed by her, and she has for the producer who says he took era, lost in Ammi’s soulful voice.” until now. I guess there’s a time for set a world record for having com - posed hundreds of kalaams.” the initiative all on his own, and ex - Courtesy: Dawn everything!” ecuted the whole project without In pictures: Cricket brings together Pakistan Army wins international military Pakistani, Indian fans across borders drill competition in UK Given the frosty ties between both anticipated by cricket fans on both Pakistan Army has won an Last year, Pakistan Army countries, the teams have recently sides of the border as well as around international military drill compe - participated for the first time in only played each other in major the world. Given the two countries' tition held at the Royal Military the event. world tournaments. frosty relations, the two teams have Academy Sandhurst in the United According to ISPR, Pakistan only been playing each other in Kingdom. Military Academy team Pakistan vs India matches are hotly major world tournaments, making “Pakistan Army won an interna - represented Pakistan Army in the this World Cup clash a rarity. tional military drill competition, competition. known as Pace Sticking Competi - The World Cup 2019 group stage In October 2018, an 11-member tion, held today at the Royal match between the two teams was Pakistan Army team won gold Military Academy Sandhurst, UK,” sold out just hours after the tickets medal in Cambrian Patrol compe - a statement issued by the Inter- went on sale for the 26,000-capac - tition held in Wales. Services Public Relations (ISPR). ity Old Trafford Stadium in Man - Members of the team were all chester. Millions more were tuned The military’s media wing added brave soldiers of a battalion of in to catch the action broadcast on that Pakistan Army team has Northern Light Infantry and TV sets and cellphones. been the winner for the second hailed from Gilgit-Baltistan. Courtesy: Dawn consecutive year. Courtesy: Express Tribune 7 Tour de Khunjerab 2019: one of the highest altitude cycling competitions is underway in GB

More than 70 local and international cyclists are taking part in the Tour de Khunjerab cycling race one of the world's highest altitude cycling competitions that started on Thursday and will end on June 30.

The event has been organised by the Gilgit-Baltistan government in collaboration with Pakistan Cycling Federation to promote tourism in the region. The first phase of the event came to an end on Thursday in which 138 contestants paddled 67 kilometres from Gilgit to the Rakaposhi base camp.

The cyclists are expected to arrive on Sunday at

the highest placed international border between Pakistan and China at an altitude of 16,000 feet, covering a distance of 27 kilometres in four stages.

The first stage was from Gilgit city to Rakaposhi base camp of Nagar district. The second stage is from Rakaposhi base camp to Karimabad in Hunza, third at Sust and the race will end at Khunjerab pass. Courtesy: Dawn

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