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Aman Foundation enhances beach-rescue services

KARACHI - A ceremony was held to inaugurate lifeguard services with an aim to provide safety to the 2 million annual beach goers of Karachi. “Aman-PALS” lifeguard services are a much needed public service made possible by Aman Foundation and Pakistan Life Saving.

Taking note of the massive impact of life guard services, which brought drowning rates to nil on the beaches of Karachi, AMAN Foundation has decided to become one of the primary organizations to sustain the invaluable lifeguard services for the next 5 years.

The lifeguards are selected by PALS and then trained by the best in the field, courtesy of “Surf Life Saving”-New Zealand and “Surf Life Saving”-Australia, to turn them into contributing members of their communities and their households. Aman-PALS will not only ensure safety at Karachi beaches but will also sustain and build a thriving social enterprise.

Aman Foundation enhances beach-rescue services | Pakistan Today | Latest news | Breaking news | Pakistan News | World news | Business | Sport and Multimedia

 

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Lovely voice from sweet land of Sindh - Tahir Mithu

Pere Pavandi Saan HD, Mithu Tahir, Coke Studio, Season 5, Episode 2 - YouTube

 

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Lovely voice from sweet land of Sindh - Tahir Mithu

Pere Pavandi Saan HD, Mithu Tahir, Coke Studio, Season 5, Episode 2 - YouTube

was waiting for the full version of this :O

 

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Gulgee’s Buzkashi sells for record £61000 at Bonhams

A stunning image by one of Pakistan’s foremost modern artists Ismail Gulgee led a strong selection of works by major South Asian artists at Bonhams Annual Summer Sale of Modern and Contemporary South Asian art in New Bond Street, London.

The sale included works by well-known Indian, Pakistani and Sri Lankan artists such as MF Husain, Sadequain, Jamil Naqsh and AR Chughtai, sourced from private collections in Europe and the US.

The auction presented the largest group of works by Pakistani masters to ever come under the hammer at an international auction. Gulgee’s 1965 work titled Buzkashi – given a reserve price of £15,000-£25,000 – which depicts Afghanistan’s national sport, was one of the highlights of this section, more than doubling its upper estimate to finally go for £61,250. The sale price is a record for an oil-on-canvas work by Pakistani artist and follows the success of previous watercolours by Gulgee that have also sold for record amounts through Bonhams.

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan

 

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Qureshi/Rojer Capture Halle Trophy

In Halle, top seeds Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer captured the Gerry Weber Open title on Sunday, beating Treat Conrad Huey and Scott Lipsky 6-3, 6-4.

The Roland Garros semi-finalists won 80 per cent of their service points and broke Huey and Lipsky once in each set to wrap up the final victory in just under one hour.

“I knew it was going to be a tough final. I played Huey three times this year and Lipsky twice, so we had a little bit of an idea on what to do. Because they had lost to us, we knew they would come in pumped, so we expected them to play really well,” Qureshi told ATPWorldTour.com.

“The whole tournament, the key for us has been to stay positive and use our momentum from Roland Garros. We ended up doing it and I’m really happy with how we played during the week, dealing with the different situations we were in. Last year, it was very special to win here. But defending a title for the first time in my career is definitely very sweet and I’d like to thank my partner Jules for making it happen.”

Tennis - ATP World Tour - Doubles 2012 Sunday - Mirnyi/Nestor Defeat Bryans For Queen's Title

 

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Jhoom - Ali Zafar

Interesting tune and great lyrics

Jhoom - (Full Song) - Ali Zafar's new music album Jhoom - YouTube

 

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Kalash Valley

 

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Neray Aah

Nicely done guys!!!

Neray Aah HD, Overload and Rachel Viccaji, Coke Studio Pakistan, Season 5, Episode 3 - YouTube

 

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Jun 28, 2012

Pakistan expatriates to be given help hotline in coming weeks

A new hotline for Pakistanis seeking help in the UAE will be launched in the next few weeks, the Pakistan ambassador to the Emirates said yesterday.

Jamil Ahmed Khan made the announcement on the sidelines of a seminar last night aimed to educate more than 50 students on international policies.

He said the hotline should start up in the "coming weeks, rather than months".

He was commenting after a student asked how the embassy was helping the Pakistani community, particularly the large number of labourers and taxi drivers. When he said this was possible and asked for volunteers to help in monitoring phones, three members of the audience said they would help.

The ambassador also called on the students to send as much money as possible back home to help the country out of debt.

Pakistan is close to US$80 billion (Dh294bn) in debt, a figure that has risen from the $63bn figure set two months ago due to inflation, he said.

"My generation had a problem, that we don't do our work properly and [we expect] others to do it," he said. "So for four hours on TV talk shows, we are blaming each other. So instead of blaming, we should see what we can contribute. Three volunteered here for the helpline. This is the future of the country."

He said that if the students each sent $10 to a "sister or a cousin", the money would add up to a billion dollars.

"They get chocolate and are very happy, and Pakistan gets the foreign exchange," he said.

He said anyone sending more than $15,000 in a year would be given a certificate by the embassy and be congratulated. He said their target for this year was to reach $3bn of remittance.

During the seminar, the university students were taught in basic terms about peace treaties and security, the United Nations, Nato, the Peninsula Shield and America's relationship with Israel.

He told them that political oppression led to security problems and conflict, adding that this drove the Arab Spring. He added they were "lucky" that in Pakistan they had freedom of speech.

"Anyone can go on television and say whatever they want to," he said. "This takes the steam out of a person. If a student at university is stopped from expressing themselves, they will explode."

He said he planned more seminars to bring the Pakistani community closer, adding this was the first initiative held in any embassy from around the world.

Pakistan expatriates to be given help hotline in coming weeks - The National

 

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Islamabad: A Pakistani student has won silver medal in an international competition about environmental issues held at State University of New York (SUNY) at Oswego.

Students from forty countries presented 657 projects in the Genius Olympiad where the Shadab Rasool Buriro from Khairpur, Sindh stood second to win silver medal.

Another Pakistani student Abdul Daim from Haripur, Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa, was awarded with honourable mention certificate. Shadab Rasool and Abdul Diam, both students of Pak-Turk Schools presented their project, “Removal of Pollutants from Industrial Waste Water by usage of Tea Waste” in the contest.

They had discovered a unique and economical way to reduce soil contamination which is result of accumulation of man-made toxic substances that has a negative effect of plant and animal life.

Pakistan bagged silver medal in 1st Genius Olympiad held in 2011 while so far Pakistani students have won 124 medals in the international and national competitions speak of their extraordinary talent which result in amazing accomplishments.

The students also had an opportunity to see the other projects; they participated in workshops, symposiums, cultural events, exhibitions and interacted with some of the world’s brightest young minds, said supervisor of the students Ahmet Efeturk.

Moreover, experts from Harvard, Cornell, Syracuse and SUNY delivered lectures during the mega event on how learning takes place and ways to improve skills.

Both the students will embark upon one week trip to Turkey from tomorrow (June 30) as announced earlier by the administration of the Pak-Turk International Schools and Colleges.

 

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saeen cha gye!!!

pak turk schools are doing realy good i guess

 

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Remarkable story

 

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Pakistani photographer gets IPC award

New York: The International Photographic Council (IPC), an NGO of the United Nations, has awarded Muzammil Izhar Siddiqui the IPC Distinguished Service Award-2012.

The award was given for Mr Siddiqui’s services rendered for the promotion of peace in Pakistan and abroad through his photographs at the annual IPC Pro Award ceremony held recently at the UN headquarters in New York.

Having been in this field for nearly 15 years as an amateur, Mr Siddiqui teaches photography at university level and is a guest editor of a Japanese weekly, Pen News. He also organises shows and publishes an Urdu photographic magazine Fotoline.

Pakistani gets IPC award | DAWN.COM

 

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Shandur Lake

 

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Lok Virsa workshop showcases drudgery of cross-country artisans

ISLAMABAD: National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage (Lok Virsa) is continuing its training programme to create opportunities for skilled artisans and workers. The training is part of a series of workshops with five batches each of the 14-day workshops.

The first batch focusses on the field of textiles. Master artisans involved in various kinds of textiles from all parts of the country are participating in the workshop.

The programme includes GALS (Gender Action Learning System) package and group management. GALS system is specially devised for those men and women who intend to make their lives better, enhance love, happiness and social justice among their family members. The instructors gave lectures to the artisans, using visual material and charts and the artisans were also involved in various interesting activities. The idea behind these activities is to boost the confidence of the artisans so that they could plan about their lives in a better way and to step forward through gender justice.

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan