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Humayun Saeed
Humayun Saeed, born on July 27th
1971 (a Leo), is making his name not in Modelling and Acting but also as a
Producer and Designer. Through his personal Production house, The H.S
Productions, he has produced some exciting serials like "Tum Hi To Ho" and
several Long Plays including Pehli Khawaish, Adhooray Khawab, Dil wo bemehar
and Andekhi.
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Vaneeza Ahmad
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She's got the most
refreshing face in the fashion industry today. Vaneeza Ahmad
is the most sought after model in Pakistan and with some
highlighted performances in acting as well she is undoubtedly
in the limelight these days. You flip through a number of
glossies and there she is staring you right in the eye!
Adorned in some way or the other enticing ensemble by a
designer - ensnaring you with those deep, beautiful eyes of
hers. Switch on the television and there she is. Wrapped up in
the garbs of a different character each time. Her Drama
performances are characterized as soft and sunny with a tinge
of glamour. As for her modeling, she is the cattiest cat
walker around. She's ambitious - and has no qualms admitting
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>>Legendry
Vocalist
Ahmed Rushdi
One
fine morning in 1954, people were listening a song from radio Pakistan Karachi's
station: The message of the song was unique, the voice was clear and forceful
and the lyrics were "Bunder Road say Keamari".
Little did the listeners realized that the boy who was singing then, is going
to become the part and parcel of the golden era of Pakistan film industry for
the next twenty nine years, and in the transaction he would leave two thousand
assorted songs.
In fact, he wanted to become an actor but ended up as a playback singer.
Ahmed
Rushdi was born in 1938 in a middle class, respectable family in Hyderabad Deccan,
India. He migrated to Pakistan soon after independence.
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Here for Songs by Nazia Hassan
An Exclusive interview with Hadiqa
Q. How did you get into music in the first place?
Well! at school actually at WNS, where I studied up till the eight grade. We had regular music-classes and our music teacher seeing my interest in the subject really encouraged me.
Q. From singing
at school at cutting an album you
seem to have come a long way?
I guess...but a lot happened in between. I went to take a part in the kids show on TV Aangan Aangan. That was followed by the Sohail Rana Rang Barangi Dunya show. I then graduated from Kinnaird (Lahore); did Geet Banay Sangeet on TV; a Masters in Psychology; was a VJ for sometime; Sargam and; eventually an album.
Q. There has to
be a sequence in there i think
somewhere, but first tell me about Sargam
(Adnan
sami Khan). How did you get involved
in it?
Adnan is a good friend of my brother and the the three of us along with my elder sister, Sasha, used to sing in the Rang Barangi Dunya show. He knew about my vocal talent and so when he needed a playback singer for his movie he knew exactly what he was looking for and where he could find it".
[ more ... ]A Tribute to Nazia Hassan >>
The news of the death of pop star Nazia Hassan on Sunday,August 13, 2000, spread like wildfire.
Within seconds, the internet, newspapers and the rest of the news media around the globe were flashing the news of her final journey.
Amidst the sobs and tears, almost every one had one thing in mind, i.e., "God Almighty had showered Nazia with all the bounties, except length of age.
[ more ... ]Who's Nazia Hassan >>
Considered the pioneer of pop music in Pakistan, Nazia Hassan started out at a very young age (along with her brother Zoheb), and the two had been rocking Pakistan until a couple of years back when they both decided to 'call it a day'. Nazia went on to get married, and Zoheb followed his solo career amongst other things.
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In Pakistan, paint jobs make a big rig forget vanity plates -
truckers express themselves, compete for customers with expensive
detailing.
Like most truck drivers, Nasir Khan is not a flashy
dresser.
He wears the modest long salwar kameez outfit of the
traditional Pakistani males. But when it comes to his truck, Mr.
Khan's tastes take a decidedly flamboyant turn. Painted on every
square inch are colorful scenes from nature and fantasy: A knight in
chain mail, a leopard pouncing on a gazelle, an American helicopter
swooping over a rice paddy. The cab doors, made of a special
hardwood, are covered with shiny, punch-pattern steel plates,
trimmed with purple and green flowers. A fortress like structure
juts above the cab, painted with roses and violets. A glistening
tiara hangs just above the windshield itself, draped with black
flags to keep away evil spirits.
It's a veritable Persian carpet on wheels. But still, Khan is not satisfied. "When I see other trucks on the road, and they are even more elaborate, then I want to change my truck also," says Khan, getting an oil change at a truck stop in Rawalpindi, just outside Islamabad, the capital. He just had his truck repainted last year, but already wants to have it done again. "I have been trying to keep it beautiful." In a Muslim society that values simplicity and modesty, Pakistani trucks are a glaring - and sometimes kitschy - exception to the rule. It's a tradition that's as old as dressing up one's camel for the caravan. [ more ... ]
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