Lahore

Updated at: 1836 PST, Thursday, March 11, 2010
LAHORE: Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) President Qasim Zia has sacked entire team management and selection committee after Pakistan finished last in the FIH World Cup being played in New Delhi.

The four-time world champion Pakistan slumped to its worst ever performance in world cup history, finishing last in the 12-nation tournament.

Speaking to Geo, PHF President Zia confirmed that he has sacked the team performance due to team’s dismal performance in the world cup.

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A Diversified businessman from Lahore Pakistan Mian Muhammad Mansha is the 1st Billionaire.

I just read this sad news today in the Gulftimes that Mr. Asad Khan has died in Lahore. (Inna Lilah wa Ina Ilyhe Rajoun) He was a Business Development Manager for Unicon Limited.

His wife Mrs. Qudsiya Asad who is a renowed educationalist and is the Principal of TNG (The Next Generation School).

On behalf of Pakistan Group, we send our Condolence to Mrs. Qudsiya Asad and the family members.

We are so very sorry for your loss. Your husband was a great man. We share your grief at this very sad and difficult time.

Note:

Namaz-e-Janza will be held at the Mosque near Unicon Showroom at Al Moansoura street after Asr Prayers.

He is "Naveed Asif" from Nahranwali village Okara who scored 919 marks in Matric and got second position in BISE Lahore. His school was 7 KM away from his house and he used to walk 7 KM everyday to go to his school. here are his words :
“Me and my mother were really terrified when BISE Lahore team reached our home late at night before announcement of the result. Actually a few days ago, our cow was stolen at night owing to which we were terrified”.
“You may think it ridiculous but I always said to my mother that I wanted to be like Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah,” he said. “Quaid-e-Azam is a role model for me"

KOCHI: Director Major Ravi says that Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has given his nod for his Malayalam film "Kandahar", a film about plane
hijacking that will also star veteran Mohanlal.

The news came when Big B had made a short visit to the city on Sunday.

Speaking to reporters, Ravi, a former NSG commando who had directed two films featuring Mohanlal, said that he is just trying to imagine how the two greats would come in one single frame. "It is great feeling when I think of that," he said.

Amitabh will be seen as the father of a passenger on the ill-fated plane that has been hijacked and Mohanlal will play a commando.

Appropriately it is the month for remembering and honouring Mohammad Husain Azad, the memorable chronicler of the classical age of Urdu poetry and at the same time an ardent advocate of ‘making it new’ in keeping with the spirit of the age.

In recent years Azad has received critical attention, though not as much as he deserves. Frances Pritchett, in association with Shamsur Rahman Faruqi, published an annotated English translation of Aab-i-Hayat and Abdus Salam prepared a new scholarly edition of this book, while Anjuman Tarraqi Urdu reprinted Dr Aslam Farrukhi’s two volumes on Azad’s life and works.

By Alistair Scrutton

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - If you want a slice of peace and stability in a country with a reputation for violence and chaos, try Pakistan's M2 motorway.

At times foreign reporters need to a give a nation a rest from their instinctive cynicism. I feel like that with Pakistan each time I whizz along the M2 between Islamabad and Lahore, the only motorway I know that inspires me to write.

Now, if the M2 conjures images of bland, spotless tarmac interspersed with gas stations and fast food outlets, you would be right. But this is South Asia, land of potholes, reckless driving and the occasional invasion of livestock.

And this is Pakistan, for many a "failed state." Here, blandness can inspire almost heady optimism.

AOA!

Guys & Gals needed ur help...Any one of u is leaving for Lahore with in this week please inform me i have to send some documents ASAP..

Thanks n Advance:)