Faisal Qureshi the host of Ankahi talk show on Samaa TV has initiated a a day long cleanliness drive in Karachi on Sunday 12th October 2008 in collaboration with Loose Ends Pakistan, Ankahi, CDGK and Samaa TV

The objective of the day long campaign is to bring conscientious people together to take ownership of Karachi and play a part in letting it breath again. The project is to clean the clutter created by excessive advertising messages in the form of graffiti painted all over the city. We will begin this project by taking on a section of such an area and completely repainting it.

Loose Ends Pakistan would like to invite all citizens of this city to come together to take a stand and play a part in making Karachi a better place.

For details of the event, watch Samaa TV. For security reasons the venue will be announced through: facebook, Samaa TV, and Chopaal. Please register yourself with Chopaal and add tag “lepkarachi” for live broadcasts of the event.

Dr Awab is currently live on Samaa TV in Faisal Qureshi’s “Ankahi” ( a ver good program for all especially youth). Topic for today’s discussion is Voice of Pakistan. The program will discuss issues currently we are facing in political context. It would be great if someone could record it since many (including myself) are not able to watch it. It would also be great to know the views exchanged in the program. The other guest would be Mina Kidwai. Here is one link to watch it live if you are in office and not able to watch in normal way.

A day before havoc was created when a stray monkey went berserk near Regal Chowk and Electronic Market area - the news report published by Daily Times its hilarious to see how the incident played out

A large number of people, including shopkeepers, customers and area residents, gathered to watch the monkey walk around and perform a variety of antics. Several children came out of their homes to watch while many women looked from their balconies. The crowd blocked several vehicles when they followed the monkey onto the road.

Eyewitnesses said that the monkey tried to climb on to cars and the women in them started screaming. Traffic police rushed to the scene and attempted to catch the monkey. However, the monkey slapped a policeman and climbed on to the advertisement board of one of the shops. “Nobody informed us,” said ASI Tariq, the duty officer at Preedy police station. “We would have done something if somebody had made a complaint.”

After some time, the crowd started playing around with the monkey by throwing bananas and other fruit at it. Some children threw stones at it, annoying the monkey, which then injured five people with its paws. Nobody knows where this monkey came from, said a shopkeeper.

Later, when the crowd dispersed, the monkey calmed down and climbed into the balcony of a residential flat. It slept there till evening. Officials of the Sindh wildlife department were also unaware of the event. “I was out of the city on a personal assignment and will see to this myself on Wednesday morning,” said Game Warden Rasheed Ahmed Khan.

Written in 1940 by Rafi Peer, Usman Peerzada brings to life the story of Nawab Sahib Kibla starring Mohammad Qavi Khan, Javaid Rizvi, Mehreen Rafi and himself for 6 days at the Arts Council. Tickets at Rs.1000 are available for purchase from Agha’s Supermarket and Copper Kettle and proceeds from the sales will go towards The Citizen’s Foundation. The show started promptly at 930pm and shockingly, just one cellphone ringtone went off, but then that was before the MC made the announcement to remind the audience of the simple etiquettes, so we can let that one go. Read more

It’s faith, trust, hope and perseverance that enables hundreds of thousands of people to demonstrate their belief today. We took a quick spin around an area closeby to see whether TeethMaestro’s observation really stood true - the fact that there were more Pakistan flags hoisted up higher than any other.

“A breeding ground for terrorists.” ,“University of Jihad.” Those are just some of the phrases used to described the Pakistani madrassa system, a network of Islamic schools where children as young as six are taught to memorize every verse and phrase of the Koran. The Karachi Kids takes the viewer behind the shrouded curtain of a Pakistani madrassa to show a world of abuse, loneliness and transformation into radical Islam. Read more

A key witness of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination has been shot dead in Karachi yesterday on Khy-e-Bhukahri

DAWN: Khalid Shahanshah, the chief security officer of PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari, was assassinated on Tuesday afternoon outside his Clifton residence, police and witnesses said. They said that gunmen on a white car sprayed him with a volley of bullets while he was stepping off his double-cabin vehicle in front of his house at Khyaban-i-Bukhari.

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It has been some time that I posted here so as soon as I saw this, I decided to post ASAP, meaning this happened one and a half hours ago. Just a bit after PAF chapter at the Baloch Colony road opposite Defense View, a Honda Civic rolled up the slope and then over.

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Today when I went to watch cricket match between India and Srilanka I amazed to know that I can not take my camera with me in National Stadium but as every Karachite know how to deal this kind of situation I tried other gate and with confidence I said “Press” (I do not belong to any press or media) and police wala allowed me. Do you people have any clue why we are not allowed to take our camera with us in stadium?

Corporate Citizenship in Pakistan is finally catching on and is finally becoming something more than a redundant concept taught in business schools. One such company that is going to set an example for others to follow is a management consultant company, Navitus.

Navitus, with the support of organizations from Pakistan’s corporate sector, is organizing the first of its kind event in Pakistan, Inspiratourium. According to one of the organizers from Navitus, the name is short for Inspirational Tour in an Auditorium. The details for the event are as follows:

Date: 30th May, 2008
Venue: Bahria Auditorium
Tickets Available at: Costa Coffee, The 2nd Floor, Agha’s, and Naheed

So what exactly is Inspiratourium?

Inspiratourium is Pakistan’s first motivational & inspirational event of its kind that combines thought provoking content with a creative blend of up-lifting talks, artistically supported through the magical power of performance – all designed to engage the mind & soul. This deeply moving & energizing occasion promises to awaken aspiring individuals to a deep realization of the unlimited human potential each of us is blessed with & leverage on it to make a positive & lasting impact.

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