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The Producers - a musical comedy

kar_hafsa — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 21:53:11 +0000

The Producers - a musical play with loads of comedy and dances by the makers of “Phantom of the Opera” (October 2004) and “Ayub” (Aug 2005). Its based on the movie THE PRODUCERS starring Uma Thurman.
Dates: the 27th August to 5th September.
Timings: 9:00 pm onwards (its a 2:15 mins play)
Venue: Arts council covered audtiorium
Proceeds go to FLAME (Friends of Literacy And Mass Education).
Tickets available at: Agha’s. Ami’s, Park Towers and the Forum.

A Fantastic Football Friday at the Goethe-Institut!

kar_hafsa — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 21:05:18 +0000

For all the sportaholic Karachiites! :D

Join an evening at the Goethe-Institut
with lots of activities around the world’s number one sport!

Visit the worldwide shown photo exhibition “Planet Football”!
Bring your kids for fancy face paintings!
Score at our football shooting range!
Play single or team matches at our foosball tables!
Get into the right mood with German football snacks & drinks! (halal)
LIVE Watch the World Cup opening game and celebration! LIVE

7:00 pm
“Weltsprache Fussball” (Planet Football) — Exhibition opening
(at the Foyer)

7:30 pm
FIFA World Cup 2006 — Opening celebration
(Live TV screening at the Auditorium)

9:00 pm
FIFA World Cup 2006 — Opening game: Germany vs Costa Rica
(Live TV screening at the Auditorium)

world cup fever

kar_hafsa — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 07:29:09 +0000

With less than a week to go for the FIFA world cup 2006, all the big hotels, cafes, clubs, etc of karachi are getting ready to show most of the matches live on big screens. Some, like Avari, have special offers with ’soccer snacks’ + the match for Rs. 220 upto the quarterfinals and the semi-finals and final for Rs. 300. Royal Rodale will also be screening the matches on the big screen. For a football fan like myself, this is great news because watching the world cup on the big screen, with a good crowd is always different. So who are you rooting for?

Update on bomb blast

kar_hafsa — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 04:20:19 +0000

According to latest news, 3 reknowned religious figures have been pronounced dead in the aftermath of the bomb blast: Mr. Iftikhar Bhatti, Mr. Abbas Qadri and Mr. Haneef Billoo. Angry mobs have been setting up vehicles and petrol pumps on fire all over the city. It is being said that the reaction that started from Saddar has now reached upto National Stadium. On the other side of the city people have been setting vehicles on fire in Malir, Quaidabad etc.
All the government hospitals are over crowded with concerned relatives and blood donors which is making it difficult for the ambulances to reach the ERs. Apparently majority of the rescue work is being done by Edhi foundation and volunteers. MQM has announced a 3 day mourning as a result of this incidents with more strike calls expected from other religious and political parties.
More updates later….

Three cheers for Pakistan’s Davis Cup team

kar_hafsa — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:15:58 +0000

Who would’ve thought that Pakistan’s Davis Cup team would come *this* close to knocking out India in their Oceania Group encounter. On the first day, both teams shared the spoils as Aisam won and Aqeel lost their matches in the singles. The second day saw a professional performance by the experienced and grand slam winning doubles pair of Peas and Bhupati. In the reverse singles on the third and final day, Aisam won his match to tie the rubber at 2-2. It was all upto Aqeel Khan, Pakistan’s number 1, to do the near impossible. He dropped the first two sets to Leander Peas but came back strongly, beating him 6-3 and 6-0 in the third and fourth sets, respectively. The final set saw the experience of the 33 year old Peas outclass Aqeel Khan and he won 6-1 to take India through to the next stage.
But what the Pakistan team achieved in Mumbai was very unexpected and they deserve a big round of applause for coming this close to beating a very mature and experienced Indian tennis team.
More here

Stampede kills 30 at Islamic centre

kar_hafsa — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 06:19:08 +0000

A stampede at the Islamic centre near the old sabzi mandi/askari park killed at least 30 people. As the daily dars came to an end, women started coming down from the stairs but stopped when a girl fell down. The pause at front cause the flood of people coming from behind to push the women hence causing a stampede.
More from The News

KARACHI: At least 30 people were trampled to death and and more than 50 injured Sunday in a stampede during a weekly female’s congregation at Faizan-e-Madina near old Sabzi mandi here.

The injured women have been rushed to different hospitals of the city including the Jinnah hospital.

Among the dead were women and children.

they are not beggars

kar_hafsa — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 06:42:44 +0000

The moment your car halts at a traffic signal in this city, you are swarmed by beggars, eunuchs, flower-sellers, etc. So it was surprising to see these two cute toddlers dressed up like grooms, comfotably seated on chairs, at the Rashid Minhas Road-Shara-e-faisal intersection.
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Apparently, their father brings them there every evening (I have never seen them in the morning/afternoon hours), makes them sit by the road-side to attract attention of the drivers. It is actually a polite way of asking for money and people give in to the innocence and cuteness of the kids.
I took this pictures at night with my mobile phone’s camera so sorry for the bad picture quality. They were quite shy and the little one took out his hankie to hide his face :)

From night till dawn

kar_hafsa — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 07:34:43 +0000

These pictures were taken at the creek next to Marina Club between 5.30 a.m. and 6.30. am.

Pictures from the match

kar_hafsa — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 07:48:39 +0000

These are the few pictures I took today. The picture quality is not great but we’ll have to do with it.

All out attack on India:

The Pakistani team in a huddle before the start of play in the post lunch session:

Tendulkar makes his way back to the pavilion:

Capacity crowd:

The new replay screen installed just before the match( which had ‘kajra re’ playing on it during the lunch break on day 1!)

The Pakistani team taking a victory lap:

Where in karachi (41)

kar_hafsa — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 19:10:50 +0000