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Motorcycle Girl
''Motorcycle Girl'' is a 2018 Pakistani biographical adventure drama film based on the life of motorcyclist Zenith Irfan. Directed, written and co-produced by Adnan Sarwar, it is second installment in Sarwar's thematic ''Hero'' trilogy, following ''Shah'' (2015). The film stars Sohai Ali Abro as Zenith Irfan who travels to northern areas of Pakistan on a motorbike to fulfil her father's wish, facing many challenges along the way, with Samina Peerzada, Ali Kazimi, and Shamim Hilaly also playing supporting roles. The film was released on 20 April 2018 nationwide. The film mostly received positive reviews from critics who praised the direction, story and performances (especially Abro's performance). At 16th Lux Style Awards, Abro received Best Actress Critics awards. Plot An 18-years old girl (Zenith Irfan), lives in Lahore, Pakistan, with her family who becomes an overnight sensation and grabs the attention on media after she traveled on Motorcycle toward difficult and dangerous mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zenith Irfan
Zenith Irfan is the first Pakistani female motorcyclist to ride across Pakistan. Her father dreamt of traveling around the world on his motorbike, but when he died young at age 34, Zenith decided to fulfill his dream. "I did this for my father and I still do it for him. For me, going and riding across Pakistan is a spiritual endeavour," Irfan says. Career In 2013, Sultan, Zenith's younger brother, bought a motorcycle, and Zenith started taking motorcycle lessons from him, practicing in their hometown. "I would just ride in the city and only knew the basics of riding," she says. In August 2015, Zenith Irfan rode for 3,200 kilometers from Lahore through North Pakistan up to the Khunjerab Pass which borders China. She is thought to be the first female motorcyclist to travel across Pakistan. She has taken two trips since then, riding into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit Baltistan, completing 20,000 kilometers on her motorcycle. She now keeps a photoblog by the name of “Zenith Ir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adnan Sarwar
Adnan Sarwar is a Pakistani actor, director, musician, screenwriter, producer, lyricist, doctor and racing driver. He made his film debut in the biopic ''Shah'', in which he also played the leading role. Career Music From 2002 onwards Adnan started his music career as a session guitar player for various Pakistani musicians such as ''The Trip'', ''Mekaal Hasan Band'' and Ali Zafar, before forming the duo ''Club Caramel'' with singer Kiran Chaudhry in 2006. He has also composed the soundtrack of his debut film ''Shah''. Film and TV Adnan made his film debut in the 2015 Pakistani sports biopic ''Shah'', based on the life of Olympian boxer Hussain Shah. Adnan also wrote the screenplay and directed the film as well as composed the original musical score. Adnan trained for the role of the homeless boxer by undergoing a six-month long boxing training regime and lost 10 kilos of body weight. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hareem Farooq
Hareem Farooq ( ur, ; born 26 May 1992) is a Pakistani theatre, film and television actress and a film producer, known for her work in the serial '' Diyar-e-Dil'' and ''Pawnay 14 August''. She co-produced '' Janaan'' followed by her 2018 film '' Parchi''. She is the first female celebrity to get the honor of hosting '' Pakistan Super League'' in the same year. Early life Hareem Farooq was born on May 26, 1992, in Islamabad and spent most of her time in that city before she moved with her family to Karachi. Her parents are both doctors, her father being a public health PhD and international consultant while her mother is a dermatologist. The actress received early education from Karachi Grammar School. She did her bachelor's degree in Sociology and Journalism from Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, after which she began her career in acting. Singer Abdullah Qureshi is her cousin.Arslan Athar (11 February 2019)"Abdullah Qureshi Is Getting Married And Here’s Everything T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daily Times (Pakistan)
The ''Daily Times'' (''DT'') is an English-language Pakistani newspaper. Launched on April 9, 2002, ''Daily Times'', is simultaneously published from Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi. The newspaper was owned by Governor of Punjab and Pakistan Peoples Party member Salmaan Taseer.Profile of newspaper Daily Times (Pakistan) on newsepapers.com website Retrieved 23 October 2019 Staff and columnists The ''Daily Times'' is a newspaper that advocates liberal and ideas. The ''Daily Times'' is listed as a member publication on the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women Empowerment
Women's empowerment (or female empowerment) may be defined in several ways, including accepting women's viewpoints, making an effort to seek them and raising the status of women through education, awareness, literacy, and training.Kabeer, Naila. "Gender equality and women'empoverment: A critical analysis o the third millennium development goal 1." ''Gender & Development'' 13.1 (2005): 13–24. Women's empowerment equips and allows women to make life-determining decisions through the different societal problems. They may have the opportunity to re-define gender roles or other such roles, which allow them more freedom to pursue desired goals. Women's empowerment has become a significant topic of discussion in development and economics. Economic empowerment allows women to control and benefit from resources, assets, and income. It also aids the ability to manage risk and improve women's well-being.Oxfam (Forthcoming), "Women's Economic Empowerment Conceptual Framework" It can r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crores
A crore (; abbreviated cr) denotes ten million (10,000,000 or 107 in scientific notation) and is equal to 100 lakh in the Indian numbering system. It is written as 1,00,00,000 with the local 2,2,3 style of digit group separators (one lakh is equal to one hundred thousand, and is written as 1,00,000). It is widely used both in official and other contexts in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. It is often used in Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani, and Sri Lankan English. Money Large amounts of money in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan are often written in terms of ''Koti'' or ''crore''. For example (one hundred and fifty million) is written as "fifteen ''crore'' rupees", "15 crore" or "". In the abbreviated form, usage such as "15 cr" (for "15 ''crore'' rupees") is common. Trillions (in the short scale) of money are often written or spoken of in terms of ''lakh crore''. For example, ''one trillion rupees'' is equivalent to: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maya Ali
Maryam Tanveer, known by her stage name Maya Ali ( ur, ; born ), is a Pakistani actress. She made her debut with a brief role in telenovela '' Durr-e-Shehwar'' and later received praise for portraying the titular characters in '' Aik Nayee Cinderella'' and ''Aun Zara'' both (2012). Ali got breakthrough for her performance as Manahil Javed in Hum TV's romance ''Mann Mayal''. In 2018 she made her film debut with ''Teefa In Trouble''. Ali received critical acclaim for her role of Zuleikha in the romantic dramality '' Mera Naam Yousuf Hai'' (2015) and Faarah Wali Khan in the ensemble family drama '' Diyar-e-Dil'' (2015) these earned her the Lux Style Award for Best Television Actress. In 2019 she appeared in romantic-comedy, '' Parey Hut Love'' which rank among one of highest-grossing Pakistani films and earned her two nominations at Lux Style Awards. In 2021, she did her comeback on television after 5 years with ARY Digital's romantic '' Pehli Si Muhabbat'' portraying Rakshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamza Ali Abbasi
Hamza Ali Abbasi (Urdu/ pa, ; born 23 June 1984) is a Pakistani film and television actor and director. He is known for his roles as Afzal in the drama serial '' Pyarey Afzal'', and as Salahuddin in the drama serial '' Mann Mayal''. In 2013, he appeared in two feature films, ''Main Hoon Shahid Afridi'' and '' Waar'', for which he received the Best Star Debut Male and Best Supporting Actor awards at the 1st ARY Film Awards. Family Abbasi was born into a Punjabi family of civil servants to Major (Retd) Mazhar Ali Abbasi, an army officer, and Begum Nasim Akhtar Chaudhry, a politician affiliated with the Pakistan Peoples Party. Education He gained his Bachelor's in International Relations from the United States and his Master's in the same subject from the Quaid-e-Azam University."Hamza Ali Abbasi: From Polic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saba Qamar
Saba Qamar Zaman (born 5 April 1984), known professionally as Saba Qamar, is a Pakistani actress who works predominantly in Urdu films and television. She has won several accolades including Lux Style Awards and Hum Awards. Qamar is one of Pakistan's most popular and highest-paid actresses. Government of Pakistan honoured her Tamgha-e-Imtiaz in 2012, and Pride of Performance in 2016. Qamar first received positive media attention for the role of Fatima Jinnah in the historical drama '' Jinnah Ke Naam'' (2007), and this breakthrough was followed with further success in several television series, including the pre-partition drama '' Dastaan'', the melodrama '' Uraan'' (both 2010), the romantic dramas ''Maat'' and '' Pani Jaisa Piyar'' (both 2011), the socio '' Thakan'' (2012), thriller '' Sannata'', the romantic '' Bunty I Love You'' (both 2013), family drama '' Digest Writer'' (2014), crime thriller '' Sangat'' (2015) and '' Besharam'' (2016), receiving Best Actress awards and n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Noor
N, or n, is the fourteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''en'' (pronounced ), plural ''ens''. History One of the most common hieroglyphs, snake, was used in Egyptian writing to stand for a sound like the English , because the Egyptian word for "snake" was ''djet''. It is speculated by many that Semitic people working in Egypt adapted hieroglyphics to create the first alphabet, and that they used the same snake symbol to represent N, because their word for "snake" may have begun with that sound. However, the name for the letter in the Phoenician, Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic alphabets is ''nun'', which means "fish" in some of these languages. The sound value of the letter was —as in Greek, Etruscan, Latin and modern languages. Use in writing systems represents a dental or alveolar nasal in virtually all languages that use the Latin a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lahore
Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. Lahore is one of Pakistan's major industrial and economic hubs, with an estimated GDP ( PPP) of $84 billion as of 2019. It is the largest city as well as the historic capital and cultural centre of the wider Punjab region,Lahore Cantonment globalsecurity.org and is one of Pakistan's most socially liberal, |
Khunjerab Pass
Khunjerab Pass (; ; ug, قونجىراپ ئېغىزى) is a mountain pass in the Karakoram Mountains, in a strategic position on the northern border of Pakistan ( Gilgit–Baltistan's Hunza and Nagar Districts) and on the southwest border of China (Xinjiang). Mutsjliga Pass is a mountain pass at near Khunjerab Pass. Etymology Its name is derived from two words of the local Wakhi language: "khun" means blood and "jerab" means a creek coming from a spring or waterfall. Notability The Khunjerab Pass is the highest-paved international border crossing in the world and the highest point on the Karakoram Highway. The roadway across the pass was completed in 1982, and has superseded the unpaved Mintaka and Kilik Passes as the primary passage across the Karakoram Range. The choice of Khunjerab Pass for Karakoram Highway was decided in 1966: China citing the fact that Mintaka would be more susceptible to air strikes recommended the steeper Khunjerab Pass instea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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