Woman, three children burnt alive in Muzaffargarh

 

According to details, fire broke out in the house of Muhammad Asif situated in Khanwala locality of Baseera near

 

Muzaffargarh which engulfed the entire building soon, killing 21-year-old Tahira Bano, her two children, three-year-old Khurram Shahzad and two-mont-old Sawaira and a guest Saima.

 

Rescue teams reached the site and brought the fire under control. The cause of the fire is stated to be due to short circuit. Police have registered a case and started investigation.
 

Jennifer Lopez on her kids wanting to enter show business one day

TrendPK.com: Jennifer Lopez has had a successful career in show business, but that doesn’t mean she is ready for her twins with Marc Anthony to go after the same career.

Lopez recently admitted that she would be more than supportive of her children if they chose to go into entertainment, but she won’t let them make that decision just yet, states RadarOnline.com.

“I don’t want them to be in the business at a young age. I just don’t think they need that burden, that pressure. They should have a normal life – go to school, play, grow up … If they want to go off and be artists or singers or dancers or pilots or architects or anything – then they have my full support,” Lopez commented.

However, she wouldn’t be too surprised if they do enter entertainment: “I can hear that Emme can sing. She loves to dance and will sit there for hours watching dance … She could be a choreographer. And I can see that Max is very comfortable in front of a camera.”

Do you think her children will enter show business?

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Oscar Night® America 2012 to Benefit Charities Nationwide

TrendPK.com: On Sunday, February 26, charities in 49 cities will host official Oscar® viewing parties during the 84th Academy Awards® ceremony as part of Oscar Night America (ONA), the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ grassroots outreach program.

The Academy sanctions charities across the country to host celebratory viewing parties on Oscar Night with proceeds directly benefiting the charities. All parties will feature the live broadcast of the Awards presentation; many will integrate Hollywood-style party elements, including red carpet arrivals, local celebrities, “paparazzi” photographers, predict-the-winner contests and live entertainment.

The 2012 Oscar Night America charities and cities are (alphabetical by city):

KiMo Theatre, Albuquerque, NM
The Center for Family Resources, Atlanta, GA
AIDS Interfaith Residential Services (AIRS), Baltimore, MD
The Ellie Fund, Boston, MA
Shea’s Performing Arts Center, Buffalo, NY
Virginia Film Festival, Charlottesville, VA
Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
People Working Cooperatively, Cincinnati, OH
Ashtabula County Medical Center Foundation, Cleveland, OH
USA Film Festival, Dallas, TX
Denver Film Society, Denver, CO
Southgate Community Players, Detroit, MI
Waterfront Film Festival, Grand Rapids, MI
Community Theatre of Greensboro, Greensboro/Winston-Salem, NC
Junior League of Greenville, Greenville, SC
Connecticut AIDS Resource Coalition, Hartford, CT
Hawaii International Film Festival, Honolulu, HI
American Cancer Society, High Plains Division, Houston, TX
United Way of Central Indiana, Indianapolis, IN
Variety – The Children’s Charity of Eastern Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Variety – The Children’s Charity of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
Wolfe Street Foundation, Inc., Little Rock, AR
MEND – Meet Each Need with Dignity, Los Angeles, CA
WHAS Crusade for Children, Louisville, KY
Ronald McDonald House of Memphis, Memphis, TN
Miami Beach Film Society, Miami, FL
COA Youth & Family Centers, Milwaukee, WI
Aegis Foundation, Minneapolis, MN
Belcourt Theatre, Nashville, TN
American Red Cross, Southeast Louisiana Chapter, New Orleans, LA
Ronald McDonald House of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City, OK
Alzheimer’s Association, Midlands Chapter, Omaha, NE
Variety – The Children’s Charity of Florida, Orlando, FL
Palm Beach International Film Festival, Palm Beach, FL
Volunteers of America Delaware Valley, Philadelphia, PA
Arthritis Foundation, Greater Southwest Chapter, Phoenix, AZ
Rhode Island International Film Festival, Providence, RI
Theatre In The Park, Raleigh, NC
Central Virginia Film Institute, Richmond, VA
Capital City AIDS Fund, Sacramento, CA
Cinema St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Utah AIDS Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT
Special Olympics Texas, San Antonio, TX
Community Campership Council, Inc., San Diego, CA
California Film Institute, San Francisco, CA
Starlight Children’s Foundation Northwest, Seattle, WA
Isabel’s House, Springfield, MO
Tampa Theatre, Tampa, FL
Fox Tucson Theatre Foundation, Tucson, AZ

To set these parties apart from the thousands of other events taking place on Oscar Night, each ONA party receives from the Academy copies of the official commemorative poster and the official Oscar show program among other items.

Only one charity party in a given media market may participate in ONA. Events are entirely produced by local nonprofit organizations, with the active participation of the local ABC-TV affiliate station.

Last year 51 charities hosted viewing parties for the 83rd Academy Awards with 17,332 guests in attendance nationwide. More than $3.5 million was raised, all of it remaining in local communities. Since its inception in 1994, the program has generated nearly $33.5 million in funding for a wide spectrum of charitable organizations – every cent staying within the community where it was raised.

For the 19th consecutive year, Concept Marketing Development of Santa Barbara, California, will assist the Academy in coordinating the program.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.

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NATO airstile killed eight children: Karzai

 

A NATO airstrike killed eight children in Afghanistan s Kapisa province, President Hamid Karzai said Thursday.

 

The president “strongly condemned the aerial bombing by foreign troops that killed a number of children in Nejrab district” northeast of Kabul on Wednesday, said a statement from his office.

 

“Based on information by (the) provincial governor, as a result of an air strike conducted on February 8 in Geyawa village in Nejrab district of Kapisa province, eight children were killed,” the statement said.

 

Karzai had assigned a delegation “to launch an all-out probe into the NATO bombing”, it added.

 

A NATO spokesman said he could “confirm there has been a situation. A joint assessment team went there to identify the situation”.

 

The Afghan president, who has a strained relationship with his Western allies, has regularly condemned NATO for civilian deaths in the decade-long war against Taliban insurgents fighting to overthrow him.

 

A record number civilians were killed in Afghanistan in 2011 — the fifth straight year the death toll has risen, the United Nations reported last week.

 

A total of 3,021 civilians died — mostly at the hands of insurgents — up eight percent from 2,790 in 2010, the UN mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said in its annual report.

 

Taliban-led insurgents caused 77 percent of the deaths last year, up 14 percent from 2010, while pro-government forces were responsible for killing 410 civilians — 14 percent of the total, the report said.

 

Most deaths attributed to NATO forces were a result of attacks from the air, but there was an overall decline of four percent in the number of civilians killed by pro-government forces, the report said.
 

Three families massacred in Syria’s Homs: activists

BEIRUT: Three entire families, including women and children, were massacred overnight in the flashpoint city of Homs by the Syrian government’s security forces and thugs, activists said on Wednesday.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the 20 dead were from the Ghantawi, Terkawi and Zamel families, who were all gunned down in their homes.

Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Britain-based group, said one family numbered five, including a 15-year-old girl and two other children aged five and seven. Another family had seven members and the third eight.

Abdel Rahman said the three families were shot dead after the regime forces and government-backed militiamen known as Shabiha stormed their homes overnight in the Homs neighbourhoods of Karm el-Zeytoun and Naziheen.

Hadi Abdullah, an activist in Baba Amr reached by satellite phone from Beirut, said the 20 victims had their throats slit.

The reports could not be independently verified as the government has prevented most foreign journalists from entering Syria to cover an unprecedented revolt against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

The crackdown on the uprising has been concentrated in recent days on Homs, which has become a main centre of resistance. AGENCIES

3 brothers gunned down in Sukkur

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SUKKUR: Three young brothers were gunned down over an old enmity in Pano Aaqil area of the city on Tuesday.

According to police three armed men entered into Muhammad Yaqoob’s house and started firing.

Latif (10), Mumtaz (9) and Irfan (8) were shot dead at the spot.

Sources told media that Yaqoob is native of a village and migrated to the city for his children’s education purpose.

Police termed the killings as the result of old tribal enmity. TrendPK

Three children killed in Pannu Aqil firing incident

 

Three burqa-clad gunmen of Chachar clan opened fire at houses of Mehar clan in Sufi Colony on Tuesday morning that killed three children of Chachar family on the spot.

 

The indiscriminate firing killed three children aged between 7 and 14 years.

 

After the incident, police have cordoned off the area and started search for the assailants.
 

Imran postpones March 23 public meeting in Quetta

 

The Public meeting of PTI Chairman Imran Khan scheduled for March 23 in Quetta has been postponed, the party said Monday.

 

PTI sources said Imran Khan had not taken leaders of the nationalists parties into confidence so far.

 

Imran Khan had already given indications that a workable and practicable proposals for resolving the problems facing people of Balochistan would be presented in his public meeting.

 

The PTI sources further said talks between Imran Khan and national leaders were underway and the public meeting would likely to take place on April, 6.
 

LHC seeks reply over Governors disqualification

 

Justice Khalid Mehmood Khan of Lahore High Court (LHC) again sought reply from federal government on a petition seeking disqualification of governor Punjab Latif Khosa.

 

The petitioner Afaq Ahmad advocate had taken plea in his petition that governor Punjab was disposing off his personal matters by using public funds and thus causing loss to national exchequer, therefore, he be declared disqualified.

 

Deputy Attorney General told the court that he be allowed time to file reply. The court issued notices again to federal government in connection with disqualification of governor Punjab and sought reply on February, 22.

 

The hearing of the case has been adjourned till February, 22.
 

Qatar to give 500mcf gas per day to Pakistan

 

Pakistan and Qatar on Monday have signed agreements to collaborate in multiple areas mainly import of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from the Gulf state and cooperation between the two governments on security.

 

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani and his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al Thani witnessed the signing ceremony of two Agreements and four Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) as the representatives of Pakistan and Qatar s respective ministries inked the documents, at the Amiri Diwan here.

 

Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Dr Asim Hussain and Qatar s minister for energy Dr Muhammad bin Saleh Al Saada signed the MoU on import of LNG.

 

Pakistan is interested in importing 500 million cubic feet per day of LNG from Qatar that produces 77 million tonnes per annum of LNG. The imported LNG will be initially provided to the power houses in the country to generate 2,500 mega watt of electricity.

 

The Qatar s minister for energy is visiting Pakistan this month to hold talks with the respective ministers to evolve the mechanism of undertaking investment in various sectors which according to the Qatari Prime Minister could go upto five billion dollars.

 

The MoU on security cooperation between the Interior ministries of Pakistan and Qatar was signed by Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar and Qatar s minister of state for Interior. Both also inked an agreement on cooperation in legal field between the two governments.

 

The agreement in the field of Auqaf and Islamic Affairs was signed by Minister for Professional and Technical Training Riaz Pirzada.

 

The two countries signed an MoU between Pakistan s Ministry of Water and Power and Qatar s Ministry of Energy for cooperation in hydropower development.

 

Chairman Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Shakil Durrani and Qatar s energy minister Muhammad Al Saleh Al Saada signed the document.

 

A bilateral agreement was signed on Mutual Administrative Assistance for the Proper Application of Customs Law and Repression, Investigation and Enforcement of Customs Offenses between the governments of Pakistan and Qatar.

 

Pakistan s ambassador to Qatar Muhammad Sarfraz Ahmed Khanzada signed the document. Both also signed an MoUto cooperate in the field of organizing exhibitions between the two countries. –APP
 

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