Poet N.M.Rashed’s 25th death anniversary passes silently

Staff Report

KARACHI: Poet Nazar Mohammed Rashed commonly known as Noon Meem Rashed or N.M. Rashed’s 25th anniversary passed silently. His poem “Zindagi sey dartey ho” was set to music in the 2010 Bollywood hit movie, Peepli Live, made by top producer/actor Aamir Khan. He was an influential Pakistani poet of modern Urdu poetry. He retired to England in 1973 and died in a London hospital in 1975.

Rashed was born as Raja Nazar Muhmmad Janjua in Village Kot Bhaaga, Akaal Garh ( Now Alipur Chatha), Tehsil Wazirabad, District, Gujranwala, Punjab, and earned a masters degree in economics from the Government College Lahore.

Rashed served for the UN and worked in many countries. He is considered to be the father of Modernism in Urdu Literature. Along with Faiz Ahmed Faiz, he is by far the greatest poet in the history of Pakistani literature.

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I.I.Chundrigar’s 40th death anniversary today

Staff Report

KARACHI: Today marks the 40th death anniversary Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar commonly known as I. I. Chundrigar was the sixth Prime Minister of Pakistan for approximately 2 months from October 17, 1957 to December 16, 1957. He died on September 26, 1960 in London.

I.I Chundrigar belonged to the Muslim Chundrigar community, and was born in 1897 in Ahmedabad, and educated at Bombay University.

I.I. Chundrigar first came to prominence when the Muslim League was to give its response to the Government of India Act 1935. He shifted to Bombay at the request of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and became President of the Bombay Provincial Muslim League in 1937.

He was re-elected every year upto October 1946. That was when Muhammad Ali Jinnah, leader of the All-India Muslim League, was asked to nominate members of the Muslim League for the Interim Government of

I.I.Chundrigar’s 40th death anniversary today

Staff Report

KARACHI: Today marks the 40th death anniversary Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar commonly known as I. I. Chundrigar was the sixth Prime Minister of Pakistan for approximately 2 months from October 17, 1957 to December 16, 1957. He died on September 26, 1960 in London.

I.I Chundrigar belonged to the Muslim Chundrigar community, and was born in 1897 in Ahmedabad, and educated at Bombay University.

I.I. Chundrigar first came to prominence when the Muslim League was to give its response to the Government of India Act 1935. He shifted to Bombay at the request of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and became President of the Bombay Provincial Muslim League in 1937.

He was re-elected every year upto October 1946. That was when Muhammad Ali Jinnah, leader of the All-India Muslim League, was asked to nominate members of the Muslim League for the Interim Government of

Winter Solstice 2009

Christmas shopping, let’s pause to recognize that today, December 21, 2009 is officially Winter Solstice 2009.

Whats is Winter Solstice 2009

The Winter Solstice occurs exactly when the earth’s axial tilt is farthest away from the sun at its maximum of 23° 26′. Though the Winter Solstice lasts an instant in time, the term is also colloquially used like Midwinter to refer to the day on which it occurs. For most people in the high latitudes this is commonly known as the shortest day and the sun’s daily maximum position in the sky is the lowest. The seasonal significance of the Winter Solstice is in the reversal of the gradual lengthening of nights and shortening of days. The Winter Solstice is also the shortest day or lowest sun position for people in low latitudes located between the Tropic of Cancer (23°26′N) and the Tropic of Capricorn (23°26′S). Depending on the shift of the calendar, the winter solstice occurs some time between December 21 and December 22 each year in the Northern Hemisphere, and between June 20 and June 21 in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Winter Solstice 2009 was first posted on December 21, 2009 at 8:28 pm.