All business activities back to routine after Eid holidays

Staff Report

LAHORE: After Eid-ul-Adha’s holidays, all business activities have returned to the regular routine throughout the country on Monday.

All public and private schools, offices, markets and other institutes are open.

A vast majority of those who returned to their native homes to celebrate Eid with their families have returned to their respective cities.

Activities in Lahore, Karachi and all other prominent cities have re-started and traffic on the roads is as per normal. Trend Pk

Digicon6 special: Inter BEE kick starts on promising note

Tokyo: With the support of Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) and National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan (NAB-J), the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) has hosted the Inter BEE 2010 – an audio-video and communications broadcasting equipment exhibition at Makuhari Messe from November 17 to 19, 2010.

Currently in its 46th edition, Inter Bee has achieved remarkable success, in its role as a promoter of broadcasting technology. This year, in addition to traditional broadcasting, Inter BEE displayed a comprehensive selection of exhibits that provided an overview of a wide range of technological fields such as communications, IT, audio and lighting.

Here are the key highlights of the event:

The Tutorial Session: Targeting young people in the industry and students, instructors actively working in the video and audio domains help to nurture competent technicians in the workplace by imparting knowledge about equipment and system use, and contents creation techniques.

The Technical Report Conference on Commercial Broadcasting: An annual event that has been in place since the inauguration of Inter BEE. Front-line experts in the field of commercial TV discuss the constantly changing state of and problems facing commercial TV. This provides a valuable opportunity to learn about the course and direction of future broadcasting.

IPTV, Mobile TV, Crossmedia Zone: Here, people gather under one roof to see the latest IPTV services, and create a place to check-up on post-digitization mobile TV business. In addition to this, adopting a theme of digital signage, digital cinema and 3D images, a pavilion exhibition is kept where one can experience the possibilities and technological advancements of new media.

On the sidelines of Inter BEE, TBS Digicon6 also hosted an ‘Asia Contents Forum’ where the winners of respective countries showcased their work and key notes were delivered from the prominent film makers and directors of Asian countries.

Malik denies presence of Blackwater

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LAHORE: Interior Minister Rehman Malik says that he is prepared to take action within 24 hours if given evidence about allegations of Blackwater operating in the country.

He was speaking to the media after holding a meeting with Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Munawar Hasan, Qazi Hussain Ahmed and other prominent leaders at Mansoora in Lahore today (Friday).

“There is no presence of Blackwater or any other foreign agency in the country,” he reiterated, adding that action will be taken within 24 hours if provided with evidence in this regard.

Malik said that no compromise will be made on the country’s sovereignty.

About his meeting with JI leaders, he said that the overall law and order situation came under discussion.

“I have sought help and guidance from Jamaat-e-Islami in the wake of growing attacks on shrines,” he

Painter Allah Buksh’s 32nd death anniversary today

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KARACHI: Today marks the 32nd death anniversary of painter Allah Buksh. He was one of the prominent artists of pre-partition. He painted popular scenes of Hindu Mythology. He maintained his own distinctive, romantic style, and painted Pakistan folk stories such as HeerRanjha, SohniMahiwal and different festivals and seasons. He died on October 18, 1978.

He was born in Wazirabad in 1885. By the age fourteen Buksh had become an accomplished signboard painter. He worked as a carriage painter for Mughalpura Railway and as a scene painter for Agha Hasher Kashmiri’s theatrical company.

In 1914 he went to Bombay, where he was employed as a photographer, retouch artist and portrait and landscape painter at the Bombay Art Studio. After returning to Lahore in 1919, he became a fine art painter who supported himself as a commercial artist.

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PPP organizes rally to recall October 18 Karsaz blast

Staff Report

KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is all set to take out a rally on Monday evening to recall blast incident of October 18 which claimed hundreds of lives and injured scores of others on the return of the then Chairperson of PPP Benazir Bhutto.

Benazir Bhutto arrived in Karachi on October 18, 2007 and ended her nine year long self imposed exile to take active part in the Pakistani political arena once again.

Millions of PPP workers and loyalists received her warmly at Karachi airport and started to take her, along with other prominent leaders of the party, in a specially made truck towards Bilawal House in a miles long, slowly moving procession.

After many hours, the procession reached near Karsaz area where a deadly suicide attack was launched on the truck.

Benazir Bhutto and all the others on board survived the suicide

PPP organizes rally to recall October 18 Karsaz blast

Staff Report

KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is all set to take out a rally on Monday evening to recall blast incident of October 18 which claimed hundreds of lives and injured scores of others on the return of the then Chairperson of PPP Benazir Bhutto.

Benazir Bhutto arrived in Karachi on October 18, 2007 and ended her nine year long self imposed exile to take active part in the Pakistani political arena once again.

Millions of PPP workers and loyalists received her warmly at Karachi airport and started to take her, along with other prominent leaders of the party, in a specially made truck towards Bilawal House in a miles long, slowly moving procession.

After many hours, the procession reached near Karsaz area where a deadly suicide attack was launched on the truck.

Benazir Bhutto and all the others on board survived the suicide

Salman Khan to host Bigg Boss 4

After Big B announced the commencement of the popular show Kaun Banega Crorepati, it’s now time for none other than Salman Khan. Sallu will soon be seen hosting season 4 of the popular reality show Bigg Boss.

For some time now, there has been quite a lot of speculation whether King Khan AKA Shahrukh Khan will be the host; however, all rumours have been put to rest with Sallu being nominated as the host for the show. Sallu even tweeted about the same stating, “Doing bigg bossssssssssssssssssssssss! boss .”

Though the dates of the show haven’t yet been finalized, it is said that Sallu and Big B will be pitting their with against each other as show hosts on two different shows with the latest season of Bigg Boss being said to start alongside KBC. On previous seasons other prominent Bollywood stars like Arshad Warsi, Shilpa Shetty and Amitabh himself have been hosts, so what’s left to be seen is how Sallu treats the show. But knowing his unique persona and charisma, as seen in his early show 10 Ka Dum, audiences can be rest assured that he will rock.

Mohtarma’s Birth Anniversary Being Celebrated Today

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) will celebrate the 57th birth anniversary of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto. The main ceremony to pay homage to slain Chairperson of Pakistan Peoples Party Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto will take place in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh Naudero.

After recitation of Holy Quran, the prominent poets, intellectuals and leaders of the party will participate in the moot to pay tribute to Shaheed Benazir.

The party leaders, activists and people belonging to various walks of life will donate blood in large numbers.

Several cities have also been decorated with banners, poster, hoardings and flags of Pakistan People’s Party.

Shoania wedding reception begins

HYDERABAD DECCAN: The arrival of guests at the wedding reception of cricketer Shoaib Malik and tennis star Sania Mirza is underway here on Thursday.

The reception has been arranged at luxurious Taj Krishna Hotel of Hyderabad Deccan.

Federal Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan, singer Waris Baig and cricketer Suhail Tanvir are among the prominent Pakistani guests in the reception.

Federal Minster Firdous Ashiq Awan presented a gold crown to Sania.

Shoaib Malik is dressed in off-white sherwani while Sania is wearing a golden traditional shalwar Kamiz.

Maulana Jalalpuri Funeral Prayers today

KARACHI, Pakistan News: The funeral prayer of the prominent religious cleric and the head of Aalami Majlis-e-Khatm-e-Naboowat organization Mulana Saeed Jalalpuri and others will be offered after Friday’s prayer here at the Banuri Town, while they will be laid to rest within the limits of Mulana Yousuf Ludhianvi’s mausoleum.

Meanwhile, religious scholars have called upon government of Sindh for judicial inquiry into his assassination.

This was decided during a meeting comprising of many religious clerics, which held in Banuri Town late on Thursday night.

Dead bodies of the martyred Mulana Mufti Saeed Jalalpuri, his son and others had been shifted to Jamiatul Uloom Islamia located in Banuri Town yesterday.

Police have also closed down for traffic, the Jamsheed Road stretched from Guru Mandir to Jail Chowrangi owing to security arrangements, besides deployment of heavy contingents of police and rangers, police sources said.

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