Akshay Kumar inspired by Monty Panesar

The former con star will soon be a cricket star. Talking about Akshay Kumar who is donning the role of a cricketer for his next, Patiala House, actually did a lot of homework for it. The role was inspired from Monty Panesar who was England’s first Sikh cricketer.
Though there has been a contribution by a lot of cricketer’s like ex cricketers Paras Mhambre and Balvinder Singh Sandhu are among them. They have worked very hard on training Akshay to look and perform like an authentic bowler.
Akshay plays a Sikh bowler who wants to represent England in the cricket team but the story based on father son clash shows how his dad in the film who has faced a lot of racism is against the idea. The unit toll details from Monty’s life in particular as it was the most inspiring one considering his struggle to finally make it to the England team is a very powerful one.

Nikhil Advani, the director of the film, said, “Every piece of art and creative process is inspired by real life. We did a lot of research on the lives of cricketers. But this character is not inspired by one person.”

Ahmadinejad meets Hezbollah chief

BEIRUT: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met with Hezbollah’s Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday as he wrapped up his first state visit to Lebanon.

Pictures broadcast by Hezbollah’s television channel Al Manar showed Ahmadinejad and Nasrallah embracing as they held a meeting at an undisclosed location on Thursday.

Nasrallah was seen presenting a parting gift to Ahmadinejad.

Ahmadinejad also met with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman in Beirut on Thursday.

Thursday wrapped up what has been a historic visit by the Iranian leader.

Earlier in the day, Ahmadinejad went to the doorstep of his archenemy Israel, telling thousands of Hezbollah supporters in a Lebanese border town he was proud of their struggle.

Ahmadinejad visited the border town of Bint Jbeil, which was among the hardest-hit areas during the 2006

Iran arrested 91 people on vote anniversary: police chief

TEHRAN: Iranian police arrested 91 people on Saturday as the nation marked the anniversary of last year”s disputed presidential election, police chief Hossein Sadjadinia said.

“Ninety-one suspects have been arrested by the police and their cases have been forwarded to the judiciary,” Sadjadinia was quoted as saying by a local news agency.

The anniversary passed off without any major anti-government protests, although some opposition websites and news agencies reported some skirmishes at Tehran”s Sharif university between pro-regime hardliners and anti-regime students.

Last year on June 12, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was returned to power in an election that the opposition charged was massively rigged.

In the immediate aftermath of the poll, Tehran was rocked by massive street protests against him and clashes in which dozens of people were killed.

Street protests have subsided in recent months, but opposition leaders have vowed to continue their struggle against the hardliner.

15 firefighters faint battling Margala Hills blaze

ISLAMABAD: Fifteen firefighters fell unconscious due to smoke while trying to bring under control the blaze that suddenly erupted on Margala Hills on Wednesday.

DG Environment CDA, Dr. Suleman talking to Geo News here said difficulties are being experienced in putting out the fire in the absence of helicopters while fire tenders too cannot reach up on the hills due to tough terrain.

He said two helicopters remain at the disposal of CDA but they are, at the moment, engaged in carrying out relief and rescue activities in Hunza.

According to CDA sources, the blaze has spread across an area of 3 kilometers on the hills where 300 men are presently engaged in fire extinguishing exercise. During the struggle 15 of the men fell unconscious and were shifted to different hospitals of Islamabad.

Senate continues debate on 18th amendment bill

ISLAMABAD: The Senators from both sides of the divine Wednesday continued debate on 18 amendment bill while terming the provincial autonomy a positive step towards development and progress of the provinces as well as the country.

Taking part in the debate Senator Maulana Gul Naseeb Khan said that the 18th amendment would be a historical deed of the present government and all political parties’ leaderships.

Lauding the untiring efforts of constitutional committee and particularly Raza Rabbani, he said dictators Gen Ayub Khan, Gen Yahya Khan, Gen Zia and Gen Musharraf had badly disfigured the unanimous constitution of 1973 in order to legitimize their illegal rules.

He said the present leadership while showing prudence took pragmatic steps for the restoration of 1973 constitution in its true form.

Maulana Gul Naseeb said a number of laws existed in the country, however, unfortunately it were not implemented in letter and spirit.

He said the 18th amendment bill has many merits including provincial autonomy, repealing of 17 amendment, and identity to Pastoon nation. “We are grateful to the political parties, leaderships and government for giving identity to our people and province,” he remarked.

He said JUI had already passed a resolution to rename NWFP as a Pakhtunkhwa from the provincial assembly. However, now the issue was being politicized for political gain which would vitiate the atmosphere. He said the people of Harzara were loyal and rendered supreme scarifies for the country. Many people belonging to this region had ruled the provincial and federal governments in past. He said neither PML-Q adopted any resolution nor the people of Hazara initiate a moment to rename the name of province.

Muhammad Ali Durrani while appreciating the struggle of constitutional committee for bringing 18th amendment bill in the Parliament said that the committee made an impossible task a possible.

Taking part in the debate he said renaming of NWFP has become a burning issue and it should be resolved prudently.

He said the gap emerged because the issue of renaming was decided outside the committee. He suggested that a special committee comprising members of National and Provincial assemblies and Senate belonging to NWFP should be constituted to sort out the issue and proposed the name for the province in a stipulated time frame.

He said it was a good omen to repeal amendments made by the dictators, however, the committee did not touch the laws introduced by Gen Yahya Khan. He said Gen Yahya made Bahawalpur Division a part of Punjab province without the consent of the people of the region.

Taking part in debate PML-Q leader Salim Saifullah felicitated Raza Rabbani over formulation of bill and its unanimous passage from National Assembly.

He said that proposed provincial autonomy was a good step but the concerns of Hazara people regarding the renaming of NWFP should also be considered.

Senator Abdul Malik said that though the provincial autonomy has been proposed in the amendment bill but the provinces were not given rights on its resources especially on ports, excise duty and others.

He said that the true provincial autonomy could be ascertained by giving due shares to provinces on their resources.

He said that the issue of renaming of NWFP provinces should not be talked about to the extend that could affect the 18th amendment bill which was unanimously passed by the National Assembly.

He appreciated the amendment bill and the efforts of the Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional reforms.

MQM Senator Tahir Hussain Mashhadi congratulated Adviser to Prime Minister Raza Rabbani over the bill.

He said the provinces were given provincial autonomy to a limited extend, adding that provinces should be rights on ports, excise duty so that they could meet their financial needs.

He recommended that under the proposed decentralization of powers, the provinces should be given more powers, which should further be transferred to the local governments so that the masses could be empowered.

He condemned misuse of powers by police in Hazara and termed it brutality of police force. He called for strict action against the police officials to avoid such incident in future.

Safdar Abbasi paid homage to Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto for their struggle for empowerment of people and strengthening of democracy.

He appreciated the working of Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reforms and especially mentioned the insertion of Article 25A in the constitution and said that the right to information, education are the fundamental rights of every citizen.

Safdar Abbasi also lauded the proposed article on provincial autonomy and said that it would make the federating units stronger, however he called for more allocations for small provinces.

Sons Of Anarchy Season 2 Episode 1

Sons of Anarchy Season 2 Episode 1 was released yesterday, 8 September 2009. Sons of Anarchy S02E01 episode titled as “Albification.

Son of Anarchy is a very interesting series on the basis of the struggle of the father who is struggling with his responsibilities as a father and his involvement in an arms smuggling gang of motorcyclists.

If you have not seen the Sons of Anarchy Season 2 Episode 1, it is not worried, because here is what you can get (S02E01) A brief summary and other information about the series.

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