People - 11

Fortune smiled on two Pakistani expatriates, with Ahmed Rahmatullah, winning the jackpot of QR100,000 and his compatriot, Khan Mohammad winning the second prize, QR50,000 in the third raffle draw of this year’s Qatar Summer Wonders. He said that his hometown was in Karachi, the port city of Pakistan but Qatar is the country he has [...]

In a no-frill performance with absolute command over classical music, leading vocalist Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan enthralled the audience at a function organized by the All Pakistan Music Conference on Saturday night. Since Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan is also extremely fond of Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali, he chose Raag Des of the Khammach Thaath to [...]

Haji Muhammad Rafiq, Chairman Giga Group of Companies, is a respected businessman in Pakistan, the Middle East and Africa. His strong belief in growing his business in untapped and challenging markets, made him decide to set up business in Dubai as well Africa. Recently, the Giga group’s newly established entity, Mazyood Giga International FZE, launched [...]

Graduate Mahwish Yousaf, whose family still has ties to the Punjab city of Lahore, became the first recipient of the S. L. Nanda Math and Science Scholarship in May. This award was established in memory of Sneh Nanda of Charleston, who was born in Lahore when it was part of the British ruled Indian subcontinent. [...]

Mir Shakil-Ur-Rahman is no stranger to the news business. When he was a child, he spent every lunch break from school at his father’s newspaper office, learning the ropes. He was lucky. Dad had founded and built up a major print media group. When Rahman took over, he extended the group’s reach into electronic media. [...]

Arfa, a promising software programmer from Faisalabad, Pakistan, is believed to be the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional in the world. The designation, given to outside experts who prove their ability to work with Microsoft technologies, has also been achieved by some teenagers. She made an impression through a combination of charm, flattery and boldness uncommon [...]

Zahoor Khan, a resident of Megowal village, was digging earth for some construction work outside the village when the tractor’s blades touched an earthen pot deep under the soil. With the brushing, the pot broke but led tractor driver Imran to the discovery of some metallic things. The next moment he was surprised to see [...]

Zala Ejaz doesn’t write poems if her father gives an idea because she thinks that she has enough ideas of her own. The class five student at the Siddeeq Public School has so far written around 50 poems out of which the National Book Foundation published 35 in February. When Zala was eight-year-old, she was [...]

The hospitality and friendship exhibited by the villagers of Dhaliwal was unbelievable. We were treated like royalty. So many children gathered around us that I became a street magician and amused them by showing them tricks with coins and balls that I always carry in my pocket. We were greatly touched by the regard and [...]

From being heralded as Asia’s biggest rock act that redefined Sufi rock, Junoon has come a long way. The band that was applauded by U2′s Bono for their efforts at propagating world peace, is finally taking a break, what with all its members concentrating on their solo careers. Salman Ahmed shifted base to USA as [...]