Tag: Khan

KARACHI - Atif Khan was born in Sahiwal in 1972. He graduated in Fine Arts from the National College of Arts in Lahore. He was awarded the UNESCO-Aschberg Bursary in 1999 and completed a residency at Darat-al-Funun in Amman, Jordan the same year.
Following his success there and his reputation as a highly qualified teacher and printmaker at the National College of Arts in Lahore, Khan was appointed as artist in residence at the Swansea Print Workshop from November 2005 for three

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan can now claim the unique honour of winning the best and worst actor awards for the same film in the same year. Khan, who won the Filmfare trophy in January for his performance as a man with Asperger's Syndrome in "My Name is Khan", was awarded the worst actor award this week at the Golden Kela awards, India's version of the Razzies that spoof the Oscars.
The film, directed by Karan Johar, also picked up the dubious honour of the worst film of

QUETTA - Agha Mahmood Khan Ahmadzai, the first cousin of Khan of Kalat and nephew of a provincial minister, was gunned down by unknown assailants in Kalat town, some 160km away from Quetta, on Monday. According to the family sources, armed men riding a motorbike sprayed a volley of bullets on the vehicle of Agha on Shahi Darbar Road, as he was coming out of his uncle's house. As a result, he received four bullets and succumbed to his injuries on the spot. Following the attack,

LAHORE - Eleven years have passed but yet the legend of the great Pathanay Khan still remains, whose lilting sweet yet pain filled Saraiki songs are absorbed by lovers of folk music. Pathanay Khan or Ghulam Mohammad, was born in 1926 in the village Basti Tambu Wali, situated in the heart of the Thal Desert, several miles from Kot Addu, Punjab. When he was only a few years old, his father, Khameesa Khan, brought home a third wife after which his own mother decided to leave her husband.

LAHORE - Actress Reema Khan inaugurated Earth Hour 2011 at World Wildlife Fund - Pakistan's Green Schools including American School of International Academics, The City School Ravi Campus and Beaconhouse School System Garden Town in Lahore.
WWF - Pakistan has launched an intensive Earth Hour campaign in collaboration with the Green Schools to celebrate a worldwide commitment to the betterment of the planet. Environmentally aware students from the schools lit candles and marched

LAHORE - Tauseef Club and Khan Gymkhana qualified for the second round of the East Zone Cricket Championship, played at various grounds of the city. Tauseef Club beat Young Mughalpura Greeners by 61 runs at Wahdat Colony Ground, while Khan Gymkhana outplayed Service Colts by 121 runs at Jallo Ground.
Scores: At Wahdat Colony Ground: Tauseef Club 312/6 in 40 overs. Ibrar Baigh 80, Gulzar Ahmed 45(no), Waris Baigh 44, M Arif 42, Ismaeel Mudasar 24, Sami Ullah 21, Sher Baz 17. Irfan

HAMBANTOTA - Swashbuckling Canadian batsman Rizwan Cheema said Sunday he is a huge fan of Pakistan great Imran Khan, setting his sights on emulating the World Cup-winning skipper. Imran, who lifted the World Cup for Pakistan in 1992, was one of the world's top all-rounders in a golden era alongside Ian Botham of England, India's Kapil Dev and Richard Hadlee of New Zealand.
After retiring from cricket Imran went into politics and heads his own Tehrik-e-Insaaf (Movement for

LAHORE/NEW DELHI - India charged well-known singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan with currency violations on Saturday after he and his entourage were allegedly caught with $124,000 in undeclared cash at New Delhi's airport, reports said.
Thirty-seven-year-old Khan is accused of carrying undeclared foreign currency in violation of India's Foreign Exchange Management Act and customs rules, the Press Trust of India and other media reported. Khan's manager Maroof, who goes by one name, faces

ISLAMABAD - Former federal minister for Religious Affairs Hamid Saeed Kazmi on Friday failed to convince the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) about the ownership of his property in Rahim Yar Khan. According to a source in the FIA, Kazmi told a team that some one had gifted him the said property.
When Kazmi was asked why he did not transfer the property in the name of seminary he had been running for years, he could not provide a satisfactory reply. However, he maintained that

ISLAMABAD - Former Sindh governor and Al-Shifa Trust (AST) President Lt Gen (Retd) Jahandad Khan passed away at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Rawalpindi here on Sunday. He was 83 and was survived by one daughter and one son.
He was the founder of the Al-Shifa Trust eye hospitals at Rawalpindi, Kohat, Sukkur, Quetta and Muzaffarabad. The funeral for Jahandad Khan was held at the Shifa Eye Hospital Rawalpindi.

Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Javed Iqbal has ordered compulsory retirement of Gujjar Khan SDPO Muhammad Jameel Baig on misuse of powers on Friday.
During an inquiry held on IGP's orders, Jameel was found guilty of charges of violating the provisions of Police Order 2002 and misuse of official power for some 'ulterior motives', concluded the Inquiry Officer Dr Muhammad Akhtar Abbas, the then CTO Rawalpindi. During the investigation it was also established that Jameel

COMMENT - Younis Khan became the eighth Pakistani and 42nd batsman overall to score 6000 runs in limited overs international cricket. The right hand batsman from Mardan achieved his feat in his 21-run knock in the fifth match of the six-match series against New Zealand at Seddon Park, Hamilton, on Thursday.
It was his 205th innings in 212 one-day match. The former captain who made his international debut against Sri Lanka at Karachi on February 13,2000, took 10 years and 355 days

LAHORE - Bradford'd Irfan Khan reported to coach Tariq Lutfi at the selection-trial-cum-coaching camp which is in full swing at the Model Town Football Academy for the ensuing Thailand Training Camp and two-legged qualifiers against Malaysia for the London Olympics.
Irfan is a midfielder at Bradford Park Avenue Association Football Club which is nowadays eleventh behind leaders Halifax Town, Colwyn Bay and Matlock Town in the 22-club Northern Premier League Premier Division,

SINGAPORE - An Indian film about a Muslim man's travails in the United States dominated Bollywood's first major awards of the year, picking up both best director and best actor titles. The Zee Cine Awards were held in Singapore, and most of the Indian Hindi film industry's top stars flew in for the event at the Marina Bay Sands resort, which dominates the city-state's skyline. 'My Name is Khan,' a sentimental movie about an autistic Muslim man who lives in the United States, won

Quett/lahore - Wali Khan Babar, a Geo News reporter who was killed by unknown men in Karachi on Thursday night, was laid to rest in his native town, Zhob on Friday.
His body was first brought to Quetta from where journalists and Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awamy Party workers joined his funeral procession to Gadi Babar of Zhob district. People from various walks of life attended his funeral prayer.
Journalists raised black flags on all press club buildings of Balochistan, while