Tag: Spirit

MUMBAI - When Nasreen Munni Kabir first proposed writing a biography on composer A. R. Rahman, her editor was skeptical. How would she put together the life of someone who is famous for his reticence? Kabir did manage eventually but it took her eight long years to do it. During this time, Rahman had also changed, going from a popular Bollywood and Tamil film composer to an Oscar-winning artiste working with the likes of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Danny Boyle. One thing didn't change -

KARACHI - The recent loss to India at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 semi-final in Mohali seems to not have fazed cricket-crazy students in the city. One group from the Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST) actually went ahead and organised a cricket tournament over the weekend to raise money for a number of causes, including the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) and The Garage School.
The one-day, league-based cricket

GUJRANWALA - Sportsman spirit can eradicate dejection in the society and create leadership qualities in the youth to lead a better practical life. Gujranwala Division Commissioner Saeed Iqbal Wahla said this while addressing the fourth sports gala of the University of Gujrat as chief guest.
Nawaz Sharif Medical College Principal Dr Nasir Aziz, Registrar Muhammad Akram Bhatti, Examination Controller Professor Maqsood Ahmad, Sports Committee Chairman Dr Abdul Majeed, University

MOHALI - The only positive fallout of the Cricket World Cup semi-final between Pakistan and India in Mohali on Wednesday was Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh's pledge to rebuild ties shattered after the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
The two prime ministers watched the match together from the stands. Before the game, they stood side by side for the national anthems before heading on to the pitch at the stadium to shake hands with players from

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has taken note of the fact that a number of retired officers are using official vehicles without authorisation while a large number of employees i.e. gardeners, drivers and police constables are also serving them. Similarly, the serving officers are using vehicles and services of such employees beyond their entitlement.
Punjab CM has directed that all administrative secretaries, heads of attached departments; autonomous,

GUJRANWALA - Sportsman spirit is required in all walks of life to nourish not only educational activities but also to make the society healthy and competitive.
It was stated by DCO Nabil Ahmad Awan while addressing first sports day of Gujranwala Medical College the other day. Principal Dr Atiya Mubarak, EDO Health Dr Nisar Ahmad Cheema and others also participated in the inaugural ceremony.
The DCO said, "Medical education is the most hectic and the students should come

LAHORE - The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Chairman Gohar Ejaz has blamed the Indian government for hurting the spirit of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), and claimed that the Indians have distorted the principle of free market mechanism on cotton trade.
He said that the condition of cotton export registration, imposed by the Indian government, has allowed Indian cotton merchants wriggle out of contracts worth one million cotton bales to

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama urged members of both major US political parties Saturday to overcome their differences and work in "the spirit of common cause" for the good of the country.
"So as business resumes, I look forward to working together in that same spirit of common cause with members of Congress from both parties - because before we are Democrats or Republicans, we are Americans," Obama said in his weekly radio address.
The remarks came after Obama paid

LAHORE/ISLAMABAD - According to the Tahafuz-e-Namoos-e-Risalat Mahaz (TNRM), Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer desecrated the basic spirit of Islam and turned a blasphemer himself when he showed support for Asia Bibi and called the blasphemy law 'a black law'.
A meeting of the TNRM, chaired by Allama Raza-e-Mustafa, on Wednesday said by virtue of that he succumbed to a true lover of the Holy Prophet (PBUH).
Dr Ashraf Asif Jalali, Pir Atherul Qadri and Mufti Haseeb were also

KARACHI: Six long years have failed to eradicate the harsh memories of Tasman Spirit disaster from the minds of many except the government of Pakistan.
July 27, 2003, an oil tanker named Tasman Spirit, carrying at least 67,537 tonnes of light crude oil had grounded and subsequently broken in two near the approach channel of Karachi Port which led to the spillage of at least 30,000 tonnes of crude oil, thus creating a long-lasting ecological imbalance in the country's sea

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board and the International Cricket Council feel that the tainted trio of Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamir is still understanding the legal status of their case and their legal representation too is yet to grasp the spirit of the ICC.
There is a general feeling within the PCB that the legal experts representing the three cricketers are yet to understand and devise a proper case to fight during a formal hearing in January. The hearing will