Jamil Fakhri, A Renowned Actor, Passed Away

Jamil Fakhri, a great TV actor and stage artist, passed away on Thursday after prolong illness. Whole nation is sad on his death and missing their legends like Jamil Fakhri, Moeen Akhtar and many stage actors.

The leading actor was in state of shock since his son shot dead in US. Fakhri left behind a widow and three sons to mourn his death. His funeral prayers will be offered at his Ravi Road residence Friday morning.

Jamil Fakhri, who was a banker by profession, started his artistic career from a TV drama ‘Thanda Bokhar’. But, he is mostly remembered for his extra-ordinary performance in one of the most popular TV series, ‘Andhera Ujala’, in which he appeared as Jaffar Hussain.

President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has also expressed grief and sorrow over the sad demise of Fakhri.

 

ZONG introducing mobile insurance service

People have expensive mobile phones but they always have fear of losing or theft of their hand sets. In Pakistan incidents of mobile robbery is increasing day by day. Considering this issue, for the first time in the history of Pakistan, ZONG is introducing mobile insurance plan.

ZONG is launching this innovative service in collaboration with Adamjee Life Assurance Co Ltd. Adamjee Life Assurance has the reputation of being one of the most prompt and efficient settlers of claims. ZONG, which has offered many flexible services to its subscribers in the past is now bringing this hassle-free insurance plan. Its users can subscribe to the insurance service simply by sending an SMS.

To Subscribe:

SMS “SUB” to 5433

To Un-Subscribe:

SMS “UNSUB” to 5433

To Initiate Claim:

SMS “CLAIM” to 5433

For more information visit

http://zong.com.pk/vas_general_insurance_ser.html

 

CDGK Establishes Rain Emergency Centers in Karachi

City District Government Karachi (CDGK) has established ‘Rain Emergency Centers’ in various parts of the city for keeping people safe from upcoming monsoon season.

The Emergency Centers are directed to work round the clock and ensure the provision of instant help and assistance to citizens during rains.

Acting Administrator Karachi Muhammad Hussain Syed has directed officers of Works and Services Department to ensure the establishment of emergency centers in all zones of the city.

 

Your Personal Information is Unsafe on FBR website

Personal information of taxpayer is now unsafe when the Federal Board of Revenue’s online NTN verification system is alarmingly offering an open opportunity to spammers, marketing agents, advertising agencies and general public to grab sensitive information of any taxpayer.

All you need to have is just the CNIC number of any individual to get the sensitive information about his business, home address, business address, bank accounts, attorneys, business managers/directors and much more.

Such kind of information can be used for illegal and unethical purposes.

How it works:

Get CNIC number of the target, (it is not difficult to get NIC of any person) and Go to following web link and search person with his NIC number

http://regsys.fbr.gov.pk/Registration/onlinesearchTaxpayer.aspx

Here you will shown the NTN number registered against that particular CNIC, Now follow the given web link

http://regsys.fbr.gov.pk/Registration/NewRegistration.aspx?type=1

After selecting choice (Change in particulars) just input his/her NTN number. Amazingly this website will not ask you any kind of username and password and then you can easily grab as much information as you want.

 

 

Employment Opportunities by Building 12 Small Dams

Federal Minister for Water and Power, Syed Naveed Qamar said that the development of 12 small dams would help socio-economic uplift of remote areas of the country. This new project would raise the employment opportunities in the country. It is planned to construct 12 dams in four provinces. President Asif Ali Zardari has inaugurated this project and he wish to complete it soon.

Besides irrigation of one million acres of cropped area, which is the main purpose of the dams, the development of 12 dams will give a benefit to generate 58,000 jobs and emancipation of women through allotment of developed irrigated land around the dams.

Chairman Wapda, Shakeel Durrani briefed the meeting on the current status of the small dams’ project. He informed 12 dams would be constructed in two phases in all the four provinces with storage capacity of 4 MAF flood water.

In first phase Winder and Naulong dams will be constructed in Balochistan, Kurram Tangi in KPK, Darwat and Nai Gaj dams in Sindh and Ghabir dam will be constructed in Punjab. It was also informed Exim bank China and Economic Affairs division has signed MoU to provide $700 million for small and medium dams by the Exim Bank.

 

Load shedding duration increased by KESC

The duration of load shedding in the residential and commercial areas of the Karachi city had been temporarily increased by KESC in view of the peak demand exceeding 2550 Mega Watts (MW).

The temporary increase in load shedding hours was strictly for the period when the KESC was receiving low gas supply from Sui Southern Gas Company and normal load shedding plan will return as soon as gas supply increases, or if Pakistan State Oil agreed to extend KESC’s credit limit to buy furnace oil.

Protests were staged in various areas. People burnt tyres on the roads, pelted stones on passing vehicles and damaged the public property. Citizens alleged that the KESC administration and CBA union were not considering the consequences faced by them in their fight of interests.

The posh areas of metropolis also witnessed long hours of load shedding along with voltage fluctuations that damaged their appliances.

 

TV Actress, Attiqa Odho, caught on airport with liquor

The Airport Security Force (ASF) spotted two bottles of liquor in the baggage of Attiqa Odho, a film actress and television host during security check. Attiqa Odho joined the APML of former President Gen Pervez Musharraf, came to Benazir Bhutto International Airport on Saturday to catch flight for Karachi and during a security check 2 bottles of liquor found.

The two bottles of liquor were spotted by the ASF staff when the security check-in of passengers of Karachi flight PK-301 for Karachi was underway at Benazir Bhutto International Airport last Saturday. Though she was allowed to continue her journey, the two bottles were seized by the customs staff.

APML Spokesman Fawad Chaudhary when contacted said it was no less than a surprise for him that the Supreme Court of Pakistan had taken notice of such a small issue, instead of taking notices on other national issues of vital importance.

Some sources said that attiqa Odho resigned from the party due to the liquor scandal in which wine recovered from her luggage.

 

2 new medicines for Hepatitis C

100 million people worldwide are infected with hepatitis C. It normally gets into blood through shared needles, unclean nose pins and sometime through sex.

The standard treatment for this chronic liver disease is a combination of peginterferon alfa and ribavirin, taken for 48 weeks. But fewer than half of people with chronic hepatitis C given this therapy respond to it. But thanks to two new medications, up to 70% of people with hepatitis C may be cured.

Incivek and Victrelis are the 2 new medicines made for the cure of this deadly disease. One of the qualities of these two medicines is that they stick with the virus and stop the process of dividing into many. With these medicines the time period will also will less to cure a patient.

FDA has approved the drug and will be available in the markets very soon.

 

Upcoming Pakistani Film “Love Me Gum” by Reema Khan

Love Mein Gum is an upcoming Lollywood Urdu film, directed and produced by Reema Khan, that will star Moammar Rana, Reema Khan, Nabeel Khan and Araida in the lead roles and it will be seen on cinemas before Ramadan.

Reema claims that Love Mein Gum is the most expensive film to be made in Lollywood. The Post Production was all done in India by Avik Ali, who was also the editor of Hrithik Roshan’s Kites, which was released in 2010.

Reema said in an interview that “I have not compromised on any aspect of the movie, from Music to clothes, and from sets to post production everything is done with open heart and no compromises were made, the best available gadgets were used for the movie production and post-production”.

 

A Nuclear Rabbit

An amateur footage of an earless mutant rabbit has sparked online panic in Japan. The person who made the video claims it was shot just outside the exclusion zone near Japan’s crippled Fukushima plant.

The clip has given rise to fears the radiation threat in the area is far worse than previously thought. The funny bunny has caused an online frenzy, with predictions that babies in Japan may soon be born with mutations.

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