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[Peer]

Pakistan in 2004

January

ATIQA ODHO launched her own product line - 25 shades of lip colour - becoming the first Pakistani woman to do so.

February

Renowned Russian BOLSHOI THEATRE visited Pakistan for the first time and enthralled audiences in Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore.

Former Indian film star SANJAY KHAN and his wife, former super model Zarine Khan visited Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad, to show their support for the blind cricket teams from India and Pakistan playing matches in these three cities.

JAGJIT SINGH performed live at the Mohatta palace to raise funds for Mehdi Hassan.

March

DALER MEHDI performed live in Karachi for a fund-raising event for the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust.

AMIN GULGEE created his first massive installation for decoration on one of Karachi's roundabouts.

May

SUSHMITA SEN, SAIF ALI KHAN and MALAIKA ARORA mesmerized Karachi audiences with their scintillating performances.

Film buffs were treated to contemporary cinema with the EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL screened in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad boasting 13 subtitled movies from the 13 member states of the EU.

LUX STYLE AWARDS went international and held its third awards ceremony in Dubai, a star-studded event that boasted besides a number of Pakistani showbiz bigwigs, a couple of Indian artistes as well.

June

The creative endeavours of PAKISTANI FILMMAKERS was presented before a large audience in San Francisco. The short films varied in duration from five minutes to 25 minutes.

July

INDUS MUSIC AWARDS were held to recognize talent in the field of all genres of music.

FUZON made waves in Delhi and Mumbai with their rip-roaring performances, and their tracks also made it to India's airwaves.

JUNOON saw bassist Brian O' Connell taking leave of the group.

August

SALMAN AHMED launched his music video Ghoom Taana, with the song being a collaboration between the Pakistani singer and Indian crooner Shubha Mudgal. The video stars Nandita Das and Naseeruddin Shah.

October

TV producer AFREEN BAIG was found murdered.

Malaysian PUSHPA NARAYAN visited Karachi for the launch of Zeba Bakhtiar's serial Masuri in which she plays the title role.

November

WORLD PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS FESTIVAL 2004 was organized by the Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop in Lahore, and was slated as their largest workshop in 19 years.

December

The FOURTH KARAFILM FESTIVAL, also the biggest to date, was held in Karachi showcasing films from around the world. Among those attending the festival were Mahesh and Pooja Bhatt, Om Puri and Irfan Khan from India.

AAMIR KHAN visited Lahore and Karachi to raise funds for Imran Khan's Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital.

HUM TV, a purely entertainment channel was launched.

The JAPANESE FILM FESTIVAL was held as part of the Pakistan-Japan Friendship Fest 2004-2005 in Islamabad.


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[Hasnain]

Great.

[Peer]

^actually i thought it was pretty boring and dull *yawn*

[ShahLatif]

Peer
iss report main shia kahan hain? aglay saal, you should put out a shia-only report, acha?

[Whizbee]

Loads of Indians went there huh?
Good
I am really thinking of watching any Paki dramas but we dont get the channels from Pakiland......mebbe I can get a CD or something

[Hasnain]

whizbee, on Jan 3 2005, 11:05 PM, said:

Loads of Indians went there huh?
Good
I am really thinking of watching any Paki dramas but we dont get the channels from Pakiland......mebbe I can get a CD or something

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There is a name for our beloved country, please use the correct name. It's much appriciated. Or I might have to refer to India is Hinduland

[Hasnain]

Peer, on Jan 3 2005, 06:52 PM, said:

^actually i thought it was pretty boring and dull *yawn*

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I was being sarcastic.

[Whizbee]

Pakiland pakiland pakiland......

BTW,stan(means place) is a hindi word,right?

[sayedzeeshan]

Check out sadaf for the drama stuff

[vsg]

Well who ever wrote this missed a few big ones.............
*Strings song "Na jane kyon" was picked to be the theme track for SouthAsian release of Spiderman 2.
*Najam Shiraz' song "manu tere naal" was bought by Mahesh Bhatt for his movie murder (but the lyrics were changed)
*And a bunch of new FM stations also started up in 2004

Well as for shia ppl in showbiz.......
Noori (the band of Ali Noor and Ali Hamza who are both shias) lost their bass player Mohd Jafri.
Ali Azmat (the lead singer of Junoon) released his solo album.
well those are the only people I know, who are shia for sure.........

[kaneez e mehdi]

in 2004 i turned 18 though m not in showbiz at all still its a big news

[kaneez e mehdi]

in 2004 i got admission in the dow medical college it isnt a small news too

[Whizbee]

Brother Sayedzeeshan-
What's that?
Koi drama ka name?
Tell me which one is the best drama?

[ShahLatif]

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Pakiland pakiland pakiland...... tongue.gif

BTW,stan(means place) is a hindi word,right?

Whiz

Hindustan = Hindu + Asthan

Pakistan = Pak + sithoN (sitoN, sithan - farsi word as I have been told)..

may be the two words have the same root, after all, hindi and persian belong to the same family of languages.

[Peer]

kaneez e mehdi, on Jan 4 2005, 03:46 AM, said:

in 2004 i got admission in the dow medical college it isnt a small news too

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You study at Dow?

wow *Peer is impressed*

[kaneez e mehdi]

/\  hv just got admission there with a very good merit order alhamdulillah "it sounds great impressing peer"

[Whizbee]

Shahlatif bhai-
Accha.
Though humne kabhi koi similarity notice nahin kiya hai.
But then I dont know much Farsi aur hindi bhi basic he aate hain.We had it in school as a third language after English and Marathi.
The hindi we speak is a mixture of Hindi,Marathi and English

[Whizbee]

Nope.
Marathi is from Sanskrit.
It's different and I,after learning it for ten years in school,can't construct a proper sentence.
Shame on me.......LOL

[Hasnain]

I agree. A person who can't respect Pakistan, will never be able to write a good sentence in marathi. Now I am not trying to be proud of the gift Allah has given us Pakistanis, lekon kiya karoon Khuda ka shukr hai ke uss ne hamain Pakistan dia, India ke tukray, tukray, tukray, turkray kar ke.

[Whizbee]

Okay Hasnain.
Then I wont bother with Marathi because one thing I am positive about is that I can never bring myself to respect your country.
Bro NewShia-
You in Spain?

[Hasnain]

whizbee, on Jan 6 2005, 10:10 PM, said:

Then I wont bother with Marathi because one thing I am positive about is that I can never bring myself to respect your country.

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No wonder this India will never try to end the war towards Pakistan.