The 2015 Cricket World Cup was the 11th Cricket World Cup, jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand from 14 February to 29 March 2015. Fourteen teams played 49 matches in 14 venues, with Australia staging 26 games at grounds in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney while
Urdu language in the Indian Subcontinent bears testimony to great dialogue between cultures
Muhammad Mujahid Syed Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Faiz Ahmad Faiz, 20th century’s famous Pakistani Urdu poet, commenting on the poetry collection of Iftikhar Arif, said: “This book (Mehr-e-Doneem by Iftikhar Arif) is enough to confer a reliable place for him (Iftikhar Arif) in the modern Urdu literature.” This statement shows
Tribute to Shaheen
Shaheens Sporting and Social Club Limited (Shaheens) is the brainchild of Kashif Bouns an Australian Football League official, prominent community leader and diversity advocate. Bouns recognized that the multicultural youth in Australia needed greater opportunities to connect with the wider Australian society. Shaheen is a word of Persian origin for
Pakistan defeat India 101-7 in Australian Football League
DAWN.COM Shaheens is the inaugral Pakistani national team to take part in the AFL International Cup to be held in Melbourne in 2014— Photo courtesy of shaheens.com.au MELBOURNE: Pakistan lifted the ‘Dosti Cup’ after defeating India 101-7 in a friendly-match of Australian Football on Saturday, the Press Trust of India
The musical journey of Atif Aslam
The story of Atif Aslam is an inspiring one. Atif was middle-class boy who came out of nowhere, blew onto the scene with one song (‘Aadat’) credited to a band called Jal which no one had really heard of and miraculously never looked back. As the ‘Aadat’ phenomenon grew (it
2012 Men’s Hockey Champions Trophy
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This month Autaq guest is Aftab Amjad (Melbourne), who developed iPhone Urdu Translator
1. Why do you think there is a need to promote Urdu as a language? Urdu has approximately the twentieth largest population of native speakers, among all languages. There are between 60 and 80 million native speakers of standard Urdu. Urdu is the national and one of the two official
India beat Pakistan 3-2 to lift Asian Champions Trophy
India defeated defending champions Pakistan 3-2 in an exciting final of the Asian Champions Trophy here at the Wisma Belia Hockey Stadium in the Malaysian city of Kuantan on Sunday. The first quarter ended goalless. In the second quarter, Rupinder Pal Singh converted a penalty corner into a goal to
Not the only Australian in Lahore
Report by Jon Prunty Welcome fellow readers of this paper. It is an honour to share my preconceptions and experiences of my 2010 visit to Pakistan with you, alongside the many other stories and events that appear here that colourfully portray Pakistan as a multifaceted inward and outward looking nation
FORMATION OF AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN ORGANISATIONS INC. (AFPO)
We have the privilege of informing you regarding a landmark and significant event in the social activities of Pakistani community in Melbourne. Few years back there was a general opinion that the whole Pak community in Melbourne should remain together on ONE platform. Our elders urged various Organisations to merge