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Thousands of People on Road on Paris for Anti-Gay marriage protest

Parts of central Paris have been brought to a standstill as hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated against gay marriage and adoption.

Three columns of protesters, waving pink and blue flags showing a father, mother and two children, converged on the Eiffel Tower from different meeting points in Paris.

Many came after long train and bus rides from the provinces.

Organizers insist they are not against gays and lesbians but for the rights of children to have a father and mother.

Slogans on the posters and banners approved by the organisers included "marriagophile, not homophobe," "all born of a father and mother" and "paternity, maternity, equality".

Organisers claimed 1 million people had protested, while police put the number at 340,000 - high even in protest-prone France.

Patrice de Beer, a political analyst and former editor of Le Monde, observed one part of the demonstrations at close hand.

"They've been around here for three or four hours. It was very, very noisy," she said.

"This demonstration - organised by the conservative parties and the churches - is strongly against this bill.

"The main slogan I could hear from here is 'Hollande, the French president, you can stick this reform in your bottom'."

At the protest, a comedian with the stage name of Frigide Barjot called on the president to abandon his plans, noting the diversity of the crowd in opposition.

She said those against gay marriage are multicultural, multi-religious, multi-philosophical and multi-sexual.

Contentious issue

The legislative change, due this year, has become an unexpectedly contentious issue for president Francois Hollande in a country that introduced civil unions about a decade ago.

His opponents' campaign has dented public support and forced deputies to put off a plan to allow lesbian couples access to artificial insemination.

An opinion poll of almost 1,000 people, published at the weekend, suggested 56 per cent of France supports gay marriage, down on previous polls, and 50 per cent disapprove of gay adoption.

Nevertheless, de Beer does not believe the protests will be enough to make the president to back down.

"They represent a very active but small minority within the French population, which in its majority is in favour of what is called here wedding for all - which is in fact wedding for gay couples," she said.

"I don't think that President Hollande is going to change his line anyway.

"He has been in favour of this reform.

"It was one of his popular promises during his election campaign and for him it would be impossible to backtrack on this reform which is accepted by a majority of the French people.

"He would lose face right in the middle of economic and social reforms that he is trying to implement.

"He just can't afford backtracking."

Source: ABC/Reuters

Long march facing delay as Tahirul Qadri still in home

Lahore: Tehrik-i-Minhajul Quran (TMQ) long march, which was to start at 9am today, is facing delay as the movement’s chief Allama Dr Tahirul Qadri has not yet come out of his home.

However, arrangements have been finalised for the march and the participants are gathering outside Dr Qadri’s house.

Special security measures have been taken to protect Dr Qadri from any potential terrorist attack. A bedroom and a toilet have been set up for the TMQ chief in a bomb-proof container.

Dr Qadri is adamant on heading a march towards the Pakistan’s capital Islamabad despite an assurance from the federal government that it would accept his demands.

As many as 3,000 personnel from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Frontier Constabulary and Punjab police were deployed in Islamabad on Saturday as a part of the security arrangements.

Source: TheNewsTribe

Altaf Hussain Appologized to the Supreme Court of Pakistan

Altaf Hussain apologized to the Supreme Court of Pakistan for disrespecting the Supreme Court of Pakistan and for not coming on the mentioned date, and further he added, he respect the government and laws. Geo News

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Dr. Tahir ul Qadri has been threaten for the Bomb Blast on his long March

Dr. Tahir ul Qadri has been threaten for the Bomb Blast on his long March by Tehreek-e-Taliban, Rehman Malik Suggested

Life to bring in some sweet and sour moments in Colors Madhubala-Ek Ishq Ek Junoon

Colors’ Madhubala-Ek Ishq Ek Junoon is running on high note and is even showcasing the different shades of life. On one hand one can see that Madhu (Drashti Dhami) and RK (Vivian Dsena) are trying hard to convince Padmini (Pallavi Purohit) and Shamsher (Bhupinder Singh) to get married.

And on the other end Trishna (Aarti Puri) has come face to face with her dreadful past, her father Balraj Choudhary (Raj Zutshi). She wanted to let her family know about it but out of fear she hides the same.  As heard the upcoming episodes will bring in more twists as Padmini and Shamsher will eventually agree to get married. And then the celebrations for the same will kick start.

The coming episodes we will see the Mehendi celebrations taking place in house where Trishna and Madhu will do a dance performance during the ceremony. Talking about the same, Aarti aka Trishna said, "My sister and me and amongst the few lucky people who get to witness their mother's wedding and enjoy each and every ceremony too. It is a very special feeling for us since we get to put up a dance performance for her during the mehndi ceremony. We will dance on the song Navrai Majhi from the movie English Vinglish”.

Wow! This seems to be one wedding to be watched for!

Source: Indiaforums

Kamal Hassan's Vishwaroopam expected to earn 175 crores via digital release

Kamal Hassan’s Vishwaroopam that is set to get released over six digital television platforms all across the nation and outside is estimating to earn more than 175 crore with one viewing all across the cable platforms.

The star and co-producer of the film, Kamal Hassan has set up the goal post with each of the films that he has released, but with Vishwaroopam that is going to release just a week from now on the occasion of Pongal, he is going to redefine the paradigm of cinema viewing.

Source says, “Vishwaroopam is targeting 5% of the 50 million digital cable subscribers in the country at present, and is expected to garner more than 175 crore from this new innovative business model that Kamal Hassan has put in place. For the Tamil viewing a viewer would be charged Rs. 1000 while for Hindi viewing he would have to shell out Rs. 500. With the advent of multiplexes in India an average movie viewing outing for a family costs minimum of Rs. 1000, and to add to it the pain of traveling to the cinema halls to view a movie.”

“If one is able to view the movie within the cozy ambience of his or her home on the day the movie is being released most of the fans would try to exercise this option, and this is the segment that Kamal Hassan is trying to target. Well, the multiplex owners, obviously would not be happy at all with this initiative as it is the first three days after a film releases that determines the success of the film, and Vishwaroopam releasing on the eve of Pongal could further compound the problems for them,” Source added further.

The film is slated to hit the theater on 11 January 2013, the same day when Vishal Bhardwaj’s big venture Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola starring Imran Khan and Anushka Sharma is releasing in northern states. 

Source: Glamsham.com

Aamir Khan turns down advertisement offer lacking social relevance

Following his iconic television show Satyamev Jayate that turned up the awareness level of general public around the nation, Mr. Perfectionist of Bollywood Aamir Khan seems to have been clinging to his own social promises.

The 47-year-old actor has reportedly turned down an advertisement offer that might have made him richer by a few more crores. The luxury car brand that offered their endorsement deal to Aamir, however, were in for disappointment owing to the latter not taking it up.

As per the source information, "Aamir only wants to work on ads that are socially relevant. He is rumored to have cancelled ad deals amounting to a few crores."

Apparently, after signing up as host for social show Satyamev Jayate, the actor had modified his existing contracts and even cancelled some of them. Though his show is now long over, the superstar still does not want to do any ads."Aamir did not sign up for it as it didn't come under the umbrella of social issues." source added.

A good move, we must say!

Source: NDTV

Natwarlal family wants a special screening for Special Chabbis!

A few days back it was reported that Akshay Kumar’s character in upcoming heist drama Special Chabbis is based on that of notorious conman Natwarlal, who was known for his unique aliases and disguises.

The makers have also officially announced that Special Chabbis is based on the real-life daring heist dated 19-Mar-1987, where an unknown man posing as CBI officer Mon Singh recruited 26 men and executed a daylight raid on the Opera House branch of Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri in Mumbai and disappeared with jewellery worth lakhs.

Now buzz doing around says, the family members of Natwarlal have approached the makers of the film and asked them to conduct a special screening of the film for them before the release as they want to see if there is any truth to the speculations that Akshay’s role is inspired by Natwarlal. A source adds, "They were completely surprised to read about the film in the news.”

"Akshay will be seen using a lot of aliases in the film. His character is the master of disguises and uses novel ideas to dupe people. And like Natwarlal, he too cheats industrialists and rich people," adding source said, "If you make a film on a conman in India, you're bound to be inspired by Natwarlal."

The film which is a direction of Neeraj Panday, stars Kajal Aggarwal, Jimmy Shergill, Manoj Bajpai, Anupam Kher apart from Akshay and will release on February 8, 2013.

Source: NDTV

Veena Malik Switched to reading Bhagavad Gita for Peace

Religion indeed plays a vital role in everybody’s life. It depends how people relate to it. Bollywood actress Veena Malik has started her New Year seeking solace in God.

Recently she was seen reading Bhagavad Gita on her set.  While being a Muslim she has no boundary or limit for any religion belief. Veena was shattered with the heinous Delhi Gang rape and was seen seeking a truthful path of Bhagavad Gita to get a justice for innocent girl. She is currently preparing for her upcoming movie The City That Never Sleep, which is produced by Satish Reddy and directed by Haroon Rashid.

Veena said, “While reading Bhagavad Gita it makes you feel relax and subtle. It shows you the spiritual path which seemed very difficult for human beings but fixed your goal in life. I feel like there should be no boundaries in believing or having faith on other religion. I read Quran daily offers Namaz because I have a faith on him and after reading Bhadavad Gita I can say that there is no difference in any religion they all shows the right path”.

Reading Bhagavad Gita is not an easy job as it was in Sanskrit but this didn’t stop Veena from reading it. “Religion is a collection of belief systems, cultural systems, and world views that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. They tend to derive morality, ethics, religious laws or a preferred lifestyle from their ideas about the cosmos and human nature”, she added.

Well, we appreciate your thoughts!

Source: ScribesINC

Lahore Gas Supply Suspended for 36 Hours

LAHORE: Owing to a major development/maintenance work millions of consumers in and around Lahore will face a 36-hour Sui (natural) gas closure starting from Monday 9:00 AM, Geo News reported

Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) notified the gas outage in a statement issued here.

"The supply of gas to the consumers will be suspended so that the company could join a 24" diameter pipeline to the system", an SNGPL spokesman said.

He said that this development would step up the gas supply to the consumers.

"Welding a joint between the a pipeline this big and the mainline is a time consuming as well as hectic job, that's why we urge the consumers to cooperate with us”, he added.

According to SNGPL spokesman, the supply of gas will be suspended in Lahore Cantt, Township, Ferozpur, Model Town, Gulberg, Harbanspura, Baidian Road, Chungi Amar Siddhu, Sabzazar, Multan Road, and other areas.

Moreover, Kusoor, Dipalpur, Mustupphabad, Sooay Aasil, Raja Jang, Jumman Gaon, Baddoo Milli, Pando, and Ladhay will also face Sui gas outage for 36 hours.

The supply will remain suspended from Monday 9:00 AM to Tuesday 9:00 PM.


source : thenews

AT&T Selling Refurbished 16GB iPhone 5 for just $99

AT&T Selling Refurbished 16GB iPhone 5 for just $99

If you are planning on buying the latest iPhone 5 but not being able to because of its price tag then this is probably your chance to have a go at it. No, this is not a Black Friday deal or a holiday season shopping discount from Apple but it is from AT&T. AT&T is selling the refurbished iPhone 5 units for as low as $99. Excited? Read more after a jump.

The Texas-based carrier has listed refurbished Apple iPhone 5 models starting from $99 for 16GB unit, 32GB unit for $199 and 64GB unit for $299. The phones are available in both black and white colors, however there some restrictions for you to actually avail the low priced refurbished iPhone 5s. You need to be either eligible for an upgrade or a new customer and sign up a two year contract with AT&T, so if you fulfill all the requirements then you probably shouldn’t wait to get yours.

It is quite unlike that the refurbished iPhone 5 has showed up in the market just after two months of its release in September. When the iPhone 5 released it was expected that the refurbished units will hit the market, not at least before January. It is also been said that the refurbished ones will cost just $50 less than its original price, which is near $600 for 16GB model. So considering the original price of the iPhone 5, $99 price with a 2 year contract with AT&T is something that you shouldn’t miss at all.



Source:   LA Times

Veena Malik Arrested

For many decades jail was seen as a key element in Bollywood films to twist the story dramatically. However now-a-days it is turning Bollywood star’s personal life too. Recently Veena Malik joined the list of celebs visiting jail for awful reasons. The Pakistani starlet was arrested by the Hyderabad Police on the set of her Telugu debut Nagna Satyam where she was shooting for the film. Dont worry guyz it’s just a part of her upcoming Telugu movie “Nagna Satyam”.

Fortunately the incident was not true as it was a sequence of her upcoming Telugu film Nagna Satyam. “It’s a very toughest part of my movie because the feeling which I get while arrested is speechless. In the four wall of imprisonment I lost my happiness and freedom. I am happy to get the experience of it and give my best of it,” the actress shared her feelings after experiencing the arrest. 

Veena Malik showed sympathy for Bollywood hunks who had to face imprisonment like Salman Khan, Sanjay Dutt and John Abraham. “I can understand the torture, the trauma which celebrities suffer through their imprisonment it’s very difficult”, she included.

Directed by Rama Rao, film Nagna Satyam is produced by Chadalavada Srinivasa Rao for Anuradha Films. The movie is expected to release in the mid of 2013. Apart Nagna Satyam, Veena Malik will be seen in Satish Reddy and Haroon Rashid's ambitious venture The City That Never Sleeps co-starring Hollywood star Jeremy William and Yvette Shaw. There she will also set her own Guinness World Record of maximum number of on-screen lip-locks.

So be ready to welcome Bollywood’s new serial kisser.

Late Night Mobile Packages Banned in Pakistan by PTA

Late Night Mobile Packages Banned in Pakistan by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority. PTA said that Young Generation is badly affected by these Mobile Packages.

Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority is of the view that these pachages were causing social degeneration; that is why we have announced to deprive the consumers of this facility, adding that this facility had been announced for better communication but majority of people started using it negatively and unscrupulously.

While addressing a press conference in Islamabad, PTA Chairman Farooq Awan has directed all the mobile phone companies to end their night packages.

He said that some people were complaining about ‘troubles’ created by this package; that is why we have decided to take it back.


He said that the package facility should be allowed to be used till 12 am.

In this regard, all the mobile companies have been ordered to form a practicable formula for implementation on current orders.

YouTube may be unblocked in two to three weeks

The internet giant blocked access to the blasphemous video in Libya, Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia and India, but it didn’t block the video in Pakistan.

KARACHI: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority is once again in talks with Google to unblock video sharing site YouTube.
“PTA hopes to unblock YouTube in two to three weeks,” PTA Chairman Farooq Awan told The Express Tribune on Thursday, adding they were in talks with the internet giant.

On September 17, PTA blocked the video sharing website to restrict access to an anti-Islamic video that sparked riots in many Muslim countries.

The internet giant blocked access to the blasphemous video in Libya, Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia and India, but it didn’t block the video in Pakistan. The government, therefore, directed internet service providers (ISPs) to block the entire site.

The Express Tribune has already reported that PTA has received a directive from the Ministry of Interior with several instructions about unblocking of YouTube, permanent blocking of unregistered SIMs, Mobile Number Portability (MNP) and automated web locking.

The ministry, in its directive, told PTA to restore the video sharing site and manually block blasphemous content using

PTA’s system, according to a source familiar with the matter.
However, PTA doesn’t have any system to manually block thousands of links leading to the anti-Islamic video. It has to be done through ISPs, which is virtually impossible as this will require a huge amount of time and effort.

As seeen on The Express Tribune, November 16th, 2012.

Mobile Networks Service Unavailable

KARACHI: Cellular Mobile Phone services in Karachi and Quetta are suspended in orders of the federal interior ministry.

The services would remain suspended from morning 10:00 am till 7.00 pm today in light of security concerns on the first day of Muharram ul Haraam

Problems of Ordinary Man

Nearly 20 million people live in mega city Karachi. At an average an adult travels more than 25 kilometers a day. Which includes students, factory workers, white collar employees, executives, sales persons, and marketing persons. They have to travel long distances twice a day. Since the normal working hours stretch from 9.00am to 6.00pm, and public transports are usually overloaded and roads are jammed during peak traffic hours. In the absence of decent public transport systems millions of people are forced to use their own motorcycles and cars, which is the main cause of huge oil import bill and growing use of CNG.

Around the world provision of public transport is the responsibility of government. If any government does not wish to get involved, it offers incentives to the private sector. As against this public transport in general and in Karachi in particular is highly insufficient and dilapidated vehicles can be seen plying on the roads, which are also overloaded. Therefore, the individuals are forced to use personal transport i.e. motorcycles and cars. Besides, hundreds of contract carriers operate in the city carrying commuters to their destinations.

Nearly 20 million people live in mega city Karachi. At an average an adult travels more than 25 kilometers a day. The commuters include students, factory workers, white collar employees and executives. They have to travel long distances twice a day. Since the normal working hours stretch from 9.00am to 6.00pm public transport is overloaded and roads are jammed during peak traffic hours. In the absence of decent public transport systems millions of people are forced to use their own motorcycles and cars, which is the main cause of huge oil import bill and growing use of CNG.

Around the world provision of public transport is the responsibility of government. If any government does not wish to get involved, it offers incentives to the private sector. As against this public transport in general and in Karachi in particular is highly inadequate and dilapidated vehicles can be seen plying on the roads, which are also overloaded. Therefore, the individuals are forced to use personal transport i.e. motorcycles and cars. Besides, hundred of contract carriers operate in the city carrying commuters to their destinations.
To begin with, disallowing use of CNG in vehicles will add to oil import bill. However, the point to remember is that CNG stations use less than 10% of total gas consumed in the country. Therefore, permanent ban on use of CNG would hardly make any difference. Even larger quantities can be saved by containing gas pilferage estimated around 300mmcfd which is almost close to total gas being supplied to fertilizer plants by SNGPL.

It is necessary to remind the policy planners that all sectors except power plants are a major source of cash for gas marketing companies. Reportedly, KESC alone owes around Rs35 billion to SSGC. While there are huge payables KESC also fails in paying current bills. Therefore, asking SSGC to continue to supply gas to KESC is a zero sum game. Another point of concern is that KESC is adding around 600MW generation capacity which can only be run on gas. There is also a general impression that KESC has refused to operate its power plants on furnace oil and as and when its gas supply goes down it immediately resort to load shedding.

During recent closure of CNG stations in Karachi it became evident that over the years more than 70% of mini buses and also a substantial percentage of buses have installed CNG kits. Another problem is that like passenger cars these vehicles can't operate on diesel as well as CNG, once converted to CNG these vehicles can't be operated on diesel. Over the years operators of public transport have been ripping off passengers, as fares were set on the basis diesel price but vehicles were actually operated on CNG. A surprising point is that the authorities responsible for issuing 'fitness certificates' also didn't bother to inform the concerned authorities about gradual switch over of public transport to CNG from diesel.

Crude oil price is likely to hover above US$100/barrel in medium to long term. Therefore, if the government is serious in containing use on CNG, efforts have to be made to use bio-fuel (alcohol blended in motor gasoline and canola/corn oil added in diesel). Since alcohol and canola/corn fall under the category of 'indigenous and renewable sources of energy' their use will not add to the import bill of Pakistan. In fact the added advantage will be an increase in the production of sugarcane, canola and corn.

It is believed that 'oil import lobby' is the biggest opponent of introduction of bio-fuels in Pakistan. It is being said that use of bio-fuels will inflate prices of sugar and edible oil in the country, which is totally incorrect. Till today canola and corn oils can't be added to diesel because of being more expensive. Therefore, production and yield per acre of canola/corn seeds have to be increased significantly to bring down prices of these oils.

However, to begin with government should focus on production/sale of E-10 (motor gasoline containing 10% alcohol). Almost all the sugar mills have attached distilleries which can deliver the required quantity of alcohol as bulk of molasses (basic raw material for producing alcohol) is being exported. The added advantage is that no alteration has to be made in the carburetors of cars for using E-10.


as seen on magtheweekly

No SIMs to be sold at outlets from Nov 30, 2012

Cellular service providers to block 5% of unregistered SIMs per week. PHOTO: FILE

Karachi: Cellular service providers will not be allowed to sell new SIMs through franchises, customer service centres or retailers from November 30, states an official notification sent by the Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) to telecom operators on Tuesday.

Service providers will also have to verify all unregistered SIMs by December 12. Unregistered ones will be blocked permanently using a 5% illegal SIMs per week formula, it adds.

PTA has also asked service providers to block the entire stock of SIMs available in the market so no SIMs can be purchased from outlets starting December 1.

Sources said the interior ministry had issued some important directives to PTA regarding unregistered SIMs, which pose a great threat to national security.

They added that a high-level meeting was held at the PTA headquarters to communicate the aforesaid directions to operators, following which a notification was issued.

The telecom authority has asked cellular service providers to verify all SIMs by December 12, and issue a duly signed certificate stating that all credentials are 100% accurate by December 15. The credentials will be tallied with information available with the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA).

According to the PTA’s notification, new SIMs can only be issued against two documents: the customer’s computerised national identity card (CNIC) or his/her driving licence.

Service providers will have to send the new SIM to the customer’s authorised residential address and maintain a proper record of SIMs issued, sold and retrieved. The rider delivering SIMs has to ensure the person who applied for the same personally receives it, that too after verifying the CNIC and signing the receiving confirmation.

As per the Supreme Court’s orders, no more than five SIMs – whether from one or more service providers – can be issued against a single CNIC. The choice to retain a particular number will rest with the customer, added the PTA notification.

A source said the interior ministry has asked PTA to unblock YouTube and manually block any blasphemous content. He, however, did not say when the decision is expected to be implemented.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 14th, 2012.

Fatima Effendi ad Kanwar Arsalan Nikkah Ceremony

Karachi: One more couple from Pakistan's Drama Industry has been to wedding knot. Kanwar Arsalan and Fatima Effendi who were already bee engaged to each other for a long time ad every one knew that they had done a number of projects together, first they came together in drama Larkiyan Mohallay Ki.

The loving ad Beautiful couple has been tie to their Nikkah ceremony on the 17th of November,2012.
However, they are planning for the rukhsati in 2013.

Have a Happy Married Life to Kanwar Arsalan and Fatima Effendi

Stay Blessed!