Thursday, February 28, 2019

The Emperor (Chaudhry Nisar Khan)'s New Clothes!



"The Emperor's New Clothes" (Danish: Kejserens nye Klæder) is a short tale by Hans Christian Andersen about two weavers who promise an Emperor a new suit of clothes that are invisible to those unfit for their positions, stupid, or incompetent. When the Emperor parades before his subjects in his new clothes, a child cries out, "But he isn't wearing anything at all!" The tale has been translated into over a hundred languages. "The Emperor’s New Clothes" was first published with "The Little Mermaid" in Copenhagen by C. A. Reitzel on 7 April 1837 as the third and final installment of Andersen's Fairy Tales Told for Children. The tale has been adapted to various media including the musical stage and animated film. 

KARACHI: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)’s leader of the opposition in National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan assured the US in 2008 that he and his party were pro-American, according to a US embassy cable released by WikiLeaks. “Saying that his wife and children are in fact Americans, Nisar did admit that he went to the US Embassy in London to renew his daughter’s passport because he wanted to avoid being seen at the US Embassy in Islamabad.” More telling, however, is Khan’s stance on US military action within Pakistan, and how the PML-N would act to remain “publicly credible”. Nisar reportedly avoided saying that the PML-N opposed either air attacks or US ground action, contrary to its reaction over the May 2011 raid in Abbottabad by a US Navy SEALs team which killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. “What he did say was that the PML-N would have to criticise the Government of Pakistan for allowing US action. Otherwise, said Nisar, the party would have no credibility with the people.” Nisar said that US policy needed to be more transparent as “confusion bred unhelpful conspiracy theories”. He also told US diplomats that former president Pervez Musharraf was seen as too pro-US and so was “tainted in Pakistani eyes”. The release of the US embassy and consulate cables in Pakistan has also highlighted how various politicians have lobbied American diplomats for support. From Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the leader of his own faction of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) to former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi to the late former Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto, every major politician in Pakistan has looked to the diplomats for help.

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Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Bollywood once upon a Time

 NEW DELHI, INDIA: Britain's Prince Charles (C) smiles as Indian fashion designer Ritu Beri (L) and Bollywood film actor Shahrukh Khan (R) look on during a medicine conference in New Delhi, 30 October 2003. Prince Charles is on a nine day visit to India, during which he will spend four days in India's capital before undertaking engagements in Jodpur, Jaipur and Bombay
 BOMBAY, INDIA: The Prince of Wales, Prince Charles (R) shares a light moment with Indian actor Amir Khan (C) and film producer Bobby Bedi (L) on the set of epic Bollywood drama movie, 'The Rising' in Bombay, 04 November 2003. The movie 'The Rising' revolves around an Indian army soldier who rebels against the then British rulers and triggers India's first known rebellion against the colonial power.
 NEW DELHI, INDIA: Indian Actress Aishwarya Rai (L) and director Gurinder Chadha (R) laugh during the audio release of the Film 'Bride & Prejudice' in New Delhi, late 22 September 2004
 LONDON - MAY 16: Movie actor Shah Rukh Khan, star of many Indian films, attends 'The Far Pavilions' charity performance at Shaftesbury Theatre on May 16, 2005 in London. The gala performance of the musical, based on M M Kaye's novel, is held in aid of The Prince Of Wales's Initiative In India
 UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 12: Stage setting for the 'Delhi Dunbar' series of films, Scala Cinema, London, c 1910s.
 1935: Ronald Colman (1891 - 1958) and Loretta Young (1913 - 2000) play Robert Clive and his wife Margaret in the film 'Clive Of India', directed by Richard Boleslawski
 Ex Miss India Celina Jaitly attends a champagne reception launching a free festival of Indian cinema and culture at the UCI Empire, Leicester Square on August 31, 2004 in London. Tonight's screening of 'Sholay' kicks off three-day tribute to Bollywood before the tour continues to the U.S.
 DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Renowned Indian filmmaker Subhash Ghai is seen during a press conference 08 December 2004 in Dubai, where he is attending the Gulf emirate's first film festival. Ghai said he is releasing his latest movie 'Kisna', a British-Indian story set before India's independence,
 BOMBAY, INDIA: Indian actor Om Puri poses with his medal after being invested with an Honorary OBE (Order of the British Empire) at a ceremony at the British Council Auditorium in Bombay,18 April 2005. Puri was honoured for his services to the British Film Industry
 LONDON - JUNE 7: Comedian Rowan Atkinson arrives at the World Premiere of 'Mystic India: An Incredible Journey' at The Science Museum IMAX Cinema on June 7, 2005 in London, England.
 LONDON - JUNE 7: The Duchess Of Cornwall arrives at the World Premiere of 'Mystic India: An Incredible Journey' at The Science Museum IMAX Cinema on June 7, 2005 in London, England.
 LONDON - JUNE 7: The Prince Of Wales and The Duchess Of Cornwall attend the World Premiere of 'Mystic India: An Incredible Journey' at The Science Museum IMAX Cinema on June 7, 2005 in London, England
 LONDON - JUNE 7: The Prince Of Wales and The Duchess Of Cornwall attend the World Premiere of 'Mystic India: An Incredible Journey' at The Science Museum IMAX Cinema on June 7, 2005 in London, England.
 MUMBAI, INDIA: Indian actor Amir Khan (C) stands with music channel MTV Video Jockey Sophia (L) and host Cyrus Broacha (R) at the announcement of a partnership between MTV and Khan's latest film 'The Rising', in Mumbai 06 August 2005. 
 BANGALORE, INDIA: Indian actor Aamir Khan listens to questions during a press conference in Bangalore 16  poster) depicting a failed uprising against the British which led to Pandey's hanging in 1857. August 2005. Khan plays the lead role in the Indian historical movie 'Mangal Pandey, The Rising' (background

Cannes, FRANCE: L'Oreal stars US actress Andy MacDowell (L) takes pictures next to fellow actress Kerry Washington (L) and Indian actress Aishwarya Rai as they arrive at the Festival Palace to attend the screening of British director's film Ken Loach 'The wind that shakes the barley' at the 59th edition of the International Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, Southern France, 18 May 2006

 LONDON, United Kingdom: Director of photography Nirmal Jani (R) looks through the viewfinder as Indian actor Paresh Rawal (C), Indian actress Amriita Khanvilkar (2nd L), British actor Tony Scott (L) and Indian actress Asawari Joshi (2nd R) play a scene from the Bollywood film production 'Hat Trick' by the river 
 LONDON, United Kingdom: Indian actor Paresh Rawal is pictured against the backdrop of the River Thames while filming the Bollywood production 'Hat Trick' in south-west London , 10 November 2006. Love triangles, melodrama and sizzling song and dance numbers have always been vital ingredients of a classic Bollywood film but directors are increasingly adding something else to the mix -- scenes shot in London
 london, UNITED KINGDOM: Indian Bollywood star actor Shah Rukh Khan poses with 92-year-old Indian artist Maqbool Fida Husain 07 June 2007 at Bonhams' 'Art For Freedom' (not pictured), in London. The highlight of the evening occurred when the two artists finished off a painting which then went on to be auctioned to raise funds for Tehelka, a media house in India, and the country's fastest-growing English weekly newspaper

 london, UNITED KINGDOM: 92-year-old Indian artist Maqbool Fida Husain (R) shakes hands with Indian Bollywood star actor Shah Rukh Khan past their painting 07 June 2007 at Bonhams' 'Art For Freedom', in London.
 UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 12: Stage setting for the 'Delhi Dunbar' series of films, Scala Cinema, London, c 1910s.
 The British actor Michael York, on the left, talks with an Indian man in a scene of the movie Conduct Unbecoming, set in the colonial India. Islamabad (Pakistan), 1975.
 Indian film star Nalini Jaywant singing in to a microphone, as part of Independence Day celebrations at India House, Aldwych, London, August 15th 1951.
 1967 File Photo : British actor, Peter Sellers and Ravi Shankar during the filming of Blake Edwards cult film 'The Party.
 Bollywood superstar Priyanka Chopra (left) and Shahrukh Khan greet the crowd ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy match between India and England at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, India

Persis Khambatta, actress, photo-call to announce role in new anti apartheid film, The Wilby Conspiracy, due to begin filming in Kenya next month. Pictured at Les Ambassadeurs, London, 24th January 1974

Sunday, February 24, 2019

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

 Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City, New York 
 INDIA - JANUARY 31: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Qawwali Singer in Hindi Films from Pakistan ( 
 UNITED KINGDOM - 1st FEBRUARY: Pakistani musician Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948-1997) performs live on stage on the TV show 'Big World Cafe' in February 1989. (Photo by Tim Hall/Redferns)

 Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan during 1996 MTV Video Music Awards in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc)

 AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - FEBRUARY 28TH: Pakistani musician Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948-1997) performs live on stage at the Melkweg in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 28th February 1988. (photo by Frans Schellekens/Redferns)

 AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - FEBRUARY 29TH: Pakistani musician Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948-1997) posed in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 29th February 1988.

 AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - FEBRUARY 29TH: Pakistani musician Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948-1997) posed in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 29th February 1988.

 NETHERLANDS - JANUARY 01: Photo of Nusrat Fateh Ali KHAN (Photo by Rico D'Rozario/Redferns)

 Pakistani musician Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948 - 1997) (left) shares a laugh with American musician Jeff Buckley (1966 - 1997) backstage after Khan's World Music Institute concert at Town Hall, New York, New York, October 7. 1995. (Photo by Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images)

 INDIA - MARCH 17: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Singer in New Delhi, India (Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan)
 INDIA - MARCH 17: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Singer performing in New Delhi, India 
 INDIA - MARCH 17: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Singer with Sonia Gandhi, President of All India Congress Committee (AICC) and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chairperson in New Delhi, India
INDIA - MARCH 17: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Singer performing in New Delhi, India (Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan