Eid ul Fitr

Eid ul Fitr in Pakistan

This religious festival is celebrated on 1st of Shawwal, the 10th month of Islamic Calendar. Eid-ul-Fitr starts the day after Ramadan (the Islamic holy month of fasting) ends, and is verified by the sighting of the new moon. It is a joyous occasion with important religious significance. It is a day of forgiveness, moral victory, peace of congregation, fellowship, brotherhood and unity. Muslims celebrate not only the end of fasting but also thank God for the self control and strength that Muslims believe God gave them. It is a time of giving and sharing, and many Muslims dress in holiday attire.
Eid-ul-Fitr is called "The Lesser Eid” compared to the Eid-ul-Adha is called "The Greater Eid”. On the day of the celebration, a typical Muslim family awakes very early, does the first everyday prayer, and is required to eat a little symbolizing the end of Ramadan. They then attend special congregational prayers held in mosques, large open areas, stadiums and arenas. The prayer is generally short and is followed by a sermon .Worshippers greet and embrace each other with hugs in a spirit of peace and love after the congregational prayer.After the special prayers festivities and merriment are commonly observed with visits to the homes of relatives and friends to thank God for all blessings.

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Earthquake Victims Celebrate Eid-Ul-Fitr
MUZAFFARABAD, PAKISTAN-NOVEMBER 4: Pakistani men hug each other after attending a special prayer on Eid-Ul-Fitr, November 4 , 2005 in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan. Razamir lost all of his family in Neelum Valley following the devasting earthquake. Eid-Ul-Fitr marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. For many earthquake survivors its an emotional day as they deal with the death of family members. The current death toll has been raised to over 73,000 from the devastating South Asian earthquake that happened over 3 weeks ago. Over 3 million people are still without proper shelter and aid organizations including the U.N are warning that thousands could die in remote mountainous regions as winter approaches. At least 1,400 died in Indian-Kashmir.


Nahan: More than three thousand Muslim people offered the prayer of NAMAJ at the newly constructed ground in Ramkundi for the purpose on the eve of EID UL FITAR festival on Monday.

Deputy Commissioner Padam Singh chauhan inaugurated the EIDGAH ground this morning before the NAWAJ ceremony, who ensured to provide the funds for the construction of boundary walls of the ground. There was a very courage among the Muslim community for offering the prayer at a new place. Himachal State Chief of the Muslim welfare committee Naseem Mohammed Didan said that though the ground was yet to be completed so the people of adjoining areas were advised to offer the prayer in their respective Maszids. However District president of Anjuman Islamiya said that it was a miracle that administration not only provided the land but also constructed a ground in a stipulated period.

Aamir Khan on Monday celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr in Mumbai with his family and friends.

'Well, on the occasion of Eid, I will stay with my family, my mom and the friends who are here to meet me,' the actor said.

During the holy month of Ramadan, devout Muslims stay on fast from dawn to dusk. They don't even drink water during the day.

At the end of Ramadan or month of fasting, Muslims hold a joyous three-day celebration called Eid-ul-Fitr.

Eid-ul-Fitr falls on the first day of Shawwal, the month, which follows Ramadan in the Islamic calendar. It is a time to give charity, and celebrate with family and friends the completion of a month of blessings and joy.

Sheerqurma-an Eid-ul-Fitr speciality

Muslim: Eid ul-Fitr/Hari Raya Puasa

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Cow Mandi 2009

Cow Mandi 2009





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Askari Park

Askari Park



Askari Park, built on the site of old Sabzi Mandi. I had to break this in two because of the layout of the park. The picture on the map is old when the Sabzi Mandi was demolished and the ground was being laid for the Park. Now its a sprawling green park.

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SAFARI PARK

SAFARI PARK



Safari Park (Urdu: سفاری باغ) is located in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Safari Park has a zoo, children's playland and a large number of gardens. It is one of the major recreation and amusement areas in Karachi.

Karachi Safari Park is situated at Main University Road, extending in an area of 300 acres (1.2 km2) land, inaugurated in 1970 by Lieutenant General Atiq-ur-Rehman. It was an independent project of the then Karachi Municipal Corporation, following with creation of independent department of Zoo, Safari and Aquarium in 1995.

Karachi Safari Park is now declared as an independent wing of Community Development Department of City District Government of Karachi. Now this has been designated as a Family Park.

There is an adventure park called as Go aish adventure park [1] also running in Safari Park, another amusement section Aladin Park is also a part of Safari Park.

Safari Park also has the distinction of being the only project/park in the Sindh province to have a proper Chairlift. The Chairlift project was setup at a cost of USD 2 Million and was inaugurated by the Karachi City Nazim Mustafa Kamal on 8 March 2006. The thrilling 10 minute ride crosses a manmade lake and provides scenic views of the city as well as various animal and bird life.

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University of Karachi

University of Karachi



The University of Karachi (Urdu: جامعہ كراچى ) is a public university located in Karachi, Pakistan. It serves an on-campus student population of more than 24,000. According to the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan, it is ranked among the top universities of the country. The university has made itself known by producing the largest amount of research output in terms of patent, international peer reviewed, journals and organizing regular academic conferences. In 2008 the university entered the THE-QS World University Rankings for the top 500 universities in the world.

History

The University of Karachi was established through the parliament as a Federal University in 1951. However, through another act of the parliament in 1962 its status was redefined as university of the province of Sindh. On 23 October, 1950 the Karachi University Act was passed and after an amendment in 1951 it was enacted. For the first two years, the University of Karachi remained as an examination University for the affiliated colleges. In 1953 it started its teaching and research activities at two Faculties of Arts and Science. Opened with an initial intake of 50 students, the university is now a sprawling structure of 53 Departments and 20 Research Centers and Institutes, under eight faculties of Arts, Science, Islamic Studies, Engineering, Law, Pharmacy, Management and Administrative Sciences and Medicine. At present the enrolment of regular students at the campus is slightly over 28,000. There are about 1000 faculty members and more than 3000 supporting staff.

On 18 January, 1960 the university was shifted to the new campus on a plot of 1279 acres located on the Country Club Road (now University Road).









University Library

The Dr. Mahmud Hussain Library is an imposing three-storey structure situated firmly in the centre of campus activities. The library was established in 1952 with the start of University of Karachi. The library previously resided in another building before moving to the present building. The library houses 350,000 volumes, some of them dating back to the 1600s. The library also proudly holds the status of being the depository of the personal book collection of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. Teachers from over 100 affiliated colleges frequent the university, along with scholars from 19 research institutions. A loan and resource sharing system exists with other academic entities in the Karachi area. A digital library was recently provided, enabling the scholars and students to access many online books and journals.

25 librarians, 10 assistant librarians, and around 90 nonprofessional staff help maintaining the library. The library is on the upper end of the academic spectrum in Pakistan. The building includes reading rooms (six for general purposes and another six for research).

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karachi golf club

Karachi Golf Club




The Karachi Golf Club, is a golf course situated in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The 27-hole golf course is the oldest golf club in Pakistan.

The course was turfed, landscaped, and filled with greenery, making it one of the largest green areas in Karachi. The Karachi Golf Club was an affiliate of the Sindh Club in 1888 and registered as an independent club in 1891.

The course was relocated to the present site in 1953. In 1991, renowned architect Peter Heradine designed the 18 hole Championship Course. The 18 hole Green Course was created a year later and in 1993 nine more holes were built. The three courses are now referred as the Blue, Yellow and Red Courses.

Golf in Karachi has gained in popularity and the Karachi Golf Club is a favourite pick.






Brief Golf History

Founded over 100 years ago by the British enthusiasts, this Club came into existence as an extension of the Sindh Club of Karachi and was located where the Plaza Hotel stands near the Cantonment Railway Station. In fact, the road behind the American Consul General’s residence is still known as the Golf Road. The playing area of this Club extended to what is now the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre.

The Karachi Golf Club at its present location came into existence around 1958. this was a desert course where barren land served as fairways while the putting surface, made up of fine sand blended with diesel oil, served as the ‘Green’ known then as ‘Chocolates’. Interestingly enough, because of its uniqueness even then, it was rated amongst the 100 interesting golf courses in the world. Incidentally the courses at KGC have been designed by internationally renowned golf architect Mr Peter Harradine.

Some changes and improvements since then have been brought about by a group of dedicated, veteran, playing members of the Karachi Golf Club under the patronage of Pakistan Navy. Much to the consternation of detractors and the delight of most golfers, the entire course was embellished with thousands of trees, plants, creepers and flowerbeds. Because the fairways and greens are regularly irrigated by recycled sewerage water, we manage to retain the lush green verdure round the year.

By the middle of the 1990’s, we had completed a sprawling 27 holes golf course, spread over 217 acres, with a par 72 over any two of the three layouts. The three courses are known as blue, yellow and the red course. The red and blue courses boast of some long par fives which go beyond 600 yards. Punctuated by fairway bunkers and occasional cactus in the middle of the fairways, sand-traps surrounding the Greens and water hazards challenge the golfers’ skills all the time. If you hit hard, long and straight, you will love this course. Yellow Course is comparatively shorter in length but is dotted by lateral and other water hazards which make this one of the most daunting of the three courses. High handicappers need not venture on the yellow course unless they are prepared to see a lot of their balls disappearing in water hazards.

Tee surfaces are beautifully kept, fairways are padded and a joy to walk on, and the greens most of the time, are soft & fast. Some undulating green surfaces will challenge the best golfers’ putting skills.

Karachi Golf Club has hosted many national open golf championships and the Asian Masters. Because Karachi city is located along Arabian Sea, there is a strong sea breeze most of the times, all the year round, after 3:00 in the afternoon. A slight slice or hook and your ball swings and swerves with the pressure of the sea breeze and you land in the rough. You have to, therefore, give reasonable margin for the breeze if you are not too sure about your driving skills.

Club house at Karachi Golf Club is among the best in the country. Tastefully furnished and centrally air-conditioned with huge tinted glass windows. You get a panoramic view of not just the Course but also of an equally carefully laid out and manicured garden. Club’s Catering facilities are second to none. The brunch organized for members and their families every Sunday is largely attended and appreciated by them. Then, there is an air-conditioned, beautifully laid out and well-furnished changing room with hot and cold showers. Additionally roof-top Governor’s gallery and the snacks in the garden at NDFC lawn are a delight to relax and enjoy.

A fairly well-stocked pro-shop is there for those who want to hire equipment which includes not only the golf bags and clubs but also shoes and gloves. Caddies, in large numbers, are available all the time to carry bag or pull the trolley for a nominal fee. Golf cars are also available for hire.

Above all, the exclusive ambience and friendly atmosphere of the Karachi Golf Club is what the membership takes their pride in.





Golf History

Since the dawn of recorded history, man has been fascinated with games involving a club and a ball. Over the centuries, golf progressed, with the first recognizable form being played in Scotland in the early 1400's. The game began to present itself in various other forms throughout Europe during the middle ages. At this time, the game generally consisted of knocking a ball from the 'tee', trying to hit a predetermined object in the least number of strokes. Over the latter half of the fourteenth century the predetermined object was decided to be replaced by a hole in the ground. Golf became a major pastime throughout Europe, so much so that the Scottish Parliament was forced to introduce an act forbidding the playing of golf on Sundays to ensure the preservation of archery. Over the next few centuries many refinements were made to the game of golf, improving driver weight, ball trajectory and overall game play. In 1774 players of Leith Links in Scotland requested to form a golf club and proper rules to be written, and "Articles and Laws in Playing Golf - The Rules of The Gentlemen Golfers of Leith" was formed. The rules stated as follows, "

1. You must tee your ball within one club's length of the hole. 2. Your tee must be on the ground. 3. You are not to change the ball which you strike off the tee. 4. You are not to remove stones, bones or any break club for the sake of playing your ball, except on the fair green, and that only within a club's length of your ball. 5. If your ball comes among water, or any watery filth, you are at liberty to take out your ball and bringing it behind the hazard and teeing it, you may play it with any club and allow your adversary a stroke for so getting out your ball. 6. If your balls be found anywhere touching one another you are to lift the first ball till you play the last. 7. At holeing you are to play your ball honestly for the hole, and not to play upon your adversary's ball, not lying in your way to the hole. 8. If you should lose your ball, by its being taken up, or any other way, you are to go back to the spot where you struck last and drop another ball and allow your adversary a stroke for the misfortune. 9. No man at holeing his ball is to be allowed to mark his way to the hold with his club or anything else. 10. If a ball be stopp'd by any person, horse or dog, or anything else, the ball so stopp'd must be played where it lyes. 11. If you draw your club in order to strike and proceed so far in the stroke as to be bringing down your club; if then your club shall break in any way, it is to be accounted a stroke. 12. He who whose ball lyes farthest from the hole is obliged to play first. 13. Neither trench, ditch or dyke made for the preservation of the links, nor the Scholar's Holes or the soldier's lines shall be accounted a hazard but the ball is to be taken out, teed and play'd with any iron club.

The weight of the ball must not be greater than 1.62oz., and the size not less than 1.68 inches in diameter. The velocity of the ball must not be greater than 250 feet per second when measured on the USGA's apparatus. In international team competition, however, the size of the ball is not less than 1.62 inches in diameter, and the velocity specification does not apply. A player is allowed a maximum of 14 clubs during a round. The penalty for breach of this rule is the loss of each hole in which a violation occurred in match play the loss of two strikes for each hole in which a violation occurred in stroke play, or, as it is sometimes called, medal play. " ----- Between 1750 an 1850 the game of golf became the game we know and love today. Many of today's great golf clubs were formed, and many top players began to gain renown. Golf equipment also began improving, with many of the top ball and club makers work being in demand. Allen Roberston of St Andrews was credited as the first professional golf player and the first man to break 80 on the Old Course in 1853. During the mid to late 1800's golf became world renowned. In 1848 the "Gutta Percha" based ball, also known as the "gutty", was invented by James Patterson. The durability of this ball helped place golf in the limelight of countries worldwide. The first Open Championship was held in 1860, with eight leading professionals contending for the first prize of a red Morroco leather belt with silver clasps. Willie Park lead the game and took the Belt. Young Tom Morris dominated the Open for years to come, and made history with the Iron clubs that were previously only used for bad lies. Young Tom Morris brought these clubs into the mainstream with the help of club maker Stewart in St Andrews. In 1895, The United States Golf Association was formed along with the American Amateur and Open Championships. By this time golf courses were springing up all around the United States, with over 1000 courses by the turn of the century. Some early US golf courses were, Tuxedo Golf Club, Tuxedo, New York in 1889; Newport Golf Club, Newport, Rhode Island in 1890; Middlesboro Golf Club, Middlesboro, Kentucky in 1890; and Hotel Champlain Golf Course, Bluff Point, New York in 1890. Many early professional golfers in the US were transplanted Scots, many of whom later became teachers and mentors who helped transform the game to a further level of sophistication. Further developments came in the way of the steel shafted club and the rubber-cored ball. America became obsessed with perfecting the golf swing, with many courses dedicating a section of the grounds for practice. In the 1920's, golf made a poignant splash in the fashion world. Plus-fours in baggy lightweight material and fancy colors became the trend, matched with the classic Argyle sweater and blazer. Topped off with matching two tone shoes, the golfer was poised with a look of his own in America. The British golfers failed to catch on to this new look of golf until the early 1960's. Present day golf attire focuses on loose and comfortable slacks, collared shirts and golf shoes. Many prestigious golf clubs designate a strict code of dress, often frowning upon denim, sleeveless shirts and sweatshirts. To this day golf maintains it's popularity around the world. The sport is enjoyed by many, regardless of age or origin. The game can be one of serious stakes, or a child and his Grandfather enjoying quality time. Golf is here to stay.

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