Uzma Khan Biography

Uzma is a young and confounding Pakistani television and film actress who took the start of her Showbiz career with Modeling and, with time, made her waves on small a big screen. Though she hasn’t appeared in many dramas and movies, yet her quality work is her identity. Uzma was fond of becoming an actress since her children that made her entry into the Showbiz soon after the completion of her studies. In 2020 she, along with her sister, was guilty of having extramarital affairs with a married man for which she was trolled online and being harassed by the daughters of Malik Riaz.

Uzma date of birth

She opened her eyes on 14th April 1987 in Karachi. Currently, Khan is residing in Islamabad and also lives in Karachi for her work.

Uzma Khan Story

• In March 2020 a news circulated on social media about Uzma and her sister being caught red-handed by the wife of Usman Malik, who is said to be relative of Business Tycoon Malik Riaz. After a few days, another video surfaced on Twitter about daughters of Malik Riaz, who forcefully entered Uzma’s house and started threatening her. In the video, it is seen that woman is trying to sprinkle Kerosin Oil on Uzma’s face.
• After being threatened, the two young ladies, Malik Riaz’s daughter, and niece, left the house by giving a final warning. Uzma took to social media and asked for the arrest warrants of people who tried to misbehave with her and her sister. However, on 27th March 2020, a file registered against Malik Riaz’s daughter and a few other people who forcefully entered Uzma’s house and misbehaved with her.

Showbiz Career

As a Model

Uzma has worked as a model in the initial years of her career. Her perfect height and unique face features made her a recognizable model, and she worked with many renowned Pakistani designers and brands. Uzma has walked on-ramp for different designers and has likewise shown up in many advertisements. Soon after making her name in the Modeling field, Khan switched to the big screen after being selected for the movie ‘Waar.’

As an Actress

• In 2013 Uzma got a chance to play the role of Shaan Shahid’s wife in the blockbuster film ‘Waar’ opposite Ayesha Khan and Hamza Ali Abbas. Her debut proved to be a big win at the cinemas, and she proceeded with other fantastic movies. In 2015 her other movie ‘Jawani Phir Nahi Ani’ starring Humayun Saeed, Hamza Ali Abbasi, Ayesha Khan, Ahmad Ali Butt proved to be her another most significant victory. Later she was again taken in the sequel of ‘Jawani Phir Nahi Ani’ that did a collection of more than 70 crores and won the title of the biggest grosser of all time.
• In 2017 she made her entry on the small screen and did a role of Soha in drama serial ‘Adhi Gawahi’ starring Sohai Ali Abroo, Azfar Rehman, and others. Though she played a supporting role, yet she did complete justice with it. The next year she was again seen in another serial ‘Kaisi Aurat Hoon Mai’ opposite Nadia Khan, Faisal Rehman, and others.

Uzma Khan Movies

1. Waar
2. Jawani Phir Nahi Ani
3. Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2
4. Yalghaar
5. Teri Meri Love Story

List of Dramas

1. Kaisi Aurat Hoon Mai
2. Adhi Gawahi

Social Media Handles

Her social media accounts include

• https://twitter.com/uzmakhanreal

Asad Umar Biography

Asad is a committed Pakistani Politician who is a part of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf for a long time. His father, Ghulam Umar, served as a major general in the Army. Umar was considered a close aide to General Yahya khan. After his father’s retirement, Asad moved back to Karachi with his family and continued his education. Asad is responsible for serving in his Ministry and is exacting to fulfill the vision of PM’s Naya Pakistan with zeal and zest.

Asad date of birth

Asad was born on 8th September 1961 in Rawalpindi. Later his family moved to Karachi. Currently, Asad is living in Rawalpindi with his family from where he likewise contests elections.

Education of Asad

Umar received a degree in Commerce from Government college of Commerce (B.com) and Economics. He also studied Business Administration from IBA. According to him, the love for financing was given by Dr. Hashmi who was his teacher at his University. He also contested an election in the University which he lost. Along with his studies, Asad Umar also captained IBA cricket. 

Asad Umar Family

Asad is the youngest brother among six brothers and one sister. One of his brothers, Zubair Umar, belongs to PMLN who served as the 32nd Governor of Sindh. Asad married Sofia Asad, who was his class fellow in IBA University. One of his Son Zain Umar is an associate at Baltoro Partner. He has experience in different corporate sectors like Engro as a Business analyst and commodity analyst while his other son Asif Umar is not in yet in the field.

Professional Career

• After the completion of his education, Asad soon entered into professional life. His professional career started with HSBC where he worked for 7 months. A major shift came in his career in 1985 when he joined Exon Chemical Pakistan. It was based in Canada where Asad served as a Business analyst. He was lucky to work in Exon as he was the only person from Pakistan. As a patriotic Pakistan, He decided to come back to Pakistan. He happily left the luxury of a salary worth 10000 Canadian dollars and a 3500cc car and accepted 20000.

• Back in Pakistan, in the same year, he joined Engro Polymer and Chemicals. After 12 years of his services in the company, he was made the CEO of the company, and in 2004; he became the president and the CEO of the company. He was one of the highest-paid CEOs of Pakistan. Umar is being ascribed for turnout the company into a significant loss for which he was awarded Sitara e Imtiaz. He took retirement at quite an early age.

Political Career

• His decision to join politics resulted from constant engagement with the federal bureaucracy. He considered this to be one of the root causes of holding the economy of the country back. In 2012, he joined Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf. Due to his experience and leadership qualities, he was made the vice president of the Party. In 2013, he was elected as a member of the National Assembly after he defeated a candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League (N). The party could not win the election and remained an opposition only. 

• In the 2018 election, Asad re-elected as a member of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-54 (Islamabad-III). As his party made the government, Asad was appointed federal Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs on 18 September, 2018. After dissatisfaction was expressed by the Prime minister over his performance, he was asked to step down from the Ministry of Finance. Keeping his importance in the view, he was made the Chairman of Standing Committee of National Assembly for Finance, Revenue and Economic affairs. This seat is considered more important than the Ministry of Finance.

• After the news circulated about the reshuffling of the Ministries in the Cabinet, it was speculated that Asad will join the Federal Cabinet again. On 19 November, 2019, he joined the Cabinet and became the Minister of Planning and Special Initiatives. On 26 March, 2020, he replaced Hafeez Shiekh and became the head of the Cabinet Committee for Energy.

Social Media Handles

His social media accounts include

• https://twitter.com/Asad_Umar

• https://www.facebook.com/AsadUmarOfficial/

It is administered by the federal government of Pakistan and is famous for safety, greenery, and high standards of living. The city was built in 1960 as a planned city when the capital of Pakistan was announced to move from Karachi to Islamabad.

The region is divided into 8 zones which include educational sectors, commercial areas, administrative zone, rural and residential areas. This article comprises all the information including Islamabad History.

Islamabad History

Islamabad is one of the earliest human- settlement regions and the history of the region id traced back to the stone age about 1 to 5 million years ago. The artifacts of the Stone Age have been founded in the region. The region went through many invaders including Alexander, Zahir ud din Babar, Ahmad Shah Durrani, Genghis Khan, Sikhs, and Timur of the Mughals.

Moreover, the region was the area of Punjab which was constructed by the government of Pakistan. The capital was moved here from Karachi in 1960, due to some reasons. One of the reasons was that Karachi is near to the Arabian Sea and can be easily attacked and the government wanted a suitable place for its capital and commerce.

In addition to that, the name Islamabad means “Cultivated Place of Islam” and was proposed by a school teacher named Mohammad Ismail Zabeeh.

Language

Punjabi is the most widely spoken language of the region, spoken by 55% of the population, 15% of the population speak Potohari while the rest of 30% speaks Pashtu, Sindhi, and English.

Islamabad Religion

Islam is the most dominant religion of the people of the area, followed by 95.5% of the entire population while 4.5% of the population other religions including Christianity and Hinduism.

Construction

The construction and planning of the region were carried out by IMC (Islamabad Metropolitan Area) while involving CDA (Capital Development Authority). A total number of 8 zones were constructed here and named Zone I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and Zone VIII. Each zone covers a total of 4 square kilometers.

Zone I contain a residential area, Zone II is an underdeveloped area of the city. More zones contain educational sectors, administrative sectors, commercial and industrial sectors.

Design

The master plan of the city’s design was presented by Konstantinos Apostolos Doxiadis, the Greek Firm of Architects.

Islamabad Weather

The region has a subtropical humid climate containing five seasons which include winter, summer, autumn, spring, and rainy monsoon. The highest recorded temperature of the region is 38 degrees centigrade in the season of summer while the lowest recorded temperature of the region is -6 degrees centigrade in the season of winter.

Administration

The city is officially administered by the federal government of Pakistan and divided into 8 zones as described above.

Sectors

Sectors of Islamabad include a number of Alphabets as A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H Sectors. Among these sectors, some are fully developed while some are underdeveloped. For instance, Sector D2 is fully developed while the remaining in D Sector is underdeveloped.

Furthermore, these sectors contain shopping malls, medical complex, Jinnah Park, educational institutions including universities, red mosque, Faisal Mosque, and Centaurus Complex while zone V contain rural areas.

Islamabad Education

The region has the highest literacy rate (88%) of the country among which 5.3% have done masters, 11% have done bachelors while 10% have done intermediate. Furthermore, the unemployment rate of the region is 15%.

The city consists of 913 institutions among which 26 are degree colleges, 367 primary schools 250 high schools, 162 middle schools, and 75 higher secondary schools while 2 are religious institutions. All of these institutions are recognized by the government of Pakistan. The list of Universities is given below.

• National University of Modern Languages
• Allama Iqbal Open University
• COMSATS
• Bahria University
• Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences
• Capital University of Science and Technology
• Bahria University
• Hamdard University
• Center for Advanced Studies in Engineering
• Air University
• The National University of Computer and Emerging Science
• Federal Urdu University of Arts
• International Islamic University
• National Defense University
• Virtual University of Pakistan
• Abasyn University
• Shifa Tameer Millat University

Economy

The city contributes 1 percent to the country’s GDP while the total population of the region is 0.8% of all. The Stock Exchange of Islamabad is the 3^rd largest Stock Exchange of Pakistan. It exchanges about one million shares on daily basis.

Furthermore, there are a number of IT Parks and a vast expansion was seen in ICT companies which rose to 36 and 29 Trust House companies which contribute to the economy of Pakistan. The city is also responsible for collecting 370 billion rupees of tax revenue per year which is 20% of the total GDP of Pakistan.

Traveling

The city is connected with all other cities of Pakistan and international locations through Airlines, roads, railway lines, and metro buses.

Roads

Local roads of the city connect all of the zones and some of the nearest cities including Rawalpindi and Haripur. Further, Motorways of the region connect the city with other cities including Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Sindh, D I Khan, D G Khan, Haripur, Attock, and many others.

Metro

The city has an advanced Metro Bus traveling system which facilitates the inhabitants to travel in the local areas including all of the zones.

Railway

It is also connected by the Railway track with all major cities of Pakistan including Karachi, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, and Quetta.

Airport

Islamabad International Airport provides air–traveling services to local and international destinations including UK, USA, KSA, UAE, Oman, Kuwait, Dubai, Afghanistan, Turkey, China, and many others.

Tourism

Islamabad is famous for its tourist sites which attract national and international tourists. Some of the tourist’s sites of the region are as follow:

• Faisal Mosque
• Pakistan Monument
• Lok Virsa Museum
• Shrine of Meher Ali Shah
• National Art Gallery
• Margalla Hills

Sports

A number of stadiums and clubs are constructed for indoor and outdoor games for cricket, hockey, football, Gulf, boxing, squash, and Kabaddi. The city has also its own cricket team under the name of Islamabad Unite who participates in the Pakistan Super League every year.

Notable People

A list of some of the notable people are given below:

• Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani
• Wasim Sajjad
• Shoaib Akhtar
• Amad Waseem
• Usman Khwaja
• Adnan Saleem
• Hamza Ali Abbasi
• Umair Jaswal
• Usman Mukhtar
• Saleem Safi
• Marvi Sirmad
• Sadr ud din Hashwani

Shoaib Akhtar Biography

• Shoaib has been part of Pakistan’s national team from 1997 to 2011. He has represented Pakistan in all three formats of the game. He featured in 46 Test matches for the national team and took 178 wickets at an outstanding bowling average of 25.69, and an impressive strike rate of 45.7 along with a couple of ten-wicket hauls and ten five-wicket hauls to his name. His best bowling figures in a test match are six wickets for 11 runs.
• In his ODI career, Shoaib played 163 matches for Pakistan and claimed a total of 247 wickets at an average and strike rate of 24.97 and 31,4, respectively. His ODI stats include four five-wicket hauls. His best ODI match bowling figures are 6/16. He also represented the national side in 15 T20I games and took 15 wickets with best figures of 3 for 38.

Shoaib date of Birth

He was born on 13th Aug 1975 in Morgah, Rawalpindi, Punjab.

Education of Shoaib

Shoaib received his early education from Elliot High School Rawalpindi, and after completing his school, he studied at Asghar Mall College, Rawalpindi.

Shoaib Akhtar Family

He was born into a low-income family. His father Muhammad Akhtar, who originated from the Gujar family, would work as a watchman at night in a Petrol station of Attock Oil Refineries. He has three brothers Obaid, Tahir, and Shahid, and a sister named Shumaila. Shoaib is married to Rubab Khan.

Cricket Career

Initial Career

Shoaib came in Pakistan’s national team after continuously paying in domestic cricket for three years. He came in the team as a  fast bowler who would run in quickly and ball as fast as possible. His key to success from the early days of his career was his pace and aggression.

Domestic Career

• Besides Pakistan, Shoaib played cricket with many teams worldwide, including Asia XI, ICC World XI, Rawalpindi, Agriculture Development Bank of Pakistan, PIA XI, Kolkata Knight Riders, Surrey, Summerset, Durham, Worcestershire, Chittagong Division and the rest. He has featured in 133 first-class matches from 1994 to 2009. He got 467 wickets at an average of 26.26 with two ten-wickets haul and 28 fifers.
• He also featured in 221 List-A matches and took 338 wickets at an average of 25.21. His stats also include seven five wickets haul. While in his 38 T20s, Shoaib claimed 44 wickets, including a five-wicket haul.

International Career and Achievements

Test Career

• Shoaib started his test career on 29th Nov 1997 against West-Indies in his hometown at Rawalpindi. He took a couple of wickets in the match, and Pakistan won the game by an innings.
• He could not start his test career with a bang as he only took 18 wickets in the first eight tests bowling 16 innings. In the famous test at Lahore on 1st May 2002 against New-Zealand, Pakistan batted first legendary batsman Inzamam ul Haq smashed his highest and a massive test score of 329 runs. 

• Pakistan made a mammoth total of 643 runs, and in reply, Shoaib Akhtar went after Kiwis and bowled superbly, New-Zealand got all-out for just 73 runs as he claimed six wickets for 11 runs. He did not bowl in the second innings, and Pakistan won by an innings. In the next year 2003, when Pakistan toured New-Zealand, Shoaib went after the opposing batters and took eleven wickets in Wellington, as Pakistan won the match by seven wickets.
• On 27th Aug 2003, he had another excellent match with the ball and claimed ten-wickets in the game as Pakistan won by nine wickets. After a break from tests and poor form, Akhtar finally made another high-level bowling when England toured Pakistan in 2005. The three-match Test series went very successful for him as English batsman could not pick his slow bowls, and he ended up picking seventeen (17) wickets in the series. 

• After the series, English captain Michael Vaughan praised Shoaib and said he was the difference between England and Pakistan team. Injuries and controversies could not allow him to play regular cricket, and he used to be in and out of the team to some or other reasons. He had some fantastic spells in test cricket but could not bowl long spells as he suffered from knee injuries throughout his career. Shoaib’s last test came against  India at Bangalore on 8th Dec 2007 and claimed a single wicket in the match.

One Day Internationals

• One Day Internationals had been easier for Shoaib to play more regular in this format. He won many ODIs for Pakistan from 1998 to 2011. He played his first ODI on 28th Mar 1998 against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Park and only picked up one wicket. He became famous after his World Cup 1999 performance for the national side, where he played regularly for the team and bowled some outstanding spells.
• He made many batsmen shrunk at the crease and rattled their stumps on many occasions. Shoaib remained a nightmare for the Kiwis batsman. He bowled superbly against New-Zealand in the WC-1999 Semi-Final to help Pakistan reach in the final. He had a successful tournament as he dismissed 16 batsmen in the world cup 1999. He had many successful series and tournaments. In 1998-99 PESPI Cup Shoaib had a better form as he claimed nine wickets with a remarkable bowling economy and a strike rate of 3.47 and 26.6, respectively. 

• His bowling helped Pakistan in coming out as the victorious at the end. The cup ended on 19th Mar.  In the very next month, Coca Cola Cup among Pakistan, India, and England took place in UAE, where Shoaib entered with his best bowling form. He went after both teams and took eleven wickets at an economy of just 15.00. His top performance made Pakistan champion, and they won back to back trophies. 

Remarkable Performances

He had a couple of great series performances, including the Sharjah Cup 2002, NZ vs. Pakistan series in Pakistan (2002), Pak vs. AUS ODI series in  Australia (2002), Eng vs. Pak 2006 ODI series in Pakistan and the rest. In all those series, Shoaib bowled superbly, and Pakistan won all of those trophies. He played his last One Day International in the World Cup 2011 against New-Zealand at Palekele, Sri-Lanka. His bowling figures in the match stood at 70/1 in nine overs.

T20 International Career

Shoaib featured in T20s for Pakistan from 2006 to 2010. His T20  performance is not worth his talent and understanding of the game, as he could only take 15 wickets in 15 T20Is. He used to be very quick, and many batsmen would not be possible to pick his pace. Due to lethal fast bowling, he injured many batsmen while bowling. One such incident came against South Africa in a Test match when Shoaib Akhtar bowled to Gary Kristen, who went through the helmet and injured the batsman, Gary injured badly and taken off the field. In another incident, Shoaib hit a ball to Indian top-order batsman Sourav Ganguli which hit on his ribs and almost broke them.

Controversies

• Throughout his cricketing career, Shoaib remained surrounded by injuries and controversies. He got banned for 13 matches in 2006-07 for taking drugs. At the end of World Cup 2003, Akhtar got out of the team due to the exchange of harsh words with then captain Waqar Younus. In August 2007, he got fined for Rs. 300,000, and then in 2008 he got five years ban from playing any cricket due to breaching of players code of conduct, the Court lift the ban after some time.
• Besides this, he got charged for ball tempering in 2004 and got suspended for a match. Though he has been a star bowler for Pakistan, he did not do justice to his skills as he could have done much more than what his stats show. Currently, Shoaib has his own YouTube channel, where he gives his point of view on cricket.

Social Media Handles

His social media account include

• https://twitter.com/shoaib100mph

• https://www.facebook.com/TheFastestBowler/

He also became an associate of computer Hardware Company in Pakistan. This article has all the information about him, including Aaqib Javed Biography.

Aaqib Javed Biography

Aqib started his career as a bowler in ODI format, where he registered in 163 matches. He bowled in 159 innings with 182 dismissals. He has an average of 31.43, with his best bowling figure of 7/37. Aaqib took a four-time five-wicket haul and two-time four-wicket haul with his bowling economy rate of 4.28.

After a few months, he was added in the test format and played 22 test matches in which he took 54 wickets with an average of 34.70. His career-best bowling figure in an innings was 5/84 and best bowling in a match of 8/118. Aaqib got a five-wicket haul and two-time four-wicket haul in test format.

Aaqib date of Birth

He was born in Sheikhupura on 5th August 1972. Currently, he is living in Lahore.

Education of Aaqib

He got his early education from Govt High School bhamba Kalan District Kasur. Later he got further education from Lahore.

Aaqib Javed Family

He belongs to the Punjabi community, a Sandhu Jatt from Mudassirabad, and his relatives live in Bhamba Kalan. He married Farzana Burkey, the sister of Pakistani singer Adeel Burkey and has one daughter named Uqba.

Cricket Career

Initial Career

Aaqib appeared locally while playing for Bhamba Kalan village near Raiwind. After that, he initiated his first-class cricket career and was selected in international cricket against West Indies.

Domestic Career

In 1984, Aaqib commenced his domestic career by the debut in first-class cricket. He brilliantly bowled in 121 matches and took 358 wickets with an average of 26.66. He has the best bowling figure of 9/51 in an innings. Aqib got nineteen-time five-wicket haul and five-time ten-wicket haul in a match.

He also made a fifty in first-class cricket and also participated in List-A cricket and played 250 matches. He took 289 wickets with an average of 30.14 in bowling and had the best bowling figure of 7/37 in an innings. Aaqib got five-time five-wicket haul and six-time four-wicket haul.

The former cricketer played for different domestic cricket teams, including Pakistan, Sheikhupura Cricket Association, Lahore Division, Allied Bank, Pakistan Automobiles Corporation, Hampshire, and Islamabad Cricket Association.

International Career and Achievements

ODI and Test Career

He debuted in ODI cricket on 10th December 1988 against West Indies and got a six-time man of the match awards. He played brilliant performance against India and got 54 wickets in 39 ODI matches with 24.6.

Aaqib took two-time five-wicket haul with the best figure of 7/37 in an innings against India and awarded four men of the match for his excellent performance against India, including a hat-trick the very young age of 17. He also performed well against New Zealand with 23 wickets in 19 matches and has an average of 32.13 with 3/25 his best bowling.

He took 33 wickets in the year 1992, his best year performance. Aqib initiated his career in test cricket on 10th February 1989 against New Zealand at Wellington where he played against different team in test form, including three wickets against Australia in 2 matches, nine wickets against England in 5 matches, seven wickets against New Zealand in 5 matches, eight wickets against Zimbabwe in 3 matches.

His best test performance was against Sri Lanka with 22 wickets and his best bowling figure of 5/84 in an innings and 8/118 matches against Sri Lanka.

Aqib also contributed in 1992 world under the captaincy of legend Imran Khan and performed as a critical bowler in few matches of the world cup. He announced retirement from international in 1998.

Coaching Career

In his coaching career, he first became the chief coach of the Pakistan Cricket Academy. Later, he became part of the National cricket team of Afghanistan as a coach and worked as a bowling coach to develop their bowling line.

He returned Pakistan and given a charge of bowling coach under the supervision of Waqar Younis as head coach. In 2012, he left his job as a bowling coach of the Pakistani team and became the head coach until 2016 of the UAE’s national cricket team.

He also provided his coaching to the Pakistan under-19 team, and under his coaching, his team won the U-19 Cricket World Cup of 2004. Aaqib Javed is currently serving a PSL as a bowling consultant of Lahore Qalandar.

Social Media Handles

His social media accounts include

https://twitter.com/ajavedofficial

https://www.facebook.com/aqib.javed.904