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NEW DELHI: An Air India plane with around 160 passengers on board overshot a runway on landing in southern Indian city of Mangalore on Saturday and burst into flames, local television reported.

“We fear there are casualties,” an airport official told the NDTV news channel.

Television footage showed the plane, which was arriving from Dubai, apparently lying on its belly, with smoke billowing from the fuselage as rescue workers sought to douse the fire.

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1. Updated, Sunday, May 09, 2010

LONDON: Chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Altaf Hussain, said Sunday that a conspiracy was being hatched to trigger ethnic riots and to sabotage the current atmosphere of harmony among permanent residents of Sindh.

This he said while speaking at the Rabita Committee’s meeting held simultaneously in London and Karachi.

He said that the MQM had been striving hard to end the rural-urban divide and to create ethnic harmony in Sindh for the past many years. However, he noted that some so-called leaders and ministers of the ruling PPP were making an attempt to start ethnic riots in the province with the help of nationalist parties.

Those trying to start a clash between permanent residents of Sindh are agents of the feudalists and landlords, he remarked.

The MQM chief also directed the concerned persons to remain vigilant of any plot against the people of Sindh. Hussain urged the Haq Parast people to deal with the situation amicably.

Official Name

Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Founder Name
Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Capital Name
Islamabad

Currency
Rupees

Area
796,096 square kilometres

Population:
148.723 million

Location:
South Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India on the east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north.

Land boundaries:
Total 7,266 km (Afghanistan 2,430 km, China 580 km, India 2,240 km, Iran 909 km).

Coastline:
1,046 km

Climate:
Mostly hot, dry desert, temperate in northwest; arctic in north.

Terrain:
Flat Indus plain in east, mountains in north and northwest, Balochistan plateau in west and desert
in south.

Elevation Extremes:
Lowest point: Arabian Sea 0 m, Highest point: K2 (Mt. Godwin Austin – 8611 meters)

Independence:
14th August 1947
(from Great Britain)

National Day:
23rd March

Government Type:
Parliamentary

Administrative Divisions:
4 provinces (Punjab, Sindh, NWFP, Balochistan)
Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT)
Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)
Disputed Jammu & Kashmir region includes Azad Kashmir and the Northern Areas

Religions:
Islam 97%, Christianity, Sikhism, Hinduism, and others 3%
Languages:
National language: Urdu
Official languages: Urdu and English
Regional Languages: Sindhi, Pushto, Punjabi and Balochi Read more…

Will take Indo Pak celeb cricketers to Dubai for cricket match

Salman Khan is organising a cricket match in Dubai to raise funds for his charitable organisation, Being Human. The match will have an Indian XI competing against Pakistan XI.

The Indian side will include Sharman Joshi, Govinda, Jackie Shroff, Riteish Deshmukh, Neha Dhupia, Riya Sen, Zarine Khan, Dia Mirza from Bollywood and cricketers Mohammad Azharuddin and Vinod Kambli.

The Pakistani side will have Strings cheering them on. While plans are yet to be finalised, the tentative dates are May 21 and 22.

A fashion show has been planned for the day after the match.

Courtesy: Mid-Day.com

Pakistan’s legendary Ghazal Queen Farida Khanum has a desire — she wants to sing for a Bollywood film. The 74-year-old who has held audiences spell-bound with her unforgettable melodies like “Aaj Jaane Ki Zid Na karo”, “Dil Jalaane Ki Baat Karte Ho”, “Mere Humnawaz” and “Mohabbat Karne Wale”, has never got a chance to sing for a Hindi film. But she would love to do so now, she says.
“I never play backed for an Indian film because I have never stayed in Mumbai long enough to meet people and try out something. If I had stayed for a month or two and met people, something would have materialized and someone would have definitely approached me for films,” Khanum told IANS in an exclusive interview.
“But I was always in India only for two to four days, so there could never be an opportunity to meet more people and associate with them for a film project.
“Although nothing materialized in so many years and I still don’t get enough time to stay in India for long periods, I still have a desire to sing for a Bollywood film,” said the singer who is in the country after more than two years.
India-born Khanum, known for her full-throated rendition of Ghazals, is in the capital for the concert `Music For Soul II`, an initiative by NGO Routes2roots in association with the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).
Khanum, who learnt singing Khayals (a classical form of singing) from her sister Mukhtar Begum and then legend Ustad Ashiq Ali Khan, broke into the top league of Pakistani singers when she was invited to perform at a concert by the late Pakistan president Ayub Khan in 1960.