Hidhyidans – an association of dynamic young individuals, headed by – Omar Qureshi, Alee Raza Maher, Furqan Buriro,  Ibrahim Khan, operating since June’2012, all dedicated to the cause of bringing forth to public eye the talented youth and the young of our beloved city – Hyderabad, who have dared to stand apart and stand above the ordinary lot. Towards this end, HidHydians organizes a variety of events and initiatives inviting the youth of the city and providing them with a forum to exhibit and foster their special talent and besides join hands together to bring peace and spread smiles on a massive scale.

For all that they have done up to now, in my point of view, is definitely up to the mark. Realizing where they stand in the society and in the social-modern-world right now, the following initiative they presented and the outcome that popped up is highly appreciated everywhere.

Team HidHydians, under the supervision of Excursions Department headed by Asif Ansari & Ahmed Kazi, arranged an event by the name of ‘Dirt-Wiper’ that took place on Saturday, 23rd of March. Dirt-Wiper was an event arranged basically to spread awareness amongst the citizens of Hyderabad about keeping our surrounding environment clean and to bring the vitality of our original community back by focusing on aesthetic improvements and promoting well-maintained and safe neighborhoods.

The event started in Qasimabad, where all members of the Hidhydian team were present to welcome all those people they invited through social-media channels and through notice-board invitations at schools and universities.

Just as the Spartans of team HidHydians started to block the roads and wipe the dirt off, the number of participants began to grow. The high point was when Mehboob Abro, ex-nazim of Hyderabad showed up to lend a hand in the cleaning of the streets. He also contacted the office of the DCO for assistance but sadly it was closed due to the 23rd being a national holiday. Dhoom Television was present at the Qasimabad venue, covering the hearty efforts of the whole team. Interviews of the team were taken and later some group photographs.

After completing the set target of Qasimabad, the whole team headed towards the second venue i.e. the camp setup by Cantoment Board Hyderabad (CBH) at Defence Park, Defence. After a break-period of lunch exclusively given by Mirchi 360 Restaurant and CMH team, a crowd of 160+ people was divided into four teams. The trash removal team, fumigation team, paints team and chalk-throwers team. Each team had its own leader, while the employees and supervisors of CBH were present at all times with teams to guide them in their charitable endeavor.

The participants, accompanied by the whole CBH team of workers, police officers, supervisors and a fire engine team headed out towards Thandi Sarak. The sight of all the people wearing yellow baseball caps running on the road dodging cars, cleaning the whole stretch of the road looked like buzzing bees collecting pollen from different coloured flowers was commendable. Instructions were given on mega-phones and the communication between team HidHydians Management on voice-gadgets, proved that their mind was only set towards the 23^rd March Mission.

The whole rally of people headed upwards from Thandi Sarak towards main Saddar with heavy vehicles guarding everyone, and then from there towards doctors’ lane, and crossing that, they ended the whole event at Quaid-e-Azam complex. From where everyone headed back to camp at Defence park. Each and every corner was wiped, brushed, painted, fumigated properly. Loud calm instructions were given to shop-keepers for not throwing trash out and keeping the city clean. ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ shout-outs were heard all the way in trucks and fire-brigades.

The whole stretch of the event in Saddar was provided coverage by Aaj and Express news. The Photographers Society of HidHydians (comprising of: Ahmer Qureshi, Hassan Rizvi, Shahbaz Mehdi, Adeeb Ahmed, Mustafa Ansari, Noshad Khowaja, Adil Lakhani) snapped over 400 pictures in total and now are working for a cliché-video. PakiUM representatives were also present at the event lending a hand in the cleaning plus write-up coverage for an event which doesn’t even fit into the genre of the work they’re operating in. Also The Sketches band’s lead singer Saif Samejo appreciated the whole event with kind words.

Team HidHydians managed to pull it off quite well with the help of all the groups who approached them, i.e – SZABIST Student Society, RSGB, Nakkh Clothing, Fatima’s Treats.

For more updates, follow them here:
Www.facebook.com/HidHydians

Watch some photos from the event:

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This series will consist of 4 one-minute episodes and will be aired weekly on all the leading national television channels as well as on various web portals.  The series revolve around a young female journalist, Sarah, who is trying to “make it big” in the world.  The storyline highlights the importance of perseverance and confidence in order to achieve success. The Always miniseries also stars the very versatile and confident Pakistani Model and Actress Aamina Sheikh.

Will Sarah manage to get her interview date with Aamina Sheikh? Watch Now the Episode 1 and get a chance to win exciting prizes as well!

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Its merit mentioning here that a recent talk held between Government of Pakistan and the concerned authorities of Youtube to remove anti Islamic content from the video sharing site, but failed. However its strange that Google is not agreeing to block such videos on the demand of Pakistani government, while it has done so in several other countries.

Naveed Qamar answered the question raised by Shazia Marri, and said that a decision on whether to unblock YouTube would be taken within a couple of days. Shazia quoted letter written to her by a young musician (Zoe and Zohaib), who said the blocking of YouTube have put question mark on the future of music industry.

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According to the latest news reports, a Memorandum of Understanding(M.O.U) between Malik Riaz, Pakistani real estate King, and Abu Dhabi group has been signed. As per the understanding, Abu Dhabi group will construct World’s tallest Building in Karachi.

The investment made by Abu Dhabi group is worth 45 Billion dollars of which 10 Billion dollars will be invested in Lahore and Islamabad. According to an estimate, the investment will create job opportunities for 2.5 Million Pakistanis. It is being called the biggest foreign investment in the history of Pakistan.

Under the deal, Sports City, International City, Media City, Educational and Medical City will be built in Pakistan’s financial capital. The private news channel said that world’s Seven Wonders will also be built as part of the project.

Source: Geo News

MOU being signed by Malik Riaz (Bahria Town) and Abu Dhabi Group

Updated 22 Feb 2013: Abu Dhabi group in a clarification issued to newspapers, revealed that the group was in talk with Bahria Town Private Limited Pakistan but the deal couldn’t just get finalized. The MOU Signed between the two parties has now also been cancelled.

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The 77-year-old has urged gossip mongers to stop spreading rumours. “My family is extremely upset about it. They are very worried. All this has shaken my family. Whoever is spreading such rumours, please stop it,” Kader told IANS.

“Ek din toh sabko jana hai aur main aap sabki duayein lekar jaunga. Right now I am completely fine,” he added.

From negative roles to comedy to character roles, Kader has portrayed diverse characters on screen in his career spanning almost four decades. He has worked in over 350 films, including Coolie, Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri, Hum, Bol Radha Bol, Aankhen, Raja Babu and Judwaa.

He also wrote scripts and dialogues for movies.

via IANS

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Sataesh Khan who has left Pakistani drama and modelling industry has now decided that she will spend rest of her life in teaching, and she said thanks to Malik Noureed Awan for a “Joint Venture” for children education .

Apart from this social work, Malik Noureed is also working on a project to promote the local talent. For the sake of this project, MMA Groups and companies now proudly presents MMA Production ( A new town for new talent ). MMA Groups Media Manager Faisal Khan who also manage Roxen (The Band) says, “We are looking for new talent , host actors , singers for our new upcoming drama.”

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Pepsi Pakistan has had a sound history and presence on Facebook with cricket campaigns. They’ve had the Pepsi Cricket Academy (out of many), where they gave tips to the users on how to bowl, e.g. a Yorker, Bouncer, Off Spin, etc. And at the same time, they also taught/gave tips to users on how to bat, e.g. how to face a bouncer, or how to hit a Yorker for a four or a six.

Based on these campaigns, Pepsi Pakistan has had an astounding increase in fan base, recognition and association with the users in fulfilling their desire which they thought they could never enjoy online – cricket. Considering the T20 World Cup 2012, being hosted in Sri Lanka, is almost around the corner Pepsi Pakistan brings to its fans once again, after a huge success previously, The Pepsi Cricket Fantasy League!

Yes, that’s right – the Pepsi Cricket Fantasy League is back! Given its huge success in the 2011 ICC World Cup, Pepsi Pakistan knew they could not deprive their fans of this exciting campaign in the upcoming T20 World Cup.

Playing T20 matches online, alongside the actual T20 matches going on in Sri Lanka, users get a chance to form their dream team by selecting users from any country they feel like, and competing with other users’ registered teams. But that’s not where the excitement and fun starts, the true fun and excitement starts when the actual T20 matches begin. Because, the performance of your team in the Pepsi Cricket Fantasy League depends on how the players you’ve chosen, actually perform in the T20 World Cup matches! How cool is that?

And of course, every team in, any tournament/league is in competition for something – a prize, a trophy, an identification to claim their win. Pepsi Cricket Fantasy League teams are also competing for not one prize, but prizes. The teams are competing for, cricket goods; personally autographed by Shahid Afridi himself! And that’s not all! Amongst all the registered teams, three top winners would be chosen. Out of which, the third winner would receive Rs. 50,000 cash prize. The second winner would receive Rs. 100,000 and the team that rises above all, the champion, will receive a whopping cash prize of Rs. 500,000!

So come one folks! What’re you waiting for? Log on to www.facebook.com/pepsipk right now and get yourself registered, because the sooner you register yourself and a team, the greater chances you have of winning! So grab that chilled Pepsi, and get to work, because the Pepsi Cricket Fantasy League is back with a bang!

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3 years down the lane, and we’re almost there again. Another T20 World Cup coming up in Sri Lanka, another chance for the Pakistani cricket team to excel to victory amongst others, and another occasion for fans all over Pakistan and the world to gather together in excitement and anxious – with hopes pinned to the national team.

Pakistan goes up against New Zealand on 23^rd Sept 2012 (9^th match) and Bangladesh on 25^th Sept 2012 (12^th match), the fate of Pakistan lies in the outcome of these 2 matches. Considering their recent performance in the T20 matches against Australia, hopes to see another T20 Cup entering Pakistan has risen to its very peak.

This time round, all these hopes fall on the shoulders of captain, Muhammad Hafeez to lead the Pakistan team to a glorious win as did previously on Younis Khan. Hoping that the performance of the team goes as well as the recent T20 matches held in UAE, and equally exciting as the Pakistan vs. Australia end, all our prayers are with the green team!

In line with the T20 hype going on everywhere, in ads, TVCs, etc. Lay’s Pakistan also brings a campaign for everyone to enjoy. A Facebook campaign in line with its previous success (Lay’s Flavor Cup) – Lay’s Wavy Flavor Challenge.

Through this, participants have a chance at winning 10 Lay’s branded T-Shirts (daily)! Is that all? Of course not! There’s also an LCD TV waiting for its rightful owner. And the crème de la crème, the chance to watch the match, live in Sri Lanka, with none other than Ali Zafar himself!

So grab your favorite flavor of Lay’s Wavy, bite into the crunchy goodness and log on to www.facebook.com/LaysPk. These awesome prizes are waiting and so is Ali Zafar!

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Mountain Dew Pakistan, the proud sponsor of Box Office leader in the past, Fast Five, not only accomplished in gathering a massive pool of fans of The Fast & The Furious series, but also was successful in maintaining all the users’ interests in engaging activities followed with eye-catching prizes.

This time, history repeats itself as Mountain Dew Pakistan, again proudly sponsors another Box Office leader – The Dark Knight Rises.  Having an outstanding response with its release in UK, US, Australia, Spain and 9 other countries, The Dark Knight has undoubtedly risen above the rest in the Box Office. Defeating all time leaders like Avatar & The Avengers, the fan response has truly helped The Dark Knight Rises make their mark in Box Office history.

To keep in line with the level of excitement and engagement The Dark Knight Rises currently possesses with its fans, Mountain Dew Pakistan brings to the table activities and prizes of equal excitement and engagement. Just recently, Mountain Dew Pakistan was giving 500 lucky fans FREE tickets to the premiere! And since it was understood that no one would want to go such an awesome movie alone, Mountain Dew Pakistan not only gave away tickets for the winners, but also for any one person the winner would like to take along! In a nut shell – Mountain Dew Pakistan gave away 1000 tickets to 500 fans!!

And guess what, that’s not all! Activities for fans just like you have been set and scheduled to be conducted during and even after the premiere of the movie. Mountain Dew Pakistan has designed these campaigns to be such that fans get to relive the experience and maintain the era of The Dark Knight Rises even after seeing the movie.

Prizes set are such that relate to all sorts of fans. For people who just love to ‘Do the Dew’, Mountain Dew Pakistan is willing to keep your fridge FILLED with Dew for a WHOLE YEAR! Love to Do the Dew, but more of a techie? No problem! Mountain Dew Pakistan’s giving away iPhones, and not just any iPhone, an iPhone 4S! Die heard Batman fan, you say? Again, no problem! Mountain Dew Pakistan is willing to giving away the LIMITED EDITION Batman Mask from the movie!! And it doesn’t stop there, Mountain Dew has a bumper prizes in store for you, i.e. take you all the way to Italy and let you drive a LAMBORGHINI!!! How awesome is that?

So sip your Dew and stay tuned to the Facebook page (www.facebook.com/mountaindewpk) and the website (www.dew.com.pk) folks, because we’re sure you do NOT want to miss out on all these exciting prizes!

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