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unusual facts about Mazar-e-Quaid



1996 in Afghanistan

Taliban officials met with Pakistani Foreign Secretary Najmuddin ShaikhThe subject discussed as during Mr. Shaikh's meeting with Dostum and Dr. Abdullah in Mazar Sharif a day earlier was the working out of ceasefire arrangements between the contending factions in Afghanistan and suggesting talks with the Northern Alliance for the formation of a coalition government

Afghan Star

Afghan Star season two started in August 2006 with auditions in Kabul, Mazar, Herat, Kandahar, Jalalabad and Peshawar.

Alama Iqbal Modal School

It has four branches in Rawalpindi, the main branch has separate classes for boys and girls and is located in Lane # 1, Quaid-e-Azam COlonoy Dhamyal camp Rawalpindi.

Ali Moeen

Documentaries & Corporate Videos: Memon Community – A Journey Through Time on DHL – The Story Of Services, Bank Alfalah – Shahdin Manzil, March 23 – Aik Tareekhi Sach, August 14 – Pakistan, September 11 – the Death Anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam, Aao Ahad Karain – A March 23 Documentary

Asad Qaiser

He has been graduated from University of Peshawar and started his career as educationalist.He founded Quaid-e-Azam public school in the town of Zaida, Swabi District.

Baluchistan cricket team

In the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy and other first-class tournaments in Pakistan, Baluchistan province has usually been represented since the 1957-58 season by the Quetta cricket team, except for two matches in 1969-70 when a team from Kalat also played (losing both their matches).

Benjamin Mazar

Eilat Mazar has been a frequent spokesperson for concerns regarding the archaeology of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem while Amihai Mazar was the recipient of the 2009 Israel Prize for Archaeology.

Benjamin Mazar's son Ory Mazar, grandchildren Eilat Mazar and Dan Mazar and nephew Amihai Mazar all played an important role in the study and dissemination of Israeli archaeology and historical knowledge.

Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem

Hosted by Jerusalem Christian Review Managing Editor Dan Mazar, parts of the Global Prayer were also shown on the CNN, CBS, and ABC television networks and almost 120 other television stations worldwide.

De Laurentiis Entertainment Group

DEG had an early version of Total Recall in pre-production with Patrick Swayze as Quaid and Bruce Beresford to direct (David Cronenberg had also been approached), where it was to have been shot in Australia.

Fatima Jinnah Medical College

Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, situated in the heart of city, close to the main artery of Lahore (Shahra-i-Quaid-iAzam) and Punjab Assembly, is the teaching hospital of FJMC.

Hasan Hafeez Ahmed

Vice Admiral Hasan Hafeez Ahmed, TQA (usually shortened to H.H. Ahmed) (died 9 March 1975), was a senior naval officer who served as the first Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) of Pakistan Navy.

Hatef Mokhtar

Mokhtar was born on May 11, 1962 at Mazar-i-Sharif in the Balkh province of Afghanistan to a Pashtun family from the Durrani clan.

Institute of Sindhology

Special corners are devoted for people such as Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Allama I.I. Kazi, Hassan Ali Affendi, Pir Hussamuddin Rashdi, Syed Gulam Mustafa Shah, Muhammad Usman Diplai, and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.

Khaleqdaad Noori

Khaleqdaad made his representative debut for Afghanistan against Nowshehra on 15 October 2001 in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy (Grade II).

Kimberly Marie Freeman

As a past student of The University of Dundee and HB Studio in New York, she has studied with Aleksey Burago, Karen Ludwig, Amanda Quaid, Joseph Daly, George Bartenieff, and has studied privately with Dan Manjovi, Liz Caplan.

Mazar-i-Sharif

This peace was shattered in May 1997, when he was betrayed by one of his generals, warlord Abdul Malik Pahlawan, forcing him to flee from Mazar-i-Sharif as the Taliban were getting ready to take the city.

Naankuse Wildlife Sanctuary

Films featuring the animals at Naankuse: • Beyond Borders - Angelina Jolie (vultures) • Flight of the Phoenix - Dennis Quaid and Giovanni Ribisi • Mr Bones - Leon Shoester • Saltering Desert (Bushman translating) • Hoofbeats (baboons, a cheetah and Bushman translating) • The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (baboons in Botswana) • The Magic Journey to Africa 3D (lion, cheetahs, caracals and baboons) • Bonny and Clyde (cheetah) • Black stallion (cheetah)

Omar Asghar Khan

A professor of Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the Quaid-i-Azam University, he was the founder of Qaumi Jamhoori Party (National Democratic Party).

PAF Base Masroor

Before Karachi Airport, this airport had been used for domestic flights and also by the Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the Founder of Pakistan.

Peter S. Meadows

Along with his wife, Dr Azra Meadows, he has carried out extensive work of an environmental, cultural and educational nature in Pakistan, and in 2005 was awarded the Sitara-i-Quaid-i-Azam (Star of the Great Leader), one of the highest civilian medals of that country, for services to Pakistan.

Quaid-e-Millath Government College for Women

The Quaid-e-Millath Government College for Women is an educational institution in Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu.

Satellite Town, Rawalpindi

Pakistan's top university, Quaid-i-Azam University, was initially established here before being shifted to its current location in 1971.

Shaikh Sama'al-Din Kamboh

The mazar of Hazrat Shaikh Sama'al-Din is located in Delhi where the Zubairies of Panipat used to assemble every year for offering Fateha in pre-independence days.

Syed Muhammad Hussain Shah

Shrine of Syed Muhammad Hussain Shah mazar (shrine) is the pride of Allo Mahar.

Tourism in Sindh

Islamic architecture is quite prominent in the province with the Jama Masjid in Thatta built by the Mughal emperor Shahjahan and numerous mausoleums dot the province including the very old Shahbaz Qalander mausoleum dedicated to the Iranian-born Sufi and the beautiful mausoleum of Muhammad Ali Jinnah known as the Mazar-e-Quaid in Karachi.

Vance Peterson

In 2011, Peterson was recalled to active duty and served as an operations adviser to Afghan Police near Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan.

Views of the Biblical World

Mazar has authored numerous works on Christian-Israel relations and Second Temple archaeology and is a former Chairman of the political action group, the Christian Mid-East Conference, having organized the first World Day of Prayer from Jerusalem lead by former U.S. president Ronald Reagan.

Yousaf Saleem Chishti

He has very close relations with Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Allama Muhammad Iqbal, he used to attend meetings in Javid Manzil, Lahore (Allama Muhammad Iqbal's residence).

Zaranj

A new highway called Route 606 was built between Zaranj and Delaram in Farah province by the Indian Government's Border Roads Organization at a cost of about US $136 million to open up a link between the deep sea port at Chabahar in Iran to Afghanistan's main ring road highway system which connects Kabul, Kandahar, Herat, Mazar-i-Sharif and Kunduz.


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