Hunza

FACE Mela Passu is coming to Hunza this August

FACE is collaborating with AKRSP to organize FACE Mela Passu in Gojal, Hunza. Bulbulik, Natasha Baig, Jabir Khan, Khumariyan amogn the performers.

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2 years ago

July 23, 2017

Imran Ahmed Hunzai

FACE Mela Passu is coming to Hunza this August

Foundation for Arts, Culture and Education (FACE) is set to organize the FACE Music Mela in Passu, Hunza. According to details, the organization is collaborating with Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) to organize first ever FACE Mela Passu.

FACE has been organizing Music Mela every year at Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) in Islamabad. The event has become a regular much-awaited event of the year with music lovers flocking the scene in huge numbers. It was in Music Mela this year that a band from Gilgit-Baltistan made an appearance for the first time. The new sensation Bulbulik and Natasha Baig rocked the event held in March this year.

This year, FACE has teamed up with ARSKP to bring some top class artists to Hunza in a two-day long event. The event is set to be organized on 6th and 7th August at the Passu Cricket Stadium.

Natasha Baig, Jabir Khan Jabir and Bulbulik would be local artists performing at the event while Khumariyaan, Qawalistan, Malang Party, Wahid Allan Faqir and Stephanie Snowflakewill be guest artists.

The FACE Mela Passu will surely give a boost to the overall music scene in Gilgit-Baltistan and provide a platform for local artists to perform alongside the mainstream artists from Pakistan.

Imran Ahmed Hunzai

Imran Hunzai is a Digital Media Consultant and activist based in Islamabad, Pakistan. When free, he likes to travel, do photography and play Rabab. He also runs a HONY inspired blog called Humans of Hunza. Follow him of Twitter @ihunzai.

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Hunza

Brigadier Inayat Hussain from Hunza promoted to the rank of Major General in Pakistan Army

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2 weeks ago

April 3, 2019

GBee Staff

Brigadier Inayat Hussain hailing from Ganish town of the central Hunza district has been promoted from the rank of Brigadier to Major General in Pakistan Army. He is the son of Colonel Retired Hadi Hussain.

The promotion board was held at General Headquarters in Rawalpindi which was presided over by Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa.

He is only the second army official from Hunza to be promoted on the rank of a Major General. Major General (Rtd.) Professor Salman Ali was the first army officer from Hunza to achieve this feat.

About 40 other Brigadiers were promoted to the rank of Major General during the promotion board held at GHQ, Rawalpindi.

Education

Zulfiqar Essa: Contending for the Hult Prize 2019 with a Million Dollar Idea

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3 months ago

January 23, 2019

GBee Staff

“My name is Zulfiqar Essa and I’m from Hyderabad, Hunza. I’m the co-founder of TechScape and previously have been awarded the Global UGRAD scholarship. Currently, I’m working on an idea called “Shirijon” which aims to create over 10,000 jobs in the next decade. I’m collaborating on this idea with my team members from Chitral, Punjab, and Germany.

Recently our idea got selected in the top 35 for HULT Prize 2019 from around two hundred thousand global applications received from across 120 countries. In the next round to be held in Amman, Jordan, we will be competing against young entrepreneurs from Harvard Business School, Cambridge, and other globally known institutions. Our idea is the very first Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral (GBC) to make it to the regional round of HULT Prize.

Our team from COMSATS University Islamabad is quite excited to participate in the 10th Annual Hult Prize Regional Summit in an attempt to win a $1 million USD as a seed fund. We think that this idea has the potential to change the economy of not only Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral but entire Pakistan as well.”

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