#Air Shakar

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🇮🇱FRIDAY - events from Israel  

✡️Erev Shabbat (before Shabbat) - Parshat (Torah portion) Ki Teitzei - Deuteronomy 21:10 - Seventy-four of the Torah’s 613 commandments (mitzvot) are in this portion. These include: the laws of the beautiful captive, the inheritance rights of the firstborn, the wayward and rebellious son, burial and dignity of the dead, returning a lost object, sending away the mother bird before taking her young, the duty to erect a safety fence around the roof of one’s home, and the various forms of forbidden plant and animal hybrids.

🔹WAR HINTS.. The Lebanese newspaper Al-Nahar : Yesterday, Hezbollah asked the residents of villages in the south to evacuate their homes for fear of extensive security operations by Israel.

▪️FAKE NEWS - IDF CHIEF OF STAFF TO RETIRE.. fake news going around that the IDF chief announced his retirement.  IDF spox: it’s fake news.

▪️UPDATE CAR BOMB (likely criminal) - RAMLA.. car explodes in front of a store, which catches fire. Update: 4 dead, 8 seriously injured.

▪️TWO TRY TO ENTER GAZA?  IDF surveillance detected two Israeli citizens crossing through a gate in the fence into the area of ​​the barrier between Israel and the Gaza Strip. An IDF force was dispatched to the scene, arrested the citizens and transferred them to the police.

▪️POLICE RAID - LOD.. after the car bomb in Ramla yesterday, a special extensive operation of the central district of the police in the early hours of the morning, as part of which hundreds of police officers, including special units, carried out an extensive raid on the compounds of crime families in the Juarish neighborhood in Ramla and in the city of Lod.  Many arrests, weapons seized.

▪️HEZBOLLAH CLAIMS.. from their (thwarted) attack: The Lebanese Almiadin (identified with the Iranian resistance axis) from "European sources":  In the response action to the assassination of Hezbollah Chief of Staff Fuad Shakar, 22 Israeli soldiers from Unit 8200 were killed and 74 were wounded. (This is a false report for internal propaganda purposes.)

▪️HOUTHIS CLAIM.. Muhammad Ali al-Houthi:  The return of the Roosevelt aircraft carrier to Israel and the completion of its mission confirm:  Yemen's victory in the Eternal Revolution of September.  A new victory comes to the Yemeni people with the arrival of the anniversary of the prophet's birthday.  (As above, internal propaganda message - note they think the carrier returned to Israel? And left because of them, rather than because of reduced threat, resupply and other priorities.)

(The point of these two is: see how the enemy is thinking - when there is no success, create one for the masses.)

▪️JUSTICE SYSTEM.. 274 lawyers demand to disband the current bar (lawyers governance association): "it has become political”.

▪️ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING OF TRAVELING ISRAELIS - NATION OF GEORGIA.. A group of Israeli travelers were subject to surveillance and attempted kidnapping by a group of Arabs and were foiled at the last moment by the intervention of the local police in Georgia (the country). (Ch. 14)

▪️AIR TRAVEL.. FlyDubai increases service to Tel Aviv, 8th daily flight added.  

▪️POLL OF THE WEEK.. Channel 14 (right wing) & Maariv (left wing)

Likud - 29 / 24

National Unity - 18 / 21

Israel our Home - 13 / 14

The Democrats - 11 / 8

Yesh Atid - 10 / 15

Shas - 9 / 9

United Torah Judaism - 8 / 7

Otzma Yehudit - 7 / 9

Ra’am - 6 / 4

Religious Zionism - 5 / 4

Habash Ta’al - 4 / 5

Sa’ar - 1.2% / 1.2%

🔸DEAL NEWS.. Report: Egypt recently received a proposal for the deployment of Arab forces along the Philadelphi border corridor, negotiations are underway with Morocco, Mauritania and Djibouti.  

[sha-ka-re]

For Your Viewing Pleasure! intro to DS9 with commercials and bashir asking for a cup of goo, recorded from tv to vhs by my dad on ASN when it aired in 1999 on our local ASN station (atlantic canada) there’s more where this came from in my archives, and lots of TNG and Voyager too, so if you’re into that kinda thing follow the tag “shakare vhs” lol

[travistalks]

A Red Door Painted Black

The city smoldered beneath the clouds. Black smoke rose to mix with white wisps and the world before Aelina was painted grey. Through the billowing plumes, squinting and shading her eyes from the rising morning sun, she could see verdant waters capped with white foam. Tiled roofs of homes and shops and palaces spread out on cramped, winding streets and twisting canals far below. But nothing seemed to stir. Only the fire lived. It raged and danced across the rooftops, carried onward by the wind. Her attack had come in the hour before daybreak. Surprise will aid you, Aelina told herself. The sleepers will not be stirring and the guards will never see the black underbelly of the winged beast against the pitch sky. The moon was hiding behind black clouds when she made her descent. A thousand thousand fires burned below her in windows and hearths, but they were an army of ants against her mighty beast. She bathed the bay in radiant reds and oranges. The wooden fleets broke and burst into tiny splinters. The walls shattered into pebbles. And the palaces crumbled against the monster’s hot breath. The bells never rang. Not for danger. Not for surrender. They were silent, lifeless. Like the Titan that stood motionless, almost dead. Aelina circled the city, painting the red, brown and grey stones black. She turned toward the Free City’s last guardian. She bathed its shield and sword and helmet in wrings of red fire and swore she heard it scream in terror as its head and torso exploded into pieces. A long, low moan bellowed from the churning sea, as her massive fleet appeared on the horizons. Quickly, they crawled beneath the melting, buckling legs of the giant and swarmed the islands and docks of the floating city-state. She landed near the Palace of Truth. The ancient structure, testament to the power of the Braavosi’s system of governance, was smoldering and split in two. The green copper domed roof had collapsed in on itself. She had grown intimate with the smell of charred bones, blistered stone, and melted coin, and it filled the air with a pungent, abnormal, familiar smell. Aelina swung her high black boots over the beast’s saddle and dropped to the cobblestones, her red armor glistening in the arching sun. Her inky-black hair swirled behind her and her cloth-of-gold cape snapped in the wild breeze. A column of soldiers marched toward her. The Fiery Hand of R’hllor flapped on tall poles above their ornate armor and orange robes, and the men carried long spears in the shape of flames that seemed to blaze and whirl in the sun. She turned and pierced them with her onyx eyes and they halted. A solitary figure strode forward. He went to one knee and bowed his head before her. “My queen,” Shakar smirked. “Braavos is yours.” “Did any ship escape?” Aelina asked. “No, your grace. Our fleet waited in the fog, as you commanded. Once we heard the first burst of dragonfire, we were on their defenders before they could muster. Those who escaped were pursued. They are now drowned and dead.” “What about the birds? Did any take flight?” “Our archers shot all they saw. Even the pigeons,” he laughed. “Good, commander. I can’t risk word reaching Westeros.” She bid him rise. “Walk with me.” “If I may, your grace. It’s no doubt the Westerosi know of your many victories. They’ve heard the stories. I hear they watch the east, waiting for a third conqueror to appear.” The dragon has three heads. She paused for a moment. Am I the third? Aegon and his sisters. The mother of dragons. Me. She stopped and stared up at him. Shakar was six and a half feet tall. He looked like a giant shadow looming above her, blackened from behind by the bright sun. His golden locks, speckled with patches of salt and pepper, waved in the hot air and he stared back through ice-blue eyes. “I know they wait for me,” Aelina responded. “But Braavos was the last of the great cities to stand against me. Westeros may be watching, but they are not prepared.” The old king - who had been called Bran the Broken - had died only two years past. Some said he had ruled for eighty years. Maybe a hundred. Some said he crawled into a tree and protected the realm still. Ever watchful over the Seven Kingdoms. It mattered not. She was Aelina the Defiant. Blood of the freehold. The last dragon. A shy, timid girl found wandering among the smoking ruins of Old Valyria. She was anointed by the Red God as Azor Ahai Reborn Anew. She was the Stallion Who Mounts the World, or so she was told the Dothraki had prophesied once. What were their names? she asked herself. Kinvara? Benerro? Moqorro? They were the ones who saved me, who found me, who sheltered me, who told me these things. But their lights had gone out. Not long after they brought her to Volantis, to the Red Temple, their magic waned and their order disbanded. And the red priests and priestesses had removed their glowing gems and died out as the long summer descended upon the world. Aelina’s power, however, only grew with each passing year. In the long absence of the red order, slavers came with chain and collar, with whip and wheel and took back what they claimed was theirs by rights. Their power and might crept across Essos, until all the Free Cities were under their yoke. Even Braavos, the Secret City, was pressed down by the slavers’ heavy boots. For years, she hid behind Kinvara’s last gift, an ancient magic that allowed her to change appearance. Only death can pay for life, the red priestess offered. Take it. Men and women cried out but Aelina did not stir. She was only a girl, alone in the world. East and east she fled. Until she came upon a great mountain and a long lake. Womb of the World, she thought it was called. Mother of Mountains. There in an abandoned city, she lived her long days, staring into the flames, dipping her naked body into the cool waters, and staring up at the open sky with its sun and moon and stars. Once, she glimpsed a red comet, hanging low in the sky. It crawled across the sky, east to west. She traced her hand over its tail and wept. That very night, alone in the desolate waste of the vast grasslands, a voice spoke to her through the brazier. Remember who you are, the woman demanded. The dragons know. Do you? As she tossed and turned, trying to find the woman’s face, an old dream came to her of a gaunt dragon dressed in silks with silver-gold hair and lilac eyes, wielding a borrowed sword. You don’t want to wake the dragon, do you? it snarled and snapped at her. Wake the dragon... wake the dragon... wake the dragon... she dreamed. The next morning, she rose in defiance. With fire and blood. She walked - barefoot and bloody - back to Volantis. At the Red Temple, the few who remained, huddled in the darkness and hiding from the chains, begged her to save them. To lead them. To free brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers. And the children. They placed a silver crown on her head. Its points were wrought like flames and its band was decorated with colored gems - amethyst and opal, emerald and onyx, topaz and tourmaline, ruby and amber, obsidian and pearl. In her hand, they placed a blade of curved Valyrian steel. They dipped it in blood and called Lightbringer when it burst into flames. She raised it high above her head and men and women chanted Lightbringer, Lightbringer, Lightbringer as they spilled forth from the temple. She swept east with a vast host at her back - the remnants of the Red God’s army and the many slaves and smallfolk who came to her side. They fought beneath the pyramids of Meereen, but the slavers - emboldened by the death of the long-forgotten Dragon Queen - pushed them back. That’s when the old dragon appeared, a growing shadow on the western sky. The beast eclipsed the sun and descended on the slavers in a blind rage. He torched the city and all its inhabitants. Stones tumbled down from atop the high pyramid, crushing the masters and breaking their whips and wheels. At Daznak’s Pit, the mammoth beast laid his head and long neck low into the sand and beckoned her forward. She struggled up his thick, swollen neck, her soldiers pushing her up and up until she mounted him and cried out a word. He took flight, his great arms and legs and wings smashing the stones of the fighting pit as he climbed. He turned back on the ancient arena and baked it back into the earth. On to Yunkai and Astapor they flew. The dragon melted stone. Then they marched on Qarth and the greatest city that ever was and ever will be was no more. Next Aelina turned back west and Mantarys was crushed. Even Old Volantis couldn’t stand against her red ruin. They shattered the sea walls of Lys and leveled Tyrosh and Myr. Her army and navy smashed Qohor and Norvos and Lorath, but Pentos she left as her own prize. There, she burned magisters and their many mansions from atop the old creature. Now, it was Braavos’ turn. The last Free City - or so it had once been called. Next, it would be Westeros. The land of green hills and blue rivers, white knights and black crows would have its day. She would free the lands her ancestors once conquered. The realm that had rejected the girl Daenerys Targaryen. At a dock on the Green Canal, a ship waited to carry Aelina through the winding gullets of Braavos. They wound east and turned south toward the Long Canal before heading west then north into the open bay of the lagoon. She saw the House of Black and White burning. “The Sept Beyond the Sea and the Temple of the Moonsingers as well,” Shakar informed her. All along the waterfront, buildings burned and the survivors’ screams were silenced by sharp, swift swords. A thousand fires burned north and south, east and west. Harbors and watchtowers. The Fishmarket and the Drowned Town. Bridges were broken and waterways were filled with corpses. The islands seemed alive though, like mountains aflame and spewing smoke. Like Old Valyria, she dreamed. I remember it. But the Temple of the Lord of Light, like the vast one in Old Volantis, was spared. “Have our forces gather there,” Aelina had ordered. “We’ll use it to plan my invasion of Westeros.” They landed there and crossed a long bridge. Her men had to help her find a clear path through the untold destruction. She stared forward, waiting to see the palace. If I look back, I am lost. Ahead was the Iron Bank of Braavos. The gilded powerhouse, filled with coffers of gold and iron coin, had been smashed into rubble and ruin. Her soldiers were clearing the debris and digging deep beneath the rock, searching for caverns and vaults of treasure. “Let the men have the gold,” Aelina offered. “I have no need for it. I don’t mean to purchase my victory.” Beyond the Moon Pool - now filled with a blood tide - was the long causeway and columns of the peninsula that led to the Sealord’s Palace. Atop its splendid high roof, the old dragon waited. He snapped his tail and the golden thunderbolt spinning on the tall spire was struck. It twisted, toppled, and crashed to the ground. A few soldiers emerged from behind the thick front door. “The way is secure. All are dead.” “Leave me, commander,” Aelina held out a hand. “Take your men. The dragon will protect me.” Shakar bowed and told the men to spread out. “We will be close, my queen.” Slowly, she floated through the ornamented doors. Inside, the rooms were charred, the glass windows shattered, and the paintings and tapestries burned or crumpled into heaps on the marble floors. Many bodies lay strewn at her feet. Out of the darkness, she emerged onto a long bridge connecting the large building with a watchtower and the main house on a separate isle. On and on she walked. Through beds of blood and flickering flames. At last she reached the gardens. Animals called out to her from cages. Some were loose and running wild, trying to escape the inferno. A few jumped into the sea and swam away. The menagerie, she smiled. The lemon tree. I remember it. Wildflowers and hedges and ancient trees swayed in the breeze, beckoning her home to a scorched land. Fountains were cracked and the fresh water spilled and covered grass and stone, washing away some of the raging fires. The red ruby pulsed at her neck. The gold chain was tight about her copper skin and the jewel burned even in the heat of the day. It will give you life, the red priestess had promised. Long, long life. And protection. Like it gave me, like it gave all of R’hllor’s champions, she had said as she slipped away from this world. But it is a chain, a knot to bind you to the here and now, Kinvara had warned. And it will burn. Fire cannot kill a dragon, Aelina remembered. Who said that? Was it me? She had forgotten. It was a different girl, a different age, a different time, a different land. But the words, the words still echoed in her mind. The truth was hidden somewhere in the deep darkness. Through mists, she could see faces with her third eye. A long handsome face, sad and cold and aged, sometimes stared back from the flames. A beautiful queen with long auburn hair and vivid blue eyes, wrinkled and grey and long since dead. A girl with many faces looked west, her many eyes shut. A small man rested in a cavernous tomb beneath a mighty rock. Who were they? she always asked herself. I know their faces, but I forget their names. The girl she had been would remember; the woman she was had no need for such reminders. I am no longer that girl, she thought. I am a woman, born again but not the same. The Red God’s followers had once called her Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen. Mother of Dragons. Breaker of Chains. Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea. The Silver Queen. The Unburnt. Mysha. Remember who you are, Daenerys. The dragons know, a haunted voice called out. Do you? She removed the glamour and tossed it into the writhing flames. A dragon is not a slave, she smiled, sadly. I will be bound no longer. To the magic or the name. The chain and ruby did not melt, however. She watched it for a very long time, then knelt and picked it up. It was cold to the touch, and she gripped it tightly in her fist, trying to break it. The gem glowed and throbbed. It called to her. I will use it, she decided. It will not use me. Behind the spells, she was just an old woman with long silver-gold and white hair streaked with shades of darkening grey. Her black eyes lifted their veil to peak through the violet eyes of her ancestors. She was tired and weary of the path laid before her, but her heart was a fire and that fire was made flesh. The old dragon circled above and spread his huge black leather wings flapping them violently and roaring toward the heavens. The beating spurred the flames to rise higher and higher and higher until they swirled upward, reaching out toward the midday sun. At the center of the fury, she paused as if trapped in the eye of some gloriously awful storm sent by the gods. The wind died down. The world calmed around her and the flames languished and became small again. A lemon fell to the ground and rolled to touch her feet. Half of it was singed. Before her stood the house. But its red door was painted black.

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10 DAYS TRIP

Celebrate the end of 2020 and welcome 2021 from one of the best New Year destination that we recommend for you I Hunza Gilgit-Baltistan .

#Transport #Accommodation #Quality_Meals #BarBQ #Bonfire #Jeeps Included!

*TRIP COST*

23500 pp from khi /Hyd

19500 pp from Isb

Trip Dates:

15th February 2021 till 23rd February 2021

(9 Days 6 Night from KHI/HYD)

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Package Cost For Twin Sharing: Rs.7,000/- Per Head Additional for Karachi Guests.

Package Cost For Twin Sharing: Rs.5,000/- Per Head Additional for Islamabad Guests.

|BOOKING & INFORMATION|

Call and WhatsApp: 0349-2064253

|ADVANCE PAYMENT|

---Booking Advance: Rs.10, 000/-

---Remaining payment : At the time of departure.

---Registration Deadline: 3-Days Before Departure.

|EXCEPTIONS|

---Kids age 3-10: 50% charges and given jumper seat.

---Kids age < 3: Free and given jumper seat.

|PLACES COVERED|

- Jaglot

- Hunza, Karimabad

- 3 Ranges Junction Point

- Nanga Parbat View Point

- Rakaposhi View Point

- Altit, Baltit forts

- Gulmit, Ataabad Lake, Passu and Sost

- Khunjerab Pass (Pak-China Border) if accessible

- Naltar Valley

- Naltar Lakes

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|SERVICES INCLUDED|

--Travel through private air conditioned vehicle.

--Quality Meals (5 BF + 5D)

--4 night’s hotel stays as per plan on 3/4 pax sharing

--Facilities of guide

--Basic first aid kit.

--All tolls and taxes

|SERVICES NOT INCLUDED|

--Jeep charges for Khunjrab Pass

--Extras at hotels like hot / soft drinks / mineral water

--Porter facility for carrying personal gear

--Forts Entry tickets etc

--Insurance and liability

--Any item not mentioned above.

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|DETAILED ITINERARY|

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#Day_01:

Departure From Karachi / Hyderabad

No food in train form MilestoneAdventure

#Day_02:

-Arrival at Islamabad:

-Get in to vehicle and moved to hotel (stay till 2:00 AM)

-Dinner(for Khi/Hyd guest only)

(Hotel Manama / Al Hamrah / Contemporary)

* Note: if Trains ticket is not available for Rwp then we will Stay in Lahore (Tour will Start from There)

#Day_03:

- Departure from Islamabad : 2.00 Am

- Breakfast at Besham

- Short stay at Summer nala

- Arrival at Paidan Das 7:00~8:00 pm

- Transfer to hotel

- Overnight stay in Jaglot/Bonardas.

Food: Breakfast + Dinner

#Day_04:

- Breakfast 8:00 am

- Departure from jaglot/Bonardas 8:30 am

- Short stay on 3 Ranges Junction Point & Nanga Parbat View point

- Arrival in Hunza 2:00 pm

- Visit Altit fort

- Visit Baltiti fort (If time allows, otherwise will visit on return)

- Drive to hotel

- Dinner in hotel 9:00 pm

- Food: Breakfast + Dinner

#Day_05:

- Breakfast 8:00 am

- Departure for Khunjerab Pass 9:00 am

- Whole day trip to visit Ataabad Lake, Gulmit, Passu, Sost and Khunjrab pass (if accessible)

- Drive to hotel,

* New Year Activities in Hotel Sky Lanterns, Fireworks, BarBQ & Musical Night

Food: Breakfast + Dinner

#Day_06:

- Breakfast 7:30 am

- Departure from Hunza to Naltar

- Reach Nomal, Transfer to jeep

- Explore Naltar Valley and Lakes

- Drive back to Nomal, back to Junction resort

- Dinner 9 Pm at hotel.

- Overnight at Jaglot, Junction resort or United Hotel.

Food: Breakfast + Dinner

#Day_07

- Breakfast

- Departure for ISB at 7:00am

- Lunch / Dinner at Mansehra

- Arrival in Islamabad 9:00 pm

- Arrival in Lahore 1:00 Am +/-2 hours

Food: Breakfast + Dinner

#Day_08

- Breakfast

- Visit Faisal Masjid

- Shakar Pariyan

-Moved to Station at 2 PM

-End of services

#Day_09:

--Reached Hyderabad/ Karachi

|| End Tour ||

Travel: Motorway/GT Road

Lahore: Daewoo Terminal PSO Petrol Pump Thokar Niaz Baig

Islamabad: Skyways Terminal Faizabad

+- 2/3 hours flexibility due to unknown reason.

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|MEALS MENU|

Breakfast: Paratha / Egg / Omelet / Channy / Aalu Ki Bujhia / Milk Tea

Dinner: Chicken Karahi / Chicken Biryani / Daal Maash / Sabzi / Raita / Salad / Cold Drink

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CANCELLATION POLICY

7 days before the departure, 50% deduction.

3 days before the departure, 75% deduction.

Less than 3 days before the departure, 100% deduction

*SERVICE INCLUDED*

• Travel through private air conditioned vehicle, & Train Ticket (economy)

• Luxury Transport without Jumper (Folding) Seat (Folding Seat give to Children & bachelor on Demand)

• Luxurious Accommodation

• Shared base Accommodation (4 to 6 Persons)

• Standard hygienic Food. (2 time Quality meals in a day - Breakfast and Dinner)

• Bar B Q (1 Chicken Piece per head)

• Tea in Breakfast (1 Cup per head)

• Cold Drink in Dinner (1 Glass per head)

• Bonfire (1 Time)

• Jeep charges (If required)

• Services of Guide.

• Road toll Tax & Challan.

• Adventurous activities.

• Phone Call at Emergency via SCOM only for maximum 1 to 2 minutes. (When other operators not Working)

• First Aid Kit.

Note: This is estimated time, maybe Variation on departure and arrival time.

*SERVICES NOT INCLUDED*

• Extra Expense due to Late Arrival, Land Sliding, Road Blocks, Bad Weather (Light Rain or Heavy Rain) Fog, Strike, Processions and Other Political Reasons Etc.

• Your amount is not refundable on any Item mention above.

• We are not Responsible for Cancellation any Daewoo, Train, Aero plane Tickets “other things and so forth”.

• Medication in Emergency.

• Personal Insurance Entry and Boating Tickets.

• Laundry, Beverages, Snakes & Other Personal Expenses.

• Any Item not mention above.

• Read the Services not Included Portion Carefully.

TERMS & CONDITIONS:

Our Terms & Conditions are strictly followed and applied. We encourage you to read and agree with them carefully before booking a trip with us.

• Every member must keep his / her original CNIC. Event coordinator keeps right to ask at any point, any time during traveling.

• Immoral conduct/ misbehaving with organizers/team members or participants are strictly prohibited.

• Females should be given special respect and privacy privileges in all circumstances.

• A member needs to have prior permission before taking pictures of other members. (Especially females)

(If found guilty of taking pictures without consent the memory card will be confiscated permanently.)

• Maximum 10KG Cargo Bags are allowed.

• Every member is responsible his / her Bags and has to carry its on luggage; kindly keep your belongings under your supervision at all times.

• The members shall not be indulged in any act reflecting moral or character failing during the activities.

• Using drugs or found party to drug sale or possession is strictly prohibited. If anyone finds or caught using any kind of drug will be expelled from the trip right away on the spot and the person will not be eligible for any kind of refund.

• Use of violent behavior including altercation, insinuations of indecent kind, verbal and physical abuse and assault, aggravated behavior, or any other act amounting to unbecoming of member are strictly prohibited.

• All members would give extra care for the local environmental care .Garbage (tins. Water bottles, wrappers etc.) Shall be suitably disposed without polluting water sources.

• The host reserves the right to cancel trip without prior notice for any reasons deemed appropriate by them. In such a case the registered participants will receive full refund.

• During the trip, the itineraries may be affected by reasons beyond control of the hosts. In such situation, organizers will not be held responsible in any case.

• On steep ascends in mountainous areas, air conditioned of the buses will be operational on on-off basis to keep the vehicles from overheating.

• Every humanly possible care will be taken for the safety of members, still each venture can be fraught with endangers of unforeseen natural disasters like avalanches and crevasse falls or any other accidents and sometimes such disasters cannot be ruled out. In any such type of accident during the whole tour, the company, group leader and the tour organizers will not be held responsible in any form.

• In case of theft, lost or damage to personal belongings during the duration of the trip, organizers will not be held responsible in any case.

• On adventure trek of this type, weather, local politics, transport or a multitude of other factors beyond the control of organizers can result in a change of itinerary. It is, however, very unlikely that the itinerary would be substantially altered; if alterations are necessary the Leader and Guide will decide what is the best alternative, taking into consideration the best interests of the whole group.

• In case of refund, Company will make refund within 10 working days.

• K-2 TRAVELS is not responsible for any insurance claims in case (God forbid) personal injuries and accidents shall happen.

• Only the decision of event coordinator will be considered as Final.

• Organizers reserve the right to assign seats in the Coaster/Cabin HI-ace.

• The Organizers reserves the right to use event photos for electronic/digital media.

• Smoking in the transport vehicle is strictly not allowed under any circumstances.

• The Organizers reserves the right to terminate/regret any participant due to indiscipline.

• K-2 Travels is not responsible for delays due to Act of God, political reasons and unavoidable circumstances.

• Food shall be decided by the management.

• Local’s norms and traditions should be respected at all times.

• All activities shall be done by members on their own accord and K-2 TRAVELS will not be responsible for any mishaps whatsoever.

• K-2 Travels is Independent and Private Organization. We do not have any link or agreement with any University or Institute.

• K-2 Travels shall not be responsible for anything not mentioned above explicitly.

• Read the Services not Included Portion Carefully.

[dpr-lahore-division]

With the compliments of, The Directorate General Public Relations,

Government of the Punjab, Lahore Ph: 99201390.

No.1558/Ehtisham/Mujahid

HANDOUT (A)

CM ORDERS HOLDING OF REVENUE PUBLIC-SERVICE KUTCHERIES

LAHORE, October 02:

Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar has directed to hold revenue public-service kutcheries for providing prompt relief to the people as well as to redress their grievances concerning revenue related matters. Revenue public-service kutcheries were held for the first time in the province and revenue related problems of thousands of citizens were solved on-the-spot. Usman Buzdar said that every month on the first working day concerned officers will remain present in such kutcheries from 10.00 am to 3.00 pm so that people's problems could be resolved under one roof. He said kutcheries will solve problems like correction of the record, issuance of the deed, registration of transfer deed, registry, income certificate, inspection of the record, issuance of domicile and other revenue related affairs. The DCs and other staff will remain present in kutcheries to resolve people's problems. The government will totally revamp the outdated system, he added.

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No.1559/QU /Mujahid

HANDOUT (A)

CM ORDERS TO DEVISE MASTER PLAN FOR SHRINES' REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE

LAHORE, October 02:

Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar has directed to devise a master plan for the repair and maintenance of shrines of Sufi saints. While presiding over a meeting at his office about repairs, maintenance and renovation projects of different shrines, the CM stated that green-belt and the park will be developed at the area connected with Data Darbar. The meeting decided to reserve the passageway for pedestrians; and to ensure smooth flow of traffic around Data Darbar, the basement area will be reserved for parking. The lift will be fitted along with the construction of 100 new toilets. The meeting also deliberated upon underground passageways for pedestrians near Data Darbar besides reviewing the project of repair and maintenance of Hazrat Baba Mouj Darya shrine.

The CM added the new building of the shrine of Hazrat Bibi Pak Daman will be completed with an amount of Rs.15 crore and separate halls will be built for male and female devotees along with other amenities. Similarly, the shrine of Hazrat Baba Farid Ganj Shakar in Pakpattan will be renovated with an amount of Rs.15 million. Along with it, religious tourism of shrines will also be introduced on a weekly basis, he said. The expansion project of the shrine of Chakar Azam Rind will be inaugurated soon and a one-day tour to Okara from Lahore will be started soon. The CM directed to permanently transfer addicts to rehabilitation centres.

DG Walled City of Lahore Authority Kamran Lashari, Secretary Local Government, Secretary Auqaf, Secretary Tourism, Commissioner and DC Lahore and DG PHA attended the meeting.

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CM CHAIRS MEETING ABOUT REVIVAL OF TOURISM AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

LAHORE, October 02:

Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar chaired a meeting about the revival of cultural and tourism-related activities in Lahore city.

The meeting gave in-principle approval to the construction of an overhead bridge from railway station to Badshahi Masjid along with introducing street and night tourism in Lahore to attract the tourists. The CM disclosed that buffer zones will be introduced to preserve the historical buildings and monuments and urban space will also be restored for the citizens in the provincial metropolis. Similarly, sit-out cafés will be introduced so that the citizens can enjoy leisure life in the pattern of Europe. The food stalls will be arranged at an open area on historic mall road and food items will be sold on pushcarts of appropriate designs. Certificates will be displayed at food-carts showing the quality of food items. Maryam Zamani Masjid will also be restored to re-establish its historical grandeur and rim-market will be shifted to some other place. DG Walled City of Lahore Authority apprised the meeting that the royal passageway is being restored from Kashmiri Bazar to Dabbi Bazar. The meeting also reviewed setting up open-air food streets at different places in Lahore.

Secretary Local Government, Secretary Auqaf, Secretary Tourism, Commissioner and DC Lahore and DG PHA attended the meeting.

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No.1562/QU/Mujahid

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126 NEW CORONA CASES REPORTED DURING THE LAST 24 HOURS- USMAN BUZDAR

LAHORE, October 02:

Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar has said that 126 new corona cases have been reported during the last 24 hours and active patients are 1681 in the province. 2 patients have died during the last 24 hours, he added. 95687 have been recovered out of 99605. He said that 1263117 tests have been conducted in the province and 11722 tests were entertained during the last 24 hours.

Chief Minister Usman Buzdar maintained that positive results have been witnessed due to effective anti-corona measures in the province. He said the Punjab government succeeded in countering coronavirus to a large extent as compared with other provinces. He said violation of corona SOPs will not be tolerated in educational institutions. He said that opposition rendered only lip-service during the corona epidemic and failed to do anything practically. The opposition even tried to divide the nation on this sensitive issue. He said the effective measures of the government were also acknowledged internationally. Prime Minister Imran Khan took timely decisions and far-reaching steps have helped to deal with the situation, concluded the CM.

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LAHORE, October 02:

Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has taken notice of the incident of the gang rape of a girl in Nolakha area of Lahore and sought a report from CCPO Lahore. He directed the immediate arrest of the accused besides ensuring justice to the affected girl by all means. People involved in this heinous do not deserve any leniency, CM added.

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Once upon a time, a shuttle containing a strange box crashed on Bajor.

A hundred years later, the Cardassians rematerialize an alien from that box — Jadzia Dax. The Resistance rescues her. Once they get a translator pieced together, they start putting together a plan to strike back at the Prefect of Bajor. In the meantime, Kira can't help but start to fall in love.

Written for @sapphicstartrek‘s Femslash Big Bang! 

“Shakaar, tell me we aren’t going to waste precious lives and resources on an alien.” Latha Mabrin paced the campsite with a vigour, seconds away from tearing his already thin hair out with his fists.

Ash spun out from beneath his boots to dust Kira’s hair. She could taste the fire with the night air more than she could taste the weak soup she’d been sipping before Latha started into his rage. It was a waste of his energy to be stalking around like this, but she knew it would be a waste of her own to try and tell him so. The meal was meager enough without wasting it.

A sinoraptor screamed from deep in the forest, only about half as enraged as Latha, ranting like his life depended on it. “I don’t care if she fell from the sky in an Orb or a box or naked!” He waved his hands, like one of those points needed illustration. Kira wasn’t clear on what the gesture was supposed to achieve. “That’s not what the Resistance is for!"

“It’s not just for the alien,” Shakar reminded him. He toyed with his own meal, a portion that Kira knew was smaller than her own. “Lupaza, tell him.”

Lupaza nodded confirmation from her place slumped against her husband, Furel. His remaining arm lay loosely around her shoulders, a guard against the night. “I have a nasty little trick that should have the Cardassians regretting setting up their computers here. Two birds with one stone.” The firelight flickered, casting shades of red into her auburn hair. It looked nearly as bright as Kira’s own. “Furel thinks it’s a good idea. Right?”

Furel sighed and didn’t say anything, but he didn’t need to. His body, tucked unmoving around hers, spoke for him. Kira watched the leaping flames and wished she had that kind of warmth instead.

Lupaza’s next words went out to the group in general, though her eyes lingered on Kira’s for a moment longer than they needed to. “And you can’t tell me you aren’t curious to see what kind of alien they pulled out of that box.”

“I’m not,” Klin volunteered, but Ornak smacked his arm before he could elaborate. Kira would have smiled if she had the energy. Instead, she wrapped her threadbare coat tighter around her as Ornak and Klin settled, their hands twined together. Kira’s spoon rattled against the empty bowl in her lap.

��We barely have enough food for ourselves!” Mobara protested, and Latha agreed, vocally. Their voices rose for a moment, but when nobody else spoke with their cause, they sat back, shadows cast harsh on their faces. The darkness filled in some of the gaunt edges in their faces, but it didn’t bring any kindness with it.

Shakaar waited for all signs of a tussle to settle down before he said, dispassionate, “The Prophets sent us that fragment of alien technology for a reason. If it's fulfilled its purpose now, as opposed to in the last hundred years when we held it, then we need to figure out why.” He cast a stick into the fire, the fresh needles popping. Lorit flinched, and everyone pretended they hadn’t seen it. “Nerys?”

Kira traced out a diagram by her knees — Trentin Fala hadn’t been able to get them more than a glance at the schematics, but that had been enough. When you were hungry enough, desperate enough, you didn’t tend to forget things that could hand you revenge. “We’ve got the entrances here and here.” She drew out a scattering of dots, the dampness in the earth cold beneath her finger. “And there are five guards. Two at each entrance and one inside, watching the prison. Lupaza and I will go for the prison block for the alien and computer access. I can deal with guards while she works.” She ground the spot representing the prison guard deeper into the soil. "Sound good?”

“No,” Klin said plaintively, but it was such a weak attempt that even his husband didn’t bother to prod him. He knew his duty. They all did. Once with the Resistance, always with the Resistance. Even without the threat of Cardassian retribution looming over their heads, it wouldn’t have been any other way.

“Good,” Shakaar said. The midnight wind lifted his hair and bit into Kira’s side. She was too cold to shiver. Shakaar stood, and though his feet had to be aching after trekking through the forests all day, nothing about him betrayed it. Kira wished for that peace, and for the support Klin and Ornak lent each other as they stood, never leaving each other’s touch. “Get a good sleep. We’ll be heading out tomorrow night."

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Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, (en Japón Akumajō Densetsu 悪魔城伝説 literalmente Leyenda del Castillo Demoniaco), es el nombre del tercer episodio en la serie de videojuegos de Castlevania. Fue publicado por Konami en Japón en 1989 y en Norteamérica en 1990. En Europa, fue publicado por Palcom Software en 1992. Es el último juego de la serie en ser publicado para la consola Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse es el segundo juego en la cronología oficial de la serie. Tiene como protagonista a Trevor Belmont, ancestro de Simon. De acuerdo con el manual de instrucciones del juego, el episodio toma lugar 215 años antes de los sucesos ocurridos en Castlevania I y Castlevania II: Simon's Quest. Algunos personajes y elementos introducidos por primera vez en este juego se pueden apreciar en sus demás secuelas. En febrero de 2017 la plataforma de streaming Netflix anuncia la producción de una serie anime basada en este juego, producida por Adi Shakar. En mayo del mismo año se muestra el primer trailer y se confirma el estreno de la primera temporada para 7 de julio de 2017 y de la segunda para 2018. Es el año 1476 y el conde Drácula ha empezado a devastar Europa con un ejército de monstruos. El clan Belmont, familia de cazavampiros, una vez exiliados de Valaquia, son llamados a la acción por la Iglesia. Esta temía al superpoder de los Belmont, pero con Drácula amenazando con sumergir a Europa en la oscuridad no les quedó más opción que llamar a Trevor Belmont, el actual poseedor del Vampire Killer. Acompañando a Trevor en su misión para derrotar a Drácula están: Sypha Belnades, una joven sacerdotisa, de débil poder físico, pero con poderosos conjuros mágicos a su disposición; Grant DaNasty, un pirata capaz de trepar paredes y cambiar de dirección en el aire; y Alucard, hijo de Drácula, un Vampiro con la habilidad de convertirse en murciélago y escupir bolas de fuego, que se une a esta cruzada por motivos personales. Trevor y sus compañeros cruzan los campos de Transilvania derrotando a los monstruos de Drácula y, por último, matando a Drácula. #castlevania #castlevanianetflix #retroact #retroactRed #castlevaniaiiidraculascurse

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Movimiento Hippie: Un sendero de amor y paz en una época de turbulencia en la Historia

Estamos hablando probablemente de la revolución pacífica más importante del siglo XX, encabezado por jóvenes entusiastas que se rebelaron ante el sistema imperante, pero especialmente contra la guerra.

Este movimiento se caracterizó por la anarquía no violenta, por la preocupación por el medio ambiente y por un rechazo general al materialismo.

Artísticamente fue un movimiento muy prolífero en todo el mundo. Su estilo fue la psicodélica y la multiplicidad de colores inspirados en la drogas alucinógenas de la época (LSD) y que se plasmaba en: moda, artes gráficas y sobre todo en la música, en cantantes como Janis Joplin y en bandas como Love, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane y Pink Floyd por nombrar solo algunas; y en general en todos los ámbitos de la cultura.

La violencia y miles de muertes causadas por la Guerra de Vietnam tenían desencantada a toda una generación que no quería tener que regresar en féretros a su país.

Los llamados hippies fueron jóvenes que se opusieron rotundamente al consumismo capitalista, a las costumbres conservadoras y a ser usados como carne de cañón en una guerra absurda.

Inconformes, sedientos de encontrar nuevas oportunidades y de tomar sus propias decisiones sin presiones sociales, los hippies se fueron gestando en el seno de una nación en guerra.

Antecedentes del Movimiento Hippie

Desde luego no todo fue por la guerra, mucho tuvieron que ver los valores conservadores que condenaban las relaciones premaritales, promovían el racismo y degradaban a quienes practicaban relaciones homosexuales.

En una sociedad que estaba alejada del “yo” y se ocupan por vivir “el qué dirán de mí”, la llamada Generación Beat se encargó de dar voz a miles de jóvenes que pugnaban por una vida más libre.

Sin prejuicios, atadura o “deber ser”, así nació la generación antecesora del movimiento hippie que ayudaría a forjar nuevos valores y deseos en la juventud rebelde.

Con prometedores escritores que marcaron nuevas pautas de comportamiento liberal y experimentación con drogas sensoriales, como Jack Kerouac con El Camino, Allen Gingsberg con El Aullido, William Buroughs con Yonqui entre otros escritores beat como Lawrence Ferlinghetti y Carl Solomon.

Surgimiento de los Hippies

El termino hippie proviene de la palabra hipster que a su vez deriva de “hip”, muy usado en durante los años 50 para denominar a los blancos que eran participes del ambiente del jazz y por lo tanto “estaban en onda” o “estaban iniciados”.

Cuando los impedimentos sociales se convirtieron en una barrera a romper, fue que nacieron los hippies, dispuestos a pugnar por el medio ambiente y llevar vidas alejadas del consumismo.

Hacia la costa oeste de EEUU, en la ciudad de San Francisco, y especialmente en el barrio Haight Ashbury, se comenzaron a reunir los jóvenes que pronto serian llamados hippies.

Los primeros hippies fueron una generación que había visto regresar a sus hermanos mayores, amigos, primos, vecinos o a sus propios padres en ataúdes por la guerra con Vietnam y no querían el mismo destino para ellos.

Con una notable influencia hinduista, hicieron estallar lo que la Generación Beat había comenzado, impulsado por la anarquía no violenta de Gandhi y su propia búsqueda interior.

Origen y contexto socio-político del movimiento Hippie

En un principio el movimiento se generó en Estado Unidos para luego extenderse a Europa y a todo el mundo. El origen, fue una reacción a las profundas alteraciones que había producido la segunda guerra mundial, en la sociedad y en la cultura. Además, la Guerra de Vietnam, única que EEUU ha perdido, fue un impulso importante para el descontento generalizado. El conflicto de la Guerra hizo pensar que la muerte de hombres era innecesaria, en especial si estos no tenían que defender a su país, sino que a uno que en ningún caso pensaba en ser “rescatado”, por lo que el descontento fue generalizado, poco a poco gente de todo el país comenzó a manifestarse, los jóvenes comenzaron a tomar conciencia que personas como ellos morían día a día lejos de lo que amaban por pelear por otros, de esta forma las protestas se hicieron masivas, poco a poco grupos comenzaron a surgir, grupos con una actitud contestataria, pero lejos de toda violencia como forma de expresar que la violencia no era el único modo de solucionar conflictos, sino que el discurso, tal como lo había demostrado Gandhi en 1947( India).  Las clases medias y populares mejoraron notablemente en las condiciones de vida ayudadas por la intervención del llamado “estado de bienestar” que tenía en esta etapa una importancia preponderante. Además, el pleno empleo, el sistema de seguridad social y la transformación de algunos servicios que antes eran privados (sanidad, educación, transporte, etc.) en públicos, permitió también una notable mejora en la mayoría de los trabajadores. Estas mejoras económicas, provocó en la sociedad en general una aletargamiento y un adormecimiento en cuanto a los reclamos y las luchas obreras. Los jóvenes, a partir de la década del ´50, comenzaron a rechazar estas posiciones cómodas y burguesas. Además, se le sumó a estos conflictos, la intolerancia “macartista” en el plano interno y la guerra de Corea en el internacional. La década del ´60, en los Estados Unidos y en los países centrales, traería todavía aún más mejoras en lo económico. La producción industrial se incrementó durante este periodo, principalmente la industria alimenticia, junto con la producción de carbón, la metalurgia básica, los productos agrícolas y la gasolina. Comenzó así, una etapa de consumo de masas. Los electrodomésticos, el auto y el teléfono, pasaron a ser símbolos de status personal. En general, artículos que eran privativos de minorías, pasaron a ser consumidos por una gran cantidad de personas al abaratarse notablemente sus costos. Otro síntoma de los cambios de la época, fue la significativa explosión demográfica y la fuerte crisis que sufrió la institución “familia”. La misma, dejó de ser el núcleo de contención afectiva que siempre fue, debido a un cambio de valores en la sociedad.

En ese marco, en esta década, muchos jóvenes comenzaron a ensayar experiencias no convencionales. Consideraban mediocre y aburrido el mundo “burgués” e iniciaron una búsqueda hacia una vida espiritual y en contacto con la naturaleza. A toda esta búsqueda e iniciativas de los jóvenes, se la comenzó a conocer como “movimiento hippie”.

Al “movimiento hippie” no le interesaba cambiar la sociedad, sino que lo que pretendían era cambiar la sociedad en forma íntegra. Además de los cambios en la familia y la rebelión juvenil, se sumaba la denominada “revolución sexual”. Ésta última, ocurría acompañada de las grandes transformaciones en las conductas sociales, que se trasladaron también al ámbito privado. La aparición de las píldoras anticonceptivas y su difusión masiva, también influyeron en los cambios producidos en el nivel social.

Los “hippies”, tomaron como actitud contestataria, retirarse de la sociedad a la que condenaban por actitud cómoda y conservadora. Comenzaron, entonces, a reunirse en comunas, constituidas como organizaciones libres y sin jerarquías, en total contraposición de lo que pasaba en la sociedad burguesa. Las reuniones de los hippies se volvieron cada vez más conocidas, pero la que quedó instalada en la memoria, fue el festival de “Woodstock” en 1969, en el cual se reunieron durante tres días, medio millón de jóvenes.

Características del Movimiento Hippie

El movimiento hippie se caracterizó por tener consciencia social y buscar el bienestar colectivo, contrario a lo que se manifiesta en la cultura consumista capitalista uniforme.

Si bien el hipismo comenzó en San Francisco, durante la década de los 60 hubo múltiples manifestaciones y movimientos culturales en todo el mundo, encabezadas principalmente por jóvenes inconformes.

Algunos ejemplos emblemáticos fueron el Mayo Francés en 1968 y la masacre de estudiantes en México-Tlatelolco el mismo año. Otros países que también tuvieron sus movimientos culturales por esa misma época incluyen a: Argentina, Chile, Pekín, Praga, Venezuela, entre otros.

Clímax del Movimiento Hippie

El primer concierto que dio paso a otros conciertos míticos de rock and roll psicodélico, fue el Festival de Monterrey, del 16 al 18 de junio de 1967.

Se dice que asistieron alrededor de 200 mil jóvenes para escuchar a bandas como The Mamas & The Papas, Big Brother & The Holding Company (con Janis Joplin), The Who, Simón & Garfunkel, entre otros.

Pero fue el músico hindú Ravi Shakar, maestro de meditación de George Harrison, quien cerró el evento que se convertiría en el modelo a seguir para Woodstock y más tarde Altamont.

Fue conocido como el verano de amor en San Francisco, un verano que paradójicamente marcaría el inicio de la cultura del hipismo consumista y la “muerte oficial del hippie”. Debido a que cientos de jóvenes se habían trasladado a la ciudad de San Francisco en busca de diversión, sexo libre, drogas y rock and roll, desprovistos de la consciencia libertaria por la que pugnaban los primeros hippies.

Además, los medios de comunicación, diseñadores y quienes dictaban las nuevas tendencias de moda y consumismo, habían puesto el ojo sobre el estilo de los hippies como nuevo objeto de derroche y explotación.

Declive del Movimiento Hippie

Para 1969, cuando ser hippie se había vuelto una moda, el sexo, las drogas y el rock and roll estaban en su máximo esplendor, llegaría Woodstock y Altamont.

Por las protestas de los habitantes de Woodstock por temor a los desastres, el concierto masivo al aire libre que duraría tres días, tuvo que ser cambiado de sede, aunque conservo el nombre de Woodstock Art and Music Fair.

El concierto se llevó a cabo el 15 de Agosto de 1969, al cual se dice que asistieron más de medio millón de jóvenes provenientes de todo el mundo. Y pese a las lluvias torrenciales de los tres días, el concierto se mantuvo y concluyo sin ningún desastre o incidente que lamentar. Así fue como Woodstock se convirtió en una leyenda de la música sin siquiera haber sido la verdadera sede.

En el escenario se presentaron artistas como Jimmy Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Joan Báez, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Nash & Stills, entre muchos otros.

La popularidad del movimiento hippie fue también su perdición, pues a sus filas se unían jóvenes sin verdadera consciencia de las pugnas hippies.

Desastre en Altamont en 1969, el fin de la época del amor y la paz

El 6 de diciembre de 1969 en Altamont, finalizaba la época del amor y la paz de la mano de un concierto gratuito de los Rolling Stones, donde un chico de color fue apuñalado.

Lo peor de este incidente fue que ocurrió a cargo de “Los Ángeles del Infierno”, una banda de pandilleros que habían sido contratados como elementos de seguridad.

Ese concierto registro otras cuatro muertes posteriores a causa de golpes, varios detenidos y alrededor de 2 mil jóvenes tuvieron que ser tratados por tener sobredosis de drogas en su organismo.  

Por lo tanto, el fin del movimiento hippie se propició debido a jóvenes que solo adoptaron el libertinaje y no la cultura pacifista, que pugnaba por cuidado al medio ambiente, respeto e igualdad entre todos.

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پاکستان کے دراز قد نصیر سومرو کسمپرسی کا شکار

پاکستان کے دراز قد نصیر سومرو کسمپرسی کا شکار

دو دہائیاں قبل دنیا کے دراز قد کا ریکارڈ اپنے نام کرنے اور بعد ازاں پاکستان کے بھی سب سے بڑے قد والے شخص کا اعزاز اپنے نام کرنے والے 55 سالہ نصیر سومرو گزشتہ چند سال سے بیماری کے باعث بستر تک محدود رہ گئے ہیں۔

نصیر سومرو نے 2 دہائیاں قبل سن 2000 میں کچھ وقت کے لیے دنیا کے لمبے ترین شخص کا اعزاز اپنے نام کیا تھا تاہم بعد ازاں دنیا کے دیگر ممالک سے ان سے بھی بڑے قد والے شخص سامنے آ ئے تھے.

صوبہ…

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3 top Afghan officials killed by guards

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The three top officials in Afghanistan's Kandahar province were killed when their own guards opened fire on them at a security conference Thursday, the deputy provincial governor said, and a Taliban spokesman said the target was Washington's top general in Afghanistan, Gen. Scott Miller, who escaped without injury, according to NATO.

Agha Lala Dastageri, Kandahar's deputy provincial governor, said powerful provincial police chief Abdul Raziq was among the dead, along with Kandahar Gov. Zalmay Wesa, who died of his wounds at a nearby hospital.

Dastageri said provincial intelligence chief Abdul Mohmin also died inside the governor's sprawling residence where the attack occurred.

Three Americans — a service member and two civilian workers — were wounded in the shooting, said U.S. Col. Knut Peters, a spokesman for NATO troops in Afghanistan. Their conditions were not immediately known.

"Gen. Miller is unhurt," said Peters. Miller is the commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan.

It was members of Wesa's elite guard unit who turned their guns on their colleagues during a high-level security meeting ahead of Saturday's parliamentary elections.

Khalid Pashtun, a member of parliament from the province, said Afghan Security Forces cordoned off the area and a U.S. military helicopter circled overhead as a gun battle that began at 3 p.m. local time raged on for more than one hour.

Peters said initial reports indicate one of the original attackers is dead. He had no further information.

In a telephone interview, the spokesman for the Taliban in Afghanistan's southern region, Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, said the Taliban carried out the attack. He said Gen. Miller was the target and said Raziq, the governor and the intelligence chief were killed.

Pashtun said an Afghan military corps commander was also among the dead, although he didn't name him.

An Interior Ministry official speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media said Raziq rarely visited the governor's residence and was meticulous about his own security.

Razik was a particularly powerful figure in southern Kandahar and a close U.S. ally despite widespread allegations of corruption. He ruled in Kandahar, the former Taliban heartland, with an iron fist and had survived several attempts to kill him, including one last year that resulted in the death of five diplomats from the United Arab Emirates.

Security has been steadily deteriorating in Afghanistan with increasingly brazen attacks being carried out by insurgents and Afghanistan's security forces have been on high alert ahead of Saturday's elections.

The Taliban have threatened the polls and warned teachers and students not to participate in the vote and not to allow schools to be used as polling centers. The insurgents said in a statement Wednesday that they will target Saturday's elections, which they view as illegitimate, but that they do not want to harm civilians.

Meanwhile, a NATO convoy was attacked late Wednesday near the Afghan capital, killing two civilians and injuring five Czech troops, Afghan officials and the Czech military said Thursday.

The attack, which took place in the district of Bagram in Parwan province, also wounded three Afghan civilians, said Wahida Shakar, spokeswoman for the provincial governor.

Bagram is about 40 kilometers (24 miles) from Kabul and is also the home of a sprawling U.S. military base

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.

Of the five Czech soldiers, one was seriously injured when their vehicle overturned following the explosion. The soldier underwent surgery and the Czech military said he was not in life-threatening condition.

Earlier, NATO spokeswoman Sgt. 1st Class Debra Richardson had said three alliance service members were hurt in the bombing but didn't provide more details.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said an insurgent suicide bomber rammed his car into the NATO convoy.

The attack on the NATO convoy came at the end of a particularly violent day across Afghanistan as tensions are rising ahead of the country's parliamentary elections on Saturday.

A Taliban bombing in southern Helmand province killed a candidate running in the elections. The Taliban also attacked checkpoints in the northern Baghlan province, killing six policemen and wounding two others in a four-hour battle. Also, in eastern Maidan Wardak province, a suicide car bomber targeted a military vehicle, killing two Afghan army troops.

In recent months, Afghan troops have come under near-daily attacks. NATO troops, which handed over security to Afghan forces at the end of 2014, mostly train and assist with air power. So far this year, eight U.S. soldiers and three other NATO service members have died in Afghanistan.

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Associated Press writer Karel Janicek in Prague contributed to this report.

from Local News https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/national/3-top-afghan-officials-killed-by-guards-us-general-survives

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Episode 2 will air tonight on #YouTube. But, you can catch up right now! Watch me in the @ApolloTheater's #ApolloMakingAStar Web Series! Episode 1 is available NOW http://bit.ly/Apollo_makingastar Apollo’s Facebook Page: http://bit.ly/2pOdznY My Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/therealshakar The remaining episodes will be released as follows: Making A Star - Episode 2 Release: May 17 Making A Star - Episode 3 Release: May 24 Making A Star - Episode 4 Release: May 31 #Vocalist #Writer #Poet #Actor #BackgroundSinger #SupportVocalist #Soulmusic #Soul #Music #Love #StageActor #ScreenActor #Life #Indie #Artist#Recording #RecordingArtist #Shakar #TheRealShakar #UnsignedArtist #IndieArtist #IndieMusic #RnBMusic #IndependentMusic #Singer #SongWriter #SingerSongWriter #PerformingLive Reposting @therealshakar with @instarepost_app -- (at Apollo Theater)