Who is who in Islamabad

Nobel peace prize nominee and former federal minister of Pakistan, Julius Salik, 57 year old is currently promoting his mission of world peace.   Understanding what he stands for doesn’t take much effort. He simply put, works for love and peace. He leaves no scope for ambiguity about his end-results. And in whatever he does, he strikes out a new path never following a trodden path. Salik plans to do just that. He names his home ‘The Black House’. Which explains the “Black House.” “Where does light shine?  In darkness, isn’t it?” he asks. Which further explains why he had camels in his living room. That was his way of protest against the complacency of the authorities in disconnecting the electricity to the slum areas of Islamabad. He used a hand-fan, read by candle-light and heard the radio using battery cells. All he wanted was the authorities to realize the pain, the poor children in the slums had to undergo.   Salik burnt his belongings to press upon the aut...

Mushahid Hussain Sayed has the distinction of becoming the youngest editor of a national English daily  The Muslim  (now defunct). He achieved this honor at the age of 29 in 1982. As a specialist on international political and strategic issues, he has lectured widely and his articles have been published in various national and international publications including  The New York Times ,  The Washington Post ,  International Herald Tribune , and  Middle East International . He has authored three books. Mushahid Hussain has a Master's degree from the School of Foreign Service in Georgetown University at Washington. While studying in the US, he was President of the Pakistan Students Association and was awarded a Congressional Internship to work in the United States Congress. In Pakistan, he studied at the FC College in Lahore, from where he received a BA. After completion of studies in the United States, he returned to Pakistan and became Member, Directing ...

Farah Saadia  (born on 8 November) is a Pakistani television actress and presenter, whose career started as a side role in a TV drama serial,  Bandhan .Farah played a second lead role but had a very strong character which left her in the hearts of millions of her fans. The character was named  Dil Baji  and for a long time people would call her that. In recent years Farah has been the host of a morning show with a private channel ATV. The show is a mix of different segments, basically inviting a guest for a light interview. Each segment has a live telephone call and features prominent personalities, fitness, self grooming and fashion tips, jewelry designs, delicious recipes and more. Farah has two sons Abdullah and Abdur-rehman.

Javed Chaudhry was born in a village in the district of Gujrat, Pakistan. He got his degree of journalism from The Islamia University of Bahawalpur. He has two sons and currently resides in Shahzad Town, Islamabad.  Javed Chaudhry is one of the leading columnists of Pakistan. He writes regular columns for the Urdu newspaper Daily Express twice or thrice a week, covering topics ranging from social issues to politics. Career He started his career in 1991. He worked at Daily Ummat and Daily Khabrain before joining Daily Jang in 1997. During his association with Daily Jang (1997-2006) he was the most read Urdu columnist of Pakistan. He joined Daily Express in 2006; an action which was criticized by many of his former colleagues at Daily Jang. All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) awarded him the Best Columnist of Pakistan award (1997-98) for "Madeenay Ka Shaheed" (English: Martyr of Medina); a column that he wrote about the assassination of Hakim Mohammed Sa...