Punjab, Pakistan

Punjab (Urdu, Punjabi: پنجاب, panj-āb, "five waters": listen ), also spelled Panjab, is the most populous of the four provinces of Pakistan. It has an area of 205,344 square kilometres (79,284 square miles) and a population of 91.379.615 in 2011, approximately 56% of the country's total population. Its provincial capital and largest city is Lahore. Punjab is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir to the northeast and Punjab and Rajasthan to the east. In Pakistan it is bordered by Sindh to the south, Balochistān and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the west, and Islamabad and Azad Kashmir to the north.

The province comprises most of the fertile Punjab region, which also includes the Indian states of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab. The region was divided during the Partition of India, when the majority Muslim areas became the Pakistani province and majority non-Muslim areas remaining part of India.

Punjab's geography mostly consists of the alluvial plain of the Indus River and its four major tributaries in Pakistan, the Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, and Sutlej rivers. There are several mountainous regions, including the Sulaiman Mountains in the southwest part of the province, and Margalla Hills, Salt Range, and Pothohar Plateau in the north. Agriculture is the chief source of income and employment in Punjab; wheat and cotton are the principal crops. Since independence, Punjab has become the seat of political and economic power; it remains the most industrialised province of Pakistan. It counts for 39.2% of large scale manufacturing and 70% of small scale manufacturing in the country. Its capital Lahore is a major regional cultural, historical, and economic centre.

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'Punjab' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Black Thunder & Punjabi (2012)

Actors: Hardy Awadjie (actor), Varun Das (actor), Hardy Awadjie (producer), Varun Das (producer), Hardy Awadjie (director), Hardy Awadjie (editor),

Plot: For season 1, the duo set sail on the Coral Sea and travel to New Caledonia and Vanuatu. A 7-day adventure cut off from the outside world. From night clubs, 2am pizza in bed and 1,500km from port, the two develop a bad case of cabin fever and being broke on foreign land

Genres: Comedy, Short,
Taglines: We travel. We film it. We share it.

The Garage (2006)

Actors: Xander Berkeley (actor), David Blackwell (actor), Devin Brochu (actor), Devin Brochu (actor), Ricky Cavazos (actor), Brady Coleman (actor), Edward Crawford (actor), Christopher Dimock (actor), Christopher Dimock (actor), Martin Donovan (actor), Zach Freeman (actor), Jeff Gibbs (actor), James Thomas Gilbert (actor), Corby Griesenbeck (actor), Jason Barker (actor),

Plot: A mechanic at his father's garage during the late 1970s, Matt dreams about leaving his small town existence and pursuing grander ambitions. But strong feelings for a new girlfriend and deep family ties may prevent Matt's ultimate escape, despite pressure from best friend Schultz to take off immediately. Coming-of-age story in a small town.

Genres: Drama,
Taglines: Some things in life you just can't fix.

Annie: A Royal Adventure! (1995)

Actors: Perry Benson (actor), Roger Bizley (actor), Crispin Bonham-Carter (actor), Freddie Gibson (actor), George Hearn (actor), Edward Highmore (actor), Jessie (actor), David King (actor), Sam Mancuso (actor), Martin Matthews (actor), Ian McDiarmid (actor), Jamie Meyer (actor), David Pullen (actor), Ian Redford (actor), Timothy Bateson (actor),

Plot: Annie is back! Along with her friends Molly, Hannah, her dog Sandy, and her wealthy father Oliver Warbucks. They take a trip to England where Oliver Warbucks is going to be Knighted by the King. Annie and the gang stumbles onto a wicked scheme led by an evil noblewoman who plans to blow up Buckingham Palace so she can become Queen and claim the throne for herself! And now it is up to Annie and her friends to stop her!

Keywords: adoption, bald-man, based-on-comic, based-on-stage-musical, based-on-stage-musical-based-on-comic, bicycle, buckingham-palace, character-name-in-title, child's-point-of-view, children
Genres: Family, Musical,

Quotes:

Miss Hannigan: [Annie has sneaked Molly on the ship] STOWAWAY! STOWAWAY!::Oliver 'Daddy' Warbucks: What's she saying Annie?::Annie: Um she's saying stay a while, stay a while. She doesn't want us to leave. [waves] Bye Miss Hannigan

Annie (1982)

Actors: Wayne Cilento (actor), Jerome Collamore (actor), Tim Curry (actor), Kurtis Epper (actor), Albert Finney (actor), Jamie Flowers (actor), Victor Griffin (actor), Larry Hankin (actor), Edward Herrmann (actor), I.M. Hobson (actor), Geoffrey Holder (actor), John Huston (actor), Tom Lawrence (actor), Peter Marshall (actor), Frank Cagno (actor),

Plot: In the depths of the 1930's, Annie is a fiery young orphan girl who must live in a miserable orphanage run by the tyrannical Miss Hannigan. Her seemingly hopeless situation changes dramatically when she is selected to spend a short time at the residence of the wealthy munitions industrialist, Oliver Warbucks. Quickly, she charms the hearts of the household staff and even the seemingly cold-hearted Warbucks cannot help but learn to love this wonderful girl. He decides to help Annie find her long lost parents by offering a reward if they would come to him and prove their identity. However, Miss Hannigan, her evil brother, Rooster, and a female accomplice, plan to impersonate those people to get the reward for themselves which put Annie in great danger.

Keywords: 10-year-old, 1930s, adoption, alcoholic, backflip, bald-man, based-on-comic, based-on-stage-musical, bathtub, bathtub-gin
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical,
Taglines: The movie of 'Tomorrow'

Quotes:

Annie: Leaping Lizards!::Miss Hannigan: "Leaping Lizards!"

Annie: I don't need sunshine now to turn my skies to blue. I Don't Need Anything But You.

Annie: I love you, Daddy Warbucks.

Grace: We got Annie!::Asp: We got Annie!::Punjab: We got Annie!

Daddy Warbucks: Absolutely not! I'm a businessman. I love money, I love power, I love capitalism. I do not now and never will love children.

Daddy Warbucks: Miss Hannigan, I presume?::Miss Hannigan: Yes?::Daddy Warbucks: I wanna talk to you about Annie.::Miss Hannigan: You wanna return her and forget her? Or trade up?::Daddy Warbucks: I wanna adopt her.::Miss Hannigan: Would you excuse me for a moment? Aaarggghh!

Grace: Annie, how would you like to spend a week with Mr. Warbucks at his house?::Annie: Oh boy! I would love to. I would really, really love to.

Punjab: Buddha says "A child without courage is like a night without stars!"

Miss Hannigan: What are you just standing around here for? You're supposed to clean the bathroom and the kitchen before lunch, my little pig droppings, and if you skip the corners, there will be no lunch. And we're not having hot mush today...::Orphans: Yay!::Miss Hannigan: We're having *cold* mush!

Daddy Warbucks: They say it can land on a dime... whatever that may be.

Lights, Camera, Annie! (1982)

Actors: Tim Curry (actor), Albert Finney (actor), Albert Finney (actor), Geoffrey Holder (actor), Geoffrey Holder (actor), John Huston (actor), Marykay Powell (actor), Ray Stark (actor), Jerry Ziesmer (actor), Lara Berk (actress), Lara Berk (actress), Carol Burnett (actress), Carol Burnett (actress), Toni Ann Gisondi (actress), Tim Curry (actor),

Plot: An in-depth look into the making of the film _Annie (1982)_ (qv). It covers the adaptation changes from the original Broadway musical, the hiring of director John Huston, the nationwide search to cast the title role, the production process, and the conception of several musical numbers, including a different version of the song "Easy Street" than the one that ended up in the film.

Genres: Documentary, Family,

Savage Sisters (1974)

Actors: John Ashley (actor), Alfonso Carvajal (actor), Vic Diaz (actor), Dindo Fernando (actor), Joonee Gamboa (actor), Eddie Garcia (actor), Sid Haig (actor), Subas Herrero (actor), Johnny Long (actor), John Plater (actor), Bruno Punzalan (actor), Robert Rivera (actor), Romeo Rivera (actor), Max Rojo (actor), Leopoldo Salcedo (actor),

Plot: A corrupt General plans on smuggling one million US dollars out of the Banana Republic he dominates. Local revolutionaries plan on stealing the cash but are thwarted when a bandit leader they are working with double crosses them. A tough cop and her boyfriend help two of the female revolutionaries escape from prison hoping that they will lead them to the cash, which they plan on keeping for themselves.

Keywords: against-the-odds, bad-guy, bathtub, black-woman, blaxploitation, exploitation, fictional-war, group, independent-film, island
Genres: Action, Drama,
Taglines: BEWARE! They are still at large...the Playgirls of the Liberation Army. Activists in both politics and love.

Quotes:

Lynn Jackson: Hands off, or your ass is ham and I'm the slicer.

Banjo Boy

BERTIE & COMPANY
Who's the man you've all been sitting there anticipating?
Whos' the man with his instrument ready, willing and waiting?
Who's the man for whom your breath has been eagerly baiting?
If I hadn't already confessed it
You'd no doubt already have guessed it
Banjo boy, banjo boy, play a number for me
Won't you play that melody?
When you start your plain' - Mama starts a-swayin'
She's right there with 'em - stompin' that rhythym
Banjo boy, banjo boy, play the razzamatazz
You're the sunny southland's king
You set Dixie hummin' it - when you started strummin' it
See those fingers goin'
When you start to syncopate
Songbirds seem to orchestrate
The Swanee stops it's flowin'
Just hear him play
Who can plunk your heartstrings full of joy
That's banjo boy
COMPANY
Hear him go
Don't you know
Love him so
Let him swing
And do his thing
He's the king
Ring-a-ding
BERTIE & COMPANY
Banjo boy, banjo boy, you're the musical sun
In those southern sunny skies
Feet will start their fidgets - see those magic digits
Hands are a clappin' - fingers a snappin'
Banjo boy, banjo boy, play that favourite tune
That the old folks love to sing
Can't you hear the people cry
Wann see those fingers fly
COMPANY
Listen to him playin'
Can't you hear those children roar
Dixie's shoutin' out for more
Hear the steamboats blowin'
Eight to the bar
Who's that cotton pickin' hunk of joy?
That golden kid that fashion can't destroy?
Whose name they shout from Maine to Illinois?
That's banjo boy!
Banjo boy!

Latest News for: Punjab

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SAD trains guns on Sidhu over viral video; says 'jealous of a SC community CM'

India TV 09 Oct 2021

SAD vice president Daljit Singh Cheema alleged that the Scheduled Caste card played by the Congress to divert attention from its failures in Punjab had boomeranged on the party "with Navjot Sidhu asserting that the chief minister could not deliver the goods for the party".

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Punjab PMA wants MDCAT on same day

Dawn 09 Oct 2021

Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Punjab Chapter on Friday demanded the government to conduct Medical and Dental Admission Tests (MDCAT) on same day across the country under the supervision of public-sector medical university as we did not accept the tests conducted by Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC).

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JP Nadda to begin 2-day Manipur visit today

Hindustan Times 09 Oct 2021

BJP national president JP Nadda. (File photo). Copy Link ... Manipur is among five states where assembly elections will take place around February-March 2022, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Punjab being the other four. Of the four other states, the BJP is in power in UP, Uttarakhand and Goa, while the Congress governs Punjab ....

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Ministers review progress on Punjab Rozgaar Scheme

The News International 09 Oct 2021

LAHORE.Provincial Minister for Industries and Commerce Mian Aslam Iqbal and Finance Minister Makhdoom Hashim Jawan Bakht chaired a meeting of a steering committee at Civil Secretariat on Friday and reviewed the progress on the Punjab Rozgaar Scheme ... Under the Punjab Rozgar Scheme, ...

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Punjab introducing district governance model: minister

The News International 09 Oct 2021

LAHORE.The Punjab ... The participants was also attended by the Punjab chief secretary, South Punjab additional secretary, health secretary, school education secretary, Punjab IT Board chairman, Urban Unit chief executive officer and the Chief Minister's Special Monitoring Unit chief.

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Punjab reports 139 cases of dengue fever in 24 hours

The News International 09 Oct 2021

LAHORE. Around 189 confirmed cases of dengue were reported from across the province during the last 24 hours. According to a handout of these 139 confirmed cases were reported from Lahore. During the last 24 hours, 416,692 indoor locations and 93,183 outdoor locations were checked across the Punjab while larvae were destroyed from 2,179 locations ... .

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Sub-inspector suspended

The Times of India 09 Oct 2021

The Chennai police arrested him with eight other people for trying to encash a cheque worth Rs 9.99 crore in a fraudulent manner at Punjab National Bank’s (PNB) Purasawalkam branch ...

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No arrest will be made without evidence in Kheri case, says CM

The Times of India 09 Oct 2021

It is shameful that the CM of Punjab is not able to select his DG and secretary so far,” he added ... About Punjab’s former chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh, the CM said “on the advice of the people who hugged the Pakistan Army general, the Congress party removed him from his post”.

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Northern turn tables on Central Punjab as debutant Aamir stars

Dawn 09 Oct 2021

Former National T20 Cup champions Northern completed a dramatic turnaround against leaders Central Punjab in Lahore on Friday ... The Central Punjab pair shared the highest opening stand of the current edition as clattered boundaries to all parts of the ground to put on 124 in just 73 balls ... CENTRAL PUNJAB..

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Lakhimpur Kheri: Sidhu on ‘hunger strike’, takes pledge of silence until arrest

Indian Express 09 Oct 2021

Sidhu, the former Punjab Congress chief, reached Lakhimpur Kheri in the afternoon after a tussle with the Uttar Pradesh Police, began a “hunger strike” outside journalist Raman Kashyap’s house, and took a pledge of silence till justice is served and Ashish Mishra is arrested.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu, Harsimrat Kaur Badal demand minister son’s arrest

Indian Express 09 Oct 2021

Sidhu, who has resigned as the Punjab Congress chief, reached Lakhimpur Kheri in the afternoon and began a hunger strike outside the house of journalist Raman Kashyap, who was also among those who died in the October 3 incident ... Home World India North East India Arunachal Pradesh ...

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Channi is a superhit formula for Punjab

Suryaa 08 Oct 2021

New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) The Congress' move to install Charanjit Singh Channi as the first Dalit Chief Minister of Punjab is a masterstroke and Channi is emerging as the Dalit face of Punjab, as per the ABP-CVoter-IANS State of States 2021 tracker ... Channi is the Mayawati moment of Punjab.".

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Punjab will be free from stubble burning if AAP comes to power in state: Delhi ...

India TV 08 Oct 2021

Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Friday said Punjab, which generates around 20 million tonnes of paddy straw annually, will become free from stubble burning if the Aam Aadmi Party forms government in the state. Assembly election in Punjab is slated for early next year.

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Navjot Sidhu named star campaigner for Himachal bypolls days after he resigns as Punjab Congress chief

India TV 08 Oct 2021

The Congress has named Navjot Singh Sidhu among its star campaigners for the upcoming bypolls in Himachal Pradesh on October 30 just days after he submitted his resignation as Punjab party chief.� ... Sidhu had submitted his resignation as the Punjab Congress ...

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72 cases of stubble burning in Punjab

The Times of India 08 Oct 2021

72 cases of stubble burning in Punjab ... Punjab witnesses substansial dip in stubble burning cases ... With farm fires so far largely confined to border districts of Amritsar and Tarn Taran, Punjab on Thursday recorded a maximum of ...