Rudolf Karl Augstein was a German journalist, editor, publicist, and politician. He was one of the most influential German journalists, founder and part-owner of Der Spiegel magazine. As a politician, he was a member of the Bundestag for the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP) between November 1972 and January 1973.
Der Spiegel is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. With a weekly circulation of 695,100 copies, it is the largest such publication in Europe. It was founded in 1947 by John Seymour Chaloner, a British army officer, and Rudolf Augstein, a former Wehrmacht radio operator who was recognised in 2000 by the International Press Institute as one of the fifty World Press Freedom Heroes. Typically, the magazine has a content to advertising ratio of 2:1.
Syed Fazl-ul-Hasan, known by his pen-name Hasrat Mohani, was an Indian activist, freedom Fighter in the Indian independence movement and a noted poet of the Urdu language. He coined the notable slogan Inquilab Zindabad in 1921. Together with Swami Kumaranand, he is regarded as the first person to demand complete independence for India in 1921 at the Ahmedabad Session of Congress. Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi supported the complete independence motion demanded by Hasrat Mohani.
Der Spiegel (online) is the largest German news website. Before the renaming in January 2020, the website's name was Spiegel Online.
Irfan Husain was a Pakistani newspaper columnist and civil servant.
Ahmed Ghulam Ali Chagla was a Pakistani musical composer who famously wrote the music for the national anthem of Pakistan in 1949. A scholar and writer, he was also an active member of the Theosophical Society.
The history of the Jews in Pakistan dates at least as far back as 1839, when Pakistan was a part of British India. Various estimates suggest that there were about 1,000 to 2,500 Jews living in Karachi at the beginning of the 20th century, mostly comprising Iranian Jews and Bene Israel ; a substantial Jewish community lived in Rawalpindi, and a smaller community also lived in Peshawar.
Pakistani-Germans refers to the community in Germany of Pakistani heritage or citizenship.
Munawar Hasan was a Pakistani politician and a President of Jamaat-e-Islami political party. He served as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan in 1977.
Allah Rakha, also referred to by the title Ustad, was a Pakistani sarangi player and often performed with music groups on Pakistan Television. Among the music instruments of the Indian sub-continent, sarangi is a complex and difficult to play stringed instrument. According to Allah Rakha's obituary in The News International newspaper, "It should not be forgotten that to play the sarangi well is a feat in itself; it requires decades of dedicated application."
Germany–Pakistan relations refer to the bilateral relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The two states established diplomatic relations in the 1950s, with a focus on social, educational and economic development, and have largely had warm ties since 1963, when Pakistan lent ₨120 million to West Germany. Germany is represented through an embassy in Islamabad and consulates-general in Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar and Quetta; Pakistan is represented through an embassy in Berlin and a consulate-general in Hamburg. Despite strong cooperation and historical ties, the two nations have experienced growing tensions, primarily due to disagreements and differing policies regarding the War in Afghanistan as well as the post-2014 drawdown and 2021 withdrawal of United States-led coalition troops. Germany is one of Pakistan's largest trading partner.
The Qidwai or Kidwai are a community of Muslims in India and Pakistan and throughout the Middle East often considered the premier subdivision of Shaikhs due to their Palestinean lineage. Their lineage traces back to Jewish roots and Bani Israel heritage. They are mostly settled in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. They are also settled in the city of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, and also in areas of the Middle East specifically, Saudi Arabia, Palestine and Qatar. The Qidwai, together with the Milki, Malik and Chaudhary form a community of substantial landowners.
Erich Böhme was a German journalist and television presenter.
Antisemitism in Pakistan is the presence of hostility and discrimination against Jews in Pakistan based on prejudices against the Jewish people and/or the religion of Judaism. Alongside the prevalence of general stereotypes, Jews are commonly subjected to negative views, feelings and rhetoric in Pakistan, most of which overlap with and are directly related to the antisemitic views prevalent throughout the Islamic world. Widely regarded as miserly within Pakistani Muslim circles, Jews residing in Pakistan have also faced periodic intolerance by the state, which has intensified since the Islamization period of the 1980s under Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, who propelled Pakistan towards the adoption of strict and highly-conservative Islamic practices and laws. The Jewish population of Pakistan has rapidly decreased since the state's founding and separation from neighbouring India in August 1947, and as of 2019 estimates, stands at less than 200 people amidst Pakistan's total population of over 200 million, the majority of whom are Muslims.
Sabihuddin Ghausi was an acclaimed Pakistani journalist and an activist for the cause of the community of journalism in Pakistan. According to one obituary, he was bold and he wrote what he thought was right.
The MV MV Karadeniz Powership Alican Bey is a power barge, a floating power plant, owned and operated by Karpowership. Built in Singapore and converted into a Powership in Turkey, she was commissioned in 2011 to supply electricity to the power grid in Pakistan.
Deniz Yücel is a German-Turkish journalist and publisher. He has been a contributor to several German publications, most notably Die Tageszeitung and Die Welt.
Claas-Hendrik Relotius is a German former journalist. He resigned from Der Spiegel in 2018 after admitting numerous instances of journalistic fraud.
Christoph Sydow was a German journalist who worked for Der Spiegel as a foreign correspondent in the Middle East.
