GCU students watch singers perform. Event organisers said there was nothing vulgar about Deedar’s dances. PHOTO: APP
LAHORE: Stage actress Deedar put on a two-hour dance performance at the Government College University’s (GCU) Bonfire Night on Tuesday, prompting anger among some quarters at the “debasement” of one of the city’s most prestigious educational institutions.
The event’s organisers said there was nothing vulgar about Deedar’s performance and it was all for a good cause, the university’s Help the Helpless campaign through which poor students can get financial aid. The GCU Welfare Society raised Rs1.5 million at Tuesday night’s event.
This was perhaps the first time that a theatre actress, a profession considered indecent by some, has officially performed at an event at a public university. She danced to several popular Pakistani and Indian songs including Sheela Ki Jawani and Munni Badnam Hui Darling Tere Liye.
Around 450 students bought Rs1,000 tickets for Bonfire Night. Men were instructed to wear a black suit, while women were required to wear a red dress and a rose. Couples were offered two tickets at the concessional rate of Rs1,800.
Other performers at the event included singers Shafqat Amanat Ali, Arif Lohar, Annie, Jassie and Amanat Ali Khan and bands Raga Boys and Call.
A BA student told The Express Tribune that he bought the ticket only to see Deedar. “At a private theatre, I couldn’t touch her or exchange smiles with her,” he said. “Thanks to GCU, my wish to dance with her has come true.” He said that GCU Registrar Sahibzada Faisal Khurshid had asked Deedar to dance to the song Sheela Ki Jawani. The registrar was unavailable for comment.
Senior faculty members criticised Deedars’ performance, saying it was not worthy of an institution of GCU’s standing. They noted that in previous years, the performers had been classical singers and regional dancers practiced in historic art forms. Their performances had cultural and educational value, they said. “Deedar’s dance sends the wrong message across the world about the GCU. Half the audience was female students. What will they have learnt from Deedar’s dance?” asked one faculty member.
GCU Welfare Society adviser Dr Khalid Manzoor Butt, an assistant professor, argued that the event was healthy entertainment that was good for the students. He said that the registrar was present at the event and there had been no vulgarity or indecent behaviour. He said Deedar had danced fully-clothed.
He also pointed out that by attending the event, the students had helped raise millions of rupees for poor students who might not be able to afford an education otherwise.
Iqbal Z Ahmed, noted industrialist and president of the GCU Endowment Fund Executive Committee, inaugurated the event by lighting the bonfire. Punjab Education Minister and Old Ravian Mian Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman, US Consul General Carmella Conroy and US Consulate Public Affairs Officer Jennifer Larson also attended Bonfire Night.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 20th, 2011
http://tribune.com.pk/story/106311/deedar-dances-at-gcu-fundraiser/
The above news made me write this column,some reflections and some experiences plus some bitter facts i am giving here about our rotten society.
once i had some argument with friends who claimed that politicians are bad and we should hand over pakistans leadership to our teachers of different universities and colleges etc ,as teachers are our ideal etc and they will take pakistan out from present mess and onto a road of progress.
i told these people that no its not true!!!...not only our politicians and bureacrats but our teachers and other so called "honourable" people are suffering from same level of moral bankrupcy and corruption as our politicians,the only difference is that our teachers and professors did not get the chance to loot us fully yet and polticians already are looting us.and wherever they get the chance professors loot us fully..(a retired principle of GC named aiwan built his whole house from construction material bought for GC renovation!same principle by corruption raised his sons marks in rechecking from 700 to 900 marks in fsc! his son later graduated from king edward medical college.)
i myself was victim of our teachers corruption when in lahore divisional public school i was taking matric exams.my paper would be forcibly taken from me by teachers and given to a very nalaaiq student who was relative of that teacher,so he could copy my paper,i was weak than and could do nothing.may allah destroy such teachers amen)
question arises that
why are our teachers corrupt too ?
its because this nation as a whole has left islam and embraced material life style that makes one fall to the level of animals.
whatever good quality a human has is via islam,if one is not raised on true islam than he may be sitting on islamic university,s professor chair, but his or her morals will be like satans morals and no better.
so only difference is islam,islam makes you good human and lack of islam makes you bad human.full stop.
and this thing was proved by two recent events which i give below.
http://tribune.com.pk/story/106311/d...cu-fundraiser/
one event that recently happened was film star and dancer deedars erotic mujra in government college university few days back...deedar was brought to dance in the most prestigious institute of pakistan with consent of vice chancelor aftab and other senior professors of GCU.
the ticket of that event was fixed at 1000 ruppees and boys and girls of GCU who were "couples" were given special discount on these tickets, so they can dance together on deedar,s tunes.
alcohol was also served according to some sources. and when deedar started to dance the VC and other senior professors started to dance and do mujra themselves ,some professors even touched deedars body in excitement.
some girls (who had still some shame) left this dance performance when boys got out of control and started teasing them.
anyway this is not the first time such thing has happened,in past on some ocasions professors of GC have been accused of raping the girl students via blackmail too.
anyway an institute from where creators of pakistan graduated in past has now become a part of red light area thanks to munafiqeen in our society who want to throw out islam from pakistan in name of liberalism.
the VC of government college university is favorite of shareefs thats why he is constantly heading this institute, though he has reputation of being an ayaash and corrupt person.
anyway when nations most prestigious institute has dancing and mujras of prostitutes ,enjoyed by students and professors alike ,than wait for an azaab,that will wipe out this poisoned generation.
second event is about other most prestigious institute of pakistan called punjab university!
punjab university,s vice chancelor mujahid kamran who is also "liberal,moderate and roshan khyaal" person ( like GCU vc aftab) is also very ayaash and corrupt person.
this person wants to make punjab university a center of so called liberalism and obscenity and thats why he is expelling religious students of punjab university one by one on false accusations...he perhaps wants a university where like government college film actresses can do mujras and boys and girls dance hand in hand.
but mujahid kamran,s own history is also filled with incidents of corruption and mismanagement of university funds ,and like all "liberals " or roshan khayaal munafiqeen he is both financially and morally corrupt.
below is a news regarding him i am translating from an urdu newspapers clippings...this news is absolutely true as in past too many times such news came regarding mujahid kamran but as he has contacts on higher places these news were not covered by larger part of media.but PU students know this and can confirm the below news.
the story is that mujahid kamran had an affair with punjab university law college principle shazia qureshi who was 20 years his junior (by the way mujahid kamran already had a wife who is VC of gilgit university) .
first wife of mujahid kamran did not know about that affair of mujahid kamran.
over course of time shazia qureshi took benefits from punjab univesirty VC in exchange for this affair.
mujahid kamran gave 97 lakh ruppees grant to shazia for her PHD!97 lakh rs!he also granted a plot of land to shazia qureshi in punjab university employers housing society totally out of merit...also he gave her other funds and benefits in exchange for this secret affair.its reported that he met her in secret locations.
than 2 years back they married in secret.and shazia took heavy huq meher for marriage too.
latest news is that on punjab university funds she is doing PHD living in england and from there she has sent divorce notice to mujahid kamran!now she has taken out all the benefits from old guy she could,so she has thrown him in dustbin.
anyway there is little doubt that VC of punjab university kept secret affair with shazia qureshi (according to more than one sources),,,this does not suite a person who is governing over pakistans most prestigious institute of education,and a person who has millions of ruppees of governments funds at his disposal.and a person who is supposed to be guardian of educational activities of new generation.
punjab university gets funds from tax payers money and mujahid kamran like corrupt people have no right to throw tax payers money away to fund their illegal extra marital affairs!
morally and financially corrupt people like mujahid kamran of punjab university and khalid aftab of government college should be thrown out into prisons.but alas they are kept as life time VC,S of their institutes.
why shareefs of muslim league still support these corrupt professors?is it becasuse shareefs too are corrupt like them ?
anyway may allah save next generation from their teacher,s fitna!!!present day teachers, their schools and colleges , are infact danger for iman of next generation .no doubt.
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