Hina Rabbani Khar (Beautiful Forein Minister of Pakistan)

Hina Rabbani Khar (born 19 November 1977) is a Pakistani politician and the Foreign Minister of Pakistan. Appointed in July 2011, she is the first female and the youngest person to ever head Pakistani's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.



She was elected to the National Assembly in both 2002 and 2008 and was Minister of State for Finance and Economic Affairs between 2008 and 2011.

Hina Rabbani Khar was born on 19 November 1977 in Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. She is the daughter of politician and landowner Ghulam Noor Rabbani Khar and the niece of Ghulam Mustafa Khar, a former governor of Punjab. The Khar family has roots in the village of Khar Gharbi located in Kot Adu, a tehsil in Muzaffargarh District in Punjab; and has many land holdings: an estate that includes fisheries, mango orchards, and sugarcane fields. She graduated with a B.Sc. in Economics from Lahore University of Management Sciences in 1999 and received her M Sc (Hon) in Business Management from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 2001.

She is married to Firoze Gulzar, with whom she has two daughters, Annaya and Dina. She is the co-owner of the Polo Lounge restaurant on the Lahore Polo Grounds.

 

In the 2002 general elections, as a candidate with the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q)—the party of President Pervez Musharraf—Khar was elected to the National Assembly, representing the NA-177 Muzaffargarh-II constituency in Punjab, a position her father had held previously, but a new law requiring all candidates to hold a university degree meant he could not run that year.The Guardian wrote, "In deference to local sensibilities about the place of women, her landlord father Noor addressed rallies and glad-handed voters; Hina stayed largely at home, with not even her photo appearing on the posters." After the PML-Q denied her a ticket for re-election in 2008, she joined the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and was elected for a second time. The PPP won the majority of the votes and formed an alliance with the Pakistan Muslim League (N). They nominated and elected Yousaf Raza Gillani as Prime Minister.

 Between 2004 and 2007 Khar was Minister of State for Economic Affairs (Pakistan)|Minister of State for Economic Affairs. She served as Minister of State for Finance and Economic Affairs in the cabinet of Gillani between 2008 and 2011.On 13 June 2009, she became the first woman to present the Pakistani budget in the National Assembly.

 Khar was appointed Minister of State for Foreign Affairs—the deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs—on 11 February 2011, as part of Gillani's cabinet reshuffle. After Shah Mehmood Qureshi's resignation as Foreign Minister, she became acting Minister of Foreign Affairs on 13 February 2011. She was approved as Foreign Minister on 18 July^[ and was sworn-in on 19 July, becoming the youngest and first female Minister of Foreign Affairs. President Asif Ali Zardari, who succeeded Musharraf in 2008, said the appointment was "a demonstration of the government's commitment to bring women into the mainstream of national life".

 Shortly after her appointment, she visited India and held peace talks with her Indian counterpart, Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna. Relations between the two countries had been suspended following the 2008 Mumbai attacks, resuming in February 2011. The Indian media reported extensively on her fashion and appearance—the Birkin bag, the sunglasses, the Jimmy Choo stilettos and the pearl necklaces, for example. She held talks with leaders of Kashmiri independance movement before meeting Indian government representatives, a decision which was criticised by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the main opposition party of India, who said it was a breach of protocol and demanded an inquiry into the matter. In August 2011 she visited China and held talks with Yang Jiechi, the Chinese foreign minister. Hindustan Times reported that, in contrast to her reception in India, she was largely ignored by Chinese media

 As a result of the 2011 NATO attack in Pakistan which killed 24 Pakistani troops, Foreign Minister Khar stated that Pakistan's Cabinet and defense committee had approved a measure- similar to a parliamentary resolution put forward after bin Laden's May 2011 death- that formally bars NATO and ISAF forces from using Pakistani supply routes.

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Winter in Paksitan

Pakistan has a cool, dry winter starting from November in the North and December in the South but it gets progressively wetter during January and February especially in the western parts of the country. Snowfall is common in Northern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan and Central Balochistan.

Winters are cold, with minimum mean temperatures in Punjab of about 4 °C (39 °F) in January, and sub-zero temperatures in the far north and Balochistan. 

 Moderate showers are observed in southern parts of Pakistan while moderate to heavy showers with heavy snowfall in the northern parts of the country. These westerly waves are robbed of most of the moisture by the time they reach Pakistan.

Fog occurs during the winter season and remains for weeks in upper Sindh, central Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab.

Winter in Pakistan brings new fashion of Clothes, Sweaters and Jackets with itself. As Fashion industry of Pakistan is improving and growing day by day it is also bringing frequent changes in Fashion. Every year you will find new styles and fashion. Different kind of Fashion Shows are organized to show the winter collection of Designers of Pakistan.

Ski Resorts of Pakistan are active in winter season. Although Pakistan in not having many ski Resorts. The only Ski Resort of Pakistan is in Malam Jaba. The Malam Jabba Ski Resort, owned by the Pakistani Tourism Development Corporation, had a ski slope of about 800 m with the highest point of the slope 2804 m (9200 ft) above sea level. Different kind of tournaments are organised for Ski lovers in Malam Jaba when winter season is started and the mountains of Malam Jaba are covered with snow.

Winter will bring different kind of seasonal fruits with itself. One the most famous fruit family of winter is Orange, Kino, Malta, Musami, Red Blood, Fruiter etc etc. Pakistan is the sixth largest producer of Kinow (mandarin) and oranges in the world, with 2.1 million tons. Pakistan world mandarin and oranges market share during the year 1997 was 0.9 percent and 3.6 percent in terms of value and volume respectively. Pakistan is also the largest producer of 'Citrus Reticula' variety (Kinow), this unique variety of citrus is indigenous to this part of the world. According to an estimate approx. 95 percent of the total Kinow produced all over the world is grown in Pakistan.

JALEBI is one of the most popular sweets in Winter.The sweets are served warm or cold. They have a somewhat chewy texture with a crystallized sugary exterior coating.  It is used as a remedy for headaches in some parts of Pakistan, where it is placed in boiling milk and left to stand before eating.

Gajrela / Gajjar ka Halwa is another popular sweet of Winter in Pakistan. It is prepared from carrots.

Another mark of Winter, Landa Bazaar, famous for trading generally used articles, is dynamically keeping its attraction for middle income and the poor. Initially such kind of Bazars were started by the Afghan Refugees living in Pakistan. They used to sell smuggled goods mainly coming from Afghanistan. Now u can find these kind of bazars in every city of Pakistan.

Although these Landa Bazars are open 12 months but in winter season their sales on peak as middle income and poor people come to buy winter clothes from such bazars to save themselves from Cold.

  

In winter, different varieties of dry fruits are available in Paksitan such as pistachio, pine nuts, almond, walnuts, coconut, raisins, peanuts, apricot, dried dates, mulberry and figs. Use of dryfruit is also increased the winter season especially peanuts. In every market and bazar you will find people selling peanuts on push carts. Dry fruit is also exported to different countries of the world from Pakistan.

  

Chapli Kabab - Chapli Kabab is also a popular food in winter.

Winter Shawls are used by male and female to keep themselves warm in winter.

  

Revri - Another Popular sweet of Winter Season in Pakistan.

Chicken Corn Soup and Shakar Kandi, a 'hot food', is popular during the winters in Pakistan and is served with a sprinkle of lemon juice, black pepper and chat masala.

Most of the Pakistan like to enjoy the freezing winter nights with icecream.