Thursday, May 14, 2009

Few Firsts of Sohail Ahmed Siddiqui

Won the first car in Neelaam-ghar (recording-wise) in the year 1987, (However, it was the 13th in all).
Pioneer Quiz champion in Pakistan to host a TV Quiz programme, Mash'al Quiz, (Inter-collegiate), based on his own concept and research, while acting as the Producer and Teams' coordinator, too. It was aired by Dhoom TV & Vibe TV, from 2nd Rabiul Awal, 1430 AH/28th Feb. 2009 to 13th Rabiul Awal, 1430 AH/11th March, 2009.
Created history of conducting/recording 6 (out of 12) episodes of Mash'al Quiz, in a row, i.e. in a stormy spell of 3 hours and few minutes.

I had asked extempore questions in several episodes, esp. the entire last 5 ones, where I was running short of prepared questions. This is certainly an enviable feat for any showman in Pakistan.
Included in 3 US-based world anthologies, through free verses in Engish, in 1992, 1993 and 2002.
Invited to the World Haiku Festival, held at London-Oxford (August 25-30, 2000) by World Haiku Club, UK, being the only from Pakistan and the entire Urdu-world.
Participated in World Haiku Essay Contest and Haiku Contest, organised by the aforesaid Club.
Included in the world Haiku anthology, "Wild flowers-New leaves", published by the afroresaid Club.
Launched, edited and published the foremost and only multi-lingual Haiku journal of South Asia/Urdu-world in 1998.
Created history by publishing Haiku-related stuff in 15 regional and foreign languages/dialects in one single issue, i.e. Haiku International, Book-V in 2000; published its second edition in 2001.
Set a unique world record of publishing Haiku-related stuff in 25 world's languages in his Hiaku International.
Launched the online edition of Haiku International, recently; the only one of its kind in literary world.
Launched online edition of his Urdu Haiku anthology, Khushkun hai Patthjar, recently; the only one in the world, till date.

Few Firsts of Sohail Ahmed Siddiqui

Won the first car in Neelaam-ghar (recording-wise) in the year 1987, (However, it was the 13th in all).
Pioneer Quiz champion in Pakistan to host a TV Quiz programme, Mash'al Quiz, (Inter-collegiate), based on his own concept and research, while acting as the Producer and Teams' coordinator, too. It was aired by Dhoom TV & Vibe TV, from 2nd Rabiul Awal, 1430 AH/28th Feb. 2009 to 13th Rabiul Awal, 1430 AH/11th March, 2009.
Created history of conducting/recording 6 (out of 12) episodes of Mash'al Quiz, in a row, i.e. in a stormy spell of 3 hours and few minutes.

I had asked extempore questions in several episodes, esp. the entire last 5 ones, where I was running short of prepared questions. This is certainly an enviable feat for any showman in Pakistan.
Included in 3 US-based world anthologies, through free verses in Engish, in 1992, 1993 and 2002.
Invited to the World Haiku Festival, held at London-Oxford (August 25-30, 2000) by World Haiku Club, UK, being the only from Pakistan and the entire Urdu-world.
Participated in World Haiku Essay Contest and Haiku Contest, organised by the aforesaid Club.
Included in the world Haiku anthology, "Wild flowers-New leaves", published by the afroresaid Club.
Launched, edited and published the foremost and only multi-lingual Haiku journal of South Asia/Urdu-world in 1998.
Created history by publishing Haiku-related stuff in 15 regional and foreign languages/dialects in one single issue, i.e. Haiku International, Book-V in 2000; published its second edition in 2001.
Set a unique world record of publishing Haiku-related stuff in 25 world's languages in his Hiaku International.
Launched the online edition of Haiku International, recently; the only one of its kind in literary world.
Launched online edition of his Urdu Haiku anthology, Khushkun hai Patthjar, recently; the only one in the world, till date.