Evening in the Bay

Launch of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf Northern California Chapter and PTI Fundraiser

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) is youngest political party in Pakistan but is gaining wide spread support in Pakistan very fast. Its founder, Imran Khan is attracting large crowds during political rallies in Pakistan. PTI is also very popular among over-seas Pakistanis around the world. Recently, some young volunteers launched PTI's Northern California Chapter with a fundraiser. Evening in the Bay's Naima Azam was there to talk to these young leaders. The program's keynote speaker was one of Pakistan's senior politician Makhdoom Javed Hashmi who is now member of PTI. Salman Ahmed of Junoon fame was also present to show support to the new PTI chapter and to sing some of the patriotic songs of Junoon. Salman also talked to WBT-TV's Faraz Syed about his possible upcoming US concert tour. More than 170 people attended the event.

Gurus of Dance musical "The Spotlight"

Gurus of Dance is a very famous dancing and acting academy here in the bay area, who presented San Francisco's first Bollywood musical featuring G-Squad professional actors and dancers. This musical was called "The Spotlight". It was a story of a man struggling in poverty and one day through his sheer luck he rises to the pinnacle of success. His success comes with a price as he faces many trials and tribulations. The story revolves around this person to see if he will be able to handle his success or will he loose his way in life and crumble to the pressure. Naima covers the musical for our TV show and also talked to the organizers on putting this kind of high quality production here in the Bay Area.