Trying to sell small arms, fighter jets to Saudi Arabia: Sartaj

LONDON: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz has said Pakistan wants to strike a balance between Saudi Arabia and Iran to ease tensions between the two countries.

In an interview with BBC's Urdu Service, Sartaj Aziz said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will visit Iran in May or June to discuss bilateral relations and world issues. When he was asked if Pakistan was sending arms to Syria, he said there was no specific agreement about Syria in the present circumstances.

Pakistan was following a neutral policy on Syria in line with UN resolutions. He said that sectarian divisions were very harmful for the Islamic world.

Sartaj further said Islamabad was making efforts to sell small arms and fighter aircraft to Saudi Arabia. He said it was strange that objections were being raised about it, though all world nations wanted to sell their weapons to other countries. He said there was no difficulty for Saudi Arabia to purchase weapons from any other country. There was no need for creating any doubts on the issue, he added.

Over Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline project, the advisor said that the project was intact, but due to sanctions the time limit for its implementation would have to be reset.

Salman Khan: Small films should get fair chance

Salman Khan talks about small films.

Superstar Salman Khan feels India should aim to produce medal-winning athletes by encouraging sports and help the talented ones to unlock their potential through coaching.

Salman was speaking here last night at the music launch of ‘Khwaabb’, a sports drama film showcasing the struggle of our athletes. The album is available on Junglee Music.

“I have played all kind of sports in life like football, cricket, swimming, skating, riding, etc. I think sports in general should be encouraged, I feel such films will make you realize that there is no facility for training. If that is not there.. then how will they perform and then people say our guys are not winning Olympic medals. There is no encouragement. I think India should buck up,” Salman said.

The film is an intense journey set in the larger, bureaucratic world of Indian sports. It illustrates why a country with a population of 1.2 billion people cannot produce winners.

‘Khwaabb’ is the story of two such athletes and their struggle to succeed in the cutthroat, debauched and mired world of Indian sports.

  

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Ask him what facilities are required for sportsmen, Salman says, “I think equipments, coaching should be top of the line, quota for poor, these small things make huge encouragement and difference.”

Apparently, Salman, who is supporting the film, has made some changes in it.

“I have made changes.. Its just like the pace of the film, there was length issue so I trimmed it and made it fast paced, with background score. It is a nicely made film with a good intention,” the actor said.

Salman associated himself with a small film like this because he believes such movies do need encouragement.

“Small films are made with passion and love. These films don’t see light of the day. I feel these films need to be supported… our support makes a difference. Small films should get fair chance so that they get released,” he said.

The ‘Dabbangg’ Khan does plan to produce small films. He has launched a production house — Being Filmi — for this initiative.

Produced by Arjuna awardee Moraad Ali Khan, the film is directed by Zaid Ali Khan and features newcomers Navdip Singh and Simer Motiani in lead roles.

“If you are a sports lover, or a sportsperson or your kids play sports; I can assure you that Khwaabb will relate to some part of your own story. The story is truly entertaining and inspirational,” producer Moraad Ali said.

Salman Khan not keen on doing small scale films

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan said on Thursday(January 23) he was interested in larger-than-life films and not in “small-scale” ones.
Salman Khan, whose potboilers ‘Wanted’, ‘Dabangg’, ‘Bodyguard’, ‘Ek Tha Tiger’ did well at Box Office, has also acted in films like ‘Phir Milenge’ among others. He will be doing a special song in his brother-in-law Atul Agnihotri’s home production film ‘Oh Teri’.
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“As an actor, I don’t want to do such kind of (small) films. If someone asks me to do such kind of films again then I might do a guest appearance in it. These are beautiful films but one will watch it on DVD or on TV but not go to theatre,” Salman Khan said at the trailer launch of ‘Oh Teri’.
The actor said he was happy doing larger-than-life stuff. “I will continue to do such films”, he added. The trailer of ‘Oh Teri’ will be played along with Salman Khan’s ‘Jai Ho’, which releases today.
“It (Oh Teri) is a lovely film. I liked the humour… the plot of this film. It is a relevant film in today’s time”, the actor said.
‘Oh Teri’, produced by Atul Agnihotri, stars Pulkit Samrat and Sarah Jane Dias in the lead. Salman Khan, known for launching newcomers like Katrina Kaif, Zarine Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Daisy Shah to name a few, has given a break to actor Bilal.
“I believe in giving chance to newcomers but sometimes my choices have gone wrong too”, he quipped.