Saqib tops in Nick Faldo Series Pakistan Golf Championship on September 20, 2016LAHORE: The three days 6th Nick Faldo Series Pakistan Golf Championship came to a heart warming conclusion at the exquisite Defence Raya Golf Club Golf Course here on Monday. A total of 42 junior golfers from all over Pakistan took part in this championship. And at the end, it was Mohammad Saqib of Lahore Garrison […]
PM’s blundering media team disseminates half information on September 20, 2016 NEW YORK: The prime minister’s media team made a blunder when the premier reached New York, as it issued a press release claiming that Nawaz Sharif would address the Pakistani community, but the team was apparently too jetlagged to mention when and where. This slackness on part of the media team created ambiguity not […]
Skipper Sarfraz anticipates tough contest against world champions on September 19, 2016LAHORE: Pakistan Twenty20 captain Sarfraz Ahmed has said that West Indies will not be an easy opponent to beat in the upcoming three-match T20s series. “It will be a tough T20 series against world T20 champions West Indies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE),” Sarfraz told reporters before the team’s departure, barring paceman Mohammad Amir […]
NA body seeks report from PIA on heroin smuggling on September 17, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee of the National Assembly has sought a detailed report on smuggling of heroin in the national flag carrier. The body ordered the PIA administration to submit the reasons to cancel important routes and reallocate them to other airlines, sources told Daily Times. A two-day meeting of the Committee on Cabinet Secretariat […]
China and Pakistan vow timely completion of CPEC on September 15, 2016ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China on Thursday reiterated their commitment to the timely completion of various projects under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). This commitment was made in the meeting between National Assembly (NA) Speaker Ayaz Sadiq and Standing Committee of National People’s Congress of China Chairman Zhang Dejiang in Beijing. According to the National Assembly’s spokesman, […]
Pak-US exercise concludes on September 15, 2016ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: Pak-US exercise Inspired Gambit concluded on Thursday at McCrady, South Carolina, the United States (US). According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) spokesman Lieutenant General Asim Bajwa, nine day-long exercise was aimed at gaining experience in the domain of counterterrorism and counter-IED operations. Troops from the Special Services Group (SSG) and aviation participated in the […]
Top general says army will stay in FATA until complete peace on September 15, 2016ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif has made it clear that the army would not leave the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) without bringing peace, completing rehabilitation and transferring administrative control to an institutionalised mechanism. He was addressing the elders of Bajaur Agency and soldiers during his visit to the area. According […]
Umar Gul to captain Shahid Afridi in National T20 Cup on July 29, 2016LAHORE: Islamabad captain Umar Gul on Friday roped in Shahid Afridi during the ongoing draft for the upcoming three week-long National T20 Cup. The domestic T20 tournament is scheduled to be held from August 25 till September 16. The eight-team tournament will be played in Rawalpindi and Multan. Afridi, who skippered Pakistan in the ICC […]
Hafeez set to have bowling action re-tested on July 25, 2016LAHORE: Pakistan’s Mohammad Hafeez is set to undergo re-testing on his bowling action. Hafeez’s International Cricket Council (ICC) ban for an illegal action expired earlier this month, meaning he is eligible for reassessment. He was suspended for 12 months after twice being found to be over the limit for elbow extension by independent assessors within […]
PHF patrons cronies succeed in getting Rs.50 million grant on July 23, 2016LAHORE: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has finally succeeded in convincing Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who is also the patron of the national federation, to approve Rs.50 million grant which will be ‘used’ to organise a series of domestic tournaments as well as international tours for teams of all men and women age groups. It […]