Abdul Muqeet and Wajahat Suri win pairs event through excellence on March 25, 2017LAHORE: The 15th Balijee International Bridge Championship moved into the third round at the Lahore Gymkhana here on Friday. While the team event commenced yesterday and would continue on Saturday and Sunday to decide the champions for this year, the pairs’ event came to an end after three sessions and 72 boards with the ultimate […]
Balijee International Bridge commences at Lahore Gymkhana tomorrow on March 22, 2017LAHORE: The Balijee International Bridge Championship will be held from March 23 to 26 here at the Lahore Gymkhana Club Card Room. Addressing a news conference, Ihsan Qadir, internationally recognised tournament director, stated that after the successful holding of this championship last year, the organising team would be holding the much sought after bridge bonanza […]
Lahore to face Karachi in Rivalry Golf Cup today on March 15, 2017LAHORE: A twelve-member professional Karachi golf team, captained by Asad IA Khan, will face a Lahore team, captained by Shahid Javed Khan, in a fierce contest for supremacy in the Rivalry Golf Cup Tournament at the Gymkhana Club Golf Course here Wednesday (today). Since this is a competition among the leading professional golf players of […]
PCB chairman says PSL final to strengthen national unity, bring international cricket back to Pakistan on March 1, 2017LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shaharyar Mohammad Khan said Tuesday that the Pakistan Super League final in Lahore would foster national unity besides giving a tremendous boost to the ongoing efforts for revival international cricket in Pakistan. “It is a result of our hectic efforts that we are going to stage a big cricket event […]
PCB chairman says PSL final to strengthen national unity, bring international cricket back to Pakistan on March 1, 2017LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shaharyar Mohammad Khan said Tuesday that the Pakistan Super League final in Lahore would foster national unity besides giving a tremendous boost to the ongoing efforts for revival international cricket in Pakistan. “It is a result of our hectic efforts that we are going to stage a big cricket event […]
Bahawalpur judge visits juvenile jail on February 27, 2017BAHAWALPUR: District and Sessions Judge Rehan Bashir on Monday visited Bahawalpur Borstal Institute and Juvenile jail. The judge inspected the kitchen, jail hospital, Johar Hall, Iqbal Hall and table tennis room for the inmates. He also heard problems of the inmate children and issued on-the-spot directions. A smartly turned out contingent of police officials presented […]
Sharjeel, Latif charged for alleged corruption on February 19, 2017LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Saturday charged batsmen Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif for alleged breaches of its anti-corruption code and gave them 14 days to submit their response after the players denied charges relating to corruption. The PCB confirmed in a statement yesterday that Sharjeel and Latif had been charged for breaching […]
Sports gala starts in Bara on February 18, 2017 BARA: A senior official of the Khyber Agency inaugurated on Thursday the sports gala in Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency. Political Agent Khyber Agency Khalid Mehmood inaugurated the sports gala in FC ground in Bara to promote sports activities in the areas. Assistant political agent Bara Muhammad Arif, Director FATA Sports Muhammad Nawaz and […]
PCB chairman calls off conference to focus on spot-fixing scandal on February 16, 2017LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan on Wednesday called off a round-table conference with former cricketers and experts, which was to be held in Lahore in March to address the mounting woes of the national team, to instead deal with a scandal that has rocked Pakistan cricket. The PCB will be focusing its […]
Nasir arrested in London alongside bookie over fixing probe on February 15, 2017LAHORE: Pakistan left-handed opener Nasir Jamshed was arrested on Tuesday by Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) alongside a bookie named Mohammad Yousuf. According to the representative of the NCA, Jamshed and Yousuf have been released on bail and asked to report to the agency in April. “Two men in their thirties have been arrested by […]