Tag: Day

LAHORE - Fatima Jinnah College organised its Annual Sports Day on Thursday as part of its silver jubilee celebrations. Chief Guest Justice (r) Nasira Javed Iqbal inaugurated the sports day along with Fatima Jinnah College Principal Asia Begum and Sports Department Head Shazia Zainab.
Around 500 students participated in the event in which students from FA and BA classes participated in the march past and PT show. Asia welcomed the chief guest and appreciated her active

LAHORE - The All Pakistan Women's Association's (APWA) Punjab chapter celebrated Founders' Day in Lahore and held a seminar to recall 63 years of meritorious services rendered by Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan, Zeenat Fida Hassan and other veteran ladies for the uplift of women in society.
They said that despite some achievements there is still room to work for the betterment of women and it is the prime need to provide them with better opportunities of health, education and

KARACHI - The residents of coastal areas continued their protest for the second consecutive day on Wednesday against massive deforestation of mangroves. Hundreds of fisherfolk, including women, carrying banners and placards, reached the ICI Flyover to take part in the protest march against mangrove deforestation.
Enraged youth activists chanted slogans for giving protection to their abodes, life and livelihoods. The protesters led by Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) chairperson

LAHORE - Fast bowler Mohammad Amir has said that he would go any length to come out of the match-fixing crisis he was going through. Amir was handed down a five-year ban by the International Cricket Council for spot-fixing and the bowler Tuesday showed determination that he would comeback from the "worst day of my life".
"What can I say about my feelings?," Amir told the BBC Monday. "When someone is seeing in front of him the end of his future, his career, then that is the worst

SYDNEY - Jarmila Groth marked her first Fed Cup appearance for Australia with a shock win against French Open champion Francesca Schiavone as holders Italy shared the opening singles in their first round tie in Hobart on Saturday.
Groth, who represented Slovakia before taking Australian citizenship in 2009 by marriage, beat the world number four 6-7 6-3 6-3 to give Australia a great start before Samantha Stosur, runner-up to Schiavone in Paris last year, lost a titanic struggle

LAHORE - Students at Salamat Elemetry School, Gulberg enjoyed pleasant weather this Sunday laced with a flavour of victory. 220 students and their parents participated in the Annual Sports Day event of the pre-school held at Ali Institute of Education. Dr Nayyar, renowned peace activist, visiting prof of physics at LUMS and a visiting scientist at Princeton University America, was chief guest at the occasion.
Children, aged between 3 to 6 years, had a memorable Sunday making a

ISLAMABAD/KARACHI/LAHORE/PESHAWAR - People across the country and in Azad Kashmir observed Kashmir Solidarity Day on Saturday, renewing the pledge for continued support to their brethren in Indian-held Kashmir against the atrocities committed by the Indian forces.
Rallies were staged in almost all the cities and towns with a demand for cessation of hostilities and an end to illegal occupation of the valley by India. In Islamabad, National Assembly's Committee on Kashmir Chairman

HYDERABAD DACCAN - Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, who is on a visit to India in connection with the 17th Commonwealth Law Conference in India's Hyderabad Deccan, spent a busy day on Saturday.
He participated in the patron chief justices' meeting of the Commonwealth member states. The meeting discussed many important professional issues related to the functioning of judiciary and the Commonwealth. Chief Justice of India Justice SH Kapadia and

LAHORE - Religious parties including the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and the outlawed Jamaatud Dawa organised two different rallies on Saturday in connection with the Kashmir Day. The JI's rally started from the Nasir Bagh and culminated at the Punjab Assembly. Various leaders addressed the rally and reiterated their solidarity with the Kashmiris.
Speakers asked the Punjab Police to use an iron hand while dealing with Raymond Davis saying that if police investigate freely, they could

LAHORE - Traffic remained congested in the city owing to rallies organised by Jamat-ud-Dawa, a banned religious outfit, and Jamat-e-Islami on Saturday. The Mall and its adjoining roads were closed for the general public before the rallies' commencement. Jamat-ud-Dawa workers took hold of The Mall on the preceding night to hang their banners and flags.
Rallies started from the Nasir Bagh and headed to the Faisal Square, where both rallies turned into a congregation. Roads

LAHORE - The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will organise a function at its central secretariat in Islamabad today (Saturday) to mark the Kashmir Day. Party leaders, parliamentarians and workers would participate in the function. In his message on Kashmir Day, PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif said that solution of the Kashmir issue could guarantee cordial Indo-Pak relations and regional peace.
He said that since regional peace and progress was linked to solution of the Kashmir

LAHORE - It is a holiday today and you probably will be reading this while you sit back, relaxed, lest you work in a newspaper. It is Kashmir Day today. Ever wondered why are you staying home on this day? What is the matter with Kashmiris, and how will you observing this holiday will materialize Kashmir's liberation? Some say that the day is to show solidarity with the Kashmiris. What we ask here to the youth is only if they know what does solidarity mean and how is it showed?