Tag: Honours

LAHORE - The 43rd National Athletics Championship started here at the Punjab Stadium on Tuesday morning. The event is sponsored by Pepsi. PML-Q League Parliamentarian Humayoun Akhtar was the chief guest of the opening ceremony. Apart from the heat categories of different disciplines, four finals were decided on the opening day of the meet. Bilqees Hashami of WAPDA won the gold medal in females pole vault. She dashed in the height of 2.30 metres. She was followed by Army's Sidra Bashir

LOS ANGELES - 'Glee' and 'Modern Family' tied for best TV comedy series at the annual GLAAD Awards on Sunday, as the campaign group honoured shows and stars for advancing the portrayal of gays and lesbians in the media. The two Emmy-award winning shows both feature gay characters and themes that have helped built acceptance of America's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, America's leading gay rights group said. Fashion design contest 'Project Runway' won the reality TV

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that despite heavy odds, Pakistani cricket team displayed an outstanding performance in the World Cup by defeating leading cricket teams. He said that the entire cricket team, its management and coach deserved rich appreciation for their achievement.
While addressing a reception held in the honour of the team, he said that the aim of holding an impressive ceremony was to encourage the players who had earned a good name for

MUMBAI - New Zealand and Sri Lanka will Friday lock horns in a fierce tussle for final group positions in their last match ahead of the World Cup knockout round. The pressure to qualify is now off with New Zealand and Sri Lanka joined in the last eight by fellow Group A sides Australia and Pakistan, but final positions are crucial as they determine opponents in the next round.
New Zealand have emerged as the tournament's dark horses, winning their past three matches, including an

LAHORE - Two years after the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, the Pakistan Cricket Board is hoping for international cricket's return to the country, with the Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe showing interest in touring Pakistan.
"One thing is clear: if international cricket is to return to Pakistan later this year it will be an Asian or African cricket board that will have to support us," a board official said.
He said Pakistan was optimistic about the

LAHORE - The Sports Board Punjab on Thursday gave cash awards to its female athletes for winning the PSB Inter-Provincial Youth U-16 Girls Athletics Championship.
The awards ceremony was held at the National Hockey Stadium, Lahore, and Secretary Sports Punjab Saeed Ahmed Nawaz was the chief guest and distributed prizes among the winners of the Championship, while DG Sports Salman Ijaz was also present on the occasion
The gold medal winner athletes were given Rs 5000 each

LAHORE - Council of National Affairs (CNA) arranged a sitting to honour Dr Mughees-ud-Din Sheikh, former dean of the Social and Behavioural Sciences and former director of the Institute of Communication Studies of the University of Punjab, at Aiwan-e-Iqbal on Friday.
Former Punjab governor Khalid Maqbool presided the session, whereas eminent journalists and academicians including Irshad Ahmad Arif, Abdullah Tariq Sohail, Rizwan Razi, Brig (r) Farooq Hameed, Dr Ahsan Akhter Naz,

LAHORE - LGS 55-Main defeated Defence Degree College in the final to win the 5th session of ASC Netball Coaching, Development and Tournament Program 2011 for Girls (U-16) here on Wednesday. Organized by PNF in collaboration with Australian Sports Commission and Punjab Netball Association, the final was played between LGS and Defence Degree College and LGS 55-Main won by 16-12 goals. Shaya Athar and Rahma of LGS gave outstanding performance. Earlier, LGS beat Alma School in the semi

LAHORE - Pioneer Cricket Club officials on Sunday reviewed the performance of the club and identified the best performers of the club during the year 2010-11.
Pioneer Club president former international umpire Rab Nawaz presided the meeting while secretary Sohail Javed Butt presented thw annual report. Pioneer Club played 77 matches which is LCCA record for a club that does not have its own ground.
It won 25 matches, lost 50 and two were washed out. Opener Nadeem Butt made

HAMILTON - Pakistan's Abdul Rehman produced a sustained, tight spell of left-arm spin bowling to take three wickets for 51 runs as New Zealand scrambled to 260 for seven at the close of play on the first day of the first Test at Seddon Park on Friday.
Kane Williamson was on 44 while pace bowler Tim Southee was on 56, his second Test half century, after the hosts had appeared to be in control on 78-1 at lunch only for Pakistan to seize the advantage in the middle session.

LONDON - US Open golf champion Graeme McDowell and World Cup final football referee Howard Webb were among the sports figures whose achievements were recognised Friday in Britain's New Year's Honours.
Northern Ireland's McDowell, who also struck the winning putt in the final match as Europe beat the United States to win the Ryder Cup in October, was made an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire).
Just months before his Ryder Cup success, the 31-year-old McDowell had

LAHORE: Kinnaird College for Women Wednesday held a reception in honour of the college team which won the Lahore Region Inter-district Women Cricket Tournament.
The members of the winning team were awarded shields by Lahore City Cricket Association Secretary Main Javed Ali while Bushra Aitzaz was also present on the occasion.
Meanwhile, trials to select the Lahore district team also started at the KC ground. The selected team will represent Lahore district in the Regional

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board hosted a dinner in honour of Asian Games gold medal winning Pakistan women team at the National Cricket Academy on Wednesday.
Chairman PCB Ijaz Butt, Chairperson PCB Women Wing Mrs. Bushra Aitzaz, members of the PCB governing board, members of Pakistan cricket team PCB management and other distinguished guests attended the ceremony. The achievement of the team at the Asian Games was recognized and the team received a lot of adulation from the