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LAHORE - All the seeded tennis players of the country taking part in the Atlas Honda Tennis National Ranking Cup marched into the next round on day two at the K-21 Model Town Club here on Tuesday.
Qualifying matches were played on Tuesday as a large number of players has registered for the event in all the categories. Rao Akbar Latif said: "It is a matter of great honour for our club that players from all the four provinces are taking part in Cup to improve their national

LAHORE - The 2nd Honda Atlas National Ranking Tennis Championship rolled into action here at the K-21 Model Town Sports Club courts. All the top ranked players of the country are taking part in the championship, which was inaugurated my Mian Mohammad Aamer, former city nazim.
An exhibition match marked the start of the event. The week-long event is also likely to feature Pakistan's top tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq as guest. Apart from Honda, Makro and Hanif Rajpoot are the

KARACHI - An Awami National Party (ANP) activist was gunned down in Lyari, the Chakiwara police said on Sunday.
The residents of Bihar Colony informed the police about a man's body, which was then recovered by the law enforcers. The deceased was identified as 28-year-old Nasrullah Khan, whose body was shifted to the Civil Hospital Karachi and later handed over to the heirs.
Police said that the victim had suffered nine bullets in his upper torso, and registered FIR No 70/11

LAHORE - The fourth edition of National Women Football Club Championship will commence from April 15 at four zones, Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and Peshawar. The top two teams of each zone will move to main event slated to run at Islamabad's Jinnah Stadium from September 17-30. The field for qualification is expanded to eight from four.
The four qualifiers last year were Frontier College of Peshawar, Karachi's Diya FC, Lahore's Sport Sciences and Rawalpindi's Young Rising Star.

LAHORE - PAF reclaimed the 46th National Men's Volleyball Championship title after two years, beating a spirited Army team in a four-set final 14-25, 25-14, 25-20, 25-18 here on Thursday at WAPDA Sports Complex, Lahore. The main contributors in PAF's win over Army were Muhammad Ismail Khan, Binyamin and Saeed Khan, as Muhammad Wasit put in good show for Army. Meanwhile, in a classification match, Navy defeated defending champions WAPDA in straight sets to secure the third position in

LAHORE - The 40th National Day of Bangladesh will be celebrated today (Thursday) at a local hotel.
Qazi Humayun Fareed, Bangladeshi honorary consul general in Punjab will host a reception in which High Commissioner of Bangladesh Suhrab Hossain and his wife Rawsanara Hossain will participate as special guests.
Renowned businessmen, senior civil servants, politicians, diplomats and people from different walks of life will also attend the event. Fareed said that cultural and

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE - Thousands of cricket lovers on Wednesday assembled in front of big screens installed by Capital Development Authority (CDA) in various parts of the capital city to show the Pakistan-India semi-final match of World Cup 2011.
The screens were installed at F-9 Fatima Jinnah Park, in Blue area on Stock Exchange building and in Jinnah Super Market. The civic body has made elaborate arrangement to show the World Cup 2011 semi final between India and Pakistan to the

ISLAMABAD - As the federal cabinet approved on Monday the reopening of the Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto case, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani ordered Law Minister Babar Awan to prepare a reference in this regard and told the cabinet's special meeting that he had decided to visit Mohali on the invitation of his Indian counterpart in "national interest". The cabinet's special meeting, in principle, approved the decision by President Asif Ali Zardari to revisit the Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto case and

LAHORE - The Pakistan Football Federation approved on Sunday 34 players in the build up for national U-13 football team for the AFC U13 Festival of Football.
Various activities have been lined up for the festivals, including matches, 'C' Certificate Coaching Course, Head Coaches Workshop, Preparatory Course for Referees and S2S Programme.
Jaranwala's little upcoming lad Faizan Nasir, who will celebrate his 11th birthday on June 19, is also included in the camp. The national

LAHORE - The 46th edition of the National Men's Volleyball Championship reached quarter-finals stage and WAPDA, Police, Railway Army, NAVY, PAF, Punjab, and KPK qualified for the last eight stage here on Sunday at WAPDA Sports Complex.
It was after 20 years that Railways made to the quarter-finals of the championship. From Pool A WAPDA and Railway have qualified. From Pool B Navy and KPK, from Pool C Army and Punjab and from Pool D PAF and Police have qualified. WAPDA beat

LAHORE - The national selection committee of the Pakistan Hockey Federation has spotted 63 players during the 30th National Junior Hockey Championship held in Bahawalpur from February 26 to March 8.
Out of the pool of 63, the committee has short-listed 35 players for participation in the 3rd U18 AHF Boys Cup.
Two of the invitees Abrar Ahmed and Asad Hussain Rizvi showed there inability to attend the trials on medical grounds. The Chairman National Selection Committee Hanif

LAHORE - Police were off to a brilliant start in the 46th National Men's Volleyball Championship, defeating Higher Education Commission in straight sets here on Friday at Wapda Sports Complex, Lahore In the other three matches, Punjab beat Sindh 3-1(25-17, 18-25, 25-14, 25-16), Railways overpowered AJK 3-1and Army routed Balochistan 3-0.
Police displayed an all-round performance, dominating with superior attacking skills and winning the match 25-13, 25-14, 25-12. Police were far

DHAKA - Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi on Wednesday said the huge World Cup quarter-final victory over West Indies was the perfect present his team could give to fans back home on the country's national day. "This is the best gift we could give back to the nation on Pakistan Day," a beaming Afridi said after his side cantered to a 10-wicket romp over a listless Caribbean side.
"We have planned for each and every game and tried to stick to these plans. It was good to see

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Wednesday conferred civil and military awards on outstanding individuals at an investiture ceremony held here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr. Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, the chairman senate, speaker national assembly, federal ministers, parliamentarians, services chiefs, Islamabad-based diplomats and prominent citizens attended the ceremony.
President Zardari decorated both civil and military personnel, including the foreign nationals for

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari conferred Pakistan national civil awards on the citizens and the armed personnel at the Annual Investiture Ceremony. Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani was also present on the occasion. The federal ministers and services chiefs also attended the ceremony.
The president conferred civil awards of Nishan-e-Quaid-e-Azam, Hilal-e-Pakistan, Hilal-e-Shujaat, Hilal-e-Imtiaz, Sitara-e-Shujaat, Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Sidarti Tamgha Barayay

LAHORE - Pakistan Olympics Association president Lt Gen (retd) Arif Hasan believes that Pakistan's progress in the field of sports depends on coordinated efforts by the ministries of sports, youth and education.
During a Meet the Press programme organised by Sports Journalists Association of Lahore and Sports Writers Association of Pakistan, the POA president said that Pakistan's only hope of gold in the Olympics was hockey because other sports did not meet international

ISLAMABAD - Despite numerous sittings during the last three years, parliament's special committee on national security has practically failed to get its recommendations implemented on issues of national security, including the US drone attacks. Although the committee has a federal minister as its chairman, the government has turned a deaf ear to its successive recommendations.
The parliamentary committee time and again expressed grave concern over the rise in drone attacks inside