Tag: Park

A city government park in Clifton - named after famous artist Moin Akhtar – was inaugurated by Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad on Wednesday....

SHANGHAI - Walt Disney Co broke ground on its long-awaited Shanghai Disneyland theme park on Friday, banking on its global brand and fairytale attractions to draw millions of visitors and boost its profits in the region.
Mickey and Minnie Mouse, dressed in traditional Chinese garb, took to the stage with Cinderella and Snow White to launch a Magic Kingdom-styled park tailored specifically to China. Disney's first theme park in mainland China and its third in Asia will cost 24.5

LAHORE - Mehboob Park Gymkhana defeated Muslim Gymkhana by 5 wickets in the 14th Tauseef Trophy Cricket Championship played at Iqbal Park ground on Tuesday.
Scores: Muslim Gymkhana 241 all out in 33.4 overs. Junaid Jaan 79, Faraz Meer 60, Waqas Ahmed 43. Safyan 5/36, Imran Malik 3/35, Saleem 2/34.
Mehboob Park Gymkhana 244/5 in 33.3 overs. Mudassar 86, Irfan 48, Waqas 31, Jamshaid 17(no), Safyan 17, Imran Bashir 14(no). Safyan Jr 2/40, Junaid 1/50.

LAHORE - The controversy-ridden Park and Ride Plaza suffered a huge financial setback when its auction of shops received a lukewarm response from the public
on Wednesday. An LDA official told Pakistan Today that the ongoing trial in the Lahore High Court against the construction of the plaza on a piece of land allocated to a park had thrown a spanner in the works of the plaza. He said out of 26 ground floor shops put on open auction, only 11 could be sold and the auction of the

LAHORE - LDA has rescheduled the auction of as many as 26 shops at the lower ground floor, besides the space for a restaurant at the first floor of the Park and Ride Plaza on Gulberg`s Main Boulevard.
The LDA had planned to sell the shops through an open auction on March 31, but later deferred it to April 6 due to reason best known to LDA officials. Some 13 ground-floor shops of the plaza have already been sold for Rs211.45 million against the reserve price of Rs185.3 million in

KARACHI - The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) is organising a mushaira today (Monday) at Anu Bhai Park in Nazimabad in connection with its 27th foundation day. The event will be hosted by the MQM Karachi's Tanzeemi Committee (KTC), which has finalised all arrangements in this regard, said a statement issued by MQM on Sunday.
It said that the prominent poets are expected to attend the mushaira. The KTC has appealed to the masses to ensure their full participation in the event.

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court has been moved through an application to stay the auction of shops and a restaurant at the first floor of Park and Ride Plaza, (Liberty Parking Plaza) at Liberty Market.
The plea was moved by Mohammad, Ahmed and other shop owners in an already pending petition against the construction of the said plaza, which the petitioners claim, has been built on the land which originally was allocated for the development of a park.
The application under CPC

NEW YORK - It's sprinkled with jokes about Mormons discriminating against black people and repressed gay longings, but the creators of a new musical about Mormons say it won't attract the sort of religious controversy they are famous for. One of the most anticipated musicals this Broadway season, "The Book of Mormon," satirizes the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, sexualizes the ritual of baptism and has plenty of politically incorrect jokes.
But

LAHORE - Mehboob Park Gym defeated Tauseef Club by 21 runs in a challenge match, played at Iqbal Park ground. A fine batting performance by Abrar Baig (76) and equally good bowling by his brother Israr Baig (5-41) were witnessed in the match.
Scores: Mehboob Park Gym 243-9 in 30 overs. Jamshaid Salman 47, M Waqas 43, Tahir Mehmood 37, Safyan 29, Bakar 27(no). Israr Baig 5-41, Sami Ullah 2-23, Waris Baig 2-19.
Tauseef Club 222-8 in 30 overs. Abrar Baig 76, Gulzar Ahmed 53, M

KARACHI - The city's traffic police in connivance with some private contractors are causing gross inconvenience to the citizens by lifting their vehicles from different locations allegedly over illegal parking without informing the owners. Most of the time, the vehicle owners are shocked on their return when they see that their vehicle is missing from the place where they had parked it, according to a survey conducted by Pakistan Today.
The traffic police personnel accompanied

The World Wide Fund for Nature - Pakistan (WWF - Pakistan) in collaboration with Allied Bank Raising Star is hosting the 11th Annual Travelling Nature Carnival on Sunday February 13, 2011 at Race Course Park from 8:30am to 6:00 pm. The Nature Carnival is an event aimed at enhancing awareness about nature conservation among students and the general public through interactive games and competitions. The carnival will host an array of activities including an Art Competition, Quiz

GUJRANWALA - Deputy District Officer (Revenue) Sara Qureshi led a restoration operation at Qila Mian Singh and retrieved from the mafia 14 kanals of government land allocated for a public park.
Reportedly, DCO Nabil Ahmad Awan issued directives for this operation and Sara Qureshi along with Naib Tehsildar Mian Nazir, Tehsil Municipal Officer (TMO) Aslam Ghuman and police force launched an operation and retrieved the public property. Khiali Shahpur TMA will now establish a park at

LAHORE - The match between Ali Garh Club and Mehboob Park Gymkhana in the 8th M Siddiq Memorial Cricket Tournament ended in a tie at Iqbal Park Ground on Saturday. The tournament committee will decide the winner team soon.
Scores: Mehboob Park Gym 120/8 in 20 overs. Safyan 26, Mudusar 17, Imran 34, Baqar 17, Tahir 13. Ali Amjad 2/20, Shakeel Malik 2/28, Romail 1/26, Imran 1/24, Khalid 1/22. Ali Garh Club 120/9 in 20 overs. Ali Amjad 23, Imran 33, Tahir 10, Waseem 12, Rohail

DOHA - Park Ji-Sung and Lee Young-Pyo's retirement from international football puts the onus on South Korea's new generation, and both players are confident they have what it takes.
South Korea coach Cho Kwang-Rae said midfielder Park, 29, was calling it quits on Friday after the team beat Uzbekistan 3-2 to secure third place at the Asian Cup and an automatic berth at the 2015 tournament in Australia. Left-back Lee, 33, had already announced his own decision to step back from

LAHORE - Ali Garh Club will face Mehboob Park in the 8th M Siddiq Memorial Cricket Tournament on January 29 at Iqbal Park Ground. The T20 match will start at 12:30 Pm and Rifat Zaheer and Kalim Asghar will supervise the match.
Township Whites, Apollo Sports and Mughalpura Whites have reached the semi-final while Shalimar Gymkhana moved to the quarter-final.

LAHORE - On the directives of the Punjab chief minister, as many as 13 out of the 31 shops situated at the ground floor of newly constructed Park N Ride Plaza at Liberty Market were sold through open auction by the Lahore Development Authority on Wednesday.
The reserve price for these shops had been set as Rs. 185,3 00,000 where as these were sold at Rs. 211,450,000. A total of 62 bidders who had deposited pay orders worth one million each for participating in the bid took part

LAHORE - A constitutional petition has been filed before the Lahore High Court to question the construction of Liberty Park and Ride Plaza, on the premise that the land was originally owned by Parks and Horticulture of Authority (PHA) for the development of a public park, which could not be handed over to the Lahore Development of Authority (LDA) for the purpose of the said plaza.
The petition has been filed by the Linen Shop and five other owners of shops/establishments/offices