Tag: Pride
Sir Ganga Ram: The pride of Lahore
Do you know that the house of Sir Ganga Ram is still intact and located inside the Walled City? Right inside the heart...
PHF recommends Sohail for Pride of Performance award
Pakistan Hockey Federation has recommended the name of Olympian Sohail Abbas for President’s Award for Pride of Performance 2013. “He has played hockey for...
Malala pride of nation: CM
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said Malala Yousafzai is the daughter and pride of the nation. In a statement on Malala Day on Saturday,...
Savior of national pride
Government’s persistent refusal to write and reopen those cases in Switzerland has been misconstrued. It was generally believed that it was Asif Zardari who...
Pride beats disappointment over Afghan sprinter
Pride mixed with disappointment met the efforts of war-torn Afghanistan's only female athlete at the London Olympics when she ran but came last in...
Laos holds first gay pride event despite taboo
Laos has held its first ever gay pride event in what supporters hope is a sign of softening social values in the small communist...
An achievement
It is a moment of pride and felicitation for every Pakistani that Ms Shamshad Akhtar, a renowned economist and ex-Governor State Bank of Pakistan,...
Minorities are our pride, says Shahbaz
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that religious minorities are a pride of the country and steps need to be taken to ensure...
All out efforts to salvage the PML-N’s pride
Two days ahead of the rally on October 28, Pakistan Muslim League–Nawaz (PML-N) has increased the preparations to gather around 1,50,000 persons in a...
Yousuf given Pride of Performance award
President Asif Ali Zardari has conferred the following civil awards on Pakistani cricketers for excellence in their fields of activity on the 64th Independence...
Pride of Performance conferred on Sohail Ahmed
Veteran actor and comedian Sohail Ahmed was awarded with the Pride of Performance at Al Hamra in a programme held in his honour the...
Pakistanis’ pride in their origin on the decline
The results of a latest Gilani Research Foundation survey carried out by Gallup Pakistan has indicated that the proportion of Pakistanis who feel pride...
MD Virtual University gets Pride of Performance
LAHORE - President Asif Ali Zardari Wednesday awarded the Pride of Performance to Managing Director Virtual University (VU) Tajdar Alam at the Presidency in Islamabad. Tajdar has been nominated for the prestigious award for his relentless and meritorious efforts in the field of television and introducing state-of-the-art educational system in the country by making best use of modern technology and communication system. He has a wide range of experience and is well-known producer and
Australia through but Kenya restore pride
BANGALORE - Reigning champions Australia eased into the quarter-finals of the World Cup with an 60-run win against Group A makeweights Kenya at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday. Kenya, chasing 325 for an unlikely win, were held to 264 for six for their fifth defeat in as many group matches.
Kenya faced a daunting chase considering their previous best total in this group was the 198 they'd made last time out in a five-wicket defeat by Canada. Opener Alex Obanda struck fast bowler
Kenya faced a daunting chase considering their previous best total in this group was the 198 they'd made last time out in a five-wicket defeat by Canada. Opener Alex Obanda struck fast bowler
Pride and prejudice drives on Kenya, Canada
NEW DELHI - Kenya and Canada contest a battle of no-hopers on Monday, but both are determined to prove that the decision to drive them into the World Cup wilderness is wrong. The two non-Test playing teams are languishing at the bottom of Group A without a point after having lost three games each. Their performances have added weight to the International Cricket Council's decision to chop the number of teams to 10 from 14 for the next World Cup. However, Kenya wicket-keeper Maurice
Pakistan salvage pride with thumping win
WELLINGTON - Abdul Razzaq produced a man-of-the-match performance with bat and ball to ensure Pakistan salvaged some credibility and embarrassed New Zealand by 103 runs in their third and final Twenty20 international in Christchurch on Thursday.
Razzaq, who was dropped by Nathan McCullum while on two in the 19th over, proceeded to smash three sixes and three fours and finish 34 not out off 11 balls and help his side to a credible 183 for six in their 20 overs.
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Razzaq, who was dropped by Nathan McCullum while on two in the 19th over, proceeded to smash three sixes and three fours and finish 34 not out off 11 balls and help his side to a credible 183 for six in their 20 overs.
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Shattered Watson wants to ‘restore pride’
MELBOURNE - All rounder Shane Watson conceded Australia had all but lost the Ashes on Tuesday and admitted the side's abysmal performance in the fourth test was enough to turn fans away from the game.
The five-test series is level at 1-1 but holders England need only scoop the remaining four wickets, three if the injured Ryan Harris opts against batting, to become the first side to win the Ashes on Australian soil in 24 years.
"It's very shattering to be in the position we
The five-test series is level at 1-1 but holders England need only scoop the remaining four wickets, three if the injured Ryan Harris opts against batting, to become the first side to win the Ashes on Australian soil in 24 years.
"It's very shattering to be in the position we