Tag: Seeds

Grand Slams to keep 32 seeds in 2019

NEW YORK: The four major tennis tournaments will continue to seed 32 players for men's and women's singles draws, after the Grand Slam Board...

LHC warns plant breeders body against undue protection for MNCs

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday warned Plant Breeders Rights Registry (PBRR), a body said to have been made by the government to...

PEROA, FOSFA seminar on trade tomorrow

Pakistan Edible Oil Refiners Association (PEROA) in collaboration with Federation of Oils, Seeds and Fats Association Limited (FOSFA) scheduled a two day seminar on...

PEORA-FOSFA trade seminar on 11th

Pakistan Edible Oil Refiners Association (PEROA) in collaboration with Federation of Oils, Seeds and Fats Association Limited (FOSFA) is organising a two-day seminar on...

Seeds move into next round of Model Town Tennis

All seeded players through in 3rd Atlas Honda Cup Tennis Championship here at K-21 Club Model Town Lahore. Today session was started at 10...

Seeds of hope

How far we have come Somewhere along the line, in our checkered history of countless trials and tribulations, we have become a nation that thrives...

Govt’s unfair distribution of fertiliser and seeds worsening matters

Last year’s monsoon rains deprived many in Sindh of their lives, houses and livelihoods, but now the government’s unfair distribution of agriculture inputs among...

Pakistan Army and HFIP carry out seeds broadcast

Pakistan Army and Houbara Foundation International Pakistan jointly broadcasted seeds of desert plants over the Cholistan Desert in the 14th consecutive year. “Habitat Restoration”...

Top seeds set for Wimbledon challenge

The Wimbledon Championships 2011 began on Monday, with defending champion Rafael Nadal starting the proceedings with a straight win on Center Court against journeyman...

Nadal, Wozniacki head Wimbledon seeds

Defending champion Rafael Nadal and women’s world number one Caroline Wozniacki were named top seeds for next week’s Wimbledon Championships here Wednesday. Tournament officials...

Seeds advance in Rome

Women’s world number two Francesca Schiavone led a host of seeds in progressing at the Rome International clay tournament at the Foro Italico here...

NBA Playoffs – Top seeds Heat, Bulls grab 2-0 leads

MIAMI - The Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls, the top two seeds in the Eastern Conference, posted victories on Monday to seize 2-0 leads in their first-round NBA playoff series.
The No. 1 seeded Bulls held on to beat eighth seeded Indiana 96-90 while the second seeded Heat routed Philadelphia 94-73 in their best-of-seven series.
LeBron James scored 29 points and Chris Bosh had his second straight double-double with 21 points and 11 rebounds as Miami easily beat Philadelphia.

Top four seeds reach Honda Cup semis

LAHORE - All the top four seeded players moved into the next round of the Atlas Honda Cup in men's singles here on Thursday. They eased past their rivals in their quarter-final matches to reach the semi-finals.
In first match, Pakistan No. 1 Aqeel Khan beat Abid Mushtaque 6-1, 6-2. The second seeded Jalil Khan beat Imran shoukat 6-4, 6-3, while third seed Yasir Khan beat Waqas Malik 6-3 ,7-6(4). Shehzad Khan beat Heera Ashiq 6-3,7-6 (3) in the last quarter-final.
Meanwhile,

Glory to top seeds in National Ranking Tennis

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

PSC’s 31,250 sacks of wheat seeds to be sold

LAHORE - Punjab Agriculture Minister Malik Ahmad Ali Olakh has given the approval to International Islamic Help Centre for the sale of Punjab Seed Corporation's 31,250 sacks of wheat seeds for which the PSC has been given Rs 5816, 7200.
PSC Managing Director Muzaffar Mehmood said this when a delegation, led by help centre's Country Director Abdul Salam Alshareef, visited the PSC headquarters. Malik Ahmad also appreciated the role of PSC and said the corporation crushed the

Four Brothers & Polen Seeds sign MoA

LAHORE - Four Brothers has signed a Memorandum of Association (MoA) with the world's fourth largest hybrid maize seeds company Polen Seeds at a local hotel here in a specially organised ceremony.
Four Brothers Agro Division CEO Dr Khalid Hameed and Polen Seeds Managing Director Dr Mehmat Ozustun signed the memorandum in presence of the first secretary of the Turkish embassy in Pakistan.
According to the memorandum, Polen Seeds will provide sunflower, chara and soya bean

SEEDS OF UNDERSTANDING – Children’s exchange programme launched

LAHORE - The Citizens Archive of Pakistan (CAP), in collaboration with Routes2Roots, an Indian organization working for peace and dialogue between Pakistan and India, introduced "Exchange for Change," an interactive exchange between 2400 school children from both the countries.
Recently, CAP hosted a press conference at the City School Ravi Campus, which was attended by personnel from the media industry, education sector and politics. Hosted by CAP board member Swaleha Alam, the