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LAHORE - Govt Fatima Jinnah College for Women, Chunna Mandi celebrated its silver jubilee by organizing its annual sports day and a number of other events here on Thursday. Justice

LAHORE - The central organizing committee of the Eid Milad-un-Nabi celebration will be holding seven days of sporting activities. The events will start on February 16 here at the Railway Stadium. According to Malik Aftab, president of the committee, cricket, hockey, boxing, tug or war, bodybuilding, weightlifting, judo and karate, gymnastic and basketball competitions will be held during the week.

LAHORE - Fatima Jinnah College organised its Annual Sports Day on Thursday as part of its silver jubilee celebrations. Chief Guest Justice (r) Nasira Javed Iqbal inaugurated the sports day along with Fatima Jinnah College Principal Asia Begum and Sports Department Head Shazia Zainab.
Around 500 students participated in the event in which students from FA and BA classes participated in the march past and PT show. Asia welcomed the chief guest and appreciated her active

LAHORE - The second Chief Minister's Sports Competitions (intermediate, provincial level) phase II events started here on Sunday. In girls athletics Ms Najma Perveen of Faisalabad achieved 1st position in 200m race with 00:26:96 and won the title of long jump as well.
Ms Sadia Bibi from Bahalwalpur stood second in 200m race and long jump events. Faisalabad shone in 4X400m relay race were declared 1st, Sahiwal stood second and Multan was third. Faisalabad got 113 points in the

LAHORE - Students at Salamat Elemetry School, Gulberg enjoyed pleasant weather this Sunday laced with a flavour of victory. 220 students and their parents participated in the Annual Sports Day event of the pre-school held at Ali Institute of Education. Dr Nayyar, renowned peace activist, visiting prof of physics at LUMS and a visiting scientist at Princeton University America, was chief guest at the occasion.
Children, aged between 3 to 6 years, had a memorable Sunday making a

LAHORE - The 2nd Chief Minister's Sports Competitions at Intermediate Level rolled into action here at different venues of the city. The opening ceremony was held at the National Hockey Stadium on Friday.
The event was inaugurated by Director General Sports Punjab Salman Ijaz, after which different competitions were held at the Punjab Stadium and some other venues. The nine divisional teams from all over Punjab are participating in the girls athletics, badminton, volleyball and

LAHORE - Federal Sports Minister Ijaz Hussain Jakhrani believes that flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi is the best man to lead Pakistan in the forthcoming Cricket World Cup. Jakhrani threw his weight behind Afridi while speaking to the media here, insisting that the all-rounder had the capability to inspire the team to win the mega event.
"I would tell the Pakistan Cricket Board not to change the captain now and stick with Afridi. He is experienced and he is leading the team.

LAHORE - The second Chief Minister Sports Competitions (intermediate, inter-district level) continued for the third day running here in the province. In Faisalabad, girls volleyball, badminton and athletics competitions were held at divisional public school and cricket final was played at Boharanwali Ground, Faisalabad. In girls volleyball, Faisalabad beat Toba Tek Singh to win the title.
Jhang beat Faisalabad in the girls badminton. Faisalabad bagged first place in athletics

LAHORE - Atta Hussain Butt was appointed the sports officer of Pakistan Railways Sports Board here on Monday. The Railways general manager took the decision in wake of the recent poor showing of the departments' athletes in the 31st National Games held at Peshawar.
Atta will replace Rashid Mahmood Butt, whose posting has been put on hold for further orders. Atta was working in the accounts department of Railways and has been organising one of the martial arts teams of Railways.

LAHORE - The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF), in a bid to prove that Pakistan is safe for sports activities, is giving final touches to preparations for the series against Egypt.
After February 26, 2006 when Pakistan-India were locked 3-3, Pakistan has not hosted any series. Lately, Pakistan tennis suffered a setback when the International Tennis Federation (ITF) asked Pakistan to play their Davis Cup home tie in Hong Kong. The ITF was not satisfied with the security

LAHORE - Federal Minister for Sports Mir Ijaz Jakhrani said that the government is taking measures to promote the sports standard in the country on a priority basis. He said this during the meeting with the newly elected office bearers of the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Sports Journalists Association (RISJA).
The minister said that the media has a very important role in promoting sports in the country. He said that Pakistan can win back its lost glory in the world of sports through hard

LAHORE - The Punjab University Sports Sciences Department won the PU Inter-department Volleyball Championship here on Thursday. Sports Sciences Department beat Centre for High Energy Physics in the final while Punjab University Gujranwala Campus got the third place.
Director sports Punjab Dr Zafar Rashid and Pakistan's former captain Ch Rafiq were the chief guest and distributed the prizes among the winners.

LAHORE - Faran Sports beat Young Prince Club by six wickets in the East Zone Championship on Wednesday. Young Prince made 214 for eight with Saeed Khan scoring 46, Sajid 40, Hamaad Mahdi 32. Hafiz Babar took two wickets for 34, Shabbir two for 38 Khuram and Ijaz took one wicket each. Faraan Sports reached 216 for four with Bilal making 92*, Usman 66, Shahzad 19. Saeed Khan 2 for 35 Zeeshan and Imran Shahid shared one wicket each.

LAHORE - The Chief Minister Sports Cup (intermediate, inter-district level) is in full swing in different districts of the province. In Bahawalpur, Punjab College won hockey match 3-0. In girls badminton tournament, government Sadaq Girls College Bahawalpur won the match.
The Government HSP College Hasilpur beat Punjab college whereas Government College Dubai Mehal beat Government College HSS, Yazman Mehal in girls volleyball. In girls badminton, Government College Hasilpur and

LAHORE - The Punjab Olympics Association has taken legal action against the Sports Department after it asked the PbOA to vacate its office in the Punjab Stadium vicinity.
Briefing journalists here on Wednesday, PbOA secretary Idris Haider Khawaja said that he invited Sports secretary Ahmed Nawaz for tea but he was handed a notice instead to vacate the offices some sports associations are occupying in the stadium. Idris accused the sports department of creating hurdles in the

LAHORE - The Punjab Sports Department will be giving scholarships to its outstanding players on quarterly basis.
In this regard a function is being arranged to award scholarships for the second quarter to the top performers of the province in the PSB Inter Provincial U-16 Boys and Girls. The ceremony will take place on January 22, at 11:00 am at Punjab Stadium, Lahore.

LAHORE - Gujranwala consolidated their position with 433 points to win gold medal in the second Chief Minister Sports Competitions (high school intermediate stage) Tuesday.
Faisalabad were second with 403 points while Lahore attained third position with 359 points. In boys events, Faisalabad won with 283 points whereas Lahore were second with 281 points and Gujranwala third with 221 points. In girls events, Gujranwala won 212 points. Sahiwal were second with 141 points while