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LAHORE - Punjab Education Minister Mujtaba Shuja ur Rehman kept everyone waiting at the flag off ceremony of the ninth stage of the Tour de Pakistan International Cycle Race on Friday morning. The stage, which was won by Hashatullah of Afghanistan, was to start at 9am in the morning but was delayed by 45 minutes.
Hashatullah covered the 115 kilometres distance from Lahore to Gujrat in 3 hours, 11 minutes and 36 seconds. The overall leader of the race, WAPDA's Sabir, finished

LAHORE - Haroon Rashid of WAPDA won the eights stage of the 16th Tour de Pakistan International Cycle Race on Wednesday. The race paddled off from Sahiwal towards Lahore at 9 am. Haroon Rashid covered the distance of 178 kilometres in 3 hours, 44 minutes and one second.
Forty-six cyclists took to the road for the eighth stage. The prize distribution ceremony was held at the National Hockey Stadium Lahore. Syed Shahid Ali, IOC Member in Pakistan, was the chief guest and

LAHORE - To register their protest and anger, the PML-Q's MPAs Wednesday staged a protest demonstration in front of the Punjab Assembly building against the party turncoats. PML-Q parliamentary leader in the Punjab Assembly Chaudhry Zaheer along with the party MPAs including Dr Samia Amjad, Majida Zaidi, Amna Ulfat, Seemal Kamran, Bushra Nawaz Gardezi and Khadija Farooqi led the protest, which was also joined by the party workers.
The protesters chanted anti-Punjab government

LAHORE - Mohammad Shabir maintained his winning run by claiming the 7th stage of the 16th Tour de Pakistan International Cycle Race here on Tuesday. Shabir of WAPDA won the stage after covering the 154 kilometers distance (from Multan to Sahiwal) in 4 hours, 34 minutes and 12 seconds.
Mohamamd Rafiq of Army was placed second and was followed by Sultan of SSGC at third place. Rameen of Afghanistan, Ahad of WAPDA and Haroon of WAPDA were fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively. The

LAHORE - WAPDA's Mohammad Sabir won the sixth stage of the 16th Tour de Pakistan International Cycle Race.
The sixth stage paddled off from Bahawalpur towards Multan on Monday morning. Sabir covered the distance of 90 kilometers in 2hours, 36minutes and 34 seconds to win the stage. Forty-six cyclists participated in the race but two were disqualified by the judges.
Arshad Ali, Divisional Sports Officer and Masood-ul-Hasan, District Sports Officer Bahawalpur were the chief

LAHORE - Sindh crushed Federal Areas by 144 runs on the third day of the fifth round match of the Faysal Bank Pentangular Cup (First Class) 2010-2011 at the Gaddafi Stadium on Friday. In another match, Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa thrashed Punjab by eight wickets at the LCCA ground. Sindh scored 202 in 37.4 overs and 393 in 85.2 overs in their two innings and bowled out Federal Areas for 240 in 44.2 overs and 211 in 54.5 overs to win the match. Muhammad Sami and Danish Kaneria played a crucial

LAHORE Asif Junior of Sindh won the third stage of the 16th Tour de Pakistan International Cycle Race when he covered a distance of 150 kilometers, from Moro to Sukkur, in four hours 16 minutes and 42 seconds The third stage of the race started from Moro and Asif Jr led the pack of 52 riders from the start. He finished ahead of all as cyclists two were disqualified by the judges. Today, the cyclists will move towards Rahim Yar Khan for 4th stage.

LAHORE - Mohammad Shabir of WAPDA won the first stage of the 16th Tour de Pakistan International Cycle Race, which started from Mazar-e-Quaid, Karachi on Tuesday.
The colourful opening ceremony was held at Mazar-e-Quaid, during which Dr Syed Muhammad Ali Shah, Minister for Sports Government of Sindh, flagged off the cyclists.
Dr. Syed Muhammad Ali Shah briefed the cyclists, City Government officials and Sports organisers regarding the cycling event's popularity in

LAHORE - Stags and Amar Cables won the opening day matches of the 1st Amar Cables Veterans T20 Championship, which started here at the Aligarh Ground Model Town on Sunday. Sayid Paper Stags beat Lahore Whites in the opening matches of the day, while Amar Cables defeated Sayid Paper Bucks later in the evening. Stags defeated Lahore Whites by nine wickets.
Lahore Whites scored 122 runs for the loss of nine wickets, with Naveed Anjum scoring 35, and Mohammad Arshad adding 18.

LAHORE - NBP Multan, SBP Karachi and SBP Multan won their matches of the seventh SBP Governor Cup Inter-Bank Super Series Cricket Tournament. Three matches were played on Sunday. In the first match, NBP Multan defeated PPCBL Lahore by seven wickets.
The Second match was played between SBP Karachi and SBP Multan, with SBP Karachi winning by seven wickets after chasing the target of 186 runs in 16.5 overs. In the last match of the day, SBP Multan defeated Bank Alfalah by 23 runs.

ISLAMABAD - Law Minister Babar Awan led a token walkout of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) members of the National Assembly on Thursday against the government - which is led by the PPP itself - to join the Pakistan Muslim League-N, PML-Q, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement to condemn the murder of slain Minorities Affairs minister Shahbaz Bhatti and hold the government responsible for it, just as Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani announced a three-day official

LAHORE - Punjab and WAPDA thrashed their rivals while Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa held to a draw by Sindh in the 30th U19 Junior National Hockey Championship on Thursday. Three matches were played on the day, with the opener ending in a one-all draw between Sindh and Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa, while Punjab routed Balochistan 5-1 and WAPDA edged Pakistan Board 6-1. Another three matches will be played on Friday. Balochistan will take on Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa, Sindh will play Customs, while Islamabad

ISLAMABAD - Extending their protest from the schools premises to roads, hundreds of teachers affiliated with Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) on Monday staged a sit-in at the D Chowk near the Parliament House, demanding regularisation and revision of their service structure.
Carrying placards in their hands, more than 3,000 teachers marched from the Press Club to the culmination point as they expressed their anger against the government for not fulfilling their demands.

LAHORE/ISLAMABAD - US Senator John Kerry said on Tuesday Raymond Davis, an American national detained in Pakistan on charges of double murder, will be subjected to a criminal investigation by the US Department of Justice, however he enjoys immunity under the Vienna Conventions of 1961 as he was working as a diplomat with the US embassy in Islamabad.
In a roundtable meeting with a small group of journalists from the print media, he said the US diplomat fired in self defence and

PESHAWAR: The women legislators of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly staged a walkout Friday when Deputy Speaker Khushdil Khan snubbed a ruling party female member to avoid cross talk during the proceeding, saying he could exercise his powers to send her out of the house.
The protest was triggered after Khushdil used harsh words while asking Munawar Sultana of Awami National Party (ANP) to follow the rules of the house. "I will kick you out; don't make the house the jock," he remarked

LAHORE - NBP and WAPDA won their last league matches of the 58th National Hockey Championship on Thursday at the Faisalabad Hockey Stadium, with identical scorelines of 3-2. Meanwhile, the National Coaching Course, which was being conducted at the Faisalabad Hockey Stadium, has successfully concluded on the sidelines of the championship.
NBP beat SSGC 3-2 and WAPDA beat Steel Mill 3-2. Today is a rest day and the semi-finals of the event will be played tomorrow with the first

LAHORE - There's no doubt that stage plays are an ultimate source of recreation for a specific stratum of our society. These stage plays mostly concentrate on producing witty dialogues by discussing ironic gestures, sexual metaphors and seductive dances.
People enjoy hours of these plays according to their taste as some people go to theatres to see women dance, some find pleasure in the dirty jokes while others enjoy the satirical taunts and postures. Whether they are taunts or