Tag: Teams

Inter stunned, Manchester teams fail to impress

Manchester United and rivals Manchester City both failed to get off to winning starts on Wednesday in the Champions League as they were both...

PCB allows dept teams in U-19 Cricket

The Pakistan Cricket Board for the first time has included the departmental teams in the Under-19 Cricket Tournament which will commence from today (Tuesday)....

Dengue teams at govt OPDs to work 24 hours

Health Secretary Jehanzeb Khan has issued instructions to improve diagnostic and treatment facilities for dengue patients in government hospitals. Out patient departments (OPDs) of...

Associates included in 2015 World Cup

The 2015 World Cup will comprise 14 teams, a change from the original ten-team format, which means the Associates are back in the competition,...

FIA forbids teams to alter engines after qualifying

Formula One teams will no longer be able to either change or tinker with their engines in between the start of qualifying and the...

US allegation delays joint intel teams’ formation

The American allegations against Pakistan of tipping off Taliban militants before imminent military raids have delayed the formation of the Pak-US joint intelligence teams...

Formula One: Teams harden stance against Bahrain GP

Formula One teams, drivers and paddock insiders hardened their positions against the prospect of a reinstated Bahrain Grand Prix on Thursday by making it...

Pakistan, US to form joint teams on intelligence sharing: FO

Pakistan on Thursday said that it would form ‘joint teams’ with the United States to share intelligence information for actions against terrorists. Addressing her weekly...

BISE tasks special teams to monitor English exam

On the directives of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Lahore chairman, special teams were tasked to monitor the exam centers on...

25 teams to participate in National Rowing

As many as 25 teams will be competing in the Quaid-e-Azam Rowing Championships which will begin from today here at Rawal Lake under the...

Foreign coaches better for sub-continent teams: Akram

Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram believes that the decision of BCCI to appoint Duncan Fletcher as the chief coach of the Indian team is...

KESC teams attacked while removing illegal connections

KARACHI - Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) teams embarked on a campaign on Tuesday to remove illegal electricity connection (kundas) in Abdullah Shah Ghazi Goth near Al-Azhar Garden in KDA Scheme No 33, but were attacked by the violent residents of the unauthorised settlement, the power utility claimed in a press release issued on Wednesday.
The teams also seized one complete span of BC wire and around 800 metres long PVC and telephone wire used for stealing electricity

Most people satisfied with cricket team’s World Cup performance: Poll

ISLAMABAD - Results of a recent Gilani Poll conducted by Gallup Pakistan show that most Pakistanis are satisfied with their team's performance in the recently concluded Cricket World Cup, with a total of 50% rating the Pakistani team's performance as good or very good.
While 22% feel Shahid Afridi did very well as Captain in the World Cup while another 33% rate his captaincy as good.
In a survey, a nationally representative sample of men and women from across the country

Tajik, Afghan handball teams arrive

PESHAWAR - The men's handball teams of Tajikistan and Afghanistan were received at the Pak-Afghan border by the officials of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Handball Association. Associate Secretary of the Pakistan Handball Federation Bahre Karam along with Secretary Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Handball Association Noor Zada and other members comprising Yaha Jan, Sajjad Khan and Syed Imtiaz Ali Shah received the two teams who arrived on an eight-day tour.
The teams were taken to the University of

Stage set for Indian cricket team’s visit to Pakistan

LAHORE - As a follow up to the talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani, India has decided, in principle, to resume bilateral cricket ties with Pakistan, the Press trust of India news agency reported.
Government sources said the time of the visit, the venues of the matches and other logistical issues would be decided. Sources said if everything goes according to the plans, the Indian cricket team will visit Pakistan first and the

Butt satisfied with team’s performance

LAHORE - Pakistan Cricket Board chief Ijaz Butt Friday expressed satisfaction over the performance of the national team in the World Cup, where it reached the semi-finals despite the preparations being hit hard by scandals and controversies.
"In that context I am very satisfied with the way the team has performed in the World Cup. The players and management have shown lot of character to do so well when virtually everybody had written them off," Butt said. The performance of the

ICC slashes World Cup to 10 teams

MUMBAI - The International Cricket Council has confirmed a controversial decision to slash the 2015 and 2019 World Cups to just 10 teams, despite widespread objections.
The world governing body endorsed the move at an executive board meeting in Mumbai, following Saturday's thrilling World Cup final when India lifted the trophy after a tournament featuring 14 teams.
"The executive board confirmed their decision made in October 2010 that the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 in