Tag: Town

LAHORE - Model Town Club marched into the semi-final of the 26th M Yaseen Akhter Memorial Cricket Tournament as they beat Baghbanpura Eaglets by 106 runs in the third quarter-final played at Town Ship ground on Tuesday.
The match saw a fine all-round performance by Azhar Ali. The last quarter-final of the event will be played between P&T Gymkhana and Dehli Gymkhana on Feb 18 (Friday) at Wahdat Colony Ground. Akhter Abdul Rehman Club and Crown Club have already reached the

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the counsels for Bahria Town to produce till February 28 the affidavits of compromise reached between the accused of drag car race and the legal heirs of the five victims.
A four-member bench comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday was hearing a suo moto case pertaining to the killing of five persons during an

LAHORE - Model Town won the 2nd Javed Memorial Cricket Tournament, beating Mughalpura Whites by 41 runs here on Thursday. Batting first, Model Town were bowled out for 218. Rashid Riaz (87), Ashraf Ali (31), Nasir Jamsheed (30), and Jameel Khan (29) top scored for Model Town. Faheem Askari, Yasir Ali and Hassan Nasir took two wickets each for Mughalpura, while Imtiaz Shah and Afaq Shahid shared one apiece.
Mughalpura Whites could only score 177, for the loss of nine wicket.

KARACHI - Two alleged bandits were killed and another injured in Mianwali Colony, Orangi Town on Thursday, as witnesses claimed that an enraged mob killed the two men, contradicting the police's version that they were killed in an encounter. Witnesses said that three men tried to loot a shop in the area, however, the locals gathered at the spot.
The three alleged bandits tried to escape from the spot by firing at the crowd, but some unidentified person from the mob opened fire at

LAHORE - In "Cry to Me," the cul-de-sac crew celebrated Valentine's Day. Grayson, being the rock-star boyfriend that he is, bought Jules (and even Kirsten!) roses the day before V-Day, thus beginning an epic circle of love. I would like to adopt the circle of love concept into my life, especially if it means someone will bring me sticky buns. Even if that someone is Tom.
The gang recounted their worst Valentine's Days ever, and Grayson won (?) with his dad's Feb. 14 death. Jules'

Our favorite cul-de-sac crew returned last night to embrace their inner child (well, Jules' inner child) with a game of Sardines in a Can. After the gang's movie night got canceled, Travis told his wine-loving companions that a great way for adults to reduce stress levels is to embrace activities they loved as children. (If this is true, I demand a Lite-Brite be stationed at my desk from here on out.)
And although I'm a little disappointed we didn't get to see Jules feel smart

LAHORE - Every year 40,000 people die of breast cancer in Pakistan, mostly due to late diagnosis and the "stigma" attached to the fatal disease, the US National Institute of Health MD Jo Anne Zujewski said in an exclusive interview with Pakistan Today.
Zujewski, who heads the breast cancer therapeutics clinical investigation branch in Washington, visited Pakistan to increase awareness about breast cancer. She visited different public and private health facilities in Lahore,

KARACHI - Two long range drives paved the way for Lyari Town to clinch the KESC Lyari Football League 2011 at Karachi's Peoples Sports Complex on Monday. With 60-40 possession, they edged out Singolane 4-1 in the final.
Syed Khadim Ali Shah, SVP of SAFF and VP of PFF, was the chief guest of the match and presented champions Lyari Town, runners up Singolane, and bronze-medalists Bihar prizes of Rs one lac, 50,000 and 25,000 respectively besides the gold, silver and bronze

KARACHI - esidents of Orangi Town were confined to their homes on Saturday following the murder of MQM's former town naib nazim Badshah Khan.
The town wore a deserted look and fear prevailed in area because of intermittent aerial firing.
Some men kept firing at passers-by and shops and commercial centres in the town remained closed the entire day. The roads were also devoid of any public transport.
The residents faced a lot of troubles in buying items of daily-use due

Karachi - Lyari Town overpowered Bihar Colony 4-0 in the Group D clash of the PFF-KESC Lyari Football League 2011 at Shaheed Abdul Rehman Park. After completion of three matches in Group D, Lyari Town have accumulated six points, Bihar Colony have three while Khada and Bela are yet to open their account.
Lyari Town surprisingly faced no resistance from Bihar Colony, the 14-1 winners over Khada four days ago. Lyari's skipper Muneer Aftab opened the scoring in the 10th minute,

KARACHI - Orangi Town is the hotbed of the recent conflict in the city, with nine of the 22 killed in the violence reported in the last 24 hours belonging to the area.

LAHORE - Lyari Town made short work of Balochistan's Bela 4-0 on Wednesday in Group D of PFF-KESC Lyari Football League 2011 at Shaheed Abdul Rehman Park. The winners were 3-0 up at interval.
Bela's defence failed to resist Muneer Ahmed's fine performance. Muneer struck twice, in the 21st and the 28th minutes. Midfielder Zohaib Nisar also earned a brace, striking the ball past Bela keeper in the 27th and 51st minutes.
Earlier, Agra Taj and Balochistan's Uthal were involved

LAHORE - Perception changing views were presented by Dr Malik Hasan, while he gave an insight on Pak-US relation as he highlighted problems faced by both the countries. Dr Hasan looks at Pakistan as a progressive and competent nation which is wasting its energies on unimportant subjects. While discussing the mechanics of democracy Dr Hasan said that even the American democracy has flaws but the only difference is that Americans do not like making the same mistakes over and over again.

LAHORE: Johar Town G1 market has become an example of the worst commercial area management as it faces numerous problems that not only affect the visitors but also the commuters.
The unhygienic conditions, parking disorders and illegal stalls have misshaped the market completely. The market is considered to be one of the key areas as residents from all over Johar Town and even closely situated societies such as Canal View, Tech society, Alpha Society, WAPDA Town, Judicial Colony

LAHORE: Protests organised by students of various colleges on Saturday created a massive traffic jam on roads adjacent to the New Muslim Town Morr.
Punjab College students were protesting against police torture of students and teachers at the Punjab Assembly a couple of days ago. Commuters expressed anger over the traffic jam and criticised students for protesting on roads. The protesters blocked the roads using buses, choking traffic on the Canal Bank roads irking motorists.