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LAHORE - National champions WAPDA struck in both the sessions to beat Nepal Police Club 2-0 in the Group C tie of the seventh AFC President's Cup at Dasarath Rangasala Stadium on Wednesday. The goals were struck by Arif Mehmood and Jadeed Khan.
The home team opened the match in style. WAPDA got tempo in the seventh minute as Arif Mehmood went through the defense, but NPC keeper Ritesh Thapa came forward to clear the ball.
WAPDA surged ahead in the 38th minute through Arif

LAHORE - WAPDA and Army won their matches in the 15-a-side Inter department rugby Tournament at Lahore rugby ground here Wednesday. President Pakistan Rugby Union Fawzi Kawaja is chief guest today. The first match was played between WAPDA and Navy which WAPDA won by 29-0.
In the second match, Army trashed Police by 24-0. Army again played some tremendous rugby and Police did not get any chance to score.

LAHORE - National champions WAPDA will collide with Nepal Police Club at Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, while Taiwan Power Company will take on Balkan at Halchowk Stadium as the 7th AFC President's Cup commences today. Both matches will start at 3.30 PM. WAPDA's next matches will be against Taiwan Power Company on April 22 and Balkan on April 24, at Halchowk Stadium. WAPDA will rue the absence of Khuda Bakhsh, who is famous in domestic soccer as super-sub.
WAPDA coach Khalid Butt

LAHORE - The 43rd National Athletics Championship started here at the Punjab Stadium on Tuesday morning. The event is sponsored by Pepsi. PML-Q League Parliamentarian Humayoun Akhtar was the chief guest of the opening ceremony. Apart from the heat categories of different disciplines, four finals were decided on the opening day of the meet. Bilqees Hashami of WAPDA won the gold medal in females pole vault. She dashed in the height of 2.30 metres. She was followed by Army's Sidra Bashir

LAHORE - The Inter-department Rugby Tournament 15-a-side tournament kicked off today with WAPDA taking on Police and Army taking on the Navy. In the first match, WAPDA beat Police 21-0. WAPDA's experienced national team player Mohammad Babar played a captain's game by scoring two tries in the game.
Police played extremely well but failed to utilise the momentum. In the second match, favourites Army defeated Navy 29-0. Army players improvised throughout the game to secure the

LAHORE - The WAPDA Sports Board has announced a squad of 27 players for the upcoming 7th AFC President's Cup at Nepal. WAPDA will face Nepal Police Club, Taiwan Power Company and Balkan at Dasarath Rangasala Stadium and Halchowk Stadium from April 20 to 24.
Shahkot-born Muzammil Hussain, rated as one of the best upcoming keepers, is among the players announced. Arif Mehmood, the only Pakistani to score a hat-trick in the SAFF championship, also made it to the squad and it will be

ISLAMABAD - As many as 15,682 WAPDA employees of BPS (1-21) and Chairman WAPDA have been allowed free of cost electricity, Minister for Water and Power informed National Assembly in a written reply.
It was said in response to a question that 2,922, employees of BPS1, 412 of BPS 2, 450 of BPS 3, 190 of BPS 4, 863 of BPS 5, 3174 of BPS 6, 1327 of BPS 7, 387 of BPS 8, 551 of BPS 9, 22 of BPS 10, 772 of BPS 11, 485 of BPS 12, 66 of BPS 13, 997 of BPS 14, 372 of BPS 15, 814 of BPS 16,

LAHORE - Pakistan WAPDA and Balkan tie will be played in the Group-C match of the seventh AFC President's Cup 2011 at Kathmandu, Nepal. Lahore based WAPDA (30 matches, 67 points in 16-team League) qualified for the event by winning Pakistan Premier League 2010, while Balkan (18 m, 40 pts in ten team league) annexed the

ISLAMABAD - Almost on the verge of a financial collapse, WAPDA has to recover Rs 210 billion from defaulters, with an estimated Rs 83 billion outstanding against various government departments and Rs 127 billion yet to be cleared by the private sector.
In a written reply, the Ministry of Water and Power told Senate on Thursday that WAPDA had to recover Rs 18,127 million from Punjab, Rs 15,247 million from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA, Rs 36,669 million from Sindh and Rs 13,478

LAHORE - An accountability court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of a reference filed against former WAPDA and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Lieutenant General (r) Zahid Ali Akbar until April 14.
Earlier, Zahid's relatives' counsel sought time to file the reply of two petitions filed by National Accountability Bureau (NAB). A reference has been filed against the former WAPDA chairman accusing him of making illegal assets worth billions of rupees in name of his relatives.

ISLAMABAD - The China Three Gorges Project Corporation (CTGPC) Chairman Cao Guangjing will be given a detailed presentation on investment opportunities in the hydroelectric power sector by the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) today.
An official source said that the CTGPC chairman will be holding meeting with the Minister for Water and Power Syed Naveed Qamar and other officials on Tuesday while he was expected to meet with the President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday.

LAHORE - WAPDA Sports Board organised the annual Inter-Unit Athletics Competitions from March 29 to 31 at the Athletics Track of the WAPDA Sports Complex, Lahore. More than 300 male and female athletes from various units of WAPDA and PEPCO competed for the top honors during the three-day extravaganza.
Managing Director PEPCO Rasul Khan Mahsud graced the final day of competitions as chief guest and gave away trophies and prizes to the winners. LESCO won the competitions with 18

LAHORE -PAF recorded the biggest upset of the 46th National Men's Volleyball Championship 2011 by defeating defending champions WAPDA. PAF and Army reached the final here on Wednesday.
Underdogs PAF defeated WAPDA 18-25, 25-21, 25-19, 13-25 and 15-13 in the
semi- finals. PAF spikers put forth their best to show down WAPDA.
In the second semi-final, Army thrashed Navy 25-13, 23-25, 25-18, 19-25 and 15-11 to reach the final against PAF.
The final match between PAF

LAHORE -The WAPDA Annual Inter-unit Athletics Competitions are in progress at the Athletics Track of WAPDA Sports Complex, Lahore. More than 300 male and female athletes from various units of WAPDA and PEPCO are competing for the honours during this three-day extravaganza.
Maj Gen (R) Muhammad Akram Sahi, President Athletics Federation of Pakistan graced the second day of the competitions as the Guest of Honour and gave away prizes to the winners. LESCO is leading the medals

ISLAMABAD - The Senate was informed on Wednesday that various government departments owed Rs 83,522.47 million to WAPDA and its total recoverable amount across the country was Rs 210,784.64 million.
This was stated in written reply to a question. No supplementary question was raised in the House as the question-answer session was deferred because no minister or anyone who could speak on behalf of the government was present in the House.
Giving the province-wise breakup, the

LAHORE - Title holders WAPDA went closer to retaining the title when they breezed into the semi-finals of the 46th National Men's Volleyball Championship, beating Punjab in straight sets here on Monday at WAPDA Sports Complex. WAPDA, who remain unbeaten in the tournament, claimed another victory by defeating Punjab 25-18, 25-17, and 25-10 in 75 minutes. Irfan Nawaz, Farooq Khan and Zaheer Khan were WAPDA's key players for the match.
Abuzar and Muhammad Kashif tried to lift the

LAHORE - The 46th edition of the National Men's Volleyball Championship reached quarter-finals stage and WAPDA, Police, Railway Army, NAVY, PAF, Punjab, and KPK qualified for the last eight stage here on Sunday at WAPDA Sports Complex.
It was after 20 years that Railways made to the quarter-finals of the championship. From Pool A WAPDA and Railway have qualified. From Pool B Navy and KPK, from Pool C Army and Punjab and from Pool D PAF and Police have qualified. WAPDA beat