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Akhtar Rasool led team management to continue till World Cup

LAHORE, May 21 (APP): Pakistan Hockey Federation has decided to retain Akhtar Rasool led team management till next year’s World Cup adding few professionals in the team management staff to boost the performance of the team.
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Yousaf denies announcing retirement from international cricket

LAHORE, May 21 (APP): Veteran test cricketer ,Muhammad Yousaf has denied retirement from international cricket and said despite not being involved in any form of cricket in recent years he has no plans to call it a day.
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PKF to organize talent hunt programme

LAHORE, May 21 (APP): Pakistan Judo Federation will organize the third talent hunt programme, both for men and women, from June 2-4 at Qayyum stadium peshawar.
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Adaptability to conditions key in Pakistan success in Champions Trophy

KARACHI, May 21 (APP): Former skipper Aamer Sohail firmly believes that Pakistan’s chances in the Champions Trophy depend on their adoptability to the conditions. “Conditions would play a very important role in Pakistan’s chances for this premier 8-nation contest,” Aamer Sohail told APP in an interview on Tuesday.
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Tauqir Zia demands ad hoc arrangements in PCB

KARACHI, May 21 (APP): Former Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Lt. Gen (Retd) Tauqir Zia has demanded ad hoc arrangements in the present set-up of the board. When the incumbent management of the PCB is celebrating the democratic transition a few former, current players and administrators casting doubts on the mechanism adopted by the PCB for the elections held in Islamabad on May 8 three-day before the General Elections in the country.

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BEIJING, Aug 29 (APP): Ambassador Masood Khan on Monday said that China-Eurasia Expo 2011 was a major event which would cover trade and economic relations not only between China and Central and South Asia, but also between China and the entire Asian Continent and Europe.President Asif Ali Zardari will be the chief guest at the inaugural cultural performance as well as a key speaker at the main forum on ‘China-Eurasia Forum on Economic Development and Cooperation’, Ambassador Khan said in an interview with APP.

ISLAMABAD, Aug 29, (APP): The contract teachers and lecturers of Federal Government have demanded their regularization as promised in the manifesto of Pakistan Peoples Party.
Contract Action Committee of Lecturers Association President
Muhammad Iftikhar on Sunday appealed the Prime Minister Syed Yusuf
Raza Gilani, Minister of Religious Affairs and Chairman of NA Cabinet Committee
Syed Khurshid Shah and Secretary Establishment, Secretary Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) to take necessary action against the approval of ‘unofficial and unlawful regularisation’.
He said that the Committee had approved the regularisation of all contract and daily wages employees, who have been serving for the last one year. The cases of 243 contract lecturers, 198 daily wage employees and 163 junior lady teachers (JLTs) were sent to Establishment Division for formal approval.
Bypassing the CADD, a Joint Educational Advisor (JAE) had sent 287 nomination of favorites which is not justified, he added.
He said 243 contract lecturers, working against sanctioned
posts for so many years and 198 daily wages lecturers and 163
junior lady teachers fear lay-off at this stage as CADD has
regularized the names mentioned in the list of 287, approved
by Cabinet Committee.
He said it is an unofficial step of CADD to deprive contract lecturers and teachers of their jobs. “Now we all contract lecturers and teachers of the federal government and model colleges and schools demand justice,” he added.

British High Commissioner hosts reception to mark one year to go to London 2012 Paralympic

ISLAMABAD, Aug 29 (APP): A larger number of Pakistani athletes who got medals in previous Paralympic Games attended a colourful ceremony held at British High Commission here on Monday to mark one year to go until the 2012 London Paralympic Games.British High Commissioner, Adam Thomson hosted the reception at the British High Commission here today to mark the occasion and to meet Pakistani Paralympian hopeful for the London 2012 Games.

ISLAMABAD,Aug 29, (APP):Over 400 rescuers have been deputed in various locations of Rawalpindi to cope with any emergency during the Eid holidays, Director General Rescue 1122 Dr Rizwan Naseer said Monday.He said district control room, emergency rescue stations equipped with 14 emergency ambulances, 12 fire vehicles, 2 Water Bowzers and 4 special vehicles would assist the rescuers, said a press release.

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