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Asif confident of Pakistan doing well in Asian Team Snooker

KARACHI, May 22 (APP): Reigning World Champion Muhammad Asif was confident of doing well in inaugural Asian Team Snooker and 6-Red Snooker Championship being held Doha (Qatar) from May 24 to 30. “All our players like Sajjad, Hamza and Majid are in a good nick and are in the best frame of mind to do well in Doha event”, Muhammad Asif told APP in an interview on Wednesday.
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National ranking boxing tournament next month

LAHORE, May 22 (APP): National ranking boxing tournament will be held from June 20 at Hyderabad under the aegis of Pakistan Boxing Federation. “It will be a top national level boxing activity being held after the elections of the present regime of the PBF,” said Secretary, PBF, Iqbal Hussain while talking to APP here on Wednesday.
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Pak snooker to leave for Doha

LAHORE, May 22 (APP): A four-member Pakistan snooker team is leaving, Thursday for Doha to take part in the first Asian team event and 2nd Red snooker championship being played from May 24-30.
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Latest scandal again damaged game’s image: Ex-cricketers

ISLAMABAD, May 22 (APP): Former Pakistan players perceive the recent spot-fixing scandal as a cause to faint the image of the game of cricket and has stone the ongoing Indian Premier League. Talking to private news channel, Former Test captain Zaheer Abbas said that he was shocked by the scandal involving Indian Test player, S.Sreesanth and two others Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan.
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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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No one can challenge ruling of Speaker: Kaira

ISLAMABAD, May 31 (APP): Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira has said that no one can challenge the ruling of speaker on the eligibility of Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani. According to a private news channel, Kaira termed ruling of Speaker Fehmida Mirza as per the rules and regulations. The information minister said an opposition party has been defeated, adding just to save its face it is moving to courts.

Police system to be strengthened to improve law, order in city: Rehman

KARACHI, May 31 (APP): Federal Interior Minister A. Rehman Malik has said that police system would be strengthened to improve law and order in the metropolis. This he said while briefing the media after a meeting on law and order at the CM House here on Thursday. He said that sensitive areas of the city have been distributed into three zones where police and rangers will hold joint patrolling for effective control of the situation.

President condoles death of Add.Judge PHC

ISLAMABAD, May 31 (APP): President Asif Ali Zardari has expressed grief and sorrow over the demise of Additional Judge of Peshawar High Court (PHC), Justice Azmatullah Malik, who passed away on Thursday. In a condolence message,the President prayed to Allah Almighty to rest the departed soul in peace and grant courage to the bereaved family to bear the loss with fortitude.

Delegation of Pakistan Bar Council calls on PM, discusses legal affairs

ISLAMABAD, May 31 (APP): A delegation of Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) led by Vice Chairman PBC Akhtar Hussain called on Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani at Prime Minister House Thursday and discussed constitutional and legal issues. The PBC’s delegation reiterated its stance that there should be trichotomy of power as laid down in the Constitution whereby each and every institution of the state should work within its domain and should not interfere in the working of other institution. Pakistan Bar Council emphasized that the cause of democracy would be best served and clash among institutions avoided if they exercised their powers as defined in the Constitution.

PM seeks detailed presentation on ERRA projects

ISLAMABAD, May 31 (APP): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani directed the Deputy Chairman Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) to make a detailed presentation to him in the near future about the projects in hand and to be undertaken in future about rehabilitation of the people in earthquake hit areas. Major General Mohammad Azeem Asif, Deputy Chairman ERRA had called on Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani at the Prime Minister House on Thursday. The new Deputy Chairman said that during the period of democratic government, ERRA has completed over 8000 projects out of 13000 in 12 sectors including completing reconstruction of 600,000 seismically safe houses in the earthquake affected regions of Azad Jammu & Kashmir and Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa.

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