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Chief of Naval Staff Amateur Golf Cup from Friday

ISLAMABAD, May 23 (APP): Chief of the Naval Staff Amateur Golf Cup will commence from Friday at Margalla Greens Golf Club (MGGC) Islamabad. The best amateur golfers around the country including senior, junior and ladies category will feature in the three-day event. The opening ceremony of the event was held on Thursday at Margalla Greens Golf Club Islamabad. Rear Admiral Athar Mukhtar, Patron PN Golf and Vice President Margalla Greens Golf Club was the chief guest on the occasion. The main match would be played amongst amateurs over 54 holes during the three days 18 holes each day. Amateurs with handicap 12 and below will participate in the match. It has been decided to give the participation rights to all those having the handicap up to 12 strokes.

ISLAMABAD, May 23 (APP): The Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP) will pay tributes to former Director General Pakistan Sports Board, late Syed Zakir Hussain by holding the 45th National Athletics Championships in his memory. The National Athletics Championship will explode into action on Friday at Jinnah Stadium, Pakistan Sports Complex Islamabad. Speaking at a press conference President AFP Lt. Gen. (Retd) Akram Sahi said that late Syed Zakir Hussain was an outstanding sports administrator, sports lover and writer and throughout his life had a positive and principled approach towards the promotion of national sports in the country.

KARACHI, May 23 (APP): Newly crowned Asian Snooker Champion, Saleh Muhammad Muhammadi of Afghanistan has been top seeded for the Asian Snooker 6-Red Championship which goes into action in Qatar from Friday. Saleh, formerly of Pakistan earlier this month won the Jubilee Insurance 29th Asian Snooker Championship held in Karachi by beating Omar Al-Kojah of Syria in the final. Pakistan’s Muhammad Sajjad, a 2010 Asian Snooker Championship finalist is seeded four while Pakistan’s current World Champion Muhammad Asif is seeded sixth according to draws and seeding received from Asian Confederation of Billiards Sports (ACBS).

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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ISLAMABAD, Jun 4 (APP): The Pakistan Peoples Party-led coalition government took a number of measures for poverty alleviation that resulted in 3.58 per cent increase in human development during the fiscal year 2009-10 as compared to the previous year. According to the economic survey 2009-10 released by Finance Advisor Dr. Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, human development held the maximum proportionate share of 36.02 percent, which was 3.58 percent points higher than the previous year. HTML clipboard

ISLAMABAD, June 4 (APP): Advisor to the Prime Minister on Finance, Senator Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said on Friday that Gross Domestic Products (GDP) grew at 4.1 percent in the current financial year 2009-10 notwithstanding major economic challenges and difficulties. “Macroeconomic stability achieved over the past two years has started a moderate recovery in the economy, despite one of the most serious economic crises in the country’s recent history,” he told at a crowded press conference here on Friday. HTML clipboard

ISLAMABAD, Jun 4 (APP): Overall literacy rate in the country has improved remarkably from previous 56% to 57 %, says the Economic Survey of Pakistan 2008-09 released on Friday. The data shows that literacy remained higher in urban areas (74%) than in rural areas (48%), and is more prevalent for men (69%) compared to women (45%). However, it is evident from the data that overall female literacy is rising over time, but progress is uneven across the provinces. HTML clipboard

ISLAMABAD, June 4 (APP): Energy consumption in all sources witnessed a negative growth rate during 2008-09 mainly on the back of lower economic activity and circular debt problem during the period. Whereas, due to revival in the macroeconomic activity, the energy consumption in petroleum products, gas and coal has witnessed a positive growth rates of 8.1 percent, 3.0 percent and 10.0 percent respectively during July-March 2009-10 over the corresponding period last year, according to economic survey released by Finance Division here on Friday. HTML clipboard

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