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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, May 23 (APP): Lord Mayor of Manchester Naeem Ul Hassan JP called on Pakistan High Commissioner to UK, Wajid Shamsul Hasan in his office on Thursday and discussed a wide range of issues including the Pakistani Diaspora in Manchester. The High Commissioner congratulated him on his election to the prestigious public office of Lord Mayor and hoped that he would continue his contribution towards the uplift of the Pakistani Diaspora in Manchester, a message received here Thursday said.

ISLAMABAD, May 23 (APP): USAID through its Teacher Education Project, organized a one-day ‘National Interchange on Teacher Education Reforms and their Implications’ at a local hotel here on Thursday. The national level gathering was attended by eminent scholars, professors and policymakers from the National Accreditation Council for Teacher Education (NACTE), Pakistan, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Agha Khan University, Allama Iqbal Open University and University of Sindh among others. Dr. Muhammad Memon, Agha Khan University- Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED) stressed upon the need to use pedagogy for engaging students in their learning required for meaningful education.

CJP takes three suo moto notices

ISLAMABAD, May 23 (APP): Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Thursday took various suo moto notices and issued directions on them. The first suo moto was taken on an application of Dr. Gul Mezar Khan, resident of District Kohat, stating therein for the recovery of her daughter, student of Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad. The directions by the CJP stated, “IGP Islamabad be directed to constitute a team of senior police officers to recover the abductee and produce

ISLAMABAD, May 23 (APP): Ambassador of United Arab Emirates to Pakistan Essa Abdullah Al-Basha Al-Noaimi on Thursday said that youth is real asset and power of Muslim Ummah and Institutions like International Islamic University (IIUI) can play vital role to prepare youth for their decisive role in the progress and prosperity of their respective countries. He was addressing a ceremony, held in honour of IIUI graduates of UAE. Rector IIUI Dr. Masoom Yasinzai, President IIUI Dr. Ahmed Yousif Al-Draiweesh, Director Academics Shagufta Haroon and heads of various faculties and departments of the university were also present on the occasion.

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