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Saleh top seed in Asian Snooker 6-Red Championship

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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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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MIRPUR (AJK), Dec 18 (APP): Elite class representing various sections of life, including political and business communities, have, on Saturday, welcomed the signing of nine agreements and four Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) between China and Pakistan during the ongoing visit of the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao. These quarters have described Chinese Premier visit, a land mark in the history of the country to bring both Islamabad and Beijing more closer to each other, besides strengthening the already closed brotherly and friendly relations between the two countries.

ISLAMABAD, Dec 18 (APP): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Saturday announced Rs 0.3 million for the custodian of graves of 500 Chinese, died in Pakistan during the construction work on Korakoram Highway.The Prime Minister made this announcement in an interaction with the people who contributed towards strengthening the friendship between Pakistan and China, at the inauguration of Pak-China Friendship Centre at Shakarparian.

LAHORE,Dec 18 (APP): The top leaders of business community and traders Saturday widely hailing the billions of dollar Chinese investment in different sectors in Pakistan said it will help to strengthen the national economy.President Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry,(FPCCI) Sultan Ahmad Chawla,Chairman Businessman Panel,Tariq Sayeed and VP SAARC CCI,a veteran trader leader Iftikhar Ali Malik thanked the visiting chinese premier Wen Jiabao for making announcement of substantial investment in Pakistan and inking a number of MOUs for further improving economic ties between the private sector of the two countries besides enhancing volume of trade.

ISLAMABAD, Dec 18 (APP) Beijing Torgren Hospital medical teams would operate 1000 cataract Pakistani patients free of charge to restore their vision. This was announced at the launching ceremony of ‘Pak-China Friendship Bringing Light-Tour’ held at Pak-China Friendship Center here Saturday.Han Demin, Chairman Chinese Medical Doctor Association Ear, Noise and Throat Branch, said that it is the initiative of Pak-China Friendship Association under which medical teams of hospital would operate 1000 patients during the next two years.

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