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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 5 (APP): The Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) will present a free puppet show here on Monday to disseminate social messages among children besides providing entertainment. PNCA, National Puppet theatre will present folk tales, skits to give awareness about social problems like health, education and environment besides providing entertainment and education to the children. The puppet show at PNCA is a regular feature of the council presented by National Puppet Theatre, while the PNCA has announced to hold this puppet show on every Monday at the same venue and time and children along with parents are invited to watch the show.

By Muhammad Atif Noor
ISLAMABAD, May 4 (APP): As power load-shedding in the summer and gas shortage in the winter appear to stay with us for the long haul, people have no option but to adjust to this irksome, albeit inevitable, facet of daily life. Although affluent sections of society manage to offset the effects of energy shortages as far as their homes are concerned, low-income domestic consumers and some segments of industry have to bear the brunt of this phenomenon. The situation has gotten more worse in Punjab where people are facing up to 10 hours load-shedding in urban areas and up to 20 hours in rural areas.

By Aftab Zahoor
ISLAMABAD, May 2 (APP): Lahore, at all times a citadel of power where from the power is believed to flow, has become a hotbed for the rivals contesting 2013 general elections. Usually known as a stronghold of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), the Punjab metropolis will see some tough contests with the emergence of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI). The vote of two major parties, the PML-N and the Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) is going to be divided to fill the bags of PTI candidates.

By Sadia Irfan
ISLAMABAD, April 28 (APP): The geographical area comprising Pakistan has been the cradle of some of the most ancient and greatest civilizations, the world has ever seen, giving it a very rich and diverse cultural heritage which manifests itself in hundreds of festivals held across the country, every year.The festivals are held not only in the cities and towns but also in remote villages at different times of the year.These festivals range from religious to cultural and traditional ones. Some important festivals celebrated by Muslims during the year include Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-ul-Adha and Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi, the birthday of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW).Very few people may have noted an interesting fact that many parts within the territorial boundaries of Pakistan enjoy a highly sacred status in various religions particularly Sikh, Buddhist and Hindu faiths.

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