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Army wins national women cycling title

LAHORE, May 18 (APP): Pakistan Army won the title of the 10th national women cycling championship here on Saturday at the cycling velodrome. Army’s riders added another gold to their previous four to emerge the winners of the three-day premier event held under the supervision of Pakistan Cycling Federation,Munawar Baseer Group.
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Recent spot-fixing scandal has tarnished cricket’s image further: ex-players

ISLAMABAD, May 17 (APP): Former Pakistan cricketers feel that the recent spot-fixing scandal that has rocked ongoing Indian Premier has tarnished the image of the game of cricket. Erstwhile skipper Zaheer Abbas in an interview on Friday said that he was shocked by the scandal involving Indian Test player, Sreesanth and two others—Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan. “What worries me is that this apparently is just the tip of the iceberg as far as corruption in cricket is concerned. There have always been fears that the IPL was a soft target for bookmakers but no one took this seriously,” he said.

ISLAMABAD, May 17 (APP): Pakistan Army won the 9th Korean Ambassador National Taekwondo Championship by clinching overall 17 gold, three silver and two bronze medals on Friday here at Liaquat Gymnasium. Army secured a total of 507 points. WAPDA remained second with 165 points, securing one gold, six silver and two bronze medals.
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National athletics championship dedicated to Zakir Syed

LAHORE, May 17 (APP): Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP) has decided to dedicate the 45th edition of the National Athletics Championship in the memory of late Syed Zakir Hussain Syed, a former director general of Pakistan Sports Board. The premier activity, both for men and women, will be organised May 24 at Jinnah stadium Islamabad and all the affiliated units of the AFP will take part, said a spokesman of AFP here on Friday. He said late Zakir rendered meritorious services for the cause of sports in the country and the AFP has decided to dedicate the championship to him to acknowledge his valuable contributions as a sports administrative. “Over 500 athletes belonging to the four provinces, AJ&K, FATA, Gilgit Baltistan and various services and departments will compete in the three-day sports “, he added.

Around 500 athletes to feature in National Athletics C’ship

ISLAMABAD, May 17 (APP): The National Athletics Championship will explode into action from May 24 to 26 at Jinnah Stadium, Pakistan Sports Complex Islamabad. Around 500 men and women athletes will chip in the three-day event, Secretary General, Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP) Muhammad Zafar said on Friday. He said the championship had been dedicated to late Syed Zakir Hussain, former Director General of the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB).

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Last date to submit Hajj applications further extended till July 7

ISLAMABAD, Jul 1 (APP):The last date to submit Hajj applications under the government scheme has been further extended till July 7.“Last date of submitting Hajj applications has been extended till July 7 due to Bank and two weekly holidays” said Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Hamid Saeed Kazmi while chairing a meeting. The ministry would send 80,000 intending pilgrims under the government scheme to perform the most cherished religious obligation.

The applications are being received through designated bank branches of Allied Bank Limited, Habib Bank Limited, Muslim Commercial Bank, National Bank of Pakistan, United Bank Limited and Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited.
The ministry had extended the last date to submit Hajj applications from June 25 to July 2 due to low turn out of applicants mainly caused by the condition of Machine Readable Passports (MRPs) imposed by the Saudi authorities for Hajj this year.
The ministry has issued directives to the bank branches receiving the Hajj applications for accepting the applications along with photocopies of the receipts from those aspirants who have applied for MRPs.

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