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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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NBP Exchange Rates

KARACHI, August 7 (APP): Treasury Management Division of National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) Tuesday following exchange rates:

Selling Buying Buying

                     TT & OD      TT Clean   OD/T.CHQ
U.S.A.             94.20       94.00      93.80
U.K.            146.84      146.53     146.20
EURO                   116.79      116.55     116.30
CANADA                 94.20       94.00      93.75
SWITZERLAND         97.22       97.01      96.76
AUSTRALIA             99.67       99.46      99.20
SWEDEN                14.04       14.01      13.98
JAPAN                 1.2036      1.2010     1.1979
NORWAY                15.81       15.78      15.73
SINGAPORE            75.88       75.72      75.52
DENMARK            15.69       15.66      15.62
SAUDI ARABIA        25.12       25.07      25.00
HONG KONG           12.15       12.12      12.09
KUWAIT              334.13      333.42     332.54
MALAYSIA            30.33       30.27      30.19
NEWZEALAND       77.34       77.17      76.97
QATAR              25.87       25.82      25.75
U.A.E.                 25.65       25.59      25.53
KR WON             0.0835      0.0833     0.0831
THAILAND            2.993       2.986      2.979

CONVERSION FOR FC DEPOSITS, DBC/FCBC, SPECIAL USD BOND
US DOLLAR    POUND STERLING    EUR     JAPANESE YEN

94.2624       146.7383       116.5649      1.2020

EXCHANGE RATES FOR CURRENCY NOTES
          SELLING     BUYING
U.S.A      95.14       92.86
S.ARABIA 25.37       24.75
U.K       148.31      144.74
JAPAN     1.2156      1.1859
EURO        117.96      115.14
U.A.E         25.90       25.02

LIBOR FOR CALCULATING INTEREST ON SPECIAL US DOLLAR BONDS
                            LIBOR          VALUE
6 Mths US Dollar          0.7237         07-08-2012

INTEREST RATES ON OLD & INCREMENTAL F.C.Y DEPOSITS Rate % p.a.

USD       0.1000
GBP       0.1000
JPY       0.0000

BILL BUYING RATES PER UNIT OF CURRENCY

30 DAYS 60 DAYS 90 DAYS 120 DAYS 150 DAYS 180 DAYS

USD L/C    93.59    93.18     92.74    92.29     91.82     91.35

GBP L/C   145.80   145.11    144.39   143.66    142.90    142.14

EUR L/C   116.01   115.51    114.99   114.45    113.88    113.30

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