KARACHI: The 7th edition of Peek Freans Cricket Tournament for the blinds will statrt here from January 19, Secretary General of Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC), Muzafar Qureshi announced on Thursday. The matches of the tournament will be conducted at UBL Sports Complex and Asghar Ali Shah Stadium. Teams from Islamabad, Okara, Abbotabad, Bahawalpur, Quetta, Karachi, Larkana, Faisalabad and Azad Kashmir would be taking part in the weeklong event while the final to be played on January 25.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) would soon start serial production of multi-role fighter aircraft (JF-17 Thunder) in collaboration with China, Standing Committee of the National Assembly on Defence Production on Thursday was informed.The Committee headed by Sheikh Aftab Ahmad visited the PAC and was given detailed briefing about the ongoing projects being undertaken by the prestigious organisation in the defence production sector. The Chairman PAC Air Marshal Khalid Chaudhry gave detailed briefing about the projects whereby informing that the PAC has set up the factory for initiating the serial production of JF-17 Thunder aircraft.He said PAC has the capability to manufacture 75 % avionics and 58 % of airframe of the modern fighter aircraft. About other project being carried out by PAC, he said PAC had been overhauling around 180 engines of various fighter jets and 60 aircraft a year. As during the last three years, since he joined as Chairman of PAC, around 160 aircraft and some 580 engines of the aircraft have been overhauled.He also informed that the Mirage Rebuild Factory, which is a part of PAC has been rebuilding 35 years old version of the Mirage aircraft which were bought as scrap from various countries.In the avionics sector he said state-of-the-art machinery recently imported from various developed countries has been installed to manufacture various gadgets for different versions of the aircraft in the inventory of Pakistan Airforce.
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ISLAMABAD: President Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) Dilawar Abbas said that the federation would suffer from a loss of $60,000 if the Davis Cup tie is shifted to Oman.During a news conference in Islamabad, Dilawar Abbas said that Pakistan in protest offered the International Tennis Federation (ITF) to hold the Davis Cup tie in Malaysia or Singapore.He told that the PTF successfully organised 17 national and international events at a cost of Rs18 million.Dilawar Abbas said that during the next year, one ATP Challenges, one ITF Juniors and two Futures tournaments would be held in Pakistan.He said that an agreement for coaching would soon be signed with Aqeel Khan.
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LAHORE: Chief operating officer of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Saleem Altaf said that Sri Lanka is not using any delaying tactic for sending their cricket team to Pakistan.He said that the schedule of the Pakistan-Sri Lanka series would be announced in two to four days after which a decision on the tour of Bangladesh would be made.Talking with media at the Gaddafi Stadium, Saleem Altaf said that nothing is being considered regarding a new captain of the Pakistan cricket team.He said that after the supplementary budget, a meeting of the governing body of the PCB would be held on January 15 in which decision on the captain would be taken.Saleem Altaf said that as far as the central contract of the players is concerned coach Intikhab Alam has prepared a draft. After getting this draft approved by chairman PCB Ijaz Butt, names of 25 players would be asked from chairman selection committee Abdul Qadir for awarding them the central contracts.The chief operating officer PCB said that Mohammad Asif is suspendid due to Dubai and IPL doping cases and thus he is not allowed to play domestic cricket.He said that Sri Lanka agreed to play two Tests, three One-day Internationals and a Twenty20 match whereas Bangladesh are also ready to reschedule the tour and there is no truth in the news that Sri Lanka is reluctant to visit Pakistan.
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ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Water and Power has exempted power looms in Faisalabad from electricity load-shedding.In a statement the Ministry said, the 8 power feeders through which electricity is supplied to power looms in Faisalabad have been declared free of power load shedding.According the Ministry of Water and Power, the total power demand of the country stands at 11,000 MW while PEPCO is only producing 7,000 MW at present which results in the shortage of 4,000 MW.The statement says the present shortage has been caused by reduced supply of water, oil and gas.
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NEW DELHI: India is keeping “all options open” in its response to the Mumbai carnage that it has blamed on elements operating from Pakistan but is not responsible for creating war hysteria on the sub-continent, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Thursday. “We are keeping all options open,” Mukherjee said in a television interview to media. “The issue is not war between India and Pakistan. The issue is how to tackle terror that is emanating from the soil of Pakistan,” the minister maintained. Responding to a question on the war clouds that were threatening to gather over the subcontinent, Mukherjee said: “We have not spread any war hysteria. We have not escalated (the situation), so where is the question of de-escalating?” Pakistan on Tuesday urged India to de-activate its forward air bases and move troops back to their peacetime locations. India vehemently denied it had moved any troops to the forward areas. Mukherjee also said the FBI had shared “strong evidence” relating to the Mumbai terror attacks with Pakistan and it was now for Islamabad to act on this.
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KARACHI: Tremors felt in Landhi and Korangi areas on Thursday.Meanwhile, jolts have also been felt in different areas of Balochistan.
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The admission by members of the Lashka-e-Taiba group could force Pakistan to concede its citizens played a role in the bloody siege in India.
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PESHAWAR: The political administration of Khyber Agency said law and order situation returned to normalcy after two-day operation in the Agency.Talking to Geo News, Political agent of Khyber Agency Tariq Hyatt Khan said the operation against militants is still underway and security forces also begun operation in Wazir Dhand area of tehsil Jamrud.So far 31 people were arrested whereas 22 houses demolished during operation.Tariq Khan said Pak-Afghan road would be opened for traffic within couple of days.
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The admission by members of the Lashka-e-Taiba group could force Pakistan to concede its citizens played a role in the bloody siege in India.
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