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Mr Lau, who has hunted approximately 20 animals in North America, Central Asia and Australia, had a passion for conservation of wild animals and in this regard he had also given donations to different organizations…. hunting permits are auctioned to both local and foreign hunters and the revenue generated from the sale of permits is [...]

Although cricket is the most popular game in Pakistan, the Karachiites are famous for their passion for football. And the People’s Sports Complex, the venue of the Fourth SAFF Championship, turned into a sea of football fans just before the start of the final between Bangladesh and India yesterday (Dec 17). India won 2-0. A [...]

The 2000-km tour on a 200cc Suzuki motorcycle called ‘On the way for SOS’ began from SOS Village Karachi on December 2 and is scheduled to end in Peshawar on December 12. Tareen stopped at Haiderabad, Mohro, Sukkhur, Rahim Yar Khan, Bahawalpur, Multan and Sahiwal before reaching Lahore. Mukarram Khan Tareen, a 37-year-old artist and [...]

A legend back home in Pakistan, the 53-year-old has won his country’s National title an amazing 16 times. Sadly, the enormous talent was never put to good use. He never turned pro. He was not allowed to. His father resorted to emotional blackmail to keep his older son from seeking greener pastures on the greens [...]

The venue of the meeting will be Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation’s rest house in Taftan where a group of four enterprising young Britons who left England in August in two 4X4 vehicles on a gruelling expedition to drive 65,000 to New Zealand to raise money for charity will meet up with 17 Pakistani members of [...]

Tariq survived the disaster, as did his wife, but not without some soul-shaking questions: How many disabled Pakistanis couldn’t reach safety in time? How many newly disabled Pakistanis are there now because of the tragedy? On Nov. 6, Tariq hopes to bring the world’s attention to the plight of his country’s disabled by participating in [...]

Paragliding was developed in Europe during early 1980s and was open to all by 1985. It was probably the first time in Pakistan, when two French mountaineers flew Para gliders in Karakoram, Northern Areas of Pakistan in 1985. Many foreigners took the advantage of undefined laws about paragliding in Pakistan and flew among the highest [...]

In a race which witnessed three safety car periods and the retirement of A1 Team Mexico, Indonesia, South Africa, Malaysia, Germany, Netherlands and Canada, A1 Team Pakistan and Adam Khan came from the back of the grid to finish 15th. The Team Pakistan car ran throughout this weekend, the third round of the World Cup [...]

PAKISTAN have turned to Steve Kean, Fulham’s assistant manager, to fulfil their ambition of reaching the World Cup finals in 2010. Their football association, based in Lahore, have offered the Scot a pivotal role in a multi-million pound restructuring plan designed to drag them out of the lower reaches of the FIFA world rankings and [...]

The Asian Tour will break new ground next January with the staging of the Pakistan Open in Karachi. The 2006 Pakistan Open will offer total prize money of US$200,000 and will be played from January 19-22 in Karachi, with the host venue to be announced in due course. “Pakistan has some wonderful golf facilities to [...]