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The Environmental Protection Society (EPS) led a unique white band campaign in Pakistan. In a colorful rally on water, people from the community, including school children and their teachers, lawyers, local government and community representatives rode on indigenous rafts (locally called Ja’La) in the beautiful river Swat. They travelled by water for 22 kms starting [...]

Team Pakistan travel to EuroSpeedway Lausitz in eastern Germany for the second round of the A1 Grand Prix of Nations, which takes place on 7-9 October. The circuit will be familiar territory to Team Pakistan’s young driver Adam Khan. Opened in the year 2000, EuroSpeedway is Germany’s youngest track but has already hosted, amongst other [...]

A three-day ‘Mountain Festival’ kicks off here on Sunday to raise awareness for the protection of biodiversity of three splendid mountain ranges — Karakorum, Hindukush and Himalayas — in Northern Areas. The festival will feature exhibition of arts and crafts from mountains, photographs, screening of documentaries, holding conferences, live performance by Northern Areas artistes, food [...]

Pakistan, which has for a long time been known for its brilliant cricketers, hockey stars and squash players is making a mark in golf–one of the fastest growing sport in Asia. About six players from Pakistan are currently taking part in the Southern leg of the Amby Valley PGAI tour. Although Pakistan’s most popular sport [...]

Security is certainly not an issue for the Indian players who have gone to Pakistan for the inaugural Super Hockey League. Rather, a day before the real action unfolds on the field, they were all excited about the new opportunity and focussed about the task at hand. The Indians are happy to be back in [...]

Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) will be rolling off its own version, an 11-day long event to be played at the Hockey Club of Pakistan. To add some ‘colour’ to the Rs2.63-million league PHF has, however, succeeded in inviting six Indians. Interestingly, world record holder Sohail Abbas has not been included in any of the six [...]

The London-Sydney Friendship motor rally 2005 left for Islamabad after an overnight stopover here on Sunday. Fifteen vehicles, including 12 vintage 1970 models of Jaguar, Mercedes, Pontiac, Porsche and Chevrolet, entered the Pakistan leg of the world tour on Saturday evening from the Iranian border town of Taftan. Thirty-five people were riding the vehicles. The [...]

Pakistan emerged as new boxing powerhouse of the continent when their boxers grabbed three gold and a silver medal in the 23rd Asian Boxing Championship, also lifting the team trophy, on Sunday evening at Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. It was a rare moment in the history of Pakistan boxing when three pugilists — [...]

The recent two-and-a-half day A1 Grand Prix test in the south of France provided a great opportunity for Team Pakistan to work through different programmes in preparation for next month’s season-opener at brands Hatch – and helped convince the team that regular runner Adam Khan could trouble more experienced drivers. Buoyed by Khan’s times at [...]

When Nur Ali, Pakistan’s first professional racing driver, takes part in next month’s inaugural A1 GP series in Britain, a place on the podium is not his only mission. ‘I want to drive for Pakistan and for its youth,’ said Texas-based Ali. Driving was Ali’s childhood passion and he used to navigate for his father [...]