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Karachi – 39-k block 6 – P.E.C.H.S. – Sometimes you will see a white light glowing at night.? Also people have reported seeing a very pale women wearing a white dress walk around for about a minute then disappear at about 3:00 in the morning, it has also been said that this lady had been [...]

The World Organisation of Martial Arts (WOMA)-Pakistan executive council organised a two-day martial arts training seminar here last week, in collaboration with the Pakistan Nagamin Martial Arts Organisation and Pakistan Taekwondo Council. Grand Master Zahoor Baig Rehmani, 10th Dan Soke, explained and demonstrated the core concept of inhaling and exhaling of breathing and yelling techniques [...]

Pakistan badminton team won two bronze medals, one in singles and other in doubles event, in two international badminton tournaments held in Tehran from January 26-29.’Pakistan’s first success came in the singles event of the first Women Islamic Tournament in which national number one Ayesha Akram reached the semi-finals after defeating Parraneh Bahrami of the [...]

FORMER Pakistan international goalkeeper Shahid Ali Khan will arrive on March 6 for a one-month stint with the national juniors. Shahid, who was one of the heroes for Pakistan when they won the gold medal in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, will act as the goalkeepers’ coach for the team who are preparing for the [...]

Defying a chilly night, a bitter drizzle and the reprimands of the mullahs, Pakistanis broke loose this weekend in a boisterous annual rite of spring: Grown men lost sight of everything but chasing kites in the sky, children stayed up until dawn, women reveled on roofs, dressed in the color of mustard blossoms. Even the [...]

Preparations for Basant reached their zenith in Lahore on Friday, as hundreds of thousands of people from outstation and abroad have reached here for the 24-hour festivities beginning on Saturday night. Shops selling kites and twine were drawing great rush of people, who bought the required stocks despite the high prices. There was a great [...]

29-year-old Pakistani, Sarmad Tariq, is no ordinary man. Although he is a quadriplegic, he seeks out challenges most able-bodied people would shy away from – like completing a full marathon in a wheelchair with only himself to compete against. And racing against time. He wants to show that you can be disabled and still have [...]

South African Tscho Mpolokeng surprised a pack of Kenyan runners to win Pakistan’s first-ever international marathon yesterday. The 28-year-old finished in two hours 15:57 minutes to clinch the first prize of $10,000. The women’s marathon was won by Kenyan Jane Kariuki in two hours 43:03 minutes to take the first prize of $10,000 after a [...]

The preliminary round matches geared into action in the two-day 12th Seven-a-side All Pakistan Paktel GSM Rugby Tournament at F-10 ground on Saturday. The matches on the opening day started at 10.00am and continued till late evening under the floodlights, according to the organisers. There are seven outfits in action in the seniors event – [...]

Five million people are expected to throng Lahore next weekend for Basant, the spring festival of Hindu origin that has become Muslim-majority Pakistan’s most riotous street party. Glamorous stars of Lollywood (as the local film industry is known), wealthy business families and tens of thousands of the city’s poor will cram on to rooftops to [...]