Friday, September 30th, 2016
India beat Pakistan in Asia Cup semi-finals
PESHAWAR: India on Thursday defeated Pakistan 3-1 in the second semi-final of the Boys Under-18 Asia Cup Hockey at Dhaka’s Maulana Bhashani Hockey Stadium. Both teams produced some perfect short passes before the half-time when India led 2-0. Also, aggressive gestures remained the hallmark of the 70-minute high-octane match fought on a rattling pace between the two archrivals. Pakistan’s only goal was scored by Amjad Ali Khan off a penalty corner while India also scored another goal in the second half. The final will now be played between India andRead More
Simla pact hit Kashmir struggle, says Shahbaz
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has termed Simla pact reached between India and Pakistan in 1972 a big mistake, saying it partially hurt the Kashmiris’ freedom struggle. The statement invited criticism from the PPP whose then chairman and prime minister of the country, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, and his Indian counterpart Indra Gandhi had signed Simla pact. The agreement had resulted in release of some 90,000 Pakistani soldiers imprisoned by India following the 1971 war fought between the two South Asian neigbours. “The Simla pact was a big mistake [on the part ofRead More
Pemra dismisses Ahmadi complaints against two TV channels
LAHORE: The Council of Complaints of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regularity Authority (Pemra) dismissed on Thursday the complaints of the minority Ahmadi community against two private TV channels as ‘non-maintainable’. The decision was made after a mob entered the Pemra office in the Cantonment area, asking the authority to quash the complaints and raising slogans against the Ahmadi community. Acting on complaints, Pemra had called the hosts of Neo TV’s talk show ‘Harf-i-Raz’ and Channel 92’s ‘Subh-i-Noor’ to explain their position over allegations of ‘provoking’ people to resort to violenceRead More