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The Pakistani American Legacy Foundation (PALF) organized its Gala 2021 to Honor S. Javaid Anwar & Tahir Javed, recipients of Pakistan’s Civil Awards:


July 31, 2021

By: Raja Zahid Khanzada Houston: The Pakistani American Legacy Foundation (PALF) organized its first Gala Dinner to Honor recipients of Pakistan’s Civil Awards. The honorees include the first Pakistani American Syed Javaid Anwar, who was bestowed with the Second highest Civil Award Hilal-e-Imtiaz and Tahir Javed with the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz by the President of Pakistan. On this occasion Dr. Asad Majeed …

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I had no proper training facilities, says weightlifter Talha


July 31, 2021

LAHORE: Pakistan’s talented weightlifter Talha Talib, who put up an impressive show at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics, on Friday said lack of facilities and resources were the major reasons for not earning any medal. “I had no proper training facilities to get the best training for the Tokyo Olympics,” the 21-year-old Talha said while addressing a press conference at the …

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Pakistan face WI in second T20 today


July 31, 2021

PROVIDENCE: After coronavirus (Covid-19) forced the West Indies and Pakistan Twenty20 International series to trim from five to four, the first game which was initially scheduled to be second was a no-result with rain having the final say at the Kensington Oval in Barbados, during midweek. Both sides now prepare to do battle in Guyana for the final three matches …

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Bisma ends 56th among 81 in 50m free


July 31, 2021

TOKYO: Pakistan swimmer Bisma Khan bettered her personal best in the 50m freestyle heats at the Tokyo Games on Friday, clocking 27.78 seconds to finish 56th among 81 competitors who started with Australia’s 100m champion Emma McKeon setting a new Olympic record to top the women’s timesheets. Bisma, whose personal best going into the heats was 27.90, also bettered her …

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Djokovic’s golden dream ends on day of upsets


July 31, 2021

TOKYO: World number one Novak Djokovic had his dreams of tennis gold dashed on Friday while Ethiopia’s Selemon Barega felled the reigning world 10,000 metres Olympic champion, on a day of upsets that saw doping allegations surface at the swimming pool. Serbia’s Djokovic was aiming to become the first man to complete the Golden Slam — Olympic gold and all …

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BCCI ‘trying to prevent me’ from playing Kashmir Premier League: Herschelle Gibbs


July 31, 2021

Former South Africa batsman Herschelle Gibbs has accused the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) of “trying to prevent” him from participating in the inaugural Kashmir Premier League (KPL) and bringing their “political agenda with Pakistan into the equation”. Gibbs, who is a part of KPL franchise Overseas Warriors, made the accusation in a tweet, adding that the BCCI has …

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Govt justifies buying expensive LNG to avert power tariff hike


July 31, 2021

ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday conceded purchasing expensive liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the spot market as ‘a lesser evil’, saying no body without a crystal ball could perfectly time or beat international commodity market. “Pakistan LNG Ltd (PLL) board was forced to accept the four LNG ‘spot’ tenders at $15 per mmBtu for September 2021; otherwise, the replacement fuel …

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Facebook introduces ‘Marketplace’ for Pakistani entrepreneurs


July 31, 2021

ISLAMABAD: A new chapter of e-commerce is said to start in the country after social media giant Facebook introduced its customer-to-customer platform that will enable people to buy and sell items. “I am happy to see that after Amazon, Facebook has also launched ‘Market­place’ for Pakistan,” PM’s Adviser on Commerce Razak Dawood said on Friday. He went on say that …

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