Day: March 6, 2023

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Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi announces hefty cash prizes for upcoming Jashan-e-Baharan events of Run Lahore Run Marathon and Tour de Lahore Cycle Race

Lahore, March 06, 2023 (PPI-OT): Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi has announced hefty cash prizes for upcoming events of Run Lahore Run Marathon and Tour de Lahore Cycle Race scheduled to be held in connection with Jashan-e-Baharan celebrations on March 12, 2023 under the auspices of Sports Board Punjab (SBP).

 

Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi in a statement on Monday said that a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh will be given to the winner of Run Lahore Run Marathon while the prizes of Rs 5 lakh and Rs 3 lakh will be awarded to second and third position holders. “The cash prizes of Rs 4 lakh, Rs 2 lakh and Rs one lakh will be given to top three position holders respectively in Tour de Lahore Cycle Race,” he added.

 

Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi informed that the Run Lahore Run Marathon Race and Tour de Lahore Cycle Race will be of 42-km distance while the Family Fun Race and Wheel Chair Race will be run for five and one kilometres distance respectively.

 

Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi further said that Run Lahore Run Marathon and Tour de Lahore Cycle Race will start from Liberty Chowk while the participants of Run Lahore Run Marathon and Tour de Lahore Cycle Race will reach their destination after passing through several historical places of the city. “Apart from this, the participants of the Wheelchair Race will also be given cash prizes of lakhs of rupees,” he added.

 

Meanwhile, Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi presided over an important to review the arrangements of three sports events Rustam-e-Punjab Dangal, Run Lahore Run Marathon and Tour de Lahore Cycle Race slated to be conducted as part of Jashan-e-Baharan celebrations on March 12, 2023 under the auspices of Sports Board Punjab (SBP).

 

Additional Secretary HED Mehboob Ahmed, Divisional Sports Officer Lahore Tariq Khanzada, Deputy Director Budget and Accounts Nadeem Qaiser, Deputy Director Sports HED Waqas Akber, District Sports Officer Lahore Tanveer Shah, Kinnaird College Sports Head Ammara Rubab, Salman Iqbal Butt of Punjab Athletics Association and other officials of different departments were also present in the meeting.

 

Addressing the meeting, Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi directed the representatives of all the departments to make comprehensive arrangements for the befitting holding of three sports events Rustam-e-Punjab Dangal, Run Lahore Run Marathon and Tour de Lahore Cycle Race.

 

For more information, contact:

Sports Board Punjab

Government of the Punjab

National Hockey Stadium, Ferozepur Road, Lahore, Pakistan

Tel: +92-42-99232501, +92-42-99232502

E-mail: info@punjabsportsboard.com

Website: http://sportsboard.punjab.gov.pk

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Guptill the hero as Quetta Gladiators beat Karachi Kings again

Rawalpindi, March 06, 2023 (PPI-OT): An astonishing ambush from Martin Guptill left Karachi Kings stunned and delivered Quetta Gladiators’ second win of the HBL Pakistan Super League 8.

 

Quetta Gladiators struggled for the most part in their chase of 165, losing wickets regularly, but Guptill’s onslaught at death helped them to a four-wicket win. With 57 needed off 24, Guptill smoked James Fuller for 24 runs, smashing him for two towering sixes and three fours, in what turned out to be a match defining over. The New Zealander and Sarfaraz Ahmed stole 14 and 11 runs from the 18th and 19th over delivered by Musa Khan and Mohammad Amir.

 

Aamer Yamin needed to defend eight off the last over and Sarfaraz’s run out on the second ball promised to spice up things, but Dwaine Pretorius, playing his first HBL PSL 8 match, smashed a boundary, took two, and again hit a four to take Quetta Gladiators over the line. Guptill returned unbeaten on 86 off 56 balls.

 

Quetta Gladiators’ previous win this season was also against Karachi Kings and was also delivered over a heroic innings by Guptill as he hit the first century of season in that match. Out of his 252 runs this season, 203 have come against Karachi Kings and his best score against any other opposition is 15.

 

Quetta Gladiators seemed on course to another defeat as they were five down for 63 inside 10 overs, but a brilliant partnership between Guptill, who clubbed nine fours and four sixes, and Sarfaraz (29 off 25) rescued them. The two added 95 runs, doing the repair work for the most of the time and building up a platform to go berserk in the last five overs.

 

They required 68 off 30 and the pair dropped the first hint of their intentions when Guptill launched Amir for a six in the 16th to rack up 11 from that over after they could muster only 17 runs in the last three overs.

 

Tabraiz Shamsi’s wrist spin did most of the damage in the first half of the run chase as the South African dismissed Iftikhar Ahmed and Najeebullah Zadran in consecutive overs. The start to the run chase was also underwhelming as Omair Bin Yousuf fell in the second over to Aamer and Mohammad Nawaz was caught and bowled by Muhammad Musa in the fifth.

 

After Naseem Shah removed Matthew Wade on the first ball of the match, Adam Rossington did most of the work for Karachi Kings, making 69 in 45 balls with 10 fours and a six. The only reasonable support he got was from in-form Imad Wasim, who returned unbeaten on 30 off 20 balls, as the middle-order failed to fire, thanks to Aimal Khan (two for 26) who removed Tayyab Tahir and Qasim Akram.

 

Aamer played a handy cameo in the end, smashing 23 off 11 (two sixes and a four) that lifted Karachi Kings to 164 at the loss of six wickets.

 

Both Aimal and Naseem finished with two wickets each.

 

Scores in brief:

 

Karachi Kings 164-6, 20 overs (Adam Rossington 69, Imad Wasim 30 not out, Aamer Yamin 23 not out; Aimal Khan 2-26, Naseem Shah 2-31)

 

Quetta Gladiators 168-6, 19.5 overs (Martin Guptill 86 not out, Sarfaraz Ahmed 29; Tabraiz Shamsi 2-20)

 

Player of the match – Martin Guptill (Quetta Gladiators)

 

Tomorrow’s fixtures at Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi:

 

1400 – Peshawar Zalmi v Lahore Qalandars

 

1900 – Islamabad United v Multan Sultans

 

Points table:

 

Team – Played – Won – Lost – Points – Net Run Rate

 

Lahore Qalandars – 7 – 6 – 1 – 12 – 1.321

 

Islamabad United – 7 – 5 – 2 – 10 – -0.093

 

Multan Sultans – 7 – 4 – 3 – 8 – 0.568

 

Peshawar Zalmi – 6 – 3 – 3 – 6 – -0.896

 

Karachi Kings – 9 – 2 – 7 – 4 – 0.358

 

Quetta Gladiators – 8 – 2 – 6 – 4 – -1.344

 

For more information, contact:

Pakistan Super League (PSL)

Pakistan Super League Secretariat, Gaddafi Stadium,

Ferozepur Road, Lahore, Pakistan

Email: info@psl-t20.com

Website: http://www.psl-t20.com/

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PCB confirms broadcast details for Women’s League exhibition matches

Rawalpindi, March 06, 2023 (PPI-OT): The Pakistan Cricket Board today confirmed a panel of 11 commentators and two presenters for the three-match Women’s League exhibition matches taking place at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi on 8, 10 and 11 March. The women’s matches will start at 2pm and will be followed by the men’s matches at 7pm.

 

Sana Mir, Urooj Mumtaz, Marina Iqbal, Waqar Younis, Alan Wilkins, Bazid Khan, Danny Morrison, Daren Ganga, Mark Butcher, Sikandar Bakht and Simon Doull will be on commentary panel through the course of the exhibition games; while Zainab Abbas and Erin Holland will be the presenters.

 

The two teams, Amazons and Super Women will take part in the exhibition matches. Bismah Maroof will captain Amazons, which include Ireland’s Laura Delany, England’s trio of Danni Wyatt, Maia Bouchier and Tammy Beaumont, and Australia’s Tess Flint off.

 

Nida Dar will lead the Super Women, which will comprise Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu, Lauren Winfield-Hill of England, Jahanara Alam of Bangladesh, South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt and Lea Tahuhu of New Zealand.

 

Meanwhile, the High-Definition broadcast coverage will include 30 cameras, which along with buggy cam, will embellish the viewing experience of the fans within and outside Pakistan. HawkEye and Ultra Edge will be part of the Decision Review System (DRS) Technology.

 

Cricket fans in Pakistan will be able to watch the Women’s League exhibition matches in high-definition on A Sports and PTV Sports on linear TV; while live streaming for viewers across the world will be available on PCB and PSL YouTube channels.

 

Viewers around the world can watch the action live on Fox Sports (Australia), Willow TV (North America), Flow Sports (Caribbean), Sky Sports (United Kingdom), Sky Sport NZ (New Zealand), Super Sport (sub-Saharan Africa) and, Criclife Etisalat and STARZPLAY (Mena).

 

In non-broadcast territories, the exhibition matches will be available at the HBL PSL’s official YouTube and Facebook channels.

 

Squads:

 

Amazons – Bismah Maroof (captain), Aliya Riaz, Anam Amin, Areesha Noor, Danni Wyatt (England), Eyman Fatima, Fatima Khan, Fatima Sana, Ghulam Fatima, Gull Feroza, Kainat Imtiaz, Laura Delany (Ireland), Maia Bouchier (England), Nashra Sundhu, Sadaf Shamas, Sidra Nawaz, Tammy Beaumont (England) and Tess Flint off (Australia)

 

Super Women – Nida Dar (captain), Aimen Anwar, Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka), Iram Javed, Jahanara Alam (Bangladesh), Lauren Winfield-Hill (England), Laura Wolvaardt (South Africa), Lea Tahuhu (New Zealand), Muneeba Ali, Natalia Parvaiz, Omaima Sohail, Sadia Iqbal, Shawaal Zulfiqar, Sidra Amin, , Syeda Aroob Shah, Syeda Masooma Zahra, Tuba Hassan and Umm-e-Hani

 

Schedule:

 

8 Mar – 1st match, 2pm, Pindi Cricket Stadium. Shozab Raza and Saleema Imtiaz (on-field umpires), Tariq Rasheed (third umpire) and Humaira Farah fourth umpire. Mohammad Anees (match referee)

 

10 Mar – 2nd match, 2pm, Pindi Cricket Stadium. Shozab Raza and Humaira Farah (on-field umpires), Tariq Rasheed (third umpire) and Saleema Imtiaz (fourth umpire). Mohammad Anees (match referee)

 

11 Mar – 3rd match, 2pm. Tariq Rasheed and Saleema Imtiaz (on-field umpires), Shozab Raza (third umpire) and Humaira Farah (fourth umpire). Mohammad Anees (match referee)

 

For more information, contact:

Media Manager,

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)

Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 54600, Pakistan

Tel: +92-42-5717231-4

Fax: +92-42-5711860

Website: www.pcb.com.pk

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University of Turbat and BPSA sign collaborative agreement

Turbat, March 06, 2023 (PPI-OT): A cooperation agreement was signed between the Pakistan Biological Safety Association (PBSA) and the University of Turbat (UoT) on 3rd March 2023 at UoT in order to promote academic and scientific and biological research activities in the region. Dr. Mansoor Ahmed, Pro Vice-Chancellor UoT, and Prof. Dr. Saeed Khan, President PBSA signed the agreement during a two days’ workshop on biosafety and biosecurity practices, which was jointly organized by UoT and BPSA at UoT.

 

According to the document, both institutes agreed to jointly conduct biosafety and biosecurity training workshops in the Makran region. Under the MoU, the PBSA will facilitate and provide opportunities to UoT’s faculty members for participating in training programs regarding International Federation for Biosafety Association (IFBA) certification exam.

 

Ganguzar Baloch, UoT’s Registrar, Dr. Haneef Ur Rehman, Dean Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ijaz Ahmed, Director Linkages, Dr. Niamatullah Kakar, Chairman Natural and Basic Sciences Department, BPSA team members and faculty members and administrators were also present on the occasion.

 

For more information, contact:

University of Turbat

University Town Ginnah, M-8 Road Turbat,

Balochistan, Pakistan

Tel: +92-852-412045

Email: info@uot.edu.pk

Website: https://uot.edu.pk

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Department of Psychology inked Memorandum of Understandings with Pehchaan Clinic

Islamabad, March 06, 2023 (PPI-OT): The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ceremony was held on Friday 24th February 2023 between the Department of Psychology CUST and Pehchaan Clinic, Islamabad. Dr. Sabahat Haqqani, HoD Psychology Department gave the welcome address to the worthy guest. The aim of MoU is to bridge the gap between academia and industry.

In order to work professionally, both parties agreed to collaborate on internship placement opportunities for our graduates, launch community engagement programs, and conduct workshops, seminars and training. Finally, Dr. Sabahat Haqqani, HoD Psychology, and Ms. Tahira Javaid, CEO and Head Psychologist signed the MoU.

For more information, contact:
Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST)
Islamabad Expressway, Kahuta Road, Zone-V, Islamabad, Pakistan
UAN: +92-51-111-555-666
Tel: +92-51-4486700-4
Email: info@cust.edu.pk
Website: https://cust.edu.pk

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Department of Psychology Inked Memorandum of Understandings with International Research Force

Islamabad, March 06, 2023 (PPI-OT): The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ceremony was held on Thursday 23rd February 2023 between the Department of Psychology CUST and the International Research Force (IRF), Islamabad. Dr. Sabahat Haqqani, HoD Psychology Department gave the welcome address to the worthy guests. The aim of the MoU is to bridge the gap between academia and industry.

 

In order to work professionally, both parties agreed to collaborate in jointly design and conduct research collaborations specifically public health care, internship placement opportunities for Psychology graduates, to launch community engagement programs, and conduct workshops, seminars, and training. Finally, Dr. Sabahat Haqqani, HoD Psychology, and Mr. Syed Yahya Sheraz, CEO of IRF signed the MoU.

 

For more information, contact:

Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST)

Islamabad Expressway, Kahuta Road, Zone-V, Islamabad, Pakistan

UAN: +92-51-111-555-666

Tel: +92-51-4486700-4

Email: info@cust.edu.pk

Website: https://cust.edu.pk