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  • Tech games: Decoding fun and games

    Anyone who’s been obsessed with video games has fantasised about developing their own award winning title at some point in their lives...

    After completing his BS in Computer Science from NUST in Karachi, Sheikh graduated with a Masters in Games Development from the University of Hull...

  • Traditional games organised in Islamabad

    ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Council for Traditional Sports arranged traditional games at Shahallah Dita village in Margalla Hills to reintroduce them to the new generation...

    Barrister Mohammad Ali Saif, Senator Sitara Ayaz, Islamabad Council for Traditional Sports President Zeeshan Shah, General Secretary Abu Zafar Sadiq and a large number of people attended the event...

  • Islamabad High Court forms commission to probe alleged forced conversion of Ghotki girls

    The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday, while hearing a petition filed by two Ghotki sisters who were allegedly forcibly converted from Hinduism and married to Muslim men, constituted a five-member commission to probe whether the girls' conversion was actually forced and to determine whether or not they were underage at the time of their marriages...

    The petition, filed by the girls and the two men they were married to, had sought...

  • Talha lifts Pakistan to Commonwealth Youth Games glory

    ISLAMABAD: Weightlifter Talha Talib lifted Pakistan with a silver medal-winning effort at the Commonwealth Youth Games on Saturday...

    Rashid Malik who is also the chef-de-mission of the Pakistan contingent at the Games, Talha bagged the silver medal in the 56kg weight category of the event which runs until September 12...

  • Talha clinches silver in Youth Games

    ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s weightlifter Talha Talib has clinched a silver medal in the Commonwealth Youth Games underway at Samoa...

    Rashid Malik who is also the chef-de-mission of the Pakistan contingent at the Games, Talha bagged the silver medal in the 55kg weight category of the mega event...

  • Khalid, Asif to attend Islamic Games moot in Baku

    KARACHI: A two-member Pakistani delegation comprising Pakistan Olympic Association secretary general Khalid Mahmood and media adviser Asif Azeem will be leaving for Baku on Wednesday to attend a preparatory meeting for the fourth Islamic Solidarity Games which are scheduled to be held there next year...

    He said that a detailed report would be presented at the meeting about preparations for the event, venues of the games and provision...

  • ‘Special athletes will do well at World Games’

    LOS ANGELES: As Pakistan’s special athletes geared up for World Games 2015, which commence here from today (Saturday), with their hectic practice sessions, their coaches expressed optimism about the national contingent putting up a better show in the mega event...

    He was hopeful of players repeating the performance of Athens World Games four years ago where Pakistan won as many as 58 medals...

  • World T20: Five cracking games to look forward to in India

    Pakistan versus India? Or 2015 World Cup champions Australia against runners up New Zealand? Among the 35 matches in the 2016 World Twenty20 Championship in India, there are a few which will carry a special significance and that extra bit of edge...

    A total of 16 teams will be battling for the trophy in the tournament spread across eight venues from March 8 to April 3, with the final at the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata
  • Inter-school Games next month

    LAHORE: The sixth edition of the Lahore Inter-school/Inter-college Games will be held from Nov 9 to 13 by the Punjab Olympic Association...

    The games included in the gala are athletics, badminton, baseball, basketball, bodybuilding, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, handball, hockey, judo, ju-jitsu, karate, kiic-boxing, rugby, squash, swimming, machine rowing, netball, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, tug of war, volleyball, weightlifting,...

  • Toronto mayor says not right time for 2024 Games bid

    TORONTO: Toronto will not bid for the 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, the mayor of Canada’s largest city said on Tuesday while promising to create a panel to advise on bidding for future major sporting events...

    Stressing a desire to improve more pressing infrastructure and transit needs, Toronto Mayor John Tory said the city would benefit from hosting an Olympic Games but not in 2024...

  • ‘Golfers skipping Rio Games because no money involved’

    RIO DE JANEIRO: The head of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics says the world’s top four male golfers have withdrawn from the games because there is no money to be won — not because of the Zika virus...

    “They tried to blame Zika, but the media have shown that they are not coming because there’s no prize money,” Rio organizing committee President Carlos Nuzman said on Saturday, speaking with the Games set to open in just under three weeks... ...

  • Karachi Games set to commence from 15th

    KARACHI: Karachi City Sports Association (KCSA) will organize the 4th Pizza Hut Karachi Games 2017 from Sept 15-17 in which as many as twenty seven disciplines for men and twenty three disciplines for women will be contested...

    Aslam briefed the media about the games and emphasised the importance of keeping the city clean and green by planting the trees...

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