IN a further softening of its stance on Shoaib
Akhtar, the Pakistan board will no longer pursue
the defamation lawsuit following a
reconciliation of sorts between Nasim Ashraf,
the board chairman, and Shoaib at the house of a
top political official last night in Islamabad.
Lahore—Old Ravian XI won the GCU Lahore annual
festival hockey match by beating Vice Chancellor
XI with a score of 3-2 in an exciting match
played at the Oval ground of the GC University
Lahore.
Islamabad—Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)
has announced the team that will take on Sindh
Government Press (SGP) on 6 May in the Group-C
of National Football Challenge Cup 2008 at
Karachi’s CDGK Stadium.
Dubai—Pakistan’s new entrant Muhammad Sajjad
Rana pulled off a major shock on Sunday night
when he clawed his way back from the brink of
defeat to shock fourth seed Passakorn Suwannawat
of Thailand 4-3 in the 24th Asian Snooker
Championship here Monday.