17/11/2022
Made in Pakistan football balls will be used in the FIFA World Cup 2022 to be held in Qatar from November 20.
The official ball of the international event is Al-Rihalla Made in Sialkot, Sialkot is a city that is home to the best sports equipment.
Saad Ghani, marketing manager of Talon Company, told Gwadar Pro that Sialkot is meeting up to 70 percent of the world's (soccer ball) needs. A small portion is reduced.
Debuting at the 1982 World Cup in Spain, Sialkot-made soccer balls won the football kingdom nine times, according to Gwadar Pro. Launched what became the first water-resistant ball in the FIFA World Cup.
15/11/2022
Ayla Majid FCCA has been elected as global vice president of ACCA. She is the first South Asian to hold this position in a 118-year history of ACCA.
Ayla is a strong advocate of sustainability and energy transition. She sits on the Boards of various public and private entities in Pakistan in the areas of energy, pharmaceutical and not for profit sectors. In her various roles she focuses and advises on the adoption of the SDGs across different industries. Ayla is Eisenhower Fellow, and is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum. She sits on the Global Future Council of Energy Transition of the World Economic Forum.
For Ayla promoting the role of women in governance is something she is very passionate about. Ayla is a champion of board diversity and actively engages in promoting women on boards. She was the first female to sit on the board of any stock exchange in Pakistan.
Thanks to pioneers like her, the influence and impact of women is changing the face of Pakistan.
12/11/2022
GOOD NEWS for travelers, as Karachi to Peshawar Rail track, is going to be upgraded, now you can travel from Karachi to Peshawar in a high-speed train.
Pakistan and China have decided to launch a high-speed rail project of approximately $9.85 billion in line with Chinese President Xi Jinping's promise to help cash-strapped Pakistan in its financial situation, Bloomberg reported.
The agreement was reached during a meeting in Beijing where Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Xi agreed to get started on the Main Line-1, according to a statement from the Prime Minister's Office, which described it as “a project of strategic importance.”
The project involves:
Upgrading a 1,163-mile
Colonial-era track from Karachi to Peshawar to carry high-speed trains
11/11/2022
Pakistani cueist Babar Masih has defeated the Indian player Brijesh Damani to qualify for the semi-final of the World Amateur Snooker Championship 2022 in Turkey.
The fully prepared Pakistani player won four frames while Indian cueist could win only one frame while finishing the match with 4-1.
Ahsan Ramazan and Mohammad Sajjad have been knocked out of the championship after they failed to win the pre-quarter final matches.
Last year in September, the Pakistan’s top cueist won the silver media at the IBSF 6-Red World Cup held in Qatar’s capital.
He faced off Indian player Pankaj Advani in the final round where he lost the match to rival after neck-to-neck competition.
Advani defeated Masih 7-5 frames.
10/11/2022
Pakistan’s Pakeeza Khan and Asra Gul clinched gold in their respective categoriesas the Combaxx Asian Open International Taekwondo Championship G2 opened with contests among juniors at the Liaquat Gymnasium on Tuesday.
Pakeeza overwhelmed compatriot Nuzra Jamal 2-0 in the women’s -63kg competition while Asra beat Aiwa Nadeem by the same score in their women’s -55kg contest.
Aiman Khan could’ve won the third gold for the hosts but went down 2-1 to Yara Binthani of Bahrain in the women’s -49kg category.
Omer Ismail of the United Arab Emirates downed Bahrain’s Mohammad Muath 2-0 in the men’s -63kg competition.