KARACHI - Consul General of Malaysia Abu Bakar Mamat has proposed that Pakistan can use Malaysia as a central point of market access to ASEAN countries and enjoy trade/ distribution of Pakistani products to ASEAN/ Far East countries as Malaysia is the signatory of ASEAN Free Trade Agreement.He ...

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) has learnt nothing from their past mistakes as instead of retaining the Asian Junior gold medal winning team, the federation has opted again trial matches. These trial matches would serve no purpose to either federation or to the players. The Asian ...

KARACHI - Pakistan's M Asif and M Sajjad stormed into the last 16 stage of in 6-Red Asian Snooker Championship in Doha (Qatar) after winning all three out of three on Sunday. Sajjad faced a little resistance from Bashar Hussain before chalking out a 5-3 win in his third match in the group stage. ...

William PesekVoters in the Philippines appear to have delivered a resounding victory to President Benigno Aquino in midterm elections. The son of former president Corazon Aquino looks set to control both houses of Congress, giving him a mandate to continue his reform policies. His biggest worry now ...

TOKYO : The dollar held firm versus the yen in Asian trade Wednesday, clinging to recent gains after upbeat US data with analysts saying the greenback could climb higher.On Tuesday, the dollar jumped amid gains in US equity markets and more signs of a US economic recovery, rising as high as 102.40 ...

TOKYO  - The dollar's rally against the yen stumbled Tuesday as investors looked for concrete signs that the US Federal Reserve would roll back its huge bond-buying programme. The dollar broke through the 102-yen level in Asian trading Monday on the back of speculation that the Fed could be ...

TOKYO : The dollar broke through the 102-yen level in Asian trading Monday after Tokyo sidestepped criticism over the unit's steep decline at a weekend Group of Seven (G7) meeting in Britain. Speculation that the US Federal Reserve could be the first among major central banks to roll back its huge ...

Hong Kong - Asian markets were mostly up on Friday with Japanese stocks jumping to their highest level in more than five years after the dollar surged above the 100 yen mark and US jobs data boosted sentiment.Tokyo closed up 2.93 percent, or 416.06 points, at 14,607.54 following the dollar's ...

  ISLAMABAD   Newly-crowned Asian Individual Squash champion Aamir Atlas Khan showed utter disappointment over the attitude of President Asif Ali Zardari and Caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, who didn't bother to announce any reward despite being fully aware of the fact that ...

ISLAMABADHats off to the Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) which conducted the 17th FMC Asian Senior Individual Squash Championship 2013 in a trend-setting manner and its successful organisation was not only admired by the locals but also the international dignitaries. Former world squash champion ...

  ISLAMABAD   Pakistan's number 1 squash player Aamir Atlas Khan thrashed Abdullah Al-Mezayne ofKuwait3-0 in the final to lift the coveted 17th FMC Asian Senior Individual Squash Championship 2013 played here at Mushaf Ali Mir Squash Complex on Sunday. Aamir, despite not being fully fit ...

 ISLAMABAD- Aamir Atlas Khan brushed aside M Asyraf Azan ofMalaysiain straight games in the FMC 17th Asian Individual Squash Championship 2013 semi-final here at Mushaf Ali Mir Squash Complex on Saturday. Aamir now will vie against Abdullah Al-Mezayne of Kuwait in the final of the prestigious ...

KARACHISaleh Mohammad on Friday became the first Afghan to win the amateur Asian snooker title, expressing hope that his victory would lift the game in the war-ravaged country.The 40-year-old, who also represented Pakistan at a regional and world level from 1988 to 2006, beat Syria's Omar al Kojah ...

ISLAMABADPakistan's No 1 squash player Aamir Atlas Khan defeated defending champion M Nafizwan Adnan of Malaysia 3-2 to reach the semi-finals of the 17th FMC Asian Senior Individual Squash Championship 2013 here at Mushaf Ali Mir Squash Complex on Friday. Nafizwan started the match as firm ...

KARACHIFormer world No 2 Saleh Muhammad of Afghanistan advanced to the final of Jubilee Insurance 29th Asian Snooker Championship when he came from behind to topple reigning IBSF World Junior Champion Zhao Xin Tong of China 6-3 in the first semi-final on Thursday. Veteran cueist of world and Asian ...

  ISLAMABAD   Pakistan's Farhan Mahboob notched up one of the sensational victories as he ousted top seed Ong Beng Hee ofMalaysiain straight games in the 17th FMC Asian Senior Individual Squash Championship 2013 here at the Mushaf Ali Mir Squash Complex on Thursday. Farhan entered the ...

LAHORE - Vikramjit Singh Sahney, President SAARC Chamber, Wednesday urged the leadership of South Asia to form a “South Asian Clearing Union” to augment trade,investment flow for viable financial cooperation besides accelerating the pace of development in the region. According to a ...

KARACHIPakistan's outing in the Jubilee Insurance 29th Asian Snooker Championship ended on Wednesday when M Sajjad and Abu Saim crashed out in the quarter-finals. But Aamir Sarkosh (Iran), Omer Al Kojah (Syria), Saleh Muhammad (Afghanistan) and Zhao Xintong (China) advanced the last four stage ...

    ISLAMABAD   Pakistan's top star Aamir Atlas Khan started his FMC 17th Asian Senior Individual Squash Championship 2013 campaign on a winning note as he brushed aside Husham A S Al-Saby ofIraqin straight games here at Mushaf Ali Mir Squash Complex Court No 7 on Wednesday. Sixth ...

ISLAMABAD - The FMC 17th Asian Senior Individual Squash Championship will explode into action from today (Wednesday) here at Mushaf Ali Mir Squash Complex with 43 national and international players will be seen in action in the five-day event. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday at Mushaf Ali ...

ISLAMABADAll the requests made by Pakistan Squash Federation to Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) Director General Syed Amir Hamza Gilani regarding maintenance work at Roshan Khan Squash Complex fell on deaf ears as PSB doesn’t bother to lend a helping hand to federation in organising of 17th Asian ...

ISLAMABADThe arrangements for hosting the 17th Asian Seniors Individual Squash Championship 2013 at Mushaf Ali Mir Squash Complex are almost near completion, as international players started to arrive in quite a few numbers on Monday.Malaysian top seed of the event Ong Beng Hee, along with his ...

KARACHI- M Asif and M Sajjad notched-up their second in the Jubilee Insurance 29th Asian Snooker Championship on Sunday. World champion Asif hammered Mohsen Bukhshaisha ofQatarin four straight frames included a break of 56 in third frame.  Sajjad fromSargodhathrashed an unfancied Han Sang Hee ...

ISLAMABADPakistan squash team head coach Jamshed Gul Friday showed confidence in Pakistan players’ ability and predicted a home winner in the upcoming Asian Squash Championship to be held here next month. Jamshed said the event was to be held at five courts of Mushaf Ali Mir Squash Complex ...

At least three trading patterns show Thailand’s baht, this year’s best-performing Asian currency, is poised to fall as policy makers step up warnings that its rally to a 16-year high is stretched. The baht’s 2 percent advance this month pushed the 14-day relative strength ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's  Shah Hussain Shah once won the bronze medal in the Asian Senior Judo Championships 2013 held in Bangkok, Thailand on Saturday. Talking exclusively to The Nation, Pakistan Judo Federation (PJF) secretary Masood Ahmed said: “It is a great honour for not only the ...

LAHORE - Lahore will be the focus of a major bodybuilding activity by hosting the 10th South Asian Bodybuilding Championship and Mr South Asia contest from May 2 to 6. “SAARC member countries are invited to take part in this competition and majority of them have confirmed their participation ...

ISLAMABADAll the top squash players Wednesday returned here after taking part in the Abbottabad training camp where Pakistan Army’s highly-qualified trainers trained them. Talking exclusively to The Nation on Wednesday, former Pakistan No 1 squash player Farhan Mahboob termed the training ...

LAHORE - National snooker training camp commenced on Monday at Karachi for the Asian Snooker Championship being held on April 27. “Eight players are attending the camp which will conclude on April 23,” said Pakistan Billiard and Snooker Association (PBSA) spokesman. He said world ...

A strong earthquake measuring magnitude 7.8 on Richter scale jolted Asian and Gulf countries specially Pakistani cities including Karachi, Islamabad, Hyderabad, Lahore and Quetta cityon Tuesday afternoon.The epicenter of the huge quake was 86km (53 miles) from Iranian city of Khash, near Pakistan's ...