Section: Pakistan Today (Pakistan)
Air chief asks int’l skiers to portray true picture of Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan urged the foreign players to act as the ambassadors of Pakistan and portray the true picture of this land of wonders in their respective countries. He was addressing the prize distribution ceremony of 3rd Serena Hotels-CAS Karakoram International Alpine Ski Cup, 3rd Malam Jabba International Alpine...
Russia suspends nuclear arms treaty after US says to pull out
MOSCOW: Russia has suspended the Cold War-era Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty, President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday, after the United States said it would withdraw from the arms control pact, accusing Moscow of violations. Moscow’s relations with the West are strained over issues including Russia’s annexation of Crimea...
Foreign athletes laud arrangements as Naltar Ski Cup concludes
ISLAMABAD: The nail-biting ski races, featuring international and national athletes concluded at the enchanting Naltar’s PAF Ski Resort in Gilgit. According to a statement issued by the PAF spokesperson here on Friday, 40 skiers from 13 countries including Pakistan, Greece, Afghanistan, Turkey, Ukraine, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Bosnia and...
Ukrainian skiers dominate second day of Ski Cup in Naltar
ISLAMABAD: The second day of 3rd Serena Hotels-CAS Karakoram International Alpine Ski Cup, was dominated by the Ukrainian skiers. They clinched two positions each in both men and women slalom races in the international event being held at the enchanting PAF Ski Resort Naltar. Tsibelenko Levko remained unassailable in the Men’s Slalom...
Turkish skier steals the show on first day of Naltar Ski Cup
NALTAR: Turkish skier Usta Berkin dominated his opponents in the men’s giant slalom category during the opening day of the 3rd Chief Air Staff (CAS) Karakoram International Alpine Ski Cup being held at the scenic Pakistan Air Force (PAF) ski resort in Naltar. Ukrainian skiers Tsibelekno Levko and Nariichyn Andriy remained second and third...
38 int’l skiers to participate in Gilgit winter sports
ISLAMABAD: As many as 38 International skiers from all over the world would converge on the mighty Karakoram mountain ranges to participate in different categories of international ski races at the picturesque PAF Ski Resort Naltar (Gilgit), according to a statement issued by the Pakistan Air Force. To mark this event, Winter Sports Federation of...
Osaka blows away Svitolina to reach Melbourne semis
MELBOURNE: US Open champion Naomi Osaka set up a potential rematch of her controversial Flushing Meadows final against Serena Williams after beating Elina Svitolina 6-4 6-1 to reach her first Australian Open semi-final on Wednesday. The 21-year-old Osaka committed a string of unforced errors but still proved too strong for the sixth-seeded...
14 dead after fire on two vessels off Crimea
MOSCOW: Fourteen people were killed and five were missing off Russia-annexed Crimea in the Black Sea on Monday after a fire engulfed gas tankers sailing under the flag of Tanzania, authorities said. “There are 11 bodies,” Alexei Kravchenko, spokesman for Russia’s Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport, told AFP. “Another three...
WhatsApp restricts message-forwarding to fight fake news
WhatsApp is limiting all its members to forwarding any single message up to five times in an effort to tackle the spread of false information on the platform, reported BBC. The Facebook-owned business had already introduced the policy in India six months ago. The move followed a number of mob lynchings that were blamed on fake reports spread via...
Serena beats top seed Halep as Zverev implodes at Australian Open
MELBOURNE: A fired-up Serena Williams slugged past world number one Simona Halep Monday as she inches ever closer to a 24th Grand Slam title on a day that saw Alexander Zverev implode at the Australian Open. In a towering performance, the American great scored her biggest win since giving birth to break down the Romanian top seed 6-1, 4-6, 6-4...
