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6 Tuesday, January 2, 2018 Biz Government taking measures to expand tax net: Miftah Ismail ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI), during December 2017 witnessed an increase of 4.57 per cent as compared to the same month during 2016, This was said by Director Prices, Pakistan Bureau of Statistic Attiq ur Rehman in monthly press briefing held here on Monday. He said that Pakistan Bureau of Statistics collected the retail and the wholesale prices and prepare the CPI and WPI on monthly base while the SPI is calculated on weekly basis. Quoting the data about the CPI, he said that the CPI for food and nonalcoholic beverages on yearly basis increased by ISLAMABAD: The Prime Minister's Adviser on Finance, Economic Affairs and Revenue Miftah Ismail said on Monday that the government is taking several measures for enhancing the tax net to increase revenue with the consultation of all stakeholders. "The mobilisation of domestic resources through reforms in taxation is essential to ensure sustainable financing of development as the government would not depend on foreign loans," he said in an interview with a private news channel. Appreciating his predecessor Senator Ishaq Dar, Ismail said Dar contributed towards the country's economic stability and growth. Dar is presently in London seeking medical treatment while a corruption hearing against him is under way here. Ismail assured that in a month, the government 4.57 per cent in December 2017 as compared to the same month of last year. Giving details, he said the inflation witnessed negative growth of 0.10 per cent in December 2017 as compared to November 2017. He said the CPI inflation during July- December (2017-18) increased by 3.75 percent as compared to the first half of the fiscal year 2016- 17. Regarding Wholesale Price Index (WPI) during the month of December, Attiq ur Rehman said it has showed an increase by 0.36 percent while the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) witnessed growth of 0.67 percent. Similarly, the CPI for non-perishable food items will take further steps to make the economy stronger through tax reforms. "We want to facilitate new tax filers and lessen the tax burden on middle class citizens for balancing increased to 2.30 per cent, perishable items by 22.94 per cent, clothing and footwear by 3.64 per cent, housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels by 4.86 per cent, household equipment maintenance cost by 3.26 per cent, health by 10.92 percent while the CPI for transport increased by 4.45 percent. He said the CPI for communication increased by 1.23 per cent, recreation and culture by 0.59 percent, education by 12.40 percent, restaurant and hotel by 6.38 percent while the CPI for miscellaneous goods and services increased by 6.50 percent. Giving details about change in prices on yearly basis, he said, the top items tax distribution," he said. He further said the government in recent months stabilised the Rupee and tariffs on imported goods to boost exports to reduce the growing balance of payments. CPI Index shows 4.57 percent increase in December Chinese company to build PV plant in Pakistan BEIJING: A Chinese power engineering company has signed an engineering, procurement and construction services contract for a 100 megawatt photovoltaic power project with a Pakistan-based energy company. The project signed between PowerChina Guizhou Engineering Corporation and Enertech last week marked the first photovoltaic power facility in Quetta, the fourthlargest city in Pakistan and the provincial capital of Balochistan. It is the first KARACHI: 143rd National Standard Committee (NSC) Meeting held in conference Room at PSQCA Complex, Gulistan e Jauhar Karachi under the chairmanship of Dr. Ali H. Jamal Naqvi,Ex. GM (KSEW), Ex. Prof. (MAJU). The Secretary of the Technical Committee, Mr. Waiz Akram-ul-Haq welcomed the participant and phase of a 7 MW photovoltaic power project in Balochistan, according to China Daily. Guo Wei, the general manager of PowerChina thanked them for coming to attend the meeting and hoped that they would continue same sort of cooperation in future also. During the period from July, 2017 to Nov, 2017, Mechanical Division arranged ten (10) technical committee meetings in which 41standards on various fields were placed, out of 41 standards; one standard of MTC-17: Guizhou Engineering Corporation, and Yasser Malik, the CEO of Enertech, were present at the contract signing ceremony. Chinese delegation of Shaanxi Province visits ICCI to explore business matchmakings ISLAMABAD: A delegation of Shannxi Province of China visited Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) here on Monday to explore business matchmakings with Pakistani counterparts. The delegation was representing various companies of Shaanxi province including Shaanxi Pharmaceutical Holdings Group Co., Ltd, Shaanxi Coal and Chemical Industry Group Co Ltd, Shaanxi Automobile Group Co.l Ltd and others. The delegation members said that this was their first visit to Pakistan to study Pakistani market. They showed interest for business matchmakings and joint ventures with Pakistani counterparts in pharmaceuticals, chemicals, automobile, engineering, communication and solar energy sectors. The delegation members stressed for frequent interaction between the private sectors of China and Pakistan to understand each other and establish business collaborations. The representatives of Shaanxi Pharmaceuticals Group said that their company was exporting pharma products to over 200 countries and it wanted to explore business prospects in Pakistan. The representatives of automobile group said they were already supplying heavy trucks to Pakistan and were looking for partners in Pakistan to supply more trucks. The delegation members also invited ICCI members to visit Shaanxi Province to explore business collaborations. which witnessed decrease in prices in December 2017 included clothing and foot wear, by 18.10 percent as compared to December 2016. He said the items that witnessed increase in prices during December 2017 compared to December 2016 included, onions by 130.35 percent, tomatoes by 29.35 percent, government university fee by 37.72 percent, government engineering college fee by 32.47 percent, government college fee by 23.90 percent, potatoes by 21.72 percent, chicken by 21.21 percent, gas cylinder by 17.04 percent, petrol by 14.94 percent, iron bar by 14.16 percent, diesel by 12.80 percent and kerosene oil by 13.51 percent. ISLAMABAD: Almost 80% Industrial units of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa (KP) have been shifted to Punjab owing to discriminatory policies of the government. This was revealed in the meeting of Senate Standing Committee on Energy, which met here Monday at Parliament House with Senator Israrullah Zehri in the chair. The meeting was further told that remaining industrialists were mulling to shift their businesses to other provinces from KP. It was informed that Sui Northern Gas Pipeline limited (SNGPL) has been receiving extra bills on the account of rates from industrial units of KP as compared to Punjab and was not giving new gas connections to industrial units of KP despite huge production of Ismail said the government planned tax reforms to focus on widening the tax base, simplifying tax structures, and slashing personal tax rates to encourage more people to file returns. "We have to reduce rates and the prime minister is very eager to especially reduce rates on individuals," Ismail stated. Pakistan has a very narrow tax base and successive governments have promised to rein in tax evaders and boost revenues. "We will probably not go back to the international markets to issue a new bond until the end of next calendar year so it will not be in this fiscal year anymore," he concluded. Saudia and UAE introduce VAT for first time RIYADH: Value Added Tax (VAT) has been introduced in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for the first time. The 5% levy is being applied to the majority of goods and services. Gulf States have long attracted foreign workers with the promise of taxfree living. But governments want to increase revenue in the face of lower oil prices. The tax kicked in on 1 January in both countries. The UAE estimates that in the first year, VAT income will be around 12 billion dirhams (£2.4bn; $3.3bn). Petrol and diesel, food, clothes, utility bills and hotel rooms all now have VAT applied. But some outgoings have been made exempt from the tax, or given a zero-tax rating, including medical treatment, financial services and public transport. Organisations such as the International Monetary Fund have long called for Gulf countries to diversify their sources of income away from oil reserves. In Saudi Arabia more than 90% of budget revenues come from the oil industry while in the UAE it is roughly 80%. Both countries have already taken steps to boost government coffers. In Saudi Arabia this included a tax on tobacco and soft drinks as well as a cut in some subsidies offered to locals. In the UAE road tolls have It alleged that been hiked and a tourism tax introduced. But there are no plans to introduce income tax, where most residents pay 0% tax on their earnings. The other members of the Gulf Co-operation Council - Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar - have also committed to introduce VAT, though some have delayed plans until at least 2019. 80pc industrial units shifted from KP to Punjab, Senate body told natural gas. industrialists are being harassed for purchase of costly RLNG gas. The committee expressing grave concern over increase in Gas tariff said that huge number of industry has been shifted to Bangla Desh and India. It recommended that LNG should not be provided to those regions where it was being produced as it was 65% expensive than the natural gas. CORPORATE CORNER Prices of small cars increased by Suzuki company ISLAMABAD: With the start of the new year, Pak-Suzuki Company has increased the prices of the cars, especially the small cars, being manufactured locally by Rs. 10,000 per car in the pretext of adjustment of new taxes and duties imposed by Federal Board of Revenue. A spokesperson of Pak-Suzuki Company on Monday while explaining the reasons for increasing the prices said these prices have been revised upward for various vehicles specially ranging from 800cc to 1000cc engine capacities to adjust the new duties and taxes imposed by FBR on the auto mobile industry. It may be mentioned that the range of the vehicles from 800cc to 1000cc are in more demand by the common customers as people have the buying capacity for these vehicles which use less fuel and economically better as compared to big vehicles which consumed more oil. According to an official letter issued by Pak Suzuki to its dealers, the price of Suzuki Mehran VX will be Rs. 689,000 which was Rs. 679,000 on December 31, 2017. Similarly the new price of Mehran VXR will be Rs. 742,000 which was Rs. 732,000 just yesterday. The price of Suzuki Mehran VXR with CNG has been increased to Rs. 802,000. The new price of Bolan is Rs. 764,000 which was Rs. 754,000 in last year, just one day ago an the price of Bolan Cargo has been increased from Rs. 720,000 to Rs. 730,000. The price of Suzuki Wagnor VXR has been increased to Rs. 10,74,000 from Rs. 10,54,000 and similarly the price of Suzuki Wagnor VXL has been increased to Rs. 11,14,000 from the previous year price of Rs. 10,94,000. The price of Suzuki Ravi has been increased to Rs. 706,000 from Rs. 672,000. The new price of Suzuki Ravi EURO II has also been increased to Rs. 706,000. PPL for commercial viability of unconventional discoveries KARACHI: Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL), one of the key players in Pakistan’s E&P sector is playing its due role in the development of unconventional reservoirs in the country. In order to explore tight gas potential in the lower Indus basin, PPL drilled a well in Naushehro Feroze exploration lease. Tight gas potential was confirmed through successful drilling and testing of first well Naushahro Feroze X1 (NF X-1). Due to the tight nature of the reservoir this discovery initially did not appear commercially viable. After detailed post well analysis and numerous sub-seismic geological and reservoir modellings, PPL re-drilled this well horizontally to total length of 4940 metres and completed with state of the art multistage frack technology. Where the Chiltan Limestone reservoir was successfully drilled in a horizontal section with total lateral length of more than 1.3 Km. The well was completed with ten stage open hole packers and fracking sleeves. This well made history in drilling industry of Pakistan, by becoming one of the deepest and longest horizontal wells in tight carbonate reservoir. Later, all ten stages were stimulated (frac/acid) and successfully tested at 4.5 MMscfd with 1850 psi flowing wellhead pressure with 9 fold increase in production. In the future, “PPL plans to work on two additional tight gas discoveries to establish commercial viability,” says MD and CEO PPL Syed Wamiq Bokhari. “The company`s effort in tapping unconventional reservoirs has the potential to add substantial reserves to Pakistan`s hydrocarbons base,” he adds. NF X-1 is in Naushahro Feroz Block, Sindh, with PPL as operator holding 90 percent working interest and the remaining 10 percent held by Asia Resources Oil Limited. KARACHI: Jubilee Life Insurance recently won the T-20 match against the Hamdard University team chasing the target of 157 runs in 15.1 overs. The match was held at Habib University main campus. Picture above shows the victorious team of Jubilee Life with their captain Ibad Anis. Martin Dow Group receives an award at 2nd FENTA 2017 KARACHI: Martin Dow Group was among one of the main participants at the 2nd FENTA event held over the weekend at the Expo Center, Karachi. The 2nd FENTA, a family expo and national talent award event, was organized by the Pakistan Business Forum. The event was a two day festival arranged for the public focusing on children and families with the proceeds from the fair going towards the welfare of the students of the Baithak School Network. Mr. Rustom Boga, Group Associate Director, Corporate Communications received the ‘High Achiever Award on remarkable contributions for upcoming prosperous Pakistan’ on behalf of Mr. Jawed Akhai, Chairman Martin Dow, at the event from the Chief Guest, Provincial Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah. On being a gold sponsor, Chairman, Martin Dow, Mr. Jawed Akhai said: “We at Martin Dow Group are proud to have been associated with the 2nd Fenta (Family Expo and National Talent Award). The earnings from the festival will be used for the betterment of the underprivileged students of Karachi, a responsibility that we have been involved in by contributing towards the education sector for the improvement of literacy across Pakistan. The Martin Dow Group is an advocate of community welfare programs and has been playing a socially responsible role for the improvement of the society.” National Standard Committee meeting held at PSQCA Refrigerator & Air Conditioning was deferred by the house while for 4 no’s of standards pertaining to MTC-06: Mechanical Transport, chairman of the committee constituted a working group for further study and suggestions. Therefore, 36 standards were placed for consideration and Endorsement. After discussion, it was proposed by the house that the standards in question might be adopted as Pakistan Standards. The chairman of the committee agreed with the proposal and Approved / endorsed the same to be established as Pakistan Standards. A question was raised by the Director General (MOCC),Mrs. Farzana Altaf Shah,Pak Environment Protection Agency, Islamabad, regarding Halal Certification. Mrs. Yasmeen Khanum, Deputy Director (Halal Certification) gave a brief and informed that at the moment, PSQCA is only formulating Standards on Halal Certification as long as certification is concerned, a bill regarding Halal Food Authority (HFA), has been passed. HFA would certify the Halal Products in respect of Import / Export.
Citing LoC turmoil, India rules out possibility of cricket series with Pak Dr NEW DELHI: India has once again made clear its stance that, for the time being, there will be no bilateral cricket series between the two countries, even at neutral venues. According to a report in the Indian media, Indian Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj indicated the government's stance at a meeting of the consultative committee attached to the ministry that offered a review of relations with neighbours. On being asked about restarting the long-suspended 'cricket diplomacy' between the rivals, Swaraj said the high number of cross-border firings do not set the tone for any kind of bilateral engagements, the report added. Former Pakistan cricketer and commentator Ramiz Raja said, "I do not understand this rhetoric. The Indian government has decided that they will not let people to people contact to take place.” “I fail to understand why the sport is dragged into these matters,” he added. Similarly, former player and analyst Sikander Bakht said "the people and cricketers of India do not From 75th to 1st position – Hasan Ali records meteoric rise in 2017 KARACHI: Pakistan time. bowler Hasan Ali made his presence strongly felt in the Other big movers in the bowling table were Bumrah international arena – moving (48th to third) and up from 75th position at Afghanistan leg-spinner the beginning of 2017 to Rashid Khan (38th to first spot at the end of the eighth). year in ICC ODI Bowling. Among all-rounders, Hasan Ali took 45 ODI Bangladesh’s Shakib Al wickets in the year 2017 to make his way to the top of the table. Hasan was the runaway leader across formats with Ravichandran Ashwin and New Zealand pace Ravindra Jadeja in Tests, bowler Trent Boult started Mohammad Hafeez in the year on top. However, although Ali finished in the top position but it were ODIs and Glen Maxwell in T20Is snatching the baton from him at different points Imran Tahir and Josh in time. Hazlewood who led for most of the time. In T20Is, Meanwhile, Steve Smith continued his reign in the Tahir, India’s Jasprit rankings for test batsmen Bumrah and Imad Wasim, topped at different points in for a second year running, finishing the calendar year 2017 with the second highest ever rating after the legendary Don Bradman. Smith’s tally of 947 points kept him 54 points ahead of Virat Kohli at the end of a year which saw the Australia captain aggregate 1,305 runs with six centuries. His India counterpart Kohli, however, kept a steady hold on the ODI number one ranking for most of the latter part of the year even though his yearend aggregate was only four points more than second-placed AB de Villiers. Unlike in Tests, the top position in ODIs was fiercely contested for, with as many as 12 changes between Kohli, de Villiers KARACHI: Group Photo of Arm Wrestlers of Anti Norcotics Force Sports Gala, Girls Arm Wrestling event with Chief Guest, SOA V.P, Engr.Mahfooz ul Haq, Secretary Sindh Arm Wrestling Kashif Ahmed Farooqui,President Gulfaraz Ahmed Khan,Arif Waheed, Dr. Arif Hafeez, Waseem Alvi,Mohsin Ali, Jawaid Iqbal, and Technical official Ms.Taiyaba Shah. Virat and Anushka will enjoy our hospitality, says CSA chief Sports Reporter KARACHI: Cricket South Africa (CSA) will provide great hospitality to Team India captain Virat Kohli and his wife Anishka Sharma during their recent tour. This was revealed by the CSA's acting CEO (Chief Executive Officer) Thabang Moroe. Speaking exclusively, he said, "we are very happy to host the couple. Just as we are the BCCI family.These two countries have shared special relations in the past both politically and on the sporting fields". "Virat is a world beater, a very dominant batsman. Giving him world-class hospitality should help soften him up for our bowlers to be able to put him away very quickly in the matches to come. "I would like to believe that we are treating them (Kohli and Anushka) with the same special care that we give to all our visitors. As South Africans we are very well known for our friendliness and hospitality and I'm pretty confident they would agree too. "To be honest I haven't received any special requests and if any came they would've gone to my team who are more than capable of pulling a rabbit out of the hat". Wenger party spoiled by late West Brom leveler WEST BROMWICH: Arsene Wenger s recordbreaking day as Arsenal manager ended in frustration as his disjointed side were held to a controversial 1-1 draw at West Bromwich Albion on Sunday. The Frenchman took charge of his 811th Gunners league game, taking him past Alex Ferguson s Premier League record of 810. But his side were denied victory by Jay Rodriguez s 89th-minute penalty, awarded for handball against Calum Chambers to the fury of Wenger and his players. Arsenal had taken the lead six minutes earlier after a deflected Alexis Sanchez free-kick found its way into the West Brom net via a deflection off James McClean. The Gunners had been frustrated for much of the game by a resolute Albion. Arsenal made the brighter start but might have found themselves trailing to the first chance of the game on six minutes. A weaving run down the right flank by Matt Phillips ended with a cross for Rodriguez, who leapt highest but headed too close to Petr Cech and the Arsenal goalkeeper made a solid save, diving to his left. Cech handed the Baggies another chance moments later when he spilled a high cross by Kieran Gibbs at the feet of Hal Robson-Kanu. The Wales striker s effort was blocked and Arsenal then snuffed out Jake Livermore s effort to keep the move alive. and David Warner. Kohli led for 190 days in this format while his hold at the top in T20I rankings was virtually right through. He was topranked for 358 days in the shortest format, only losing the spot to Aaron Finch towards the end as Kohli missed a threematch home series against Sri Lanka when he got married. Those rising rapidly in Tests in 2017 were India opener Lokesh Rahul (49th to 12th), Windies middle-order batsman Shai Hope (107th to 34th) and South Africa left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj (59th to 16th). RISJA condoles with Qamar Zaman Sports Reporter KARACHI: Rawalpindi- Islamabad Sports Journalists Association (RISJA) secretary Nasir Abbas Naqvi extended his deep condolences to former world squash champion Qamar Zaman Khan on the death of his better half. Nasir while talking to Qamar Zamana and his son former world number 11 Mansoor Zaman expressed his grief and sorrow on the sudden demise of Qamar’s wife and Mansoor’s mother and prayed to Allah Almighty to give the family courage to bear this loss prayed Allah kept her soul in highest place in Jannah. Sports Reporter KARACHI: Faisalabad Disabled Cricket Team beat Quetta Disabled Team by 8 wickets, Hyderabad Disabled Team beat Quetta Bolan Disabled Team by 34 runs, Karachi defeated Bahawalpur Disabled Team by 8 wickets while defending Championship Multan Disabled Team beat Sargodha Disabled Teams by 8 wickets in the opening day of 6th National Disabled T-20 Cricket Championship at Rashid Latif Cricket Academy and TMC Ground Gulberg here on Monday. Earlier they Opening Ceremony of 6th National Disabled T-20 Cricket Championship was held at RLCA Ground Gulberg. On the occasion former Pakistan Captain and President PDCA Rashid Latif was the Chief Guest and Formerly inaugurate, Petron PDCA Saleem Karim, Zeeshan Altaf Loya, Aslam Bareach and Media Manager Muhammad Nizam were also spoken on agree with this [decision]. These are the policies of the [Narendra] Modi government.” “This is a very sad situation. I think if India does not want to play they should avoid such statements,” said former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has claimed a compensation of $70 million from the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) for not honouring the MoU signed in 2014, which said that both the countries would play six series between 2014 and 2023. PCB also recently raised objections with India about the Future Tour Programme schedule for excluding any bilateral series with the green shirts. PCB intimated in an official release that they will challenge the new schedules until they get to play against India in a bilateral series. PHF calls colts for national camp KARACHI: Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has called 31 junior players to report on January 4 here at the Abdul Sattar Edhi Hockey Stadium for national camp. World Cup winning Olympian Kamran Ashraf is the commandant of the camp for national junior probables. According to a PHF official, the junior players have been called for the camp to keep them engage and ready in case tournament is scheduled on a short notice. Probables are Waqar Ali, Akmal Hussain, Adil Rao, Rizwan Ali, Moin Shakeel, Junaid Manzoor, Ghazanfer Ali, Adeel Latif, Ali Aziz, Afraz Hakeem, Naveed Alam, Shahzaib Khan, Awais Arshad, Ahmed Nadeem, Waqar Ali, Umair Sattar, Zakirullah, Abdullah Babar, Ali Raza, Khair Ullah, Hammad Anjum, Amjad Ali, Rana Waheed, Roman Khan, M. Hasan, Rehan Butt, Murtaza Yaqoob, M.Ibrahim, Zain Ejaz, Umar Bilal and Muhammad Usman. LONDON: Manchester United full-back Ashley Young has been banned for three matches after accepting a Football Association charge of violent conduct. Young, 32, appeared to strike Southampton's Dusan Tadic with an elbow in Saturday's 0-0 draw at Old Trafford. The incident was not spotted by referee Craig Pawson. the occasion. Hon. Secretary PDCA Amir Uddin Ansari, Prof. Ejaz Farooqui, Asif Ali Khan, Rahat Ali Shah, Javed Ahmed Khan, Jameel Ahmed, Board of Directors M. Arif Hafeez Sports Reporter KARACHI: It was difficult to envisage two teams of almost similar pedigree, playing the final of the 64th National Championships at Sukkur Peoples Hockey Stadium. Both National Bank of Pakistan and WAPDA had been the past winners of the national title four times. On paper as well, they are well matched sides with a number of internationals. In the 2016 edition, National Bank had finished second while WAPDA ended fourth. Bank had last lifted the coveted trophy in 2013, and Tuesday, January 2, 2018 Sportlight WAPDA way back in 2010. Hence the intense desire must have been there. The final lived up to the expectations. A jam packed Peoples stadium witnessed an exciting duel with fortunes fluctuating. NBP’s international drag flicker Abubakr put his team ahead with a penalty corner conversion in the 13th minute. The lead didn’t last long as WAPDA’s Qasim equalised within six minutes, also via a PC. The half time score was 1-1. Two minutes into the second half, National Bank restored the lead, again through a penalty corner and again Abu bakr was the scorer. 7 NBP wins 64th National Hockey Championship 2017 Sports Reporter KARACHI: The British Junior Squash Championship 2018, which is one of the most distinguished tournaments on the junior squash circuit calendar will be played from 3 – 7 January, 2018 in Birmingham, England. Also referred to as The British Junior Open, it has attracted some of the best young prospective players which include: The present British Open champion Gregory Gaultier, Former World No.1 James Willstrop, Three-time world champion Nick Matthew, World champion Mohamed ElShorbagy who won together for 3 years from 2008 – 2010, World Girl’s No.1 Nour El Sherbini and World Girl’s No.1 England’s Emily Whitlock. During 2018 the event will be held in Birmingham for the next three years. This venue shift brings to an end the hosting of 22 years in The fierce battle continued. However, the bankers were able to keep the slim lead intact when the hooter sounded for the final time. National Bank: 2 WAPDA: 1 SCORERS: National Bank: Abubakr (2), WAPDA: Qasim Earlier in the third position match, Sui Southern Gas Company put the disappointment of the shootout defeat in yesterday’s semi-final behind them to beat NAVY 3-0. Incidentally, SSGC had finished 3rd, last year as well. SCORERS: Rana Sohail (2) and Zeeshan Bukhari. Pakistan team announced for British Junior Open Squash C’ship 2018 Young accepted the charge on Sunday, and his argument the three-game suspension was excessive was rejected by a regulatory commission. He will miss United's trip to Everton on New Year's Day, Friday's FA Cup third-round tie against Derby, and a home league match against Stoke. Speaking after the game, Tadic said: "He PDCA Khawar Aziz, Dr. Noman Palikar, Fawwad Mustafa, Sadiq Khatri, Imran Khan, Javed Amin, Muhammad Javed and Shouqat Rajput, Tahir Mehmood, Masroor Muhammad, Kaleem Alam, Rahat Ali Shah were also present on the occasion. Chief Guest former Captain Rashid Latif thanks to the PCB for the supporting to PDCA and he also Sheffield. According to the organisers in 2018, the event will be one of the biggest in the championship’s history, attracting more than 600 competitors, representing over 30 nations competing in ten age categories from the Under 11s to the Under 19s for both boys and girls. The 2018 event Categories are: Boys & Girls Under 11, 13, 15, 17, 19 (2018 – first time that under 11 category has been included) Ashley Young: Man Utd full-back banned for three games after accepting FA charge Faisalabad, Hyderabad, Karachi and Multan won their matches in inaugural day of 6th National Disabled T-20 Cricket Championship KARACHI: Former Captain Pakistan Cricket Team and President PDCA Rashid Latif and Petron PDCA Saleem Karim presenting a man of the match award to Babar of Hyderabad Disabled Cricket Team in 6th National Disabled T-20 Cricket Championship at RLCA Gulberg. elbowed me and I asked him: 'Why did you do this?' "I didn't really understand. I can fall down but it was really strange because I didn't expect that from him." Asked if Young should have have been sent off, Tadic said: "Yes." United have dropped to third in the Premier League after three successive draws and were beaten at Bristol City in the Carabao Cup on 20 December. Young, who joined United from Aston Villa in June 2011, returned to the England squad last month after a four-year international absence. Swansea City defender Kyle Naughton has also been banned for three matches - for stamping on Watford's Stefano Okaka. invite to the others sponsors to support PDCA like normal cricket we also very thankful to over Petron and founder Disabled Cricket Saleem Karim who supported this noble cause from 2017 to till. He also appreciated to efforts of Hon. Secretary PDCA Amir Uddin Ansari and Media Manager Muhammad Nizam for excellent services for the Disabled Cricketers. S U M M A R I Z E D SCORE: 1st Match at RLCA Group “A” Faisalabad Won the Toss: Quetta Disabled 147-6 in 20 Overs. Saif Ullah 77 in 58 balls (4x11), Abdullah Khan 22 in 20 balls. Muhammad Waqas (SLA) 3-28 in 4 overs, Wasif-ur- Rehman (ROB) 1-18 in 4 overs. Faisalabad Disabled 148-2 in 8.3 Overs. Adnan Butt 68* in 59 balls (4x5), Muhammad Saqlain 53* in 38 balls (4x5). Nizam Uddin (SLA) 1-21 in 4 overs, Abdullah Khan (LMF) 1-43 in 4 overs.
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