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Good work. Nice job grinding the mirror truly old school.
F-in Sad, pakistan imported 25" telescope ???? We F-in live in stone age.
This is a very simple, little thing, this dude did. Yet, that all have got
kinds ashamed of my country right now.
Monk dude. Cool down and fix your spelling and grammar. It's hard to read your post. :)
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Monk dude. Cool down and fix your spelling and grammar. It's hard to read your post. :)
Use his telescope :)
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**Pakistan - A Place to be.
They all have a reason to go to Pakistan. What’s yours?
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**Pakistan still leads in leather sector at global level
KARACHI: Pakistan is still leading in quality of finished leather and some of the articles are even better than Italian products, having a number one position at global level.**
Most of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) signatory competing countries have either imposed very heavy duty on export of wetblue or some of these countries have imposed complete ban on export of wetblue. In India there is 60 percent export duty on wetblue.
Bangladesh has recently banned export of wetblue. From China wetblue cannot be exported due to heavy duty on exports and many other barriers in its way.
Pakistan leather industry, the second highest forex-earning sector is facing acute shortage of wetblue, the basic raw material for the tanning industry, he added.
Export of raw skins, pickled and wetblue leather may be temporarily banned under Article XI of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
There is no control or check on export of wetblue through misdeclaration and presently unscrupulous elements are involved in export of wetblue and pickle leather in connivance with some customs officials at various dry ports, said former Pakistan Tanners Association (PTA) chairman Agha Saiddain.
The wetblue and pickle leather is exported as finished leather which is not only causing loss to the government exchequer by duty evasion but these elements claim export rebate on such consignments, he claimed.
Though PTA has provided minimum prices of wetblue hides and skins to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) chairman but due to misdeclaration these minimum prices are not followed.
PTA has collected few invoices where export of such misdeclared wetblue is made by weight or by piece. This is against international practice of export of wetblue, which is either by sq feet or sq meters.
Presently unscrupulous elements involved in misdeclaration in connivance with some customs officials use smaller dry ports. Export of Full Containers Load (FCL) of leather may be allowed through Karachi, Lahore, Multan and Sialkot only, like the main cities where tanning industry is located.
All FCL exports of any kind of leather should be allowed after getting verification certificate from PTA like Rice Export Association of Pakistan and APTMA.
Any leather shipment weighing more than seven-eight tonnes should invariably be referred to PTA for checking and verification.
Strategy Working Group under J E Austin had estimated leather sector exports to the tune of $3 billion by 2012 as such the sector lags behind by $1.911 billion.
PTA with tuning policies and level playing field can compete with countries and restore annual growth of 20-25 percent per annum.
Pakistan Leather Development Programme (PLDP) like Indian Leather Development Programme may be announced with an outlay of handsome amount.
India announced 10th and 11th LDP with an outlay of Rs 40 billion and Rs 91 billion, respectively for their industry with export volume of $3.844 billion. At least 1/3 of Indian outlay may be announced for development of leather sector of Pakistan.
The people involved in export of wetblue need a few wooden drums and no modern machines are required for processing of wetblue leather.
Pakistan tanning sector with the latest equipment of billions of rupees is without raw material. Tanners are second to none at global level having capability to convert this wetblue into highly value-added products.
For the last half a decade the growth of leather sector is either stagnant or declining. There are many factors and host of debacles and impediments, which have affected this value added and foreign exchange earning sector of Pakistan.
Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan
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**KU VC greets Dr Khalid for Sitara-i-Imtiaz
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**Karachi University (KU) Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Muhammad Qaisr has congratulated Prof. Dr. Khalid M. Khan for receiving Sitara-i-Imtiaz, the national award, from the President of Pakistan in recognition of his research work in the field of medicinal and synthetic organic chemistry.
Dr. Khalid M. Khan is working as a professor at the HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry – International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, KU.
**The government has already conferred him Tamgha-e-Imtiaz in recognition of his research work in the field of bioorganic and medicinal chemistry in the year 2004. He is trainer leader and trainer of Six Bronze Medal Winner Pakistani Chemistry Olympiad Teams, participated in 39th, 41st, and 43rd International Chemistry Olympiad, held in Russia, UK, and Turkey in 2007, 2009 and 2011 respectively.
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**Pakistani truck artist has a driving ambition to improve understanding between two cultures
**A huge photograph of a U.S. drone, displayed on the H&R Block Artspace Project Wall at 43rd and Main streets, epitomizes the tensions between the U.S. and Pakistan.
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Parked in a lot a few miles away, an old Chevy truck could help the citizens of both nations understand each other a little bit better — if Kansas City artist Asheer Akram has his way.
Akram is acutely attuned to the tensions represented by the Project Wall photograph, taken by Pakistani photographer Noor Behram.
He experienced the good and the bad of Pakistani attitudes to Americans during a 2010 trip there, paid for by the Lighton International Artists Exchange Program, which is based here.
At times he struggled with cultural differences, including the protective attitude of his Pakistani relations — the aunts, uncles and cousins on his late father’s side whom he visited.
But as an artist he was entranced by the ornately decorated Pakistani cargo trucks that he encountered at every turn.
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**With their intricately carved doors, lively painted cabs and bedizened interiors, the trucks are like moving works of art. Since he returned from Pakistan, Akram has been consumed by the idea of creating an American version of the decorated truck and sending it on the road as a way to enhance understanding between the two cultures.
Last year, he purchased a 1952 grain truck in Salina.
The Chevy, which will need a new motor, tires, a transmission and power steering, is the closest thing Akram could find to a British-made Bedford, long the cargo truck of choice in Pakistan.
The truck sits waiting for Akram’s ministrations in the gravel lot outside his studio in a Belger Cartage building at 2011 Tracy Ave.
“Belger has been super-good to me,” he said.
In addition to providing Akram with studio space, Belger Arts Center’s founder, Dick Belger, and its executive director, Evelyn Craft, awarded Akram two sizable commissions.
One is to create a 300-foot steel-cut mural along the firm’s crane yard at 19th Street and Forest Avenue; the other is a mural for the entrance to the Belger complex on Tracy Avenue.
Akram describes the murals’ design scheme as a kind of “Islamic graffiti.”
If you’ve been to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, you’ve probably seen Akram’s work — he did the metalwork for “Sweet Chariot,” one of two artistically enhanced golf carts designed by Peregrine Honig to ferry visitors around the museum.
And if the cargo truck project comes to fruition, the Nelson has expressed interest in displaying it.
“The idea would be to (pair it with) a show of Southeast Asian or Islamic art; there’s a lot of possibilities,” said the museum’s director/chief executive officer Julián Zugazagoitia.
Akram has lined up commitments to help with the truck from an ace Pakistani truck painter, Haider Ali, and a Houston-based woodworker, Rahim Akbar, and he is raring to get started on the project.
“Funding’s been the biggest issue,” he said. He expects it will cost about $30,000 to complete — and now it’s crunch time.
After being turned down for funding by a local Rocket Grant program and failing to land one of the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City’s grants to individual artists, Akram turned to Kickstarter, an online funding platform.
Akram launched his Kickstarter fund drive in mid-March and by mid-April had raised nearly $12,000. He needs to reach his $30,000 target by May 5, or it all goes away — Kickstarter will only pay for projects that achieve their monetary goals.
Akram lists many incentives, from bumper stickers and T-shirts for pledges of $50 or more, to a one-of-a kind sculpture of the truck for $500 or more. Give more than that, and there are many other options, including an opportunity to exhibit the finished truck.
In Pakistan, cargo truck design is a full-blown industry, employing thousands of craftspeople and artisans. The imagery taps a dizzying array of cultural sources, from movie stars to mythological figures, military heroes to religious shrines. Ornamented with glittering metal elements, silk fabrics and dangling mirrors, the elaborately turned out trucks have been compared to Mughal court decoration.
Akram’s truck will not be the first decorated cargo truck in the U.S. In 2002, the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., commissioned Haider Ali and bodywork expert Jamil ud-Din to create a painted truck for its annual folk life festival.
But like its many prototypes, Akram’s truck will definitely be one of a kind.
His design will incorporate Midwestern and American motifs, including plants and animals, a buffalo and a bronze cow skull.
“Instead of traditional Pakistani style, we’ll be employing more of a graffiti style,” Akram said, “and we’re fabricating 22-inch spinners for the wheels.”
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**Talha Zahid is awarded with ‘The Overseas Sword’ – 168th Sovereign’s Parade
The Overseas Sword, awarded to the Overseas Cadet considered by the Commandant to be the best of the intake, was presented to Officer Cadet Muhammad Talha Zahid from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, who is to commission into the 21st Battalion, the Punjab Regiment.
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**Talha is 22 years old and was born in Jhelum, Pakistan. He was a keen sportsman at school, particularly interested in swimming, horse riding, tennis, squash and cricket. He took the equivalent of A levels at the Army Public School, Gujranwala before entering the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA), Kakul, in 2009 at the age of 19, where, after 18 months of military training, he was selected to attend the RMAS, having come in the top ten of a 300-strong Gentleman Cadet intake.
At Sandhurst he continued to excel both militarily and academically, winning prizes as the best Overseas Cadet in overall academic achievement, in War Studies and Defence and International Affairs. He also played with the polo and squash clubs and, in the Junior Term, took up sub-aqua diving for the first time. He was Platoon Sergeant of the winning platoon in the March and Shoot Competition.
On returning to Pakistan Talha will first attend the five week long Low Intensity Conflict Course before joining his battalion, a Light Anti-Tank Infantry unit.
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drone made by Pakistani students
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**Turkish scholar lauds Pakistanis’ philanthropy
****LAHORE: A DELEGATION of noted Turkish religious scholars and philanthropists visiting Pakistan expressed great admiration for Pakistanis’ devotion to Islam and their love for people in distress despite paucity of funds, facilities and resources.
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The Turkish ulema were impressed by the resilience Pakistani nation has shown to rise above the precarious security situation and the subversion across the country to care for the future of its young generation and those in distress. It shows Pakistan has every potential to excel in all spheres of life to play the role Muslim world leader, they said.
Muhammad Toran is leading this 10-member delegation of scholars, visiting the country on the invitation of a local NGO, to expand the already existing cooperation in the field of education, preaching and social service. The Islamabad-based NGO which began its activities over a decade ago mainly for securing release of the prisoners unable to pay their fines and undertaking reforms of the inmates has gradually expanded its scope to education and taking care of the orphan and poor children.
Toran, a noted scholar of Naqshbandi chain and the coordinator general of a representative forum of about 500 Turkish NGOs titled IDDEF, says his organisation aims at spreading the teachings of Islam to all human beings living in every corner of the world, beyond all nationalistic borders created by the colonists. It is working in 27 countries in Asia, Central Asia, Africa and Europe.
Hailing from Istanbul, Toran is representing the Islamist organisation founded by the last Sheikhul Islam of the Ottoman era, Sheikh Islamil Agha, to protect Islamic values against the colonists’ repression. The members of the organisation braved all kinds of atrocities and suppression, including incarcerations and torture, to keep their faith alive against every odd over three generations.
The organisation is now headed by Ismail Agha’s grandson Mehmood Afandi, a respected scholar whose disciples numbering tens of thousands are busy in imparting Islamic education.
The collaboration between the local NGO and IDDEF began in 2009 as they set up two model villages for flood affectees in Nowshera and Muzaffargarh after the name of Islmail Agha, each having houses, mosques and madaris to facilitate over thirty families. Besides, they also set up three seminaries in different cities.
Toran said the basic aim of the IDDEF was to instil the real concept of Islamic Ummah among the Muslims which the colonists tried hard to eliminate by erecting boundaries. During its visit, the delegation visited a few noted seminaries in Pakistan to find ways and means to cooperate in imparting quality Islamic education to students specially for those who cannot afford it. He says concept of Ummah is beyond the regional, linguistic and racial boundaries. He said, “On the Judgment Day, Almighty Allah will not inquire us of our deeds as Turks, Afghans or Pakistanis but as Muslims and we must prepare us to pass through that vital test.”
With the advent of Islamist party headed by President Tayep Erdogan, the long repressive era came to an end and things have now become conducive for Muslims to practice and preach their religion in its true spirit in Turkey.
He says the ultimate goal of the struggle for Islamic revival is to revive the Islamic Khilafah, but made it clear that no individual or party alone could bring it back and all Muslims would have to wage a united struggle to achieve that goal.
Sheikh Muhammad Toran is accompanied by other Turkish ulema, including Nael Erdogan Ali Abi, Ali Khoja, Jamaluddin Erdogan, Mahmood Shaukat, Saifuddin amd Nadeem Khoja.
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rangoli you deserve Tamgha-e-Husn-e-Kaarkardagi for this thread 
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:sid: mene tu kuch aesa kaam nahi kia, ager kio appreciation deserve kerta hai tu woh hen yeh loog 
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Sarmad Tariq: Amazing Pakistani with inspirational story for youth
**Karachi: When he’s not working and blogging abut his experience, he’s winning marathons and giving motivational speeches. AndSarmad Tariq has plenty of more tricks up his sleeve.**Sarmad Tariq was only 15 when he had the swimming accident that left him shoulder down paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair.But rather than let his disability bring him down, it actually accelerated his progress in life.Determined to live his life to the fullest Sarmad achieved what many regular people can’t. Today he has a job, a car and is married. And that’s just the start.His achievements include:The world record of longest non-stop drive a quadriplegic. Sarmad drove his hand controlled car for 33 hours, covering a distance of 1,874 kilometer from Khyber to KarachiOn 30th Jan 2005 he was the first ever and only wheelchair bound athlete in Lahore Marathon.By finishing the race distance of 42km in seven and a half hours he qualified to represent his country in ING New York City Marathon 2005 and made history for Pakistan by returning with a finisher’s medal.
Sarmad Tariq: Achievement of an amazing Pakistan | The News Tribe
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thanks for sharing with us :)
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**Pak rice export to Malaysia grows by 244 percent:HC
Islamabad—High Commissioner of Pakistan to Malaysia, Masood Khalid has said that his country is looking to export more rice to Malaysia which has emerged as one of the choice destinations for the Pakistani rice exporters as reflected in the 244 per cent increase in the rice export to Malaysia during the last two years.**
In an interview with Malaysia’s state-run Bernama News Agency, Masood Khalid said the Pakistani rice exports, including Basmati and non-Basmati rice, to Malaysia had been on an upward trend over the last three years, says a message received here from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Thursday. He noted that rice exports had consistently grown from 43,000 MT in 2009 to 123,000 MT in 2010, registering an increase of 186 per cent. “I am happy to report that exports have further gone up to 148,000 MT last year, growing by 20.3 per cent,” he said. However, he said Pakistan was looking to export more rice to Malaysia and for this purpose negotiations were already in progress with Malaysia’s Padiberas Nasional Bhd (Bernas), responsible for procurement and processing of paddy, as well as importation, warehousing, distribution and marketing of rice in Malaysia.
“With the high demand and consumption of rice among Malaysians, Pakistan could boost its exports, surpassing its 148,000 metric tonnes rice exports last year,” he said.
Masood said Pakistan had reviewed its plans, including holding discussions with Bernas and persuading the agency to organise “Buying Missions” to Pakistan to buy rice.
“We are engaging with Bernas on a regular basis. Bernas has, so far, led two teams to Pakistan to seal contracts with Pakistani exporters in the wake of floods in Thailand and Vietnam,” he said, adding Bernas would be planning a visit to Pakistan again in the near future to explore possibility of further rice imports from Pakistan.
Masood Khalid said Pakistan had also been in regular touch with Malaysia’s Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministry, and earlier in February 2012, Chairman Trade Development Authority of Pakistan, Tariq Iqbal Puri visited Malaysia and met the Minister, Datuk Seri Noh Omar, and other senior officials.
He said the Pakistan government was also working with the Rice Exporters’ Association of Pakistan (REAP) to persuade its members to export more rice to Malaysia.
REAP plays its role in assisting, facilitating and promoting Pakistan’s rice business and worldwide exports.
Asked whether Pakistan has any specific target for rice exports to Malaysia this year and onwards, he noted that Malaysia’s annual import of rice is around one million MT.
“However, we were told that Malaysia had negotiated rice contracts worth 0.8 million MT with other countries for the next five years.
This leaves us with only 200,000 MT to export to Malaysia on a yearly basis though we would like to export much more than this,” he said. He said that considering the exportable surplus after catering for Pakistan’s domestic consumption, which is around 2.5 million MT, Pakistan is actually ready to export more rice to Malaysia, subject to the Malaysian government’s approval.
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**Over 3,000 Indian Sikhs return from Pakistan with Jubilant Faces!
LAHORE: Over 3,000 Sikh pilgrims from India on Thursday left Pakistan with jubilant faces, after attending a 10-day Baisakhi festival at the historic Gurdwara Panja Sahib in Pakistan’s Hassanabdal town.
**Officials of the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabhandhak Committee and Evacuee Trust Property Board, which is responsible for the maintenance of shrines of minority communities, saw them-off at the Wagah railway station from where they would go to their country by Samjhauta Express.
The pilgrims on the occasion lauded the efforts made by the Pakistani government and the ETPB for their 10-day visit to their sacred historical places. They said they were received wholeheartedly wherever they went.
“We enjoyed traveling from Amritsar to Lahore; we received a warm welcome from the Pakistani authorities and the public,” Sardar Govinder Singh Shampurya, a leader of the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee, told reporters.
He said a total of 1,389 Sikh pilgrims had come to Pakistan in two special trains. The EPTB had put in place elaborate security arrangements for the Baisakhi festival and Sikh pilgrims from around the world who had come to attend the Baisakhi festival. The festival came to an end on April 17, Tuesday.
Gurdwara Panja Sahib is one of the holiest places in Sikhism and is believed to have a rock handprint of Guru Nanak. Every year, hundreds and thousands of pilgrims from various parts of the world, especially India and rural areas of Sindh, visit this temple to offer religious rituals in connection with various occasion like Rakhi, Besakhi, birth and death anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, Joti Jott Mela, death anniversary of 5th guru of Sikhism Guru Arjun Dev and last emperor of Punjab Maharaja Ranjeet Singh.
The langar (holy food) served at the temple is part of the teachings of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of Sikhism.
According to Sikh spiritual leaders, Besakhi is considered an event for the revival of Sikhism. Sardar Soran Singh said the society was filled with the darkness of crime, greed, poverty and homelessness, but we must not forget that we are all equal beings and should work together for the purpose
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Over 3,000 Indian Sikhs return - thenews.com.pk
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PAKISTANI ARMY BAND PLAYING IN MOSCOW! BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCE!
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PU students develop traffic control system for Pakistan**
Lahore: Two students of University of Punjab (PU) have developed a model system for traffic controlling to resolve growing incidents in Pakistan.**Hasan Raza and Ali Raza, from Electrical Engineering Department of PU, prepared the model recently claiming to be a solution for traffic problems in the country.“This project switches to Green light keeping in view of number of cars at the signal with help of cameras installed at the signal,” they said.“It means that if there are more vehicles at the signal, the system would automatically turn the signal to Green.”Young engineers say their system is also helpful in case of any emergency for which a blending of GSM and GPS technologies has been used to make a circuit that could be installed in ambulances and fire brigades.“The circuit has over four buttons out of which one could be pressed to turn the signal Green in case of any emergency by rescue workers,” PU students added.The system contributes to security system of the country as it would need a surveillance camera at every signal.These cameras could be used to cope with terrorism incidents, supervision of public meetings and movement of VIPs.The PU students say that their traffic system is very cheap as it adds only a camera at the signal and a computer at the base station for processing pictures from cameras.
PU students develop traffic control system for Pakistan | The News Tribe
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Model village being run on solar energy near Muzaffargarh**http://www.thenewstribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/solar-energy.jpgMuzaffargarh, Punjab: Locals of a nearby village, bady affected by floods last year, of Muzaffargarh can now read books and surf internet on their laptops as their houses are being run on solar energy.**The whole village comprising of 166 houses, has been built using solar energy as primary source for electricity.A project ofPakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF), Farmers Development Board is the main sponsor of the project..PPAF with in-kind contribution by the village residents in the form of unskilled labor, installed solar panels and streetlights in various villages located in Ehsanpur, Kot Addu which were without electricity for decades.The immediate benefit of electrification is improved lighting, which is much brighter, cheaper and safer than that provided by kerosene lamps.Utilizing local and renewable energy resources instead of diesel for power generation, not only protects the environment but also stimulates economic benefits for an improved quality of life.Before this initiative the villagers had never seen an electric appliance in their houses.Some villagers had to walk for hours to the nearest town even to charge their cell phones. Households generally had to use kerosene lanterns to carry out various chores during the dark which posed several threats such as respiratory diseases and fire hazards.The land for the project which is about 20 acres in area was provided by provincial government of Punjab.
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amazing :k:
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**Pakistani Reaches British Open
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World number one squash player Nicol David will have a surprising first round opponent when she begins her campaign to win back the British Open title in London on Tuesday.
The legendary Malaysian will take on Maria Toor Pakay who became the first Pakistani-born woman ever to reach a British Open main draw after upsetting the seedings in the qualifying competition.
The 21-year-old left-hander from Peshawar overcame Emily Whitlock, the European junior champion, by 11-5, 4-11, 8-11, 11-6, 11-7 in a 46-minute struggle that ended in the English player’s first defeat since January.
It followed another lengthy Pakay tussle on Sunday when she also went the full distance, on that occasion with Lucie Fialova of the Czech republic, before squeezing through 11-6, 6-11, 8-11, 11-3, 11-4.
Pakay, who was named as the young player of the year on the women’s tour in 2007 and received the Salaam Pakistan Award from President Pervez Musharraf in the same year, will now play the biggest match of her life in the O2 arena, the world’s most popular entertainment venue.
Carla Khan, another Pakistani-origin athlete, also played in the British Open main draw, but unlike Pakay, was born in England and earlier represented England. The granddaughter of the legendary Azam Khan, four times British Open champion, Khan changed loyalties to Pakistan in 1999.
Earlier, three of the Egyptian frontrunners, Amr Shabana, the four-time former world champion, Ramy Ashour, another former world champion, and Mohamed El Shorbagy, the former world junior champion, all came through after hard first round tussles in the men’s event.
Shabana, who attributes his revitalized attitude and desire to delay retirement to his three- and four-year-old daughters, fought back with guts and discipline to win 11-7, 7-11, 6-11, 11-3, 11-6 against his brilliantly fast-moving compatriot Tarek Momen.
Ashour claimed he “had learned about me” during the long drawn out recovery from injury which continued with a 8-11, 11-7, 11-5, 16-14 win over Daryl Selby, the former British national champion. He had to save four game points to avoid a deciding game.
Similarly El Shorbagy came back from 3-8 and 7-9 down in the fourth game to avoid being taken to a decider against the athletic French qualifier Mathieu Castagnet in a 11-7, 9-11, 11-7, 12-10 victory.
Later the top-seeded James Willstrop joined the Egyptian trio in the second round. The world number one from England overcame Simon Rosner, the top 20 German, by 11-3, 11-5, 11-7 to earn a meeting with his former England colleague Alister Walker, now representing Botswana. Meanwhile, Walker eased into the meeting with Willstrop with an 11-7, 11-6, 11-7 victory over Englishman Chris Simpson.
World and British Open champion Nick Matthew begins his campaign on Tuesday with a first round against Max Lee, a qualifier from Hong Kong
Pakistani Reaches British Open
