Try again & again best wishes for 2015

Team Pakistan Good luck And try again Best wishes for world cup 2015.

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Good Luck Team Pakistan !!!!!!

Green Day:

Student of PAF-KIET started this Campaign to motivate & mobilize all the pakistani team sporters espicially youth but by the passege of time it was spread like fire in youth...

they stated that:

"The Semi Final is on wednesday in order to support our beloved team we are celebrating Green Day on wednesday .You are requested to wear Green ribbon on your wrists Or a Badge on your Shirts or school shirts in order to show the spirit for the team !!!
Good Luck Team Pakistan
Message circulated by the students of paf-Kiet and it is for every one PLz.......
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Wrestling In Pakistan

In Pakistan wrestling has a long and honourable history which can be traced a couple of centuries back. The great exponent of Pakistan national style of wrestling was Khalifa Nooruddin who lived in the reign of Aurangzeb. However, the glorious traditions of wrestling in our country started with the advent of that great son of Kashmir, the mighty Siddiqa who was at the peak of his powers 125 year ago. After Siddiqa, came Boota Pehelwan, the most scientific of the big wrestlers, and on to Ghulam, Rahim Sultaniwala and Karim Bakhsh Paileeraywala. The latter is considered the most scientific wrestler ever produced by this country, a scholar and a master of art of wrestling at 210 lbs., he flattened all opposition. However, to this day he is considered the greatest of the great. And later we have the advent of the famous late Gama, who claimed the title of word champion; and his remarkable brother, Imam Bakhsh. As a point of interest it is mentioned here that these great wrestlers, without exception were from among people who had migrated from Kashmir. We are concerned with the advent of Olympic freestyle wrestling in Pakistan. It was in 1953 that the Pakistan Amateur Wrestling Federation was formed in Lahore by a few enthusiasts brought the name of Pakistan in this style of wrestling in world competitions.

Though the first three National Championships, in 1948, 1950 and 1952 had been held, yet the international rules were not observed fully and it was this lack of knowledge which was responsible, in 1948, for a team being entered in the Greco-Roman style instead of Free-style and scratched from the wrestling competition in the 14th Olympics, in London. It was only on the occasion of the 4th championships, in 1954, under the control of the Federation, that wrestling was held on a proper mat and strictly under the FILA rules. In 1954, a wrestler, Din Muhammad, was responsible for winning the first gold medal in any international competition for Pakistan when he emerged victorious in the flyweight class of the 2nd Asian Games at Manila.

The Pakistani wrestlers have won many medals in the British Empire and Commonwealth Games till this country pulled out of that organization. Pakistan had also been dominating in wrestling competitions of the Asian Games alongwith brotherly Muslim country, Iran. But for a decade or so the countries like North and South Korea and Japan have made a tremendous progress in this manly art and have challenged the supremacy of the two Muslim countries. Pakistan's greatest moment of glory in wrestling, rather any individual sport, came during the 1960 Rome Olympics, when welterweight Muhammad Bashir grabbed a bronze medal. This medal won by Pakistan in the free-style competition is the one and only.

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Weightlifting In Pakistan

Before partition, weightlifting in that part of the Punjab which is now in Pakistan was well organized by the Punjab Weightlifting Association which was formed in 1939. Lifters from this area, especially Lahore, had won All India Championships and their performances were of high quality. At that time, it may be noted, there were only five bodyweight classes i.e. featherweight, lightweight, middle-weight, light-heavy and heavy weight.

The Pakistan Amateur Weightlifting Federation was formed in 1953 duly affiliated to the Pakistan Olympic Association and the International Weightlifting Federation.

Pakistani weightlifters have been taking part in the Asian Games, Commonwealth Games and Asian Weightlifting Championships. Weightlifters like Muhammad Iqbal Butt, Muhammad Azam Mian, Muhammad Arshad Malik and Chaudhry Muhammad Amin have performed creditably in the Asian Games and Asian Weightlifting Championships. The game has not shown much improvement but certain individuals has succeeded in flying the Pakistani flag high in foreign lands.

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Volley Ball In Pakistan

Volleyball is played by two teams of six players on a court divided by a net. The object is to send, or 'volley' the ball over the net and score the most points - these are earned by making the ball touch the ground on the opposition's side of the court. Players can use their arms and hands to hit the ball a maximum of three times in their own court before it must be hit over the net to the opposition side.

The ball is put in play with a service: hit by the server over the net to their opponents. The round continues until the ball is grounded on the playing court, goes out of the marked lines on the court or a team fails to return it properly.

The team that wins that round scores a point. When the receiving team wins a point, it gains a point and the right to serve, and its players rotate one position clockwise.

Pakistan Volleyball Federation was founded on 31st January, 1955. Thereafter, volleyball was taken up at the national level. The Federation received recognition and was affiliated to the Pakistan Olympic Association and the International Volleyball Federation the same year.

In Pakistan, during the fifties and sixties, the standard of volleyball was quite high and comparable to the best Asian countries. Pakistan had the honour of winning a bronze medal during the 1962 Asian Games at Jakarta where the matches were played outdoor.

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Taekwondo In Pakistan

Taekwondo is one of the most systematic and scientific Korean traditional martial arts, teaching more than just physical fighting skills.

It shows ways of enhancing spirit and life through training the body and mind.
The word taekwondo is one word in Korean. "Tae" means foot, leg or to step on. "Kwon" means fist or fight. "Do" means the way or discipline. As one word, it means "way of kicking or strking".
There are two important concepts behind taekwondo:

1. the correct way of controlling parts of the body - the fists and feet
2. a way to control or calm down fighting, keep the peace and build a more peaceful world

Taekwondo has developed over 5,000 years in Korea, beginning as a defensive martial art called "subak" or "taekkyon" and becoming a way of training body and mind.

Pakistan Taekwondo Federation is affiliated with following National/International Bodies

World Taekowndo Federation
Asian Taekwondo Federation
Pakistan Sports Baord
Pakistan Olympic Association

Affiliated Provinces

Punjab
Sindh
NWFP
Balochistan
Islamabad (Federally Administred)

Affiliated Departments

Pakistan Army
Pakistan Railway
Pakistan WAPDA
Pakistan Police
Pakistan Navey

Provincial Associations

Punjab Taekwondo Association
Sindh Taekwondo Association
Balochistan Taekwondo Association
NWFP Taekwondo Association
Islamabad Taekwondo Association

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Table Tennis In Pakistan

The Pakistan Table Tennis Federation was formed in 1951 in Lahore. With the formation of the Federation more and more provincial associations took birth. This helped in popularizing the game in various regions of the country. The Karachi, Lahore and the Peshawar Table Tennis Associations are amongst the oldest.

The National Championships have been held in since 1954. The first nationals were held in Lahore at the Burt Institute. Thereafter, these have been held in Karachi, Rawalpindi, Bahawalpur, Dacca and Quetta also. Some of the divisional associations have conducted nationals more than once. In the nationals the men's team event and the ladies team event were won by Karachi. The men's single event could not be completed on account of an injunction issued by a local court against the federation.

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