port grand retail and entertainment complex,Karcahi.Pakistan

Designed by: Newwork
Status: Under construction
Client: Karachi Port Trust (KPT)
Contractors: Grand Leisure Corporation
Infrastructure Type: Food Street/Social Space/Market
Construction Date: 2006
Completion Date: 2008
Location: Below Jinnah Bridge & Karachi Port, Karachi

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Naseeb

Naseeb, originally uploaded by www.first-pakistan.blogspot.com.

Naseeb – an eight-year olf bay - won the Quaid-i-Azam Gold Cup at the
Karachi Racecourse in 2008. With two victories already under his belt,
Naseeb beat closest rival and last year's Derby winner Gold Krik by five
lengths in the annual prized event run over 12 furlongs.

Pakistani field hockey legend Brig. (retd.) Manzoor Hussain Atif

Pakistani field hockey legend Brig. (retd.) Manzoor Hussain Atif, originally uploaded by www.first-pakistan.blogspot.com.

Pakistani field hockey legend Brig. (retd.) Manzoor Hussain Atif passed away
this year at the age of 81. Hussain represented Pakistan in four Olympics
and was part of the team that won the gold medal at the 1960 Rome Games. He
was team manager when Pakistan won its second and third Olympic golds, in
Mexico in 1968 and in Los Angeles in 1984. Brig. Atif also served as
secretary of the Pakistan Hockey Federation for 11 years and also the Asian
Hockey Federation secretary for 16 years.

Squash great Jahangir Khan (r)

Squash great Jahangir Khan (r), originally uploaded by www.first-pakistan.blogspot.com.

Squash great Jahangir Khan (r) stepped down from his post of the president
of the World Squash Federation after successfully completing the maximum
tenure of six years. Jahangir received numerous awards and honours in 2008,
including an honorary degree from the London Metropolitan University and
awards from the WSF. Jahangir was also one of a few players selected for the
Olympic Museum of Heroes in Switzerland.

Shandur polo festival

The Shandur polo festival – better known as the polo competition on the rooftop of the world – was won by Chitral in 2008. They beat Gilgit 9-7 in the final held at the highest polo ground in the world. The Shandur festival attracts a great number of local and foreign spectators.

Paralympic Games

Pakistan participated in the Paralympic Games, also held in Beijing in 2008. The Paralympic squad's performance was much better than that of their Olympic counterparts. All-round athlete Haider Ali made the country proud by winning a silver medal in the long jump event. This was Pakistan's first ever Paralympic medal and Ali also came close to winning a medal in the discus throw event. Pakistan's participation in the event was marred by a doping scandal when weightlifter Naveed Ahmed Butt tested positive for a banned substance.

Carla Khan

Carla Khan – Pakistan's number one player in women's squash announced her retirement from the game in 2008, citing injuries and lack of support from the Pakistan Squash Federation. The news came as a shock as Carla had been performing well on the international circuit and Pakistan will have to wait a while before another quality squash player emerges from the women's circuit.

Beijing 2008 Olympics

Pakistan was represented at Beijing 2008 Olympics by 21 players, including a hockey squad (16 players), two track-and-field athletes, two swimmers and one shooter.

Swimmer Kiran Khan and sprinter Sadaf Siddiqui were the two women representing Pakistan. Traditionally, the Pakistani hockey team has produced good results at the Olympics.  However, the hockey team finished eighth in Beijing – their worst Olympic performance ever.

Amir Atlas Khan and Farhan Mehboob

Pakistan has notably been absent from the squash circuit in recent years. This, however, may change soon as two of Pakistan's young players; Amir Atlas Khan and Farhan Mehboob are consistently performing well and are in top 20 players in the world.

Kabaddi

The traditional sport of Kabaddi was in the limelight this year . the tournaments attracted big crowds and showed that the arch rivals were able to leave politics out of sport, at least for once this year.

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Aisamul Haq Qureshi

Tennis star Aisamul Haq Qureshi shocked the tennis world when he beat sixth seed Richard Gasquet at the Halle Open tournament in Germany. Gasquest was ranked 11th in the world at that time, 293 places higher than Aisam. The serve-and-volleyer from Lahore then qualified for the main draw of the US Open in both the doubles and singles draws. Aisam has been the lone tennis player representing Pakistan in major events worldwide.

U.S. must force Indo-Pak to resolve Kashmir issue: Musharraf

Former President Pervez Musharraf, speaking at Franklin Institute on Tuesday, urged United States to pressurize Pakistan and India to resolve all longstanding issues including Kashmir dispute.

Musharraf was of the view that Kashmir and other disputes between both archrivals were root cause of extremism in the region and added, "Radicalism can never be abolished from the region until the resolution of Kashmir dispute and other differences between India and Pakistan."

He termed it legitimate and the need of hour to use army in overcoming terrorism but added that army operations cannot succeed in exterminating terrorism.

Musharraf indicated the substantial and swift growth of extremism in India and presented racial violent incidents in Indian Gujrat and Babri Mosque tragedy as examples that claimed scores of innocent lives.

Extremism in India cannot be ignored, he maintained.

Discussing Dr. Abdul Qadeers' home confinement he said, Dr. Qadeer is the hero of a common man as he turned Pakistan nuclear power.