KARACHI: Formidable Sialkot Stallions maintained their undisputed champion in shorter version of the game when they whipped Faisalabad Wolves by five wickets in the final of RBS T20 Cricket Championship on Sunday night. Playing before a capacity crowd of 35,000 under dazzling lights at National Stadium, Sialkot overhauled, Faisalabad modest total of 109 in 16.3 overs. Abdul Razzaq was Sialkot Stallions hero by taking wickets for 17 runs and scoring an enterprising 24 in 26 balls with four sizzling boundaries to take the man of the match award from Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Ijaz Butt. Sialkot [...]

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KARACHI: Sialkot Stallions as expected qualified for the final RBS T20 Cricket Championship when they beat Karachi Dolphins by seven runs on Saturday before strong crowd of around 20,000. Replying to Sialkot Stallions total of 149-7 in 20 overs, Karachi Dolphins after an exhilarating start was bowled out for 139 with nine-ball of 20 overs remaining at National Stadium’s dazzling floodlights. 4-time Champion Sialkot Stallions will take on Faisalabad Wolves in Sunday night final. Shahid Afridi in a brief cameo of 11-ball, he struck three boundaries and brace of 6s in 29 while Fawad Alam made [...]

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KARACHI: Defending champions Sialkot Stallions and Lahore Lions have qualified for the semi-finals in the National Twenty20 Cup Championship. In the first match played here at the National Stadium on Thursday, Lahore Lions after a hard fight defeated Multan Tigers by just two runs. Batting first, Lahore Lions scored 166-7 in the allotted 20 overs with Umar Akmal being the top scorer making 64. Mohammad Irfan and Zulfiqar Babar claimed three wickets each. Chasisng 167 to win, Multan tigers could reach 164-7 in 20 overs. Kashif Naved top scored with 58 while Waqas Ahmed captured four wickets. In [...]

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Wazir Mansion:- Wazir Mansion is located in Kharadar the neighbourhood of Karachi. Wazir Mansion is the birthplace of Quaid-e-Azam, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. It now serves as a museum and national archive. The house has been declared as a protected national monument by the Government of Pakistan. Ziarat Residence:- Ziarat is most famous for the Residency, where Muhammad Ali Jinnah spent the last days of his life. The Residency was constructed in 1892. It is an important building; the whole building is actually a wooden structure beautifully designed and has great architectural [...]

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