GILGIT (Pakistan): For some, playing a friendly football match on the frozen surface of a 70-feet deep lake in bitter cold was more adventurous than scaling the K2, the second highest peak after Mount Everest. A match was organised on the frozen Khalti Lake in Ghizer Valley of Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Pakistan) with G-B’s Minister […]
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Bend it like… Babar?
“Football has really picked up among youngsters in recent years because people have had more exposure to the sport on television than ever before,” says Khan. Before 1999, Pakistan Television was the only source for Pakistanis to watch international football competitions. Then the satellite dish service arrived and became the avenue for local audiences to […]
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