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Talks Between G-B and KPK Successful to Organize Shandur Polo Festival Together

The government of Gilgit-Baltistan has taken back decision to boycott Shandur Polo Festival after success of talks held in the Federal Capital this past week. According to details, representatives of both Gilgit-Baltistan government and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government agreed to organize the Shandur Polo Festival with equal rights.

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8 years ago

July 20, 2016

Imran Ahmed Hunzai

The government of Gilgit-Baltistan has taken back decision to boycott Shandur Polo Festival after success of talks with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa held in the Federal Capital this past week. According to details, representatives of both Gilgit-Baltistan government and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government agreed to organize the Shandur Polo Festival with equal rights. The talks were held after Gilgit-Baltistan boycotted the world famous event owing to monopoly being created by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Gilgit-Baltistan also had a number of reservations about royalties and management of the event.

According to a statement released by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and later the tourism department of Gilgit-Baltistan, the festival will now be held from 29th July to 31st July 2016 at Shandur top.

Earlier, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had that the event would be held from 23rd to 25th July.

The event will now feature matches between traditional polo rivals Gilgit and Chitral. Activities like traditional dances and paragliding will also be made part of the festival to entertain tourists.

According to an independent tourism analyst, the festival will now attract even more audience as a result of Gilgit-Baltistan’s decision to participate in the festival.

Over a thousand tourists and locals are expected to attend the 3-day long event. Both governments have taken steps to facilitate tourists who will stay in tents overnight.

Imran Ahmed Hunzai

Imran is a Digital Media professional and blogger based in Islamabad, Pakistan. When free, he likes to travel, do photography, and play Rabab. He also runs a HONY inspired blog called Humans of Hunza. He Tweets @imranhunzai.

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Watch Anita “The Arm Collector” Karim beat Marie Ruumet in ONE Warrior Series 10

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5 years ago

February 19, 2020

GBee Staff

Photo Credits: ONE Championship

Pakistani Mixed Martis Arts fighter Anita Karim was victorious in ONE Warrior Series 10 in a women’s atomweight category against Estonia’s Marie Ruumet. Watch Anita “The Arm Collector” Karim beat her Estonian opponent in a fight that she won unanimously.

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Anita Karim victorious in ONE Warrior Series 10 against Estonia’s Marie Ruumet

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5 years ago

February 19, 2020

Imran Ahmed Hunzai

Anita Karim victorious in ONE Warrior Series 10 against Estonia's Marie Ruumet

Photo Credits: ONE Championship

Pakistan’s first female MMA fighter Anita Karim was unanimously victorious against Estonia’s Marie Ruumet in ONE Warrior Series 10. One Warrior Series 10 was played on February 19 as part of the ONE Championship 2020 in Singapore.

Anita Karim, famously known as Anita “The Arm Collector” Karim, was competing in women’s atomweight category. She was representing Team Fight Fortress (TFF) as well as the Fairtex Gym. She was being coached by Uloomi Karim Shaheen, who himself is an MMA fighter.

Anita Karim started her career from the platform of The Fight Fortress Islamabad which was founded by MMA coaches from Gilgit-Baltistan.

She is one of the three Mixed Martia Arts fighters from Pakistan to compete in ONE Championship’s ONE Warrior Series 10.

Anitan Karim (Pakistan) vs Marie Ruumet (Estonia)

Rich Franklin’s ONE Warrior Series (OWS) streamed its first live event in 2020 on February 19 where 15-Bout Card was set for the ONE Warrior Series 10.

The OWS 10 card will feature 15 match-ups as athletes from five continents aim to make a big impression and earn a contract to compete on the main ONE Championship roster.
There will be 13 competitors who will make their OWS debuts in Singapore, but the bill also features a host of familiar faces who will try to build on their previous success and make the leap to the global stage.
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The lineup for ONE Warrior Series 10

Byung Hee Lim vs. Kieran Joblin (mixed martial arts – lightweight)
Alan Philpott vs. Ahmed Faress (mixed martial arts – featherweight)
Min Hyuk Lee vs. Ryoji Kudo (mixed martial arts – featherweight)
Sasha Moisa vs. Shahzaib Rindh (kickboxing – featherweight)
Mehdi Bagheri vs. Koji Shikuwa (mixed martial arts – welterweight)
Michael Walker vs. Kanta Motoyama (kickboxing – flyweight)
Daniel Van Heerden vs. Arash Fairtex Mardani (mixed martial arts – 110-kilogram catch weight)
Marc Grayson vs. Rick Alchin (mixed martial arts – middleweight)
Adib Sulaiman vs. Susovan Ghosh (mixed martial arts – strawweight)
Marie Ruumet vs. Anita Fairtex Karim (mixed martial arts – women’s atomweight)
Myung Gu Kim vs. James Fairtex Bishop (mixed martial arts – bantamweight)
Joey Baylon vs. Manthan Rane (mixed martial arts – 60-kilogram catch weight)
Peter Danesoe vs. Irfan Ahmad (mixed martial arts – strawweight)
Saksit Janhom vs. Shammah Chandran (mixed martial arts – bantamweight)
Seung Hyun Cho vs. Rana Rudra Pratap Singh (mixed martial arts – flyweight)

Two other Pakistani MMA fighters played their matches as part of the ONE Warrior Series 10. Irfan “The Gorilla” Ahmad won his mixed martial arts match against Peter Danesoe in the strawweight category. Irfan Ahmad was representing Team Shaheen

Shahzaib Rindh, who was participating in his first professional international match was defeated by Ukraine’s Sasha Moisa.

The 21-year-old Shahzaib is a student of Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS). Pakistani MMA fighter Ahmed “The Wolverine” Mujtaba also studied from the same varsity.