The tournament was a part of HGSWO’s routine extra circular activates, the theme of the event was to engage youth in positive, rejoicing diversity and creating harmony among the youth of Gilgit, Baltistan, and Chitral (GBC) in Karachi.

13 teams played the tournament, Gojal United and SMS II made their way to the final with their outstanding cricket.

“United we stand cricket tournament” started on the Second day of Eid. Muhammad Karim, a respectable businessman, was the chief guest at the opening ceremony.

Speaking to the opening ceremony, Karim applauded HGSWO for arranging different activities to engage the youth in positive activities and emphasized the youth to take part in sports and other social happenings.

In the enthralling final match, SMS II won the toss and choose to bat first. Batting first, the SMS II was able to set a target of 99 runes in allocated 8 overs on the loss of 9 wickets. Ali (55) and Zeeshan (23) were the high scorers of SMS II. Gojal United was unable to chase the target. SMS II bowled them out in the last over and SMS II won the match with 8 runs.

A large number spectators across GBC residing in Karachi, including notables, witnessed the final match being played at SMS on the third day of Eid-ul-Fitr.

In the final presentation ceremony, Col Rtd Zahid and Sadar Khan were the chief guests.

While Aziz Ahmed presided the final presentation ceremony. Directors of HGSWO, Mushtaq Ahmed, Karim Rozik and Najeebullah Baig, Amjad Ali and Safdar Khan also join as the guest of the event.

The winning trophy was conferred to the Captain to SMS 11 by Col Zahid and the runner-up trophy was presented by Sardar Khan to skipper of Gojal United.  Medal and token of appreciation were presented to the best performers of the tournament and the volunteers for arranging the event.

Hunza Gilgit social welfare Organization will continue to serve the wellbeing of the community, chairman Hunza welfare requested all the stakeholders of the region to come forward and play their part in mitigating the ongoing contemporary challenges.

Lahore Qalandars, one of the biggest franchises in Pakistan Super League (PSL T20), might have been unlucky during the past season but it continues to invest in the young cricketing talent of the country. The franchise ower Fawad Naeem Rana has announced the third season of Players Development Program at an event held in Lahore on Saturday.

Rising Stars Players Development Program has been quite successful for Lahore Qalandars. Their most recent exploration has been Salman Irshad, a Kashmiri cricketer who was inducted through the Rising Stars trials held in Azad Jammu & Kashmir. Later, the 22-year old fast bowler was signed by Australian Cricket Club Hawksberry CC for a whole season.

Aqib Javed, Shoaib Akhtar, Fawad Rana and Inzamam-ul-Haq attend the announcement event of Rising Stars Season 3 at a private hotel in Lahore.

Cricketing personalities like Shoaib Akhtar, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Aqib Javed alongside Lahore Qalandars owner Fawad Rana and CEO Atif Rana were also present at the announcement event. This would be the first time Rising Stars trials in Gilgit-Baltistan are held under the Players Development Program by Lahore Qalandars.

This program will provide a great opportunity for the players from Gilgit-Baltistan to get noticed by coaches and make their way into not only the domestic cricket scene in Pakistan but internationally as well.

Fawad Rana, Lahore Qalandars Owner, photographed at the Rising Stars event in Lahore. He has campaigned with a great zeal for the promotion of domestic cricket in Pakistan despite a terrible performance of his team in the three consecutive seasons of Pakistan Super League (PSL T20)

Gilgit-Baltistan has been neglected at all levels when it comes to sports and talent exploration. There is no franchise named after Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan Super League (PSL T20). At the same time, no player from this region has played for any of the five PSL franchises. This program will fill the missing gap and smoothen the way for potential cricketers from Gilgit-Baltistan to showcase their talent.

The Rising Star Players Development Program will be held in seven cities of Pakistan from 24th July till 14th August 2018.

The registration process has been kept quite simple. Interested talented applicants can register themselves through a number of ways including sending a message on WhatsApp, filling a form on the official Lahore Qalandars website or by downloading their app and providing basic information.

Here’s the Registration Process for “Local Players”. 😉#DamaDamMast #PlayersDevelopmentProgram pic.twitter.com/IiAoXGys2f

— Lahore Qalandars🏏 (@lahoreqalandars) June 2, 2018

Rising Stars trials in Gilgit-Baltistan will be held at City Park Gilgit on 24th July 2018.

City Park Gilgit

It has bee a great day for Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) scene in Pakistan as two of their players grabbed titles at the World Series of Fighting Global Championship (WSOFGC) held in Manila, Philippines. Uloomi Kareem Shaheen and Ahmed Mujtaba completed dominated in their respective categories and brought back home glory and medals.

Uloomi Karim, who hails from Shimshal valley in Gojal, upper Hunza, claimed his title in a fight against India’s Yadwinder Singh. Ahmed Mujtaba, who comes from Quetta, Balochistan, faced and won against Filipino MMA favorite Neil Larano.

Uloomi Karim, who plays for Team Fight Fortress, dominated the bout from start to finish. He earned a unanimous 30-27, 30-27, 29-28 win. After this successful bout, Uloomi has now a career record of 6-3.

Talking to Express Tribune he said:

“I dedicate this win to the people of Kashmir,” Karim told The Express Tribune, although he was careful not to give his triumph a political angle.”

While commenting on his opponent, Uloomi added:

“I have nothing but respect for Yadwinder, and as both our camps agreed, sports and politics don’t match. Any tension there is between our countries should stay at the border and not be extended to regular folks’ lives.”

Uloomi Karim dedicated his victory to the people of Kashmir.