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Abid Ghazi
Abid Hussain Ghazi (; 1934 – 14 January 2016) was a Pakistani footballer who played as a midfielder. He is considered one of the greatest Pakistani footballers of the 1950s and 1960s, and also captained the Pakistan national football team. Early life Ghazi hailed from Lyari locality of Karachi in British India. He belonged to the ''Makrani Baloch'' community (also known as Sheedi) of Sudanese descent. Club career Ghazi started playing football with Karachi club Keamari Mohammedan in 1952 alongside his brother Moosa Ghazi. He then represented Karachi Division in 1954 at the National Football Championship. He also toured India with Karachi Kickers the next year. He started playing in the Calcutta League for Kolkata Mohammedan in India in 1956. In 1958, Ghazi played for Dhaka club Victoria SC in the inaugural edition of the Aga Khan Gold Cup. Ghazi represented the East Pakistan football team at the 1958 National Football Championship held in Multan. The team captained b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Karachi
Karachi is the capital city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, largest city in Pakistan and 12th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the Geography of Pakistan, southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast and formerly served as the Federal Capital Territory (Karachi), country's capital from 1947 to 1959. Ranked as a Global city, beta-global city, it is Pakistan's premier industrial and financial centre, with an estimated GDP of over $200 billion (Purchasing power parity, PPP) . Karachi is a metropolitan city and is considered Pakistan's most cosmopolitan city, and among the country's most linguistically, ethnically, and religiously diverse regions, as well as one of the country's most progressive and socially liberal cities. The region has been inhabited for millennia, but the city was formally founded as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Moosa Ghazi
Moosa Ghazi (; 1937 – 12 May 2003) was a Pakistani Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), left winger. Ghazi represented the Pakistan national football team in the 1950s to 1960s, and was member of the national squad which finished finalists at the 1962 Merdeka Tournament. Considered as one of the earliest legends in Pakistan football history, he was renowned for his performances at the wing and goalscoring abilities. Early life Ghazi hailed from the locality of Lyari in Karachi in British Raj, British India. He belonged to the ''Makrani Baloch'' community (also known as Siddi, Sheedi) of Sudanese descent. Club career Keamari Mohammedan Ghazi started playing football with Karachi club Keamari Mohammedan alongside his brother Abid Ghazi. East Bengal Ghazi played for East Bengal FC, East Bengal from 1956 to 1958. He scored 50 goals for East Bengal Club, being their highest scorer in 1956 and 1957. He scored a brilliant goal wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Multan
Multan is the List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population, fifth-most populous city in the Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab province of Pakistan. Located along the eastern bank of the Chenab River, it is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, sixth-largest city in the country; and serves as the administrative headquarters of its Multan Division, eponymous division and Multan District, district. A major cultural, religious and economic centre of the Punjab, Punjab region, Multan is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities#Asia, oldest inhabited cities of Asia, with a history stretching deep into antiquity. Multan was part of the Achaemenid Empire of Iran in the early 6th century BC. The ancient city was besieged by Alexander the Great during the Mallian campaign. Later it was conquered by the Umayyad military commander Muhammad bin Qasim in 712 CE after the conquest of Sindh. In the 9th century, it became capital of the Emirate of Multan. The region came under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
East Pakistan Football Team
The East Pakistan football team () was a provincial team operated by the East Pakistan Sports Federation (EPSF) and represented East Pakistan in national and international matches from 1948 till the Independence of Bangladesh in 1971, which led to the eventual formation of the Bangladesh national football team. The team participated in the National Football Championship (Pakistan), National Football Championship from 1948 to 1960, becoming champions in their final year, after which the EPSF began sending divisional teams to the tournament. East Pakistan won their maiden international trophy in 1970, the King Mahendra Cup in Kathmandu, Nepal, during which they also played their final competitive games, as the team was dissolved during the Bangladesh Liberation War. Apart from East Pakistanis, the team often included players from West Pakistan, who, at the time, participated in the Dhaka First Division Football League, Dhaka First Division League. This contributed significantly to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Aga Khan Gold Cup
The Aga Khan Gold Cup was a tournament played in Dhaka, Bangladesh which invited the club sides from leading football nations of Asia to compete. Many renowned football pundits regard this competition as a predecessor of the AFC Champions League (held for the first time in 1967), since it was the first organized international competition that involved club teams around the continent. From the late 1950s to the early 1980s, it was a prestigious tournament among Asian clubs. History When Prince Shah Karim Al Hussaini of Iran, now known as the Aga Khan IV, visited Dhaka in 1958, he expressed his interest in starting a major international football club tournament in the region. With his highness providing the funding required for the Gold Cup, the football authorities of East Pakistan, in collaboration with Asian Football Confederation, decided to go ahead with the idea. Dhaka, the football capital of the country, was the choice as the venue. The hope was to gradually develop t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Victoria Sporting Club
Victoria Sporting Club (), commonly known as Victoria SC, is a football club based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Founded in 1903, the club competes in the Dhaka Second Division League, the fourth tier of football in Bangladesh. They were relegated from the Bangladesh Championship League and Dhaka Senior Division League in 2021 and 2022, respectively. History Foundation (1903–1933) Victoria Sporting Club was established in 1903 and named after Queen Victoria during the British regime. The club was founded by five zamindars from the Province of Bengal before its partition. The founding members were Babu Suresh Chandra Dham, Babu Nripen Roy Chowdhury, Ray Bahadur Keshav Chandra Banerjee, Dinesh Chandra Banerjee, and Babu Sunil Kumar Bosh. Initially, the club tent was located at the Paltan Maidan in Dhaka, now replaced by the Bhasani Hockey Stadium. The divisional commissioners were elected as uncontested presidents, while Babu Suresh Chandra Dham, one of the founders, served as the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; , ), List of renamed places in Bangladesh, formerly known as Dacca, is the capital city, capital and list of cities and towns in Bangladesh, largest city of Bangladesh. It is one of the list of largest cities, largest and list of cities proper by population density, most densely populated cities in the world with a density of about 34,000 citizens per square kilometers within a total area of approximately 300 square kilometers. Dhaka is a megacity, and has a population of 10.2 million residents as of 2024, and a population of over 23.9 million residents in Greater Dhaka, Dhaka Metropolitan Area. It is widely considered to be the most densely populated built-up urban area in the world. Dhaka is an important cultural, economic, and scientific hub of Eastern South Asia, as well as a major list of largest cities in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member countries, Muslim-majority city. Dhaka ranks list of cities by GDP, third in South Asia and 39th in the worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since 2023; and, since its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is near Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations averag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Calcutta Football League
The Calcutta Football League (CFL) is a ladder-based football competition in the Indian state of West Bengal, organised by the Indian Football Association (WB) as part of the state leagues. It is the oldest football league in Asia. The CFL is divided into CFL Premier Division, CFL 1st Division, CFL 2nd Division, CFL 3rd Division, CFL 4th Division, CFL 5th Division A, and CFL 5th Division B with promotion and relegation between them. CFL has more than 160 mostly Kolkata-based clubs and units. Started in 1898, this league is the oldest football league in Asia and one of the oldest football competitions in the world. CFL currently consists of a seven-tier pyramid system, with more than 8,500 directly registered players of IFA participating in CFL every year, making it one of the biggest leagues in the country. History Early years (1890s–1910s) In 1898, IFA introduced a two-tiered football league in Calcutta on the lines of English Football League in England and Wale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Abid Ghazi (cropped)
Abid Hussain Ghazi (; 1934 – 14 January 2016) was a Pakistani footballer who played as a midfielder. He is considered one of the greatest Pakistani footballers of the 1950s and 1960s, and also captained the Pakistan national football team. Early life Ghazi hailed from Lyari locality of Karachi in British India. He belonged to the ''Makrani Baloch'' community (also known as Sheedi) of Sudanese descent. Club career Ghazi started playing football with Karachi club Keamari Mohammedan in 1952 alongside his brother Moosa Ghazi. He then represented Karachi Division in 1954 at the National Football Championship. He also toured India with Karachi Kickers the next year. He started playing in the Calcutta League for Kolkata Mohammedan in India in 1956. In 1958, Ghazi played for Dhaka club Victoria SC in the inaugural edition of the Aga Khan Gold Cup. Ghazi represented the East Pakistan football team at the 1958 National Football Championship held in Multan. The team captained by N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Karachi Kickers
Karachi Kickers is a Pakistani football club based in Karachi. Karachi United competed in the Karachi Football League, one of the top leagues of Karachi. It last competed in the 2009–10 PFF League. The club was one of the most successful teams in the early football history of Pakistan, winning the Sait Nagjee Football Tournament in 1955 and 1956, and the Aga Khan Gold Cup in 1958. It has also included early football players of Pakistan such as Muhammad Umer, Qayyum Changezi and Abdul Ghafoor. The club also has a women's team. History The club participated in the Sait Nagjee Football Tournament, winning consecutively in 1955 and 1956. In 1955 under the captaincy of ''Dad Muhammad'' and a side which included Muhammad Umer, the team did a tour in south India, returning unbeaten after 32 games with 24 wins and 8 draws. Karachi Kickers also took part in various invitation tournaments including the Chakola Trophy in Ernakulam, the Nagji Memorial in Kozhikode, and the Athle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Pakistan Observer
''Pakistan Observer'' is an English-language daily newspaper of Pakistan. It is published from six cities – Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta and Muzaffarabad. The newspaper was founded in 1988 by Zahid Malik. The newspaper was first published as an eveninger on 1 November 1988 from Islamabad, making it the first English eveninger to be published from the capital city. Later, it was made a morning newspaper. The newspaper is now led by Faisal Zahid Malik, who is also the editor-in-chief. The head office is in the capital city Islamabad, and it has five other offices in Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta and Muzaffarabad. Daily circulation Pakistan Observer newspaper has a daily circulation of 150,000 as of 2021. Abdus Sattar, former Foreign Minister of Pakistan, remained the lead current affairs analyst of the newspaper. He focused on international security. See also * List of newspapers in Pakistan The total number of newspapers are 707 as of 2019 ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
