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The following teams qualified to represent Pakistan in the 11th World Team Bridge Olympiad to be held in Maastricht, The Netherlands, from 26 August to 9 September 2000:
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Our Junior team had qualified to represent Zone-4, along with Egypt in the 7th Juniors Championship held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA in August'99. Unfortunately they could not make it owing to US Visa refusal to two of their team mates. |
Mr. Mazhar Jafri, President Emiratus of Pakistan Bridge Federation, and President of BFAAME and Vice President of World Bridge Federation, was conferred with the medal, Tamgha-e Imtiaz, a civil award, by the President of Pakistan, in our Independence Day celeberations, in recognition of his meritorius services towards the promotion of duplicate bridge in Pakistan and in getting Bridge included as a sport by the International Olympic Committee. |
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