LAHORE, Oct 25: The inter-department cricket qualifying round for 2003-04 commences from Monday.

After a long time Bagh-i-Jinnah and the Railways Stadium  of Lahore have been included in the list of venues where the pool  “C” matches will be played.

In  all, 27 teams will take part and have been divided  into four  pools  ‘A’  to ‘D’. Pool ‘D’ has six teams while the others pool having seven sides, each. Following is the pool position: Pool A: PIA, Customs, PPWD,Navy, KESC, DFML, DHA.

Pool B: KRL, Wapda, PTCL, Army, ARL, PTV, POF.

Pool C: PAF, HEC, ZTBL, KPT, Service Inds, Railways, NBP.

Pool D: HBL, ABL, Sui Gas, Saga, PEB, Leo International.

Following are the draws (date, teams, venue):

POOL-A. 27-29 Oct.PIA-Customs,Quaid-e-Azam Park KHI. PPWD-Navy, Asghar Ali Shah Std, Karachi Karachi KESC-DFML, UBL Ground No.1 Karachi

Oct 31 to Nov 2: PIA-PPWD, Quaid-e-Azam Park Karachi. Customs-Navy PCB Academy Karachi. KESC-DHA, UBL Ground No.1 Khi. Nov 04-06:PIA-Navy, PCB Academy Karachi; Customs-PPWD, Asghar Ali Shah Std. Khi; DFML-DHA, UBL Ground No.1 Karachi.

Nov 8-10: PIA-KESC, National Stadium Karachi; Customs-DFML, UBL Ground No.1 Khi; PPWD-DHA, Quaid-e-Azam Park Khi. Nov 12-14. PIA-DFML, Asghar Ali Shah Std. Khi; Customs-KESC, UBL Ground No.1 Khi;Navy-DHA, PCB Academy Karachi.

Nov 16-18. Customs-DHA, National Stadium Karachi; PPWD-DFML, Quaid-e-Azam Park Khi; Navy-KESC, UBL Ground No.1 Karachi.

Nov 20-22. PIA-DHA, National Stadium Karachi; PPWD-KESC, UBL Ground No.1 Karachi. Navy-DFML, PCB Academy Karachi.

POOL-B. Oct. 27-29. KRL-Wapda,Pindi Stadium Rawalpindi; PTCL-Army,Pindi Club Ground Rawalpindi; ARL-PTV, ARL Ground Rawalpindi.

Oct 31-Nov 2:KRL-PTCL, KRL Stadium Rawalpindi; Wapda-Army,Pindi Stadium Rawalpindi; PTV-POF,Shalimar Ground Islamabad.

Nov 4-6. KRL-Army, Pindi Club Ground R,pindi; Wapda vs PTCL, Pindi Stadium Rawalpindi; ARL-POF, KRL Stadium Rawalpindi.

Nov 8-10. Wapda-ARL, Pindi Stadium Rawalpindi; PTCL-PTV, KRL Stadium Rawalpindi; Army-POF,Pindi Club Ground Rawalpindi.

Nov 12-14. KRL-POF, KRL Stadium Rawalpindi; Wapda-PTV, Arbab Niaz Std.Peshawar;Army-ARL,Pindi Club Ground Rawalpindi.

Nov 16-18.KRL-PTV, KRL Stadium Rawalpindi; Wapda-POF, Arbab Niaz Std. Peshawar. PTCL-ARL, Shalimar Ground Islamabad;

20-22 Nov. KRL-ARL, KRL Stadium Rawalpindi; PTCL-POF,Arbab Niaz Std.Peshawar; Army-PTV, Pindi Club Ground R,pindi.

POOL-C. 27-29 Oct. PAF-HEC, LCCA Ground Lahore; ZTBL-KPT, Bagh-e-Jinnah Lahore; Service Ind-Railways, Railways Stadium Lahore.

Oct 31 to Nov 2: NBP-ZTBL, Country Club Muridke; Service Ind-PAF, Gymkhana Ground Okara; Railways-HEC, Railways Stadium Lahore.

Nov 04-06.NBP-Service Ind,Gymkhana Ground Okara; ZTBL-PAF, Bagh-e-Jinnah Lahore; HEC-KPT, LCCA Ground Lahore.

Nov 08-10. NBP-PAF,LCCA Ground Lahore; ZTBL-Service Ind. Country Club Muridke; Railways-KPT, Railways Stadium Lahore.

12-14 Nov. NBP-Railways, Country Club Muridke; ZTBL-HEC,LCCA Ground Lahore;PAF-KPT, Bagh-e-Jinnah Lahore. Nov 16-18. NBP-KPT, Country Club Muridke; ZTBL-Railways, Gymkhana Ground Okara; Service Ind.-HEC; LCCA Ground Lahore.

20-22 Nov. NBP-HEC, LCCA Ground Lahore; Service Ind.-KPT, Gymkhana Ground Okara; PAF-Railways, Railways Stadium Lahore.

POOL-D

Oct 27-29. HBL-ABL,Jinnah Stadium Sialkot; Sui Gas-SAGA SAGA Ground Sialkot; PEB-Leo International, Jinnah Std.

Gujranwala. Oct 31 to Nov 2.HBL-Sui Gas, Jinnah Stadium Sialkot; ABL-PEB SAGA Ground Sialkot; SAGA-Leo International; Jinnah Std.

Gujranwala; Nov 4-6. HBL-SAGA, SAGA Ground Sialkot, ABL-Leo International, Jinnah Std. Gujranwala; Sui Gas-PEB, Jinnah Stadium Sialkot.

Nov 08-10. HBL-PEB, Jinnah Std. Gujranwala; ABL-SAGA,SAGA Ground Sialkot; Sui Gas-Leo Int. Jinnah Stadium Sialkot.

Nov 12-14. HBL-Leo International, Jinnah Std. Gujranwala; ABL-Sui Gas Jinnah Stadium Sialkot; SAGA-PEB,SAGA Ground Sialkot.

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