Shooting trials from Feb 2

Published January 27, 2006

ISLAMABAD, Jan 26: The National Rifle Association of Pakistan is to hold selection trials early next month for the upcoming Commonwealth Games.

Officials said on Thursday that the Feb 2-4 trials will take place at the Pakistan Navy Shooting Range at PNS Bahadurabad Karachi.

The events to be contested in the trials will be skeet, air rifle (women), skeet standard pistol, prone (women) and air pistol (men).

Akhtar Nawaz Ganjera, Deputy Director General at the Pakistan Sports Board’s Coaching Centre in Karachi will attend the trials as an observer.

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