Football: PPFL fixtures end in stalemate

KARACHI: It was a day of little action in the Pakistan Premier Football League as Pel contained PIA 1-1 in Quetta while Navy played out a goal-less draw with PMC Athletico in Rawalpindi. Pel took the lead in the 20th minute through Tahir Khan as they led 1-0 against PIA at the interval. However, PIA managed to draw level in the last minute of the match as Shakir Lashari found the net. The result leaves PIA in second place with 33 points, just four behind league leaders KRL, while Pel lie at the bottom of the table with seven after 16 matches.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 17^th, 2011.