Squash event begins

Published
0

LAHORE, Jan 23: The Bank of Punjab National Senior Squash Championship started here on Thursday.

The winners have entered the quarter-finals, which will be played on Thursday.

Results: Men’s: Nasir Iqbal (Wapda) bt Shoaib Hassan (Army) 11-3, 2-0 rtd hurt; Amir Atlas Khan (Wapda) bt Owais Khan (PAF) 11-5, 11-5, 11-7; Waqas Mehboob (ZTBL) bt Ammad Farid (Punjab) 11-2, 1-0 rtd hurt; Tayyab Aslam (ZTBL) bt Mansoor Zaman (PIA) 11-9, 11-5, 11-4; Bilal Zakir (Army) bt Shah Nawaz (Punjab) 11-5, 11-8, 11-6; Aqib Hanif (Police) bt Sheikh Saqib Yousaf (Police) 11-5, 9-11, 12-10, 3-11, 2-1 rtd hurt; Hamza Bukhari (PAF) bt Ali Bukhari (PAF) 11-9, 12-10, 12-10; Danish Atlas Khan (KP) bt Saddam- ul-Haq (Army) 11-5, 11-9, 10-12, 12-10.

Women’s: Nimra Shahid (Punjab) bt Noor-ul-Ain (Punjab) 11-9, 11-8, 10-12, 11-4; Samar Anjum (Punjab) bt Zoya Khalid (ZTBL) 9-11, 16-14, 11-9, 11-3; Muqaddas Ashraf (Wapda) bt Mahwish Hanif (Punjab) 11-5, 11-1, 5-11, 11-3; Saima Shoukat (Wapda) bt Arooma Kamran (Punjab) 11-1, 11-2, 11-1; Riffat Khan (ZTBL) bt Amna Latif (Punjab) 11-8, 11-4, 11-1; Habiba Khan (ZTBL) bt Monisa Nasir 11-2, 11-6, 11-7; Aliya Sarfraz (Wapda) bt Noor Fatima (Punjab) 11-5, 11-5, 11-5; Rushna Mehboob (ZTBL) bt Roma (Punjab) 11-0, 11-1, 11-2.

Thursday’s fixtures: Men’s: Aamir Atlas Khan v Bilal Zakir; Waqas Mehboob v Tayyab Aslam; Nasir Iqbal v Hamza Bukhari; Aqib Hanif v Danish Atlas Khan.Women’s: Samar Anjum v Nimra Shahid; Muqddas Ashraf v Riffat Khan; Rushna Mehboob v Habiba Khan; Aliya Sarfraz v Saima Shoukat.—Sports Reporter

Opinion

Editorial

Wheat price dilemma
Updated 26 Oct, 2026

Wheat price dilemma

A price no buyer is obliged or financially equipped to pay is only a number. Growers seem to have grasped this before the government did.
Encounter culture
26 Oct, 2026

Encounter culture

TEN suspected criminals killed in Karachi police ‘encounters’ in two days should trouble anyone concerned about...
Recognising distress
26 Oct, 2026

Recognising distress

THE deaths of two families in Karachi, being investigated as suspected murder-suicides, raise disturbing questions...
Prudent warning
Updated 25 Oct, 2026

Prudent warning

Muslim countries have warned against a new conflict. But will the war lobbies in Washington and Tel Aviv listen?
Party of one
25 Oct, 2026

Party of one

IT ill behoves a political party that claims to be the biggest and most popular in the country to be so mired in...
Reckless driving
25 Oct, 2026

Reckless driving

THERE is a lack of official data documenting the crisis, but even by the most conservative estimates, over a dozen...