LAHORE: The All-Pakistan National Ranking Badminton Tournament starts at Nishtar Park’s Gymnasium Hall on Tuesday.

More than 200 male and female players from all over the country are participating in the tournament. Players from Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Fata, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Islamabad, Gilgit-Baltistan, Wapda, NBP, Army, SNGPL, Railways, HEC, PTCL, KPT, Pakistan Police and New Khan will feature in the event.

The men’s and women’s singles qualifying and first rounds matches will be played on the first day.

Chooi Weng Sheng, event manager of the Badminton Asia Confederation, will be the chief guest on the occasion.

Published in Dawn, August 16th, 2016

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