KARACHI: The fifth Asian Confederation of Billiards Sports (ACBS) Team Event and sixth 6-Red Snooker Championship has been rescheduled from June 29 at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, a top official of the Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Federation (PBSF) said on Thursday.

Earlier, the event that was supposed to commence at Bishkek from May 13 was postponed due to landslide in the host country.

The PBSF president Munawwar Hussain Shaikh said the Asian Confederation of Billiards Sports (ACBS) has communicated the new dates.

The PBSF had already announced a four-member team for the event. The Bishkek bound cueists will undergo a short training in camp at Islamabad before boarding the flight on June 27th, he added.

The team comprised Mohammad Sajjad, Asjad Iqbal, Mohammad Bilal and Babar Masih.

Published in Dawn, May 12th, 2017

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