PESHAWAR: The All-Pakistan National Junior Ranking Badminton Championships begins on Thursday at the Abbottabad Sports Complex.

Addressing a media briefing on Tuesday, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa regional sports officer Syed Saqlain Shah stated the event is being held under the aegis of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Badminton Association with the collaboration of KP directorate of sports and District Administration Abbottabad.

Saqlain said that it is for the first time that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is hosting the national junior competition in which both boys and girls are taking part.

Teams Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, Islamabad, Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Jammu & Kashmir, National Bank, Habib Bank, Pakistan Wapda are taking part with the events to be held in boys’ under-14 singles, boys’ under-16 singles, boys’ under-18 singles and boys’ under-18 doubles.

The girls tournament will be staged in the under-16 singles, under-18 singles and under-18 doubles categories.

Published in Dawn, July 31st, 2019