KARACHI (November 17, 2021):-Over 100 foreigner players will take part in the first ever virtual World Scrabble Championship, which will be hosted by Pakistan from November 20 to December 6, 2021 in Karachi city, as the championship will be pursuing prize money of 8000 Euro, Director Youth Program of the Pakistan Scrabble Championship Tariq Pervaiz revealed this in a press conference.
On the occasion, a seven-member Pakistani scrabble contingent led by former national champion Waseem Khatri was also announced. The other players are Hasham Hadi Khan, Ali Salman, Saim Waqar, Usman Shaukat and Basil Khan.
“We have produced several world champions in scrabble but people are not aware of our achievements in this game. Pakistan is going to host the scrabble world cup, which is a bigger event then the T20 world cup as it will be watched in more nations than cricket,” Nadeem claimed.
