Abdul Jabbar Faisal
ISLAMABAD (December 31, 2021):-Alja Tariq from Balochistn has been declared the winner of the All Pakistan National Badminton Ranking Championship 2021, as an injury during the matched forced top seed Mahoor Shahzad to leave the court despite of leading in the final at Abdul Wali Khan Sports Complex Charsadda, Khyber Pkhutunkawa on Friday morning. When Mahoor left the court was ahead 15-8 in the second game and had won first game already at 21-6. Murad Ali Khan lifted the Men’s Single title after beating Awais Zahid (Wapda) 2-0 with the score-line of 21-12 and 21-16.
An official from Charsadda told this reporter, as the official was watching the final, Mahoor slipped twice in the similar fashion, as the both times her right leg stretched, as the Matt was slippery. In the women’s Singles final Mahoor Shahzad won the 1st game easily by the score 21-6 and in the 2nd game woeful Mahoor got injured and retired hurt at the score of 15-8. According to rules, Alja Tariq was declared national badminton champion.
In the men doubles final, Raja Mohammad Hasnain pairing with Raja Zulqarnain Haider won the match in straight games against Irfan Saeed and Azeem sarwar with the score 21-18, 21-16. In the Women Doubles, Palwasha Bashir & Saima Waqas took the title after outplaying Mahoor Shahzad & Ghazala Siddique 2-0 at 21-13, 21-13.
Rashida Director Sports was the chief guest at the closing ceremony and distributed trophies and cash prizes amongst the finalists. Wajid Ali Chaudhry President PBF, Secretary General Raja Azhar Mahmood, Tayyab Sohail SVP PBF, Zafar Ali Khan President Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Badminton Association, Pervaiz Habib But President Islamabad Association and treasurer PBF, Mohammad Amjad Khan Secretary General Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Badmiton Association and Farhan Ali Lashari Secretary General Sindh Badminton Association were present at the occasion.
On this occasion, Wajid Chaudhry announced the National Junior Championships and National Senior Badminton Championships would be held at Lahore in the month of February, 2022. He also revealed that the Pakistan International Series and Pakistan International Challenge tournaments would be held at Lahore in October and November, 2022
Results:
Boys’ Under-13 (Final):
Najam Ul Saqib (KP) beat Mohammad Sulaman 21-13, 21-11
Girls’ Under-13 (Final):
Sarwat Fatima (Balo) beat Khkhula Zaman (KP) 21-1, 21-2
Men Singles (Final):
Murad Ali (KP) beat Awais Zahid (Wapda) 21-12, 21-16
Women Singles (Final):
Alja Tariq (Balochistan) beat Mahoor Shahzad (Wapda) by 6-21, 8-15 retired hurt
Men’s Doubles (Final):
Raja Mohammad Hasnain (PB) & Raja Zulqarnain Haider (Wapda) beat Irfan Saeed & Azeem Sarwar (Wapda) 21-18, 21-16
Women’s Doubles (Final):
Palwasha Bashir (Sindh) & Saima Waqas (Wapda) beat Mahoor Shahzad & Ghazala Siddique (Wapda) 21-13, 21-13.
