Sports Desk
ISLAMABAD: The 60th National Badminton Championships for Men's and Women’s have started, as Pakistan Wapda, Pakistan Army, Punjab and Higher Education Commission (HEC) qualified for the semifinals of the men's team event while Pakistan Wapda, Pakistan Army, Punjab and Sindh reached the semifinals of the women's team event.
Results (Men’s Team Event):
HEC beat Pakistan Railway by 3-1
1st Single: Amraiz Khalid (HEC) beat Mehmood Ur Rehman (Railway) by 21-18, 21-14
1st Double: Rohan & Jalees (HEC) beat PA Nabeel & Ubaid (Railway) by 22-20, 21-18
2nd Single: Mujtab Akbar (Railway) beat Raza Ali (HEC) by 21-14, 21-17
2nd Doubles: Tayyab Shafiq & Hamza Khan (HEC) beat Zohaib & Mujtaba (Railway) by 21-7, 18-21, 21-13
Punjab beat Pakistan Police by 3-1
1st Single: Ahmer Jalal (Punjab) beat Tahir Khan (Police) by 21-9, 23-21
1st Double: Abdul Manan & Wahab (Punjab) beat Masood Khan & Umer (Police) by 21-18, 21-17
2nd Single: Zohaib Khan (Police) beat Abuzar Rasheed (Punjab) by 24-22, 21-13
2nd Doubles: Abuzar Rasheed & Ahmer Jalal (Punjab) beat Tahir Khan & Zohaib Khan (Police) by 21-10, 14-21, 21-19
Pakistan Army beat Sindh by 3-0
1st Single: Raja Zulqarnain Haider (Army) beat Shahid Ahmad (Sindh) by 21-16, 21-18
1st Double: Raja Hasnain & Yasir Ali (Army) beat Shahid Ahmad & Abdullah Hashmi (Sindh) by 21-13, 21-15
2nd Single: Shoaib Riaz (Army) beat Abdullah Siddique (Sindh) by 21-10, 23-21
Pakistan Wapda beat Balochistan by 3-0
1st Single: Irfan Saeed (Wapda) beat Faraz (Balochistan) by 21-7, 21-6
1st Double: Azeem Sarwar & Zunain Javed (Wapda) beat Faraz & Ghadeer (Balochistan) by 21-8, 21-7
2nd Single: Muqeet Tahir (Wapda) beat Ghadeer (Balochistan) by 21-10, 21-8
Pakistan Army beat Azad Jammu Kashmir by 3-0
1st Single: Shoaib Riaz (Army) beat Saad Ali (AJK) by 21-11, 21-13
1st Double: Raja Hasnain & Yasir Ali (Army) beat Saad Ali & Hamza (AJK) by 21-10, 21-14
2nd Single: Anjum Bashir (Army) beat Roshan (AJK) by 21-10, 21-14
Punjab beat Islamabad by 3-0
1st Single: Shahzaib Shabbir (Punjab) beat Umair Khan (Islamabad) by 21-0, 21-11
1st Double: Ahmer Jalal & Abuzar Rasheed (Punjab) beat Qasim & Waseem (Islamabad) by 21-19, 21-13
2nd Single: Abuzar Rasheed (Punjab) beat Ibrahim Rasheed (Islamabad) by 21-14, 18-21, 21-14
HEC beat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by 3-1
1st Single: Murad Ali (KP) beat Tayyab Shafiq (HEC) by 21-11, 21-14
1st Double: Rohan & Jalees (HEC) beat Murad Ali & Khalil Ur Rehman (KP) by 24-22, 22-20
2nd Singles: Aashan Tanveer (HEC) beat Umer Jhanghir (KP) by 24-22, 10-21, 21-11
2nd Doubles: Tayyab Shafiq & Hamza Khan (HEC) beat Tahir Shah & Afnan Khan (KP) by 21-18, 21-14
Pakistan Army beat Sindh by 3-0
1st Single: Raja Zulqarnain Haider (Army) beat Shahid Ahmad (Sindh) by 21-16, 21-18
1st Double: Raja Hasnain & Yasir Ali (Army) beat Shahid Ahmad & Abdullah Hashmi (Sindh) by 21-13, 21-15
2nd Single: Shoaib Riaz (Army) beat Abdullah Siddique (Sindh) by 21-10, 23-21
Team Event Women Quarter Final
Pakistan Wapda get Walkover against Islamabad
Pakistan Army get Walkover against Balochistan
Sindh beat Pakistan Railway by 3-0
1st Single: Sana Hanif (Sindh) beat Azmat Firdous (Railway) by 21-8, 21-10
1st Double: Mariyam & Maryam Hanif (Sindh) beat Anam & Namra (Railway) by 21-9, 21-3
2nd Single: Rosheen Ijaz (Sindh) beat Anam (Railway) by 21-5, 21-10
Punjab beat HEC by 3-0
1st Single: Zubaira Islam (Punjab) beat Zainab Azam (HEC) by 21-10, 21-14
1st Double: Hadia Ashfaq & Quratulain (Punjab) beat Faryal & Khadija (HEC) by 17-21, 21-12, 21-19
2nd Single: Amal Munib (Punjab) beat Aiman Fatima (HEC) by 21-11, 21-11
