Mohammad Azam Dar
ISLAMABAD:-Defending champions Pakistan WAPDA and Pakistan Army set to meet in the final of the National Women’s Basketball Championship final after winning their respective semifinals at Liaquat Gymnasium, Pakistan Sports Complex Islamabad. Final will be played on Friday at 6:00pm at the same venue.
WAPDA, who are still unbeatable in the national championship, thrashed hosts Islamabad Blues in the first semifinal match 63-21points. Winners were leading with 29 points at half time.
Wapda ace player Sidra Hakim again led her side to a massive victory by scoring 14 points while Mehvish Nawaz scored 10 and Kainat Zafar scored 08 points. Saadat Jehangir, Tariq Nawaz and Naveed Ahmed supervised the semifinal match.
Meanwhile, in the second semifinal, Pakistan Army outclassed Karachi by 66-15 points to reach in the final of the championship. Pakistan Army girls wearing red shirts were too strong against the visiting Karachi team who played well in the championship but failed to make an upset in the semifinal round as Army won the important match by the difference of 51 points.
Kashifa was the top scorer for Army who scored 15 points with Ayesha Khan 12 points while Referees Umar Mehmood, Yasar Ghafoor and M Nadeem Ch along with scorer M M Alam supervised the second semifinal match.
National Assembly Standing Committee Inter-Provincial Coordination(IPC) Chairman Nawab Sher Waseer along with Olympian Rana Mujhaid, Pakistan Basketball Federation Secretary Khalid Bashir, Championship organising secretary Ouj-e-Zahoor, DDG (Admn) PSB Mansoor Ahmed Khan Sherwani and others spectators also witnessed the championship semifinals.
Eight teams Pakistan Wapda, Karachi, Rawalpindi, Islamabad whites, Pakistan Army, Lahore, Islamabad Blues and Peshawar are taking part in the five days championship which will be concluded on Friday (Today) under the umbrella of Pakistan Basketball Federation (PBBF).
