PESHAWAR:
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa gamers produced a commanding efficiency on the All Pakistan Nationwide Junior Squash Championship 2026, sweeping each the lads’s and girls’s titles within the occasion organized by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Directorate Basic of Sports activities.
The closing ceremony, held right here on Friday afternoon, was graced by Adviser to the Chief Minister on Sports activities and Youth Affairs, Taj Muhammad Khan Tarand, who distributed prizes among the many winners. Director Basic Sports activities Tashfeen Haider, Director Operations Jamshed Baloch, former World No 2 Mohibullah Khan, Deputy Director Kashif Farhan, Assistant Director Ashfaq Ahmad, Senior Coach and Organizing Secretary Manawar Zaman, Wazir Khan, Administrator Yousaf Afridi and different dignitaries have been additionally current.
In an exhilarating ladies’s last, Sehrish Ali of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa displayed exceptional resilience to beat Mah Noor Ali 3-2 and declare the nationwide championship title.
The boys’s last was an all-Okay-P affair, with Danish Sikandar defeating Muhammad Fawad Khan to safe the gold medal.
Sehrish Ali had earlier reached the ultimate by defeating Punjab’s Faiqa Fida within the semi-finals, whereas Mah Noor Ali superior after beating Ayesha Shahid, additionally of Punjab. On the lads’s facet, Danish Sikandar defeated Muhammad Mamoon Khan of Pakistan Air Drive, and Muhammad Fawad Khan acquired the higher of Faizan Ali Khan of military.
Addressing the ceremony, Adviser Taj Muhammad Khan Tarand expressed delight over Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s clear sweep. “It’s extremely encouraging to see our gamers successful each titles,” he mentioned, including that the province has all the time been a breeding floor for squash expertise and has produced gamers who introduced laurels to Pakistan on the worldwide stage.
The Adviser introduced money prizes of Rs100,000 every for the champions and Rs50,000 every for the runners-up.
