Aamir Ghaffar Badminton League commences from 12th Nov
Director General Sports Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Junaid Khan announced the Aamir Ghaffar Badminton League 2018 schedule to be held from 12th to 13th November at Hayatabad sports complex, Peshawar.
Director General Sports Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Junaid Khan announced the Badminton league team event on the visit of Former Pakistan Junior National Badminton Champion Aamir Ghaffar.
Aamir Ghaffar is a Pakistani badminton player who competed professionally for England. He is most famous for winning the Canadian Open in 2004 and the men's singles title at the English National Badminton Championship in 2004 and 2005 and reached the final in 2008.
Two times England Men’s National Badminton Champion Aamir reached world no. 21 at his peak and won Silver in 2006 Commonwealth Games.
All 24 Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will participate in 2-days event. The league will be played on team event basis while every team will comprise of 5 players which include 2 departmental players and 3 non departmental players.
The Organizing committee is headed by Murad Ali Mohmand (Director National Book Foundation) Mr. Jaffer Shah (Administrator HSC) Mr. Riaz Khan , Asad Ghaffar , Syed Shahzad and Ibrahim Khan.
The winning teams will be awarded by handsome cash prizes of Rs. 50,000. Shahid Ullah Khan ,I.G Prison Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will grace the opening ceremony as chief guest. The mega event is financed by Director General Sports Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
