HEC squash team bags bronze medal by finishing third in the 34th National Games.

PESHAWAR -- In the 34th National Games that concluded in Quetta, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Squash team participated under the captaincy of international squash player from University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Peshawar student Khushhal Riaz Khan.

According to a press release issued here on Tuesday, the HEC squad consisted of Government College University Lahore's Uzair Rashid, Mutahir Ali, and Jawad Khan, while Zulfiqar Ali coached the team and Shahram Changezi was the team manager.

The squash team of HEC was unbeaten in the first, second and third rounds, in which HEC defeated the strong squash teams of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab respectively, as well as Azad Kashmir by 3-0 each to reach the semi-finals.

In the semi-finals, HEC faced defending champion and 34th National Games winners WAPDA, which featured world-renowned, experienced, and professional players like former Asian champions Danish Atlas, Farhan Mahboob and Nasir Iqbal.

Both Khushal Riaz and Mutahir Ali played well against Nasir Iqbal and Farhan Mehboob...