Hours after reaching Konya, Shajar exits in 100m heat.

LAHORE -- Emerging Pakistan runner Shajar Abbas, despite earning his career-best timing, exited the 100-metre heat in the Islamic Solidarity Games, which started in Konya, Turkey on Monday.

According to the information received here from Konya, the 22-year-old Shajar clocked 10.25 seconds against his previous best of 10.37 in the heat and remained fourth, so exited from the further contest of 100m race.

It is learnt that Shajar reached Konya at 5:00am on Monday morning - just hours before he was scheduled to feature in the Islamic Solidarity Games - after competing in the Commonwealth Games where he demonstrated impressive performance by...