No pain, no gain: Palwasha Bashir targets Olympic slot as she sweats it out in court.

KARACHI -- One of Pakistan's most celebrated Badminton players, Palwasha Bashir has been there for a quite while, yetshe isfinding it difficult to get the sport noticed by masses. The SAF games bronze medalist from Karachi rues that sports like Badminton don't get much attention from the private sector which is discouraging.

'If private sector wakes up to support non-cricketing sports like Badminton or even Squash or Tennis, then Pakistan can raise in these sports too,' Palwasha told geo.tv after her intense training session at Karachi's NBP sports complex under her coach Iftekhar Hussain. Palwasha suffered a tennis elbow earlier which forced her out of action for few weeks recently, but she is now on road to recovery and aiming to make a complete return next month. However, the injury couldn't keep her away from courts. 'I kept training even when I was injured.I did shadow training to keep myself glued to...