Pakistan is ready to organize the first World Squash Sub-23 championship that begins with tomorrow (Sunday) from April 6 to 10 at the DHA Creek Club Squadium.
32 countries will participate in what will be the first important event of Squash in Pakistan after decades. This is the first time that the world governing body is to organize a world championship in this age group.
Since Squash has been included in the 2028 Summer Olympic Games, this world event will allow the best players to participate in the Olympic Games.
Pakistan has a glorious story in Squash, with legends such as Jahangir Khan, Hashim Khan and Jansher Khan, and more recently, Hamza Khan, who won the Junior World Squash World Championship in 2023.
Pakistan has organized several international tournaments and has many professional training centers throughout the country. Pakistan reached its maximum point in the eighties and ninety years during the reigns of Jahangir Khan and Jansher Khan.
Both players won many laurels for the country. Jansher won the World Open eight times and the British open six times. It was classified as number 1 in the world for six years.
Jahangir Khan is easily the best professional Squash player of all time with an unofficial record of having a 555 games winning streak. Between 1950 and 1997, Pakistan accumulated more than 30 open British titles, 14 World Open titles and many more titles.
Last week, Sindh’s senior minister Sharjeel Inam Memon, on behalf of the Sindh government, delivered a check for RS30 million to Adnan Asad, an official of the Sindh Squash champion, in support of the next Squash Sub-23 World Championship.
Speaking at a press conference together with Sports Secretary, Abdul Aleem Lashari and Adnan Asad, Sharjeel reaffirmed the commitment of the Sindh government to promote sports and improve the global image of Pakistan through such initiatives.
