PESHAWAR
\nUmmam Khawaja, Shah Khan, Haseeb Khawaja and Abbas Khan, the four members\u2019 part of the Pakistan National Team along with their coach Amna Khan, also hailing from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, were warmly received here at Peshawar Sports Complex soon after arriving here from Maldives.
\nDirector General Sports Khalid Khan was there receiving the team members who participated in the recently held South Asian Table Tennis Championship at Male, Maldives. All the four members Ummam Khawjah, a last time gold medal winner of the South Asian Table Tennis Championship held in Doha, Qatar, Shah Khan, hailing from Swat, Haseeb Khawaja, Abbas Khan with their coach Amna Khan. Amna is also coach of the Directorate of Sports KP.
\nThe team gave a stunning performance in the South Asian Table Tennis Championship, winning one silver and bronze medals in both Individual and Team events. Director Development Saleem Raza, Deputy Director Finance Tariq Khan, Administrative Officer Jaffer Shah, Senior Vice President of Table Tennis Association Kafayat Ullah Orakzai, President KP Sports Writers Association Asim Shiraz, Secretary Shahid Afridi, former President Ijaz Ahmed Khan and other personalities were present.
\nDirector General Sports KP Khalid Khan appreciated the players and said he feels proud that four members hailing from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with coach were part of the winning team. He hoped that they would continue to work hard and achieve more for the country and the nation. He said that KP Sports Directorate was providing facilities to all the best players and would also provide good facilities to them. Scholarships are being given to the students and those who gave performances at the international, national senior and national junior and U21 Games would be awarded sports scholarships besides cash prizes. A special ceremony, he said, will be organized soon in honor of the national and international athletes of the province in which cash prizes will be distributed among the athletes for their outstanding services and they will also be awarded certificates.
\nHe said that the present government is striving hard to provide the best facilities to the players and the time is not far when our global presence could be felt. The players of the province will bring more honors for the country and the nation. Remember that the South Asian Championship includes teams from Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR Ummam Khawaja, Shah Khan, Haseeb Khawaja and Abbas Khan, the four members\u2019 part of the Pakistan National Team along with their coach Amna Khan, also hailing from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, were warmly received here at Peshawar Sports Complex soon after arriving here from Maldives. Director General Sports Khalid Khan was there receiving the team members […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257867,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7529,7530,7527,7528,7526,1805],"class_list":{"0":"post-261786","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-bronze","9":"tag-medalists","10":"tag-pak","11":"tag-silver","12":"tag-south-asian-tt-squad","13":"tag-table-tennis"},"yoast_head":"\n