27th Syed Khawar Shah National Baseball Championship Kicks Off in Multan

The 27th Syed Khawar Shah National Baseball Championship kicked off with a colorful opening ceremony at Qasim Bagh Stadium, Multan, organized under the auspices of the Pakistan Federation Baseball. Commissioner Multan, Amir Karim Khan, inaugurated the event as the chief guest. He was welcomed and presented with bouquets by Federation President Dr. Muhammad Mahmood Lakhvi, Secretary General Tahir Mahmood, and Organizing Secretary Jamil Kamran.

The stage hosting and compare duties were skillfully handled by MIT Sports Director Zafar Sherwani. Other notable attendees included Divisional Sports Officer Atta-ur-Rehman Khan, DSO Adnan Naeem, Federation Vice President Haider Leghari, Women Member Ayesha Iram, Head of Coaching Captain (Rtd) Sarfraz Ahmed, Chief Technical Official Zafar Hussain Warraich, National Team Coach Nadeem Sajjad Shah, Sindh Olympic Association nominated official Nadeem-ud-Din Khan, and others.

According to the Federation’s Media Director, Pervaiz Ahmed Sheikh, Pakistan Army, Balochistan, and Sindh secured victories on the opening day:

* Match 1: Balochistan defeated Sindh 9–0. (Note: As reported in the text, Sindh also secured a subsequent win).
* Match 2: Sindh defeated Gilgit-Baltistan 16–1.
* Match 3: Pakistan Army defeated Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) 13–0.

The matches were supervised by technical officials including Zafar Hussain Warraich, Chaudhry Sajid, Makhdoom Muzaffar Alam, Imran Ahmed Mughal, Zohaib Malik, Tariq Pasha, Zubair Wattoo, Abdul Majeed, and Inayatullah Niazi, among others.

Reporter Ali Hassan