LAHORE -Defending champion and No 1 Mahoor Shahzad (Wapda), Alja Tariq (Balochistan), Palwasha Bashir (Sindh) and Ghazala Siddique (Wapda) have reached the semifinals of the women’s singles in the DHA 59th National Badminton Championships being played here at the DHA Lahore. While in the men’s singles event, No 1 Murad Ali (KP), defending champion M Ali Larosh (Wapda), Muqeet Tahir (Wapda) and Irfan Saeed (Wapda) made into the semifinals. In the men’s doubles event, Yasir Ali/Abuzar Rasheed, Azeem Sarwar/Murad Ali, Irfan Saeed/Zunain Javed and Raja Hasnain/Raja Zulqarnain qualified for the semifinals.