PESHAWAR-Muhammad Ali Larosh of Wapda emerged as new national champion after winning the men’s singles while Mahoor Shehzad retained the women’s singles title in the 58th National Badminton Championship played at Abdul Wali Khan Sports Complex Charsadda on Monday. 
In the men’s singles final, Ali faced tough resistance at the hands of Irfan Saeed before winning the final 15-21, 21-17, 27-25. In the women’s final, Mahoor defeated Ghazala Siddiqui 21-6, 21-7. In the men’s doubles final, SNGPL’s Muqit Tahir and NBP’s Kashif Silhari defeated WAPDA’s Irfan Saeed and Azeem Sarwar 17-21, 24-22 and 21-16. In the women’s doubles final, SNGPL Zubair Islam and NBP’s Palwasha Bashir defeated Wapda’s Mahoor and Ghazala 21-12, 17-21 and 21-15 while Ali/Ghazala defeated Shoaib/Saima.  Director General Sports KP Asfandyar Khan Khattak graced the occasion as chief guest and distributed trophies, certificates and cash prizes of Rs 500,000 amongst the finalists. PBG Secretary Wajid Ali Ch and others were also present on the occasion.