LAHORE - Total 22 international players from across the world are taking part in the Chief of Air Staff (CAS) International Squash Championships for men and women that will get underway on Monday at the Mushaf Squash Complex Islamabad. The five-day event is being organised by Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) in collaboration with Serena Hotels and Combaxx Sports with the men’s event carrying prize money of $30,000 whereas the women’s competition has prize purse of $12,000. Addressing the press conference, PSF Secretary Wing Commander Armghan Aziz, along with CEO Combaxx Sports Omer Saeed and Serena Hotels Senior Manager Hussain Odhwani, said that the tournament is also being organised to provide opportunity to players from across the country to challenge their mental and physical toughness. “This tournament is a true manifestation of the PAF’s commitment in promoting sports both at national and international levels,” Armghan said, adding that besides Pakistan, world ranking men & women players from Austria, Czech Republic, Egypt, England, Espain, France, Hong Kong, Russia, Serbia and Switzerland are participating in these events. “The PSF intends to send a message across the world that we have every potential to conduct mega squash activities and to host top world players in an efficient manner.” According to draws, Pakistan’s Tayyab Aslam will be top seed along with Karim El Hammamy (Egypt) and Auguste Dussourd (France) second and third seed respectively in men’s event while Nadia Pfister (Switzerland), Marie Stephan (France), Salma Eltayeb (Egypt) are the top three seeds in the women’s event.