PESHAWAR - Current national champion Murad Ali of (National Bank of Pakistan), along with Amir Saeed (Wapda), Anjum Bashir (Punjab) and Raja M Hasnain, reached the quarterfinals of the All Pakistan National Ranking Badminton Tournament jointly organized by Pakistan Badminton Federation and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Badminton Association here at Abdul Wali Khan Sports Complex. In the pre-quarterfinals, Murad Ali defeated SNGPL’s Shah Mir Iftikhar 21-17 and 21-16, Amir Saeed defeated Raza Ali of Punjab 17-21, 21-6 and 21-12, Anjum Bashir beat Abdul Rashid of Punjab by 21-13 and 21-18 and Raja Muhammad Hasnain defeated Raja Zulqarnain Haider of WAPDA 21-17 and 21-11 to make it to the quarterfinals. In boys U13 pre-quarterfinals, Khazeema Shehzad of Punjab defeated Muhammad Aryan of KP 21-18 and 21-11, Muhammad Suleiman of Islamabad defeated Raad Ahmed of Punjab 21-13 and 21-15. Haseeb Khan defeated Ragheb Shah of Punjab 21-14, 19-21 and 21-16, Hasnain Farid of KP defeated Mirza Hameed of Islamabad 21-10 and 21-17, M Harish of KP defeated Sindh’s Samiullah Hashmi by 21-15, 14-21 and 21-9, Punjab’s Zainul Abidin defeated Sindh’s Deeraj Dhadani 21-12, 21-11 while KP’s Najam Al-Saqib defeated Punjab’s Ibrahim Ahmed 21-6 and 21-8 and qualified for the quarterfinals. In the women’s singles first round, WAPDA’s Mahoor Shehzad, WAPDA’s Khuzri Rashid, KP’s Urooj Ahmed, Punjab’s Khadija, Palwasha Bashir, Punjab’s Sehar Majeed, WAPDA’s Inmol Rashid, WAPDA’s Sehra Ikram, Army’s Samia Tariq Yasmeen, Warda Gohar of SNGPL, Laiba Masood of WAPDA, Bushra Qayyum of WAPDA, Saima Waqas of WAPDA, Alia Tariq of Balochistan, Zubair Islam of SNGPL and Ghazala Siddique of WAPDA emerged as victorious.