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Chitrali boy wins South Asian table tennis tournament

KARACHI: Ummam Khawaja Chitrali won the Under-12 South Asian table tennis tournament held in Karachi on Saturday.

In the final match, the young Khawaja, who is a student of class 7 in a private school in Peshawar, beat his Sri Lankan competetor by 3/1 to win the gold medal for his country.

With the victory of Ummam Chitrali, Pakistan also qualified for taking part in the Asian table tennis championship to be held in South Korea next month. The young Chitrali boy will represent the country in the tournament.

Two players from each province and the federal capital territory had been selecetd for the South Asian championship in Karachi. Besides Ummam, another Chitrali boy, Haseebur Rehman Khawaja, also took part in the tournament and remained third.

Ummam Chitrali is the son of senior Chitrali journalist Nadir Khawaja, who is based in Peshawar.

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6 Comments
  1. SR Khan says

    Congratulations, very well done, best of luck for the future endeavors.

  2. Sher Wali Khan Aseer says

    Fabulous! salute to our little Khowjas! Congrats to their lucky and proud parents and Chitralis who feel pride on the performance of their shining stars, like Ummam Khowja and Haseeb ur Rehman Khowja who have grabbed the first and third positions in the South Asian Table Tennis Tournament.We are proud of you our little shining stars! We pray for your further successes. Best of luck! You are our little ambassadors and we expect equal representation of our Chitrali Culture in South Korea,along with grabbing first position in Asian Table Tennis Tournament.I want to see you with Chitrali Pakhol. God bless you!

  3. Aftab Ghazi says

    Great Achievement. Congratulations to Umam Khawaja and family. The credit also goes to his father Nadir Khawaja who has done a great deal in supporting the little Khawajas in achieving the milestone. Keep it up.

  4. Rahmat Noor says

    We are proud of you.

  5. Zahiruddin says

    Many many congratulations to usman
    khowaja and his family

  6. Inam Ullah says

    Many many Congratulations dear Nadir Khwaja for the great honor for Pakistan and for Chitral.

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