August 26, 2002	Monday	Jamadi-us-Saani 16,1423

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LAHORE, Aug 25: World squash legend Jansher Khan will get a wild card entry for the CAS Open tournament to be held in Peshawar in October.

The Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) vice president Air Martial Qaiser Hussain said that if Jansher would apply for the wild card he would get it for the said tournament.

The federation had earlier denied a wild card to Jansher for the CNS tournament to be held in Karachi in September.

Jansher had announced his retirement some five years ago, mainly due to a knee injury.

He made headlines by withdrawing his retirement early this month.

Jansher announced that he would compete in three international tournaments being held in Pakistan this year.

But his return to the arena was disturbed when the PSF denied a wild card entry for the first competition namely CNS tournament.

The PSF allowed Jansher to compete in the qualifying round instead of demanding a wild card entry. But Jansher refused to play in the qualifying round saying it would be a disgraceful for him.

Qaiser clarified that a wild card entry to Jansher was denied for the Karachi’s event because it would deprive any of the upcoming talented boys.

He said that the youngsters were attending the training camp for the last many months and a wild card entry was their right.

He said that the time was also short to make a final decision of Jansher’s request.

The PSF has given the wild card entry to Khayal Mohammad for Karachi competition.

The disgusted Jansher recently announced in Dubai that he would compete in smaller competitions in Europe in order to get himself in the international circuit.