July 24, 2003	Thursday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 23, 1424

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ISLAMABAD, July 23: The national rankings released by the Pakistan Squash Federation on Wednesday show no change in the top 10 with Mansoor Zaman of PIA continuing to sit pretty at the No 1 spot.

With a total of 1086 points, Mansoor is way ahead of No 2 Shahid Zaman who has 838 points followed by Farrukh Zaman and Ajaz Azmat.

While the ranks of the leading players remain unchanged, Farhan Mahboob of PAF has made significant progress by leapfrogging from No 20 to 13 in the current rankings.

PAF’s Safeerullah Khan has retained his top ranking in the under-19 category with Shah Nawaz and Khalid Atlas also keeping their No 2 and No 3 positions. Yasir Butt has jumped one spot to No 4.

Similarly Maqbali Khan and Naveed Nasir who previously shared 13th

place have done well by becoming No 8 and No. 9 respectively.

The top five in the under-17 category remain the same, Farhan Mahboob at No 1 having accumulated 300 points followed by Aqib Hanif, Haider Jamal, Bilal Zaman and Farzan Rashid. But PAF’s Adil Atlas has shown impressive improvement, going eight steps up the ladder to No 6 from his previous rank of 14.

Carla Khan, the UK-based grand daughter of Pakistan squash legend Azam Khan heads the women’s rankings with 247 points, Bushra Haider slipping to No 2. Alya Sarfraz has become the new No 3 followed by Muqaddas Ashraf at 4.

Rankings (Top 10; department and previous rank in brackets)

Seniors:

1. Mansoor Zaman (PIA 1), 2. Shahid Zaman (PIA 2), 3. Farrukh Zaman (Mari Gas 3), 4. Ajaz Azmat (Wapda 4), 5. Shamsul Islam Khan (Balochistan 5), 6. Amjad Khan (NWFP 6), 7. Muhammad Ilyas (Wapda 7), 8. Arshad Iqbal Burki (PIA 8), 9. Zubair Ali Khan (Army 8), 10. Khayal Muhammad (Mari Gas 10)

Under-19:

1. Safeerullah Khan (PAF 1), 2. Shah Nawaz (Mari Gas 2), 3. Khalid Atlas (Army 3), 4. Yasir Butt (Punjab 5), 5. Rizwan Ahmed (Balochistan 7), 6. Faisal Zaman (PAF 4), 7. Basit Ashfaq (CAA 7), 8. Maqbali Khan (NWFP 13), 9. Naveed Nasir (PAF 13), 10. Atique Butt (Punjab 10).

Under-17:

1. Farhan Mahboob (PAF 1), 2. Aqib Hanif (CAA 2), 3. Haider Jamal (Punjab 3), 4. Bilal Zaman (NWFP 4), 5. Farzan Rashid (Punjab 5), 6. Adil Atlas (PAF 14), 7. Majeed Hussain (Army 12), 8. Zaki Muneeb (Sindh 5), 9. Jehanzeb Masood (Sindh 5), 10. Ali Hassan (Punjab).

Under-15:

1. Waqar Ahmed (PAF 1), 2. Alamzeb Jnr (PAF 3), 3. Amir Atlas (PAF 6), 4. Zahir Shah (PAF 4), 5. Alam Khan (PAF 2), 6. Muhammad Ali (Balochistan 7), 7. Alamgir Rehman (PAF 4), 8. Hamza Ahmed (Punjab), 9. Zohaib Ahmed (Sindh 9), 10. Abdul Basit Samad (Punjab 9).

Under-13:

1. Waqar Mehboob (PAF 1), 2. Danish Atlas (PAF 2), 3. Sheikh Saqib (Punjab 4), 4. Owais Rahim (Punjab 3), 5. Shoaib Hassan (Punjab 5), 6. M. Asif Khan (PAF 7), 7. Ibrahim Umar (Punjab 8), 8. Noor Ali Khan (Punjab 8), 9. M. Ali Ayub (Punjab 6), 10. Kashif Javed (Punjab 8).

Women:

1. Carla Khan, 2. Bushra Haider (Sindh 1), 3. Alya Sarfraz (Punjab 5), 4. Muqaddas Ashraf (Punjab 9), 5. Misbah Rani (Punjab 5), 6. Saima Shaukat (Punjab 9), 7. Sara Awan (Punjab 3), 8. Nadia Aziz (Punjab 2), 9. Sumera Haq (Sindh 9), 10. Mehwish Hanif (Punjab).