LAHORE, Dec 19: Punjab, Sindh, NWFP, Islamabad and Habib Bank registered wins in the men's team event of the 44th National table tennis championship which started at Al-Fatah Sports Complex, Faisalabad on Tuesday.

Punjab 'A' beat PTV 3-0. Sindh 'A' outclassed Army and its 'B' team also crushed Balochistan with identical margin 3-0. HBL moved into the next round beating NWFP-A 3-0 while Islamabad carved out 3-2 win against Railways.

In the women's team event Habib Bank, Pak PWD and Army also earned wins.

HBL beat Sindh-B 3-0 while Pak PWD outplayed Punjab-B. Army seized a 3-0 win against Sindh-A.

Results:

Men's team events:

Punjab-A bt PTV 3-0: Kashif Razzaq bt Danish 11-5, 11-5, 11-4; Asim Qureshi bt Amir Afzal 11-5, 11-4, 11-9; Abdul Rahim bt Adil Shafique 8-11, 11-1, 11-4, 11-7.

Sindh-B bt Balochistan-A: Awais bt Ramzan 11-4, 11-6, 11-6; Zia bt Majid 11-8, 11-6, 11-4; Ashar bt Azam 11-7, 11-8, 11-3.

Sindh-A bt Army: Hasan Haider bt Ikramul Haq 11-6, 11-7, 11-7; Mukhtar bt Asif Mumtaz 11-5, 11-3, 11-9; Khawer bt Umer 11-2, 11-2, 11-7.

NWFP-B bt balochistan-B: Sajid Mughal bt Kazim 11-4, 6-11, 11-5, 11-5; Ramiz Khan bt Mehdi 11-7, 11-8, 11-7; Awais bt Baqir 11-9, 11-7, 13-11.

Islamabad bt Railways: Awais bt Faryal 8-11, 11-4, 6-11, 4-11; Yasir bt Umair 11-9, 11-5, 5-11, 7-11, 11-9; Awais bt Tariq 6-11, 11-8, 11-6, 4-11, 11-13 Faryal bt Yaya 9-11, 11-5, 13-11, 6-11, 14-12.

HBL bt NWFP-A: Yasir Bhatti bt Rizwan 11-4, 11-5, 11-4; Shahzad Waseem bt Waqas 11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 11-8; Ahmed Hussain bt Arif 10-12, 11-8, 11-8, 11-8.

Women team's event:

HBL bt Sindh-B: Ghalia bt Zainab 11-3, 11-4, 11-5; Shabnam bt Maria 11-4, 11-2, 11-4; Sadia bt Maryam 11-6, 11-6, 11-5.

PWD bt Punjab-B Noreen Tehseen bt Iffat 11-4, 11-6, 11-9; Najia Khan bt Tanzila 11-3, 11-6, 11-7;

Army bt Sindh-A: Rubab bt Malhia Khursheed 11-7, 11-6, 11-7; Seemab bt Quratul Ain 11-5, 11-5, 11-5; Nasira bt Urooj 11-8, 7-11, 11-7, 11-5.