March 03, 2008	Monday	Safar 24, 1429

LAHORE, March 2: Wapda claimed all the three gold medals at stake in the seniors’ category on the first day of the two-day 17th national karate championship in Sialkot on Sunday.

Wapda’s Ghulam Ali in individual kata, Saad Abbas in the below 60kgs and the trio of Khalid Noor, Noorullah and Israr-ul-Haq claimed gold medals in the seniors events.

Meanwhile, in the juniors category, competition was held only in individual kata where Ali Asghar of Balochostan bagged the gold medal.

Results:

Seniors:

Individual kata: Ghulam Ali (Wapda); Baz Mohammad (NWFP); Mohammad Imtiaz (Army); Below 60kgs: Saad Abbas (Wapda); Naimatullah (Balochistan); Jabbar Khan (Sindh). Team kata: Wapda (Khalid Noor, Noorullah, Israr-ul-Haq); Army (Imtiaz Mohammad, Ibrahim, Hafiz Asadullah; Punjab (M. Naeem, Ali Murtaza, Zubair Afzal).

Juniors:

Individual kata: Ali Asghar (Balochistan); Abdul Khaliq (Wapda); Murtajis Abbas (Islamabad).