LAHORE: PIA, National Bank of Pakistan, Wapda and Army Reds on Tuesday qualified for the semi-finals of the 9th Nishan-e-Haider Hockey Tournament in Bahawalpur on Tuesday.

PIA will take on NBP while Wapda face Army Reds in the pre-final to be played on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, in their last matches Navy beat Police 3-1 and Port Qasim defeated Railways 5-1.

Asif Ali (6th minute), Mohammad Rashid (61st) and Mohammad Sabir (7th) shared the scoring honour for Navy with Sherjeel (33rd) hitting the solitary goal for the losing side.

Rizwan Khan (21st and 70th minutes), Rizwan (16th), Talah Tanveer (42nd) and Mohammad Atif (61st) slammed goals for Port Qasim while Zeeshan Bukhari reduced the lead for Railways in the 59th minute.

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