ISLAMABAD, July 9: The Pakistan Squash Federation has interchanged the dates of two $25,000 tournaments slated for the months of August and September on the request of the organisers.

Wing Commander Sajid Waheed, secretary of the PSF disclosed on Wednesday that dates for the Chief of the Naval Staff Championship and the Chief of the Air Staff tournament had to be changed because of administrative reasons.

He said that the CNS Championship which was to run in Karachi between August 16 and 21 will now take place from September 20 to 25 - the original dates for the CAS tournament in Peshawar.

The venues for both the tournaments will remain unchanged with the CAS Championship now to be held from August 16 to 21.

Meanwhile, Pakistan’s ace player Mansoor Zaman on Wednesday joined the training camp in Islamabad which has been set up in preparation for this year’s World Team Championship in Vienna.

Besides Mansoor, the other players in training under coach Rehmat Khan are Shahid Zaman, Ijaz Azmat, Farrukh Zaman, Arshad Iqbal Burki, Majid Khan, Khayal Muhammad and Zubair Ali Khan.