Outstanding performances by Sikandar and Mustafa

E-Paper | June 12, 2026

PESHAWAR, Sept 7: The 16-year-old Sikandar Khan established another national record on third and final day of the 11th National Age Group Championship that concluded at the Qayyum Complex Swimming Pool on Sunday.

Sikandar, established the record in 50 meter butterfly (under-18) with the time of 00:28.45 seconds, beating the previous record held by Fraz Samad, who had covered the same distance in 00:29.43 seconds, which he had established in August 1999 at Karachi.

Syed Mustafa Shah of Punjab also broke the national record in 100 meters back stroke (under-15) by reaching the destination in 01:15.77 seconds to break the previous record of Fraz Samad’s 01:15.92 established by him in August 1999 at Karachi.

Sikandar, who remained pick of the three day competition, broke three national records with sizable margins to prove his undoubted class.

Punjab won the team trophy followed by Sindh and NWFP.

The results:

50 meters Butterfuly (Uder-18): Sikandar Khan (Punjab) 00:28.45; Syed Usman Javid (Punjab) 00:31:41; Mohammad Tahir (Sindh) 00:31:98.

100 meters Backstroke (under-15): Syed Mustafa Shah (Punjab); Jawad Kamani (Sindh) 01:16.89; Raza Ali (Punjab) 01:24.27 sec.

50 meters Butterfly (under-15): Jawad Kamani (Sindh) 00:31.46 sec; Syed Mustafa Shah (Punjab) 00:32.74 sec; Salman Khan (Punjab) 00:33.61.

100 meters Breasstroke (Under-18): Abdul Aziz (Punjab) 01:20.97 sec; Bilal Ejaz (Sindh) 01:27.18 sec; Zeeshan Ahmed (Punjab) 01:27.23 sec.

100 meters breaststroke (Under-15): Mustafa (Punjab) 01:26.81 sec; Naveed Ahmad (Punjab) 01:27.66 sec; Sulman Sadat (Sindh) 01:31.36 sec.

100 meters Backstroke (Under-18): Syed Usman Javid (Punjab) 01:19.74 sec Umesh (Sindh) 01:23.53 sec; Sulman Ali (NWFP) 01:24.63 sec.

50 meters Freestyle (Under-18): Sikandar Khan (Punjab) 00:26.42 sec; Syed Usman Javid (Punjab) 00:27.44 sec; Asif Manzoor (NWFP) 00:28.58 sec.

50 meters Freestyle (under-15): Mursil Mehmood Butt (Punjab) 00:30.10 sec; Syed Mustafa Shah (Punjab); Imran Nazir (NWFP) 00:31.37 sec; Adnan Ismail (Sindh) 00:31.37 sec.

400 meters Freestyle Relay (Under-18): Punjab 04:32.80 sec; NWFP 05:13.49 sec; Sindh 05:42.14 sec.

400 meteres Freestyle (Under-15): Punjab 04:45.21 sec; Sindh 05:00.23 sec; NWFP 05:31.80 sec.

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Ashfaq Yusufzai is a Peshawar-based reporter for Dawn with 20 years of experience covering health-related events in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. His reporting focuses on development in the province’s healthcare sector. He can be found on X at @ashfaqyusufzai_.

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