KARACHI: The Asian Confederation of Billiards Sports (ACBS) has nominated two officials of the Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Federation (PBSF) in the world and regional bodies of the game on the sidelines of IBSF world snooker championships which concluded at Doha recently, the PBSF said on Wednesday.

Former PBSF president Alamgir Shaikh, who is senior vice-president of the ACBS, has been nominated on the IBSF Board while his PBSF successor Munawwar Hussain Shaikh has been nominated as legal adviser to the ACBS.

Published in Dawn, November 30th, 2017

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