KARACHI: The Pakistan Scrabble Association (PSA) has announced that renowned sports patron Nadeem Omar has been elected as its new president after Goshpi Avari resigned from the post due to health and other personal reasons. She will, however, remain associated with PSA as its chief patron.

Nadeem is a well known person, both nationally as well as internationally for his contribution to the promotion of sports, especially cricket.

He is the president of the Karachi City Cricket Association and is also the owner of PSL franchise Quetta Gladiators.

He is making a long-due return to his first love as he is one of the founders of Pakistan Scrabble Assoc­iation and remained one of the country’s top scrabble players for quite some time.

Attending the first executive committee meeting of PSA as the president, Nadeem expressed his desire to take scrabble to unprecedented heights in Pakistan by holding tournaments all over the country He also instructed the committee to submit a bid for hosting the first ever virtual WESPA Youth Cup.

Published in Dawn, October 21st, 2020

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