KARACHI: District East and District Malir qualified for the final of the Jinnah Day All-Karachi Inter-district Hockey Tournament here at the KHA Sports Complex on Thursday under floodlights.

Haris Naseer’s brace guided District East to a nail-biting 2-1 victory over V Corps in their semi-final which set a repeat clash for the former with District Malir.

Tauqeer-ul-Hasan scored the consolation goal for the losers. Haris was rightfully declared man-of-the-match.

In the other semi-final, District Malir whipped District South 4-2.

Mohammad Adnan scored twice while Jawwad Hussain and Zohaib Khan added one goal each for the winners.

Ghulam Ali and Asif Raza scored one goal apiece for the losers.

Adnan was adjudged man-of-the-match.

It is interesting to note that both the finalists were placed in pool ‘B’ where District East had defeated District Malir 4-2 in the league stage.

Published in Dawn, December 25th, 2021