KARACHI: A three-member Pakistan table tennis team accompanied by two officials will fly to Istanbul on Friday morning to compete in the fifth Islamic Solidarity Games being held in Konya from Aug 9 to 18.

Incumbent men’s national champion Fahad Khwaja, who has gone to Birmingham to feature in the ongoing Commonwealth Games, will join the team from England.

The ping pong competition starts on Aug 7.

Squad: Taimur Khan, Hoor Fawad and Haiqa Hasan.

Officials: Ejaz Ali (coach) and Yasrab Shah (manager)

Published in Dawn, August 5th, 2022

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