KARACHI, Jan 28: Two-goal Mohammad Imran Sr gave Madhu Mohammadan their first win in seven games after they edged past Sindh Muslim 2-1 in the Premier League soccer at Sixteen Star Ground on Friday.

Imran opened the proceedings with a 25th-minute strike which was cancelled out by Mohammad Kashif five minutes later.

Imran rescued Mahdu Mohammadan when he found the cage in the 69th minute.

Hyderi Baloch squeezed past National Afridi 2-1 at Karachi Sports Ground.

After remaining goalless, Hyderi Baloch broke the ice with a Fareed Ahmed goal in the 50th minute, while Sharoz Khan doubled the lead in the 56th minute. Sarzamin Khan scored the solitary goal for National Afridi in the 69th minute.

Hameed Afridi scored the first hat trick of the league to enable Young Ansari crush Sixteen Star 5-0.

Hameed slotted home thrice in a row in the 11th, 28th and 37th minutes to complete his treble and become joint top-scorer along with Pervaiz Ahmad of Malir National with six goals.

Omar Nawab netted in the 50th minute and completed the rout with his double eight minutes later.

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