PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa sports heroes awards ceremony will be held at Nishtar Hall here on Friday to honour 17 distinguished sports personalities for their outstanding achievements and contributions to the promotion of sports.

Director General Sports Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Wasil Khan announced this while speaking to media on Thursday. He said the awards would be presented in three categories — Legends, Champions and Emerging Talent — in recognition of the recipients’ sporting achievements and services.

The Legends category includes former world squash champions Jansher Khan and Qamar Zaman, Syed Aqil Shah, Shiraz Muhammad, Mohibullah Khan, Rashida Ghaznavi and Olympian Naeem Akhtar.

The Champions category features Zakaria Hayat, Test cricketer Imran Khan and Maimoona Baloch.

Published in Dawn, November 13th, 2026