KARACHI, Jan 18: Bacha Khan FC proceeded to the semi-finals of the All Pakistan NBP Gold Cup Football Tournament after beating QESCo 4-3 in the last quater-final match played at the Colony Sports Football Ground in Malir on Wednesday.

The match had to be decided on penalty shootouts after a barren 80 minutes of play. Abdus Salam, Abdul Ali, Azizullah and Akbar Khan converted the penalties for Bacha Khan FC while only Naveed Akram, Arif Mahmood and Zaki Hassan could do the same for QESCo.

The first semi-final will be played between PIA Colts and Pakistan Steel at 3.00pm at Colony Sports Football Ground on Thursday.

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