KARACHI, Feb 4: Khyber Muslim FC Baldia Town thrashed Sixteen Stars FC 5-0 in the semi-final to make it to the final of the Sindh Sports Board Inter-club Football Tournament at Baldia Football Stadium (Rana Ground) here on Saturday.

Khyber Muslim’s Liaquat scored his second hat-trick in the tournament when he found the net in the 51st, 69th, 73rd and 82nd minutes after Iqbal opened the scoring for the winners in the 17th minute.

The match was supervised by referees Rizwan Khan, Abdul Malik and Imam Bux with Iqbal Minhas as the match commissioner.

The second semi-final will be played between Young Tughlaq and Qadri Sports on Sunday.—Sports Reporter

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