LAHORE, April 23: Railways and Punjab dominated the first day of the 14th All-Pakistan Aamir Hayat Rokhri badminton tournament, as their both men and women teams won the first round matches at the New Khan Badminton Hall here on Monday.

In the men’s section, Railways defeated PMAD 3-0 and Punjab outclassed Balochistan with the identical margin.

AJK also carved out 3-0 win against Fata.

In another match, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa crafted 3-0 win against Police.In the women’s section, Railways blasted the way to earn 3-0 win against Sindh.

Punjab thrashed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 3-0 and Sindh proved too good against Fata 3-0.

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