LAHORE, Dec 13: Ziaullah Baig and Hamid Mohiuddin from Karachi, have slight edge over Lahore’s Tahir Abbas- Fehmina Shauq, both pairs competing in the East-West Zone on the first day of the Balijee National Bridge Championship at the Lahore Gymkhana Friday.

Zia and partner Hamid achieved 61.90 percentage but they were closely chased by Tahir and Fehmina who mustered a percentage of 61.40. Such a close margin speaks the quality of the competition.

The third and the fourth positions were occupied by pairs from North-South. At third were the pair of Munir Ataullah-Shoaib Bokhari who got a percentage of 60.41 followed by Masud Saleem- Masood Mazhar who earned the percentage of 59.10.

In the ladies section, the pair of Fehmida-Tahira are leading with the score of 54.53 percent followed by Qudsia-Naseem Seher from Lahore.

Standings:

East-West: Ziaullah Baig-Hamid Mohiuddin 61.90, Tahir Abbas- Fehmina Shauq 61.47, Khalid Mohiuddin-Hasan Askari 55.94, Fehmida-Tahira 54.53, Qudsia-Naseem Sehar 53.65, Gulzar Bilal- Pervaiz Mirza 51.54, Ali Abbas-Hamid Zaman 51.51, Hafeez Mirza- Afzal Naqvi 51.37, M.A Toor Hasan Janjua 51.24, Sultan Siddiqui- Rashid Jafar 51.19, Muhammad Ismail-Sarfraz Khan 50.63, Dr Farooq-Khatak 49.79, M Azwerul Haque-S.M Ozair 48.74, Khalida-Riffi 48.36, Nayyar-Usaid 46.82, Shakeel Chandna-Saleem Ahmed 44.54, Samia Rashid-Rehana Saigol 43.88, Saeed Akhtar-Javed Khalid 43.36, Azra-Akhtar 41.90 and Furrukh-Surriya 37.43 percent.

North-South: Munir Ataullah-Shoaib 60.41, Masud Saleem-Masood Mazhar 59.10, Shahnaz-Saeed 57.73, Izzat Khaleel-Ghias 57.03, Rashidul Ghazi-Tariq Rasheed 56.66 Taqi-Tanvir 56.65, Ahsan-Noman 55.66, Rehman- Khalid 52.81, Roshan Bokhari-Teeta Agha 49.34, Amin Hakim-Mohsin Chandna 49.31, Waheed-Col. Masood 49.31, Kiyani-Ansari 48.05, Wajahat Suri-Uzair Kemal 47.94, Najam-Abeda Ali 47.58, Asghar Abbas-Farhat 47.46, Fareeda-Goga 47.42, Javaid-Asad 46.22, Elizabeth-Talat 46.19, Mirza Shauq Husain-Jahangir 43.77, Qudisa Dossa-Zeenat Azwer 43.03, Zubair-Javed Rehman 41.85 and Safina-Munawar 39.49 per cent.