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Pakistan Squash Federation Official Website The 1940's : Prior to 1949 British and Egyptian players, Amar Bey, Dear and Mehmud-ul-Karim being the most prominent among them, had dominated the tournament. 1948 saw the entry of M.A. Bari a Pathan from Nawa Killi, Peshawar, who was a squash marker at the C.C.I. Club, Bombay. Bari, on his first entry to the British Open, reached the finals, which he lost in a grueling five-set match to the then reigning champion, Mehmood-ul-Karim from Egypt. Karim had now won three consecutive British Opens, 1947 - 1949. After the tournament, the High Commissioner for Pakistan in London, Mr. Habib Rehmatullah, asked Bari if he could move back to his native Peshawar in order to play for Pakistan. Bari declined regretting his inability to comply with this request, suggesting instead that Pakistan approach his cousin Hashim Khan whom Bari had never been able to defeat in any official or unofficial tournament. The High Commissioner wrote to the Pakistan Government and thus was discovered Hashim Khan, already 35 years of age, living in oblivion in Peshawar. When contacted, Hashim expressed confidence in his ability to defeat Bari and it was agreed that Hashim should be given a chance to prove himself.
Warid Pak Open Squash 2007
PSF Calendar 2008
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