Pakistan’s Muhammad Asif has progressed to the quarterfinals of the IBSF World Snooker Title after a strained 4-3 triumph over Qatar’s Ahmed Saif in the pre-quarterfinals in Doha.
Asif will confront UAE’s Muhammad Shehab in the impending quarterfinal match. In the mean time, one more Pakistani competitor, Asjad Iqbal, was dispensed with after a 2-4 misfortune to Cyprus’ Michael Georgiou in his pre-quarterfinal match.
The competition in Qatar has seen extreme rivalry, with Asif currently conveying Pakistan’s expectations for a success.
On August 24, Pakistan’s snooker group was kept from partaking in the impending Scene Under-17 and Under-21 Snooker Titles held in India’s Bangalore state after New Delhi would not give visas for the Pakistani cueists.
The title which was booked from August 24 to 31 highlighted group comprising of cueists Ahsan Ramzan, Hamza Ilyas, and Husnain Akhtar, alongside Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Affiliation Administrator Alamgir Sheik and ref Naveed Kapadia, had presented their visa applications in anticipation of the occasion.
Notwithstanding getting all fundamental NOCs from the Pakistan Sports Board and pertinent services, the visa demands were dismissed.
Director Alamgir Sheik communicated his mistake over the disavowal, expressing that by rejecting the visas, India has denied Pakistan of possible awards.
On September 18, Pakistani cueist Asjad Iqbal got a bronze decoration at the 2024 Mongolia Snooker World Cup in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
In the semi-last, Iqbal confronted Michael Georgiou of Cyprus, who barely crushed him by 5-4. The match advanced as follows: 85-0, 80(74)- 0, 35-64, 15-62, 24-78, 73-36, 11-74, 76-65(65), and 51-08.
In the mean time, in July, Pakistan’s snooker group got a spot in the semi-finals of the Asian 15-Red Group Snooker Title by overcoming chief opponent India 3-0.
The public cueists Asjad Iqbal and Owais Munir drove Pakistan to a simple triumph in the quarter-finals.
