Shahid Aftab wins National Snooker title

Shahid Aftab of Punjab won the NBP 49th National Snooker Championship defeating National Bank's Mohammed Sajjad by 7-5 in the final after an exciting contest.

National Bank Senior Vice President Mudassar Inamullah was the special guest' who distributed trophies and prizes among the winner and runner-up Quests and other players along with Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Association Chairman Alamgir Sheikh.

The exciting final was held at the Snooker Arena of the National Bank Sports Complex on Saturday witnessed a thrilling contest between National Bank's Muhammad Sajjad and Punjab's Shahid Aftab.

At one stage, Muhammad Sajjad was trailing 5-2, but he won three consecutive frames to level the match at 5-5. After that, Shahid Aftab won the next two frames to win the final and the title also. The frame scores of the final were 69-9, 92-28, 48-70, 73-19, 49-70, 74-38, 79-24, 62-66, 22-63, 25-69, 81-36 and 71-61 in the favor of Shahid Aftab.

The winner, Shahid Aftab, received prize money of Rs. 200,000, while the runner-up, Muhammad Sajjad received Rs. 100,000. Muhammad Asif was given a special prize of Rs. 50,000 for playing a break of 147 in the championship.

The chief guest of the closing ceremony was National Bank Senior Vice President Mudassar Inamullah, while PBSA Chairman Alamgir Sheikh, PBSA President Javed Karim, Secretary General Zulfiqar A. Ramzi, National Bank Head of Sports Department Sher Muhammad were also present.