Karachi South secures top spot in Paracha Exchange 20th Sindh Karate Championship

Sindh Karate Association (SKA) with the collaboration of Sports and Youth Affairs Department,Government of Sindh and Taurus MMA and Fitness, organized the Sindh Karate Championship into the current year which marked its 20th successive edition. 

Among several participating districts and karatikas, Karachi South team with their best of fighters, came out the strongest to stand on the first position by accumulating a total of 170, most points. Karachi South fighters collected five gold, three silver and a bronze medal to seal this victory for their team.

Hamza Abdullah, Wajahat , Kabeer Ali, Saeed Ali, Syed Azam Khan, Shabbir Hussain, Shaheer Nana, Muhammad Shafi and Rashid Khan were the top players who won gold medals in their respective categories while Fazil in Individual Kata below 40 KG weight class won a silver medal along with Syed Kabeer Ali Zaidi also winning a silver medal in below 50 KG weight category. Hamza Abdullah and Shabbir Hussain also won 2 silver medals in below 60 and 75 KG weight classes, respectively.

Sanghar division with two gold, two silver and four bronze medals won the runner-up spot with a total of 100 points and the third position went to Sukkur district with their total of 50 points as their fighters managed to bag one gold and silver each along with a total of three bronze medals. Benazirabad district stood 4th with accumulating a total of 40 points earned through one gold, one silver and three bronze medals. Larkana division gained the 5th position with one gold and three bronze medals which earned them 40 points. Karachi West team managed to stand on the last spot with 40 points in total through two silver medals.

This championship featured competitions in a total of three events that were: Individual Kata, Team Kata and Individual Kumite. The Individual Kumite event had fights in the weight categories of 40 KG, 45 KG, 50 KG, 55 KG, 60 KG, 67 KG, 75 KG and above 75 KG.

Paracha International Exchange Private Limited hugely sponsored this event and thus was the title sponsor of this championship. Team composition was of 8 players along with a Manager and rules of World Karate Federation were followed in each fight.

Dr. Qurat Ul Ain was the Chairperson of the Organizing Committee of this championship while Sensie Wasif Ali of Taurus MMA & Fitness fulfilled the duties of Organizing Secretary. Sensie Abdul Rahim, Ms. Najma Abdul Wahid and Moin Dhedhi were the Event Coordinators.