Top seeds in Snooker quarter finals

ISLAMABAD, Jan 17 (APP):Top seeds Naseem Akhtar and Haris Tahir have qualified for the quarter finals of Jubilee Insurance 10th National Junior Under-21 Snooker Championship 2018 here at Billiards and Snooker Hall on Wednesday.
A total of six other players also made it to the quarter finals including Sheikh Muhammad Mudassir, Usman Ahmed, Muhammad Shahbaz, Raees Ali Usama, Muhammad Umer Khan all from Punjab and Ali Zaman Khan of Sindh. The quarter finals and semi finals will be played on Thursday.
It may be mentioned here that out of eight quarter finalists, seven players are from Punjab and only one player is from Sindh. No player from KPK, Balouchistan and Islamabad could reach quarter final stage.
Results: Shaikh M. Mudassir (Pjb) bt Abdul Aziz (Bal) 4-2 (65-24, 49-28, 39-59, 57-31, 36-69, 76-15); Usman Ahmed (Pjb) bt Rabish Pervaiz (Bal) 4-2 (53-62, 67-40, 51-36, 53-40, 14-69, 66-50); Muhammad Shahbaz (Pjb) bt Umer Farooq (Pjb) 4-3 (39-52, 64-18, 57-47, 52-31, 29-62, 20-56, 60-41); Raees Ali Usama (Pjb) bt Ahsan Ramzan (Pjb) 4-3 (29-74, 22-65, 54-43, 23-70, 74-48, 64-16, 57-52); Muhammad Naseem Akhtar (Pjb) bt Fahad Ghaffar (Isb) 4-1 (70-04, 75-8(75), 11-52, 63-43, 69-10); Ali Zaman Khan (Sindh) bt Usman Khursid (Kpk) 4-0 (66-06, 56-8, 90-14(58), 50-0); M. Umar Khan (Pjb) bt Shahzaib Malik (Pjb) 4-1 (80-28, 63-25, 58-26, 50-80, 67-19); Haris Tahir (Pjb) bt Hamza Aftab (Kpk) 4-0 (74-29, 74-25, 74-19, 74-07).
Thursday Fixtures: Shaikh M. Mudassir (Pjb) v Usman Ahmed (Pjb); Muhammad Shahbaz (Pjb) v Raees Ali Usama (Pjb); Muhammad Naseem Akhtar (Pjb) v Ali Zaman Khan (Sindh); M. Umar Khan (Pjb) v Haris Tahir (Pjb).