Pakistan High Commission organized Pakistan Badminton Championship 2025 from 21st-23rd February 2025 in Sabaragamuwa Indoor Sports Complex, Newtown, Ratnapura. The championship was organized in continuation of the last year’s successful competition. Participants from 40 local schools from Ratnapura District in the Under-15, Under-17 and Under-20 categories participated in the Championship.
Deputy High Commissioner (DHC), Pakistan Mr Wajid Hassan Hashmi was invited as Chief Guest of the Award distribution ceremony. He awarded trophies & distribute certificates among the winners of the final matches and qualifiers. Press & Culture Secretary Mr Adeel Sattar & Second Secretary Mr Iftikhar Hussain from Pakistan High Commission also attended the award ceremony.
While addressing the players, management and audience, the Deputy High Commissioner highlighted the importance of sports activities in bridging the bond of friendship and people to people contact between the two countries. He underlined that Pakistan and Sri Lanka have been maintaining close, cordial and mutually supportive relationship. This kind of sports events are testament to bilateral friendship at the grassroot level.
As a goodwill gesture, the Deputy High Commissioner also distributed Pakistani made sports kits amongst the players and presented computers for the winning schools. He thanked the organizers for arranging a befitting Pakistan Badminton Tournament 2025.
