Mohibullah Khan is a former world
squash champion from
Pakistan. He was one of the game's leading players in the 1970s, reaching a career-high ranking of World No. 2. He was runner-up at the inaugural
World Open in 1976, and at the
British Open in 1976, losing on both occasions to
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Mohibullah Khan won a lot of International Squash Championships throughout the World. He won prestigious World Master Squash Championship and Irish Master Squash Championship beating Australia's Geoff Hunt.
In 1976, Mohibullah Khan won
Pakistan International Airlines World Series in England. Queen
Elizabeth II was the Chief Guest and gave him the winning trophy i.e.
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Apart from this, he won British Amateur Squash championships, Australian opens, New Zealand opens, US Championships, Alexandrian squash championships, French squash opens,
Pakistan opens and many more.
Mohibullah Khan was a very quick and energetic player. His power of shots was extremely extra ordinary.
Mohibullah's younger brother
Jansher Khan became one of the dominant players in squash in the late-1980s and 1990s. Mohibullah Khan coached Jansher Khan. It was due to his coaching that Jansher Khan remained the World No. 1 squash player for many years, including a record of winning 8 World opens and 6 British opens.
In 1993 Pakistan won World Team Squash Championship under the coaching of Mr.Mohibullah khan. The team members were
Jansher Khan,
Jahangir Khan, Zarak Jahan Khan, and Mir Zaman Gul.
In recognition of Mohibullah khan achievements for the country in the field of squash, President of Pakistan Mr
Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari awarded Him Pakistan's highest Civil award President
pride of Performance in 1995.
Nowadays Mohibullah Khan is serving in
Pakistan Sports Board in Bps 19 as
Director Squash Coaches of
Pakistan.
Admiring his services for
squash in Pakistan, the Federal Minister for IPC Mian
Riaz Hussain Pirzada renamed PSB Squash complex
Peshawar as Mohibullah Khan squash complex on 29 May 2015.
Mohibullah Khan is also running his academy named Mohibullah Khan squash Academy in Peshawar under the
Pakistan Sports Board since 2006. The academy trains players for Pakistan squash.
References
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Article at The-south-asian.com*
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Pashtun people
Pakistani male squash players
Living people
Recipients of the Pride of Performance
Year of birth missing (living people)
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