Mohibullah Khan is a former world

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champion from

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. 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

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in 1976, losing on both occasions to Australia's

Geoff Hunt Geoffrey Brian Hunt, (born 11 March 1947), is a retired Australian Squash (sport), squash player who is widely considered to be one of the greatest squash players in history. He was ranked the World No.1 squash player from 1975 to 1980. He ...

. 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

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World Series in England. Queen

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was the Chief Guest and gave him the winning trophy i.e. Sword. Apart from this, he won British Amateur Squash championships, Australian opens, New Zealand opens, US Championships, Alexandrian squash championships, French squash opens,

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 Jansher Khan PP SI HI ( ur, جان شیر خان; born 15 June 1969, in Peshawar, Pakistan) is a former World No. 1 professional Pakistani squash player. During his career, he won the World Open a record eight times, and the British Open s ...

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

Jahangir Khan Jahangir Khan (Pashto/ ur, جهانگير خان born 10 December 1963) is a former World No. 1 professional Pakistani squash player. He won the World Open title six times , and the British Open title ten times (1982-1991). Jahangir Khan is ...

, 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

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awarded Him Pakistan's highest Civil award President

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in 1995. Nowadays Mohibullah Khan is serving in

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in Bps 19 as

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Squash Coaches of

. Admiring his services for

in Pakistan, the Federal Minister for IPC Mian

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renamed PSB Squash complex

Peshawar Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...

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

since 2006. The academy trains players for Pakistan squash.

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