Ummam Khawaja Friday departed for India to represent Pakistan in the Asian Hope Table Tennis Championship. 12-year old Ummam Khawaja was recently declared as "The Pearl of Asia" by World Table Tennis Federation after watching his stunning skills he exhibited in an event in Doha.
Ummam Khawaja stunned the rest of the World with his superb display of Table Tennis that sharpen his way among the top players of the world and he is considered as a great hope for the country in future. Ummam surprised players from Asia when he got a gold medal in the Under-12 category at the South Asian Table Tennis Championship held at Karachi last year wherein 7 top countries of South Asia took part.
Again on his stunning performance at international level, Ummam was called by the Asian Table Tennis Federation to participate in the International Table Tennis Federation event held at Doha, Qatar, where 16 countries of World took part and Ummam Khawaja got seven positions out of the Championship for his first appearance by recording victories against top teams like Thailand, Hong Kong, and Hungry. On this superb performance and looking after his skilful game, Ummam Khawaja, hailing from a remote village of District Chaitral, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan was declared as "The Pearl of Asia".