In the quarter-final former World Junior gold medalist Abbas Shoukat failed to click against inform Waqas Mehboob in the marathon four sets battle 3-1, the score was 5-11, 11-5, 11-8 and 11-6. Waqas of Pakistan Air Force fully charged after losing the first set and secured victories in the remaining three consecutive sets. The quarter-final lasted for 34 mintues.

In the second quarter-finals match Farhan Zaman (PAF) 3-0 defeated unseeded Saddam Ul Haq of Pakistan Army in straight sets, the score was 11-5, 11-6 and 11-9.

In the third quarter-finals unseeded Noor Zaman defeated second seed Zeeshan Zeb of KP in straight sets, the score was 11-6, 11-4 and 11-9 in 22 minutes.

In the last quarter-finals third seeded Bilal Zakir of Army recorded victory against Zahir Shah of Railways in another thrilling match 3-2, the score was 11-5, 11-9, 4-11, 4-11 and 13-11.

Waqas Mehboob of PAF will face Farhan Zaman of PAF in the first semi-fianls and Noor Zaman will face Bilal Zakir of Pakistan Army in the second semi-finals.

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