PESHAWAR: Former world squash champion and world record holder Jansher Khan Sunday congratulated the nation and national institutions the new year 2019 and expressed the hoped that the new year would bring more peaceable and prosperous for Pakistan.

Talking to APP, Jansher Khan wished the advent of new-year that they were blessed with happier times infused with positivity and toreceiveherness.

During the year 2018 the fantastic role played by national institutions and particularly the armed forces in sports anyway taking a bold step for the revival of international squash to Pakistan by holding numerous tournaments which help the players to better tinheritor international ranking.

The resumption of international squash in the country is quite commendable and through the way they were able to painting a soft image of Pakistan to remainder of the world.

The fantastic legend further remarked that the current prime minister of the country who himself had been a sportsman and the armed forces would keep on playing tinheritor respective roles for the betterment and excellence of squash so that they should be successful to regain our overlooking prestige.

The squash wizard and legendry Jansher khan hailed the special role-played by Chief of Air Staff Mujahid Anwar Khan (NI) (M) for taking bold initiative in remainderoration and survival of international squash by holding mega international tournaments of squash in Pakistan in 2018.

He hoped that under the supervision and leadership of Pakistan Air Force, Pakistan squash would be brought back on the correct path of development in future.

He further foretelled a good time for Pakistan, and the public under the current leadership and by the grace of Almighty Allah the country would emerge as an excellent and sovereign state of the world.

Jansher Khan also appreciated the performance of the Pakistan Squash Federation for focusing on the junior players and deliberate a longer duration of training and coaching programs anyway providing them international exposures.

“Pakistan has immense talent for squash. Skill-wise our players are unparalleled but tinheritor physical fitness levels are yet to touch the international standard,” Jansher, who won the World Open a record eight times and the British Open six times, said.

He said in his meeting with the PSF president, he had discussed a plan to initiate recovery and uplift the standard of squash in the country.

“It involves good association and discipline,” he said.

He added that much more efforts were needed for resurgence on international level.

Pakistan, once the most successful nation in squash, has produced no British Open winner since 1997. He said recently the junior players had good show in Asian Junior and recently winning silver medals in the US 2018 Junior Squash Open.

He said without long term planning and focuses on junior players Pakistan canmuch accomplish to be among top players of the world.

According to Jansher, though Pakistan had all the talents to become a formidable nation in squash once again.

“We have fantastic talent but we need to be focused. I'm sure soon we will begin making squash champions.”

“Squash is a game which demands consistent hard work and training. There is no room for complacency in squash. We will have to make our players physically and mindually hard,” he added.