Pakistan, March 20 -- The 44th National Snooker Championship will commence at the Karachi Gymkhana Billiards Hall here on Wednesday (today) As many as 56 players will vie for top honours in the event which was initially supposed to take place from February 3 to 13 but was postponed for a month due to the fourth edition of the Pakistan Super League which ended on last Sunday.

Top 11 players of the latest national ranking, 10 from Punjab, nine from Sindh, eight each from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, four from Islamabad, four juniors and two wildcard participants will feature in the championship. The junior quartet includes reigning Under-21 champion Ali Haider, Under-18 champion Sheikh M Mudassir, Under-16 champion Hamza Ilyas and U...