The 20th National Karate Championship will be held from May 4 to 6 at Rawalpindi. The event is being organised by the Pakistan Karate Federation in collaboration with Army. Teams from all the affiliated units of PKF, WAPDA, Army, Railways, Police, Punjab, Khyber PK, Balochistan, Sindh, Islamabad and FATA are participating in the championship.
The championship will be held in the Individual Kumite in 50, 55, 60, 67, 75, 84 and 84 kgs weight categories as well as team kumite, individual kata and team kata. The event will also serve as a platform for the selection of the Pakistan team which is to participate in 1st South Asian Karate Championship scheduled to be held from June 13 to 16 at Sri Lanka.
The PKF has constituted a selection committee comprising Nasim Qureshi (chairman) while Bashir Butt, Muhammad Usman, Ijaz ul Haq and Shamim Hashmi are the members The committee will select players during the 20th National Karate Championship for participating in the 1st South Asian Karate Championship, Sri Lanka.