LAHORE: The 61st National badminton championship kicked off here at the Wapda Sports Complex on Tuesday, featuring action in men’s singles qualifying round and pre-quarterfinals, and women’s quarter-finals of the team event. In the men’s team event, Police, Railways, New Khan and SNGPL won their respective matches to move into the last eight. On the women’s side, Army, Sindh and Punjab recorded wins in the team event matches to move into the next stage. Pakistan Police bt Islamabad 3-1: Zohaib Khan bt Ibrahim Asim 21-11, 21-12; Tahir Ishaq/Usama Abid bt Masood/Ali Faraz 21-16, 21-14; Tahir Khan bt Umair Khan 21-13, 21-17; Tahir Khan/Zohaib Khan bt Qasim Rasheed/Ihsan Ullah 21-18, 21-8. Pakistan Railway bt Azad Jammu Kashmir 3-0: Akif Badar bt M Hafeez 21-7, 21-11; Hamza Khan/Tabassum Ali bt Hafeez/Mubashir 21-18, 21-14; P.A Nabeel bt Akbar 21-8, 21-11. SNGPL bt Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 3-2: Murad Ali bt Tayyab Shafiq 21-5, 21-16; Abuzar Rasheed/Jalees Konain bt Murad Ali/M Afnan 21-15, 13-21, 21-10; Danyaal Shahzada bt Aashan Tanveer 21-17, 15-21, 21-11; Tayyab Shafiq/Umer Jahanghir bt Najam/Danyal 21-17, 21-18; Jalees Konain bt Mekail Khan 21-16, 21-11. New Khan bt Balochistan 3-0: Waqar bt Saboor Khan 21-10, 21-16; Shaqa/Shahzaib bt Usama/Saboor 21-7, 21-12; Marib bt Usama 21-14, 18-21, 21-18. Army bt SNGPL 3-1: Ammarah Ishtiaq bt Umama Usman 21-9, 21-13; Zubaira Islam/Umama Usman bt Alja Tariq/Sumiya Tariq 21-11, 21-11; Alja Tariq bt Zubaira Islam 24-23, 21-7; Ammarah/Manal bt Sana Hanif/Wirdha Gouhar 21-15, 21-19. Sindh bt Islamabad 3-0: Palwasha Bashir bt Madiha Ilyas 21-5, 21-3; Palwasha Bashir/Mariyam Hanif bt Madiha Ilyas/Aliya Jillani 21-8, 21-8; Mariyam Hanif bt Sarah Shabbir 21-12, 21-12. Punjab bt HEC 3-1: Amal Muneeb bt Faryal Arshad 21-5, 21-8; Amal/Aimen bt Zainab/Faryal 21-16, 13-21, 21-16; Zainab bt Sehar Abdul Majeed 21-16, 21-12; Sehar Majeed/Kanzul Eman bt Samiya Ejaz/Khadija 21-15, 21-16.