LAHORE - The DHA 59th National Badminton Championships reached the quarterfinals stage here at the DHA Lahore on Thursday. In the women’s singles pre-quarterfinal matches, Mahoor Shahzad (Wapda), Alja Tariq (Balochistan), Ammarah Ishtiaq (Sindh), Amal Munib (Punjab) Bushra Qayum (Wapda) Palwasha Bashir (Sindh), Sehra Akram (Wapda) and Ghazala Siddiqui (Wapda) won their respective matches and booked berths in the quarterfinals of women singles event. Meanwhile in the men’s singles pre-quarterfinal matches, top seed Murad Ali (KP) Muhammad Ali Larosh (Wapda), Anjum Bashir (New Khan), Azeem Sarwar (Wapda), Raja Hasnain (New Khan), Muqeet Tahir (Wapda), Raja Zulqarnain (Wapda) and Irfan Saeed (Wapda) record victories in their respective matches and qualified for the quarterfinals.