# Mohibullah Khan
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{{short description|Pakistani squash player}}
{{For|information on the other Pakistani squash player also named Mohibullah Khan|Mohibullah "Mo" Khan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2026}}
{{Infobox squash player
| name = Mohibullah Khan
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| nationality = Pakistani
| birth_date = 21 July 1956[{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19760210/227/0026 |title=Hunt holds on in marathon squash final |work=Daily Mirror |date=10 February 1976 |p=26 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=23 May 2026}}][{{cite web|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/player/1467-mohibullah-khan |title=Mohibullah Khan (Pakistan)|website=Squash Info |access-date=23 May 2026}}]
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| highest_ranking = 2
| date_of_highest_ranking = February 1976
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{{MedalSport | Men's [squash](/source/squash_(sport)) }}
{{MedalCountry | {{PAK}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [World Championships](/source/World_Squash_Championships)}}
{{MedalSilver | [1976 London](/source/1976_Men's_World_Open_Squash_Championship) | Singles}}
{{MedalBronze | [1977 Adelaide](/source/1977_Men's_World_Open_Squash_Championship) | Singles}}
{{MedalBronze | [1979 Toronto](/source/1979_Men's_World_Open_Squash_Championship) | Singles}}
{{MedalBronze | [1980 Adelaide](/source/1980_Men's_World_Open_Squash_Championship) | Singles}}
{{MedalCompetition | [British Amateur Championships](/source/British_Amateur_Squash_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold | 1973/1974 | singles}}
{{MedalGold | 1974/1975 | singles}}
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'''Mohibullah Khan''' (born 21 July 1956) is a former [squash](/source/squash_(sport)) player from Pakistan. He was one of the sports leading players in the 1970s, reaching a career-high ranking of World No. 2. He was runner-up at the inaugural [World Open](/source/World_Open_(squash)) in 1976, and at the [British Open](/source/British_Open_Squash_Championships) in 1976, losing on both occasions to Australia's [Geoff Hunt](/source/Geoff_Hunt).
== Athletic career ==
Khan twice won the [British Amateur Squash Championships](/source/British_Amateur_Squash_Championships) during the 1973/74 and 1974/75 seasons.[{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19731224/209/0007 |title=Mohibullah Khan |work=Birmingham Daily Post|date=24 December 1973 |p=7|via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=27 May 2026}}][{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19731224/209/0007 |title=Sunsport in Short |work=Sunday Sun (Newcastle)|date=11 December 1974 |p=724|via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=27 May 2026}}]
In 1976, Mohibullah Khan won the [Pakistan International Airlines](/source/Pakistan_International_Airlines) World Series in England. Queen [Elizabeth II](/source/Elizabeth_II) was the chief guest and gave him the winning trophy, a sword.{{citation needed|date=May 2026}} Apart from this, he won the British Amateur Squash championships, Australian Open, New Zealand Open, US Championships, Alexandrian squash championships, French Open, and Pakistan Open.[{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Michael|title=Guinness Book of Squash|year=1984|page=95-96|publisher=Guinness Superlatives Ltd|isbn=0-85112-270-1}}]
As a 20-year-old at the inaugural [1976 Men's World Open Squash Championship](/source/1976_Men's_World_Open_Squash_Championship), Khan reached the final, where he lost a 130 minute match to Geoff Hunt. It was the second longest match on record for a major final at the time.[
Khan won the 1980 World Masters title defeating [Gamal Awad](/source/Gamal_Awad) in the final.][{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002139/19801108/031/0031 |title=Mohibullah is the master |work=Birmingham Mail |date=8 November 1980 |p=31 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=23 May 2026}}]
In February 1983, Khan received a nine year jail sentence at Reading crown court after being found guilty of smuggling £500,000 of heroin into Britain.[{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000637/19830212/014/0001 |title=Khan jailed |work=Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail|date= 12 February 1983 |p=1|via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=25 May 2026}}][{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004848/19830212/564/0004 |title=Squash ace jailed |work=Daily Express |date=12 February 1983 |p=4|via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=25 May 2026}}]
Khan's younger brother, [Jansher Khan](/source/Jansher_Khan), became one of the dominant players in squash in the late 1980s and 1990s and Mohibullah Khan became his coach.[{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004733/19950323/044/0044 |title=Jansher Khan factfile |work=South Wales Echo |date=23 March 1995 |p=44|via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=25 May 2026}}] Jansher Khan remained the World No. 1 squash player for many years, including a record of winning 8 World Open and 6 British Open titles. In 1993, the Pakistan team (Jansher Khan, [Jahangir Khan](/source/Jahangir_Khan), [Zarak Jahan Khan](/source/Zarak_Jahan_Khan), and [Mir Zaman Gul](/source/Mir_Zaman_Gul)) won the World Team Squash Championship under the coaching of Khan.
In recognition of Mohibullah's achievements for the country in the field of squash, President [Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari](/source/Farooq_Ahmad_Khan_Leghari) awarded him Pakistan's highest civil award. the [Pride of Performance](/source/Pride_of_Performance), in 1995.{{citation needed|date=May 2026}}
The Federal Minister for IPC Mian [Riaz Hussain Pirzada](/source/Riaz_Hussain_Pirzada) renamed PSB Squash complex [Peshawar](/source/Peshawar) as Mohibullah Khan squash complex on 29 May 2015.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}
Khan serves on the [Pakistan Sports Board](/source/Pakistan_Sports_Board) as [Director](/source/Director_(business)) of the Squash Coaches of Pakistan. Since 2006, Khan has also run Mohibullah Khan Squash Academy in Peshawar under the Pakistan Sports Board. The academy trains players for Pakistan squash.{{citation needed|date=May 2026}}
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{Squash Info}}
{{Pride of Performance for Sports}}
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Category:1956 births
Category:Living people
Category:Pashtun squash players
Category:Pakistani male squash players
Category:20th-century Pakistani sportsmen
Category:Recipients of the Pride of Performance
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Category:People convicted of drug offenses
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