KARACHI: Pakistan’s leading golfer Shabbir Iqbal maintained his lead with 138 gross in the second round of 7th Rashid D Habib Memorial National Professional Golf Championship at Karachi Golf Club here on Friday. 104 golfers from all over Pakistan played in partly cloudy weather with clear visibility on the second day of the championship. Shabbir played a birdie on first hole and remained at par on the remaining holes to maintain his position with a score of 6 under par. Mohammad Munir of Islamabad came closer to Shabbir by playing an excellent second round of 4 under par to improve his position on the leaders’ board. Munir along with Moazzam Siddique of DHA, Amjad Yousuf, Ahmed Saeed (KGC) and Matloob Ahmed of Lahore Garrison Golf Club was at 2nd position with two strokes behind the leader. Highlight of the second round was Muhammad Zubair of Karachi Golf Club who played 5 under par. Senior golfer Matloob played one under par to remain at second position. The golfers will compete in two more rounds before the champion of six million rupees emerges on Sunday. An appearance money amounting to Rs.500,000 will be distributed among top five golfers of Pakistan. The golfers have two more days to call their luck and put a hole-in-one for taking away brand new 1300cc car. Published in Daily Times, January 13th 2018.