2017–18 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and his 25th five-wicket haul in first-class cricket. The following teams competed in the 2017–18 tournament: Regional Department Pool A Pool B Group 1 Group 2 2017–18 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy The 2017–18 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy was a first-class domestic cricket competition that took place in Pakistan from 26 September to 25 December 2017. Pakistan's former Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq was critical of the compressed schedule and the quality of the pitches saying "it takes time to prepare a good pitch for a game and nobody can make it in two days". Sixteen teams are competing, made up of the top eight regional teams
Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park The major controversy broke in December, 2017, when a company named Jahangir Siddiqui & Co Ltd (JSCL),owned by Ali Jehangir Siddiqui, the business partner and close friend of Sharif family, was pre-qualified to attain 100% equity stake in Quaid-e-Azam Solar Power (Private) Limited. It was also feared that entire tax exception awarded to privatization of the project is done to facilitate Ali Jehangir Siddiqui. Despite, criticism on awarding business partners for ownership of the project, Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. was invited in March, 2018 , to submit bid along with other eight companies. Although the bidding process was due to