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Developing people is already XtremeLabs' everyday work. What the company chooses to support beyond that work is youth sport, every year since 2021, in Pakistan, Europe and the United States.

Why sport

The qualities that carry a career are not only built at a desk. Leadership, teamwork, discipline, resilience, communication, confidence and problem solving are learned by doing, which is the same argument the company makes about learning to work in technology. Sport is where a young person practises setting a goal, losing, and going again.

Squash is the focus. It is one of the most physically demanding sports there is, and it is also one of the most accessible: success turns on skill, strategy and perseverance rather than size, and a single court can carry coaching, mentoring and competition without a large team or a large facility.

The programmes began in 2021 and have run every year since, across Pakistan, Europe and the United States.

Where the work happens

6 programmes, 3 places

Pakistan

  1. Every year since 2021

    Sports Donation Program

    Government schools in Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Azad Kashmir and Bahawalpur

    Sporting goods bought from neighbourhood retailers and handed to students at government schools serving underprivileged communities. The first year reached more than 1,500 students with over 1,000 pieces of equipment. The fifth, in 2025, supported four schools in Bahawalpur.

    • Five consecutive years of donations
    • Equipment sourced locally, recirculating income roughly seven times within the same community
    • Gear goes into students' hands rather than into a store cupboard

  2. Presenting partner since September 2024

    Qamar Zaman All Pakistan National Junior Squash Championship

    Qamar Zaman Squash Complex, Peshawar, with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Squash Association

    A national junior championship that gives boys and girls graded, refereed match play from Under 11 to Under 19. The fourth edition XtremeLabs presented was held in April 2026.

    • More than 700 juniors given competition experience across the editions backed
    • Boys U11, U13 and U17, and girls U19
    • National press coverage of the junior game

  3. June 2025

    Girls Squash Clinics

    Pakistan Navy Roshan Khan Jahangir Khan Squash Complex, Karachi

    Free clinics for young female players, from first racket juniors to ranked competitors, run with professional coaches at a national venue.

    • More than 30 girls coached across ability levels
    • Every participant certified and recognised on court
    • Presented by Ahmar Abbas and family

  4. 2026

    Squash Racket Donation

    Karachi, Rawalpindi and beyond

    Tournament grade rackets given directly to junior players, boys and girls, at no cost to their families. Equipment is the single largest barrier to entry in the sport.

    • The racket belongs to the athlete, not to an institution
    • Boys and girls supported equally
    • Paired with the clinics so a first session can lead somewhere

Europe

  1. Sponsor and partner

    Austrian Squash Challenge

    Salzburg, Austria, with Aqeel Rehman

    A Professional Squash Association World Tour event whose Kids and School Days give children free clinics alongside professional squash. XtremeLabs sponsorship is what keeps those days free.

    • Around 600 children a year in the free clinics
    • More than 5,000 children reached since the programme began in 2015
    • 40 juniors coached regularly at the Salzburg home club

United States

  1. Supporting partner

    El Torky Squash Academy

    United States, with Heba and Nouran El Torky

    Two former professional players from Egypt building a junior academy, with XtremeLabs backing both the coaching pathway and the business behind it. The XtremeLabs name is on academy and camp kit.

    • Heba El Torky reached the world top 20 and now leads a United States collegiate women's programme
    • Junior development and a structured pathway for young players
    • Backs women athletes building something after their playing careers

What came of it

  1. The boys' badminton team at Government High School Samma Satta won the district championship.
  2. Government Sadiq Dane Model High School won the district hardball cricket championship, and the title carried a prize of 50,000 rupees. The team used equipment donated the year before.
  3. A student at Samma Satta took third in javelin at the district inter board event.
  4. A girls' team at a supported school won a regional cricket championship against sides from eleven districts.
  5. Boys' and girls' teams at supported schools have gone on to represent Pakistan in cricket and hockey.
XtremeLabs absolutely deserve the highest recognition for their great support and corporate social responsibility.
Aqeel Rehman20 time Austrian National Squash Champion, 15 Professional Squash Association World Tour titles, and organiser of the Austrian Squash Challenge

How the giving is decided

  1. Remove cost and access, in that order

    The two things that keep a child out of sport are the price of the equipment and the absence of anywhere to use it. Both are cheaper to fix than they look.

  2. Give where the money works twice

    Equipment is bought from local retailers rather than shipped in, so the donation supports a livelihood as well as a player. Gear goes to the athlete directly, and girls are backed as players, coaches and founders.

  3. Come back next year

    The programmes are annual and the partnerships are long. A donation that was still winning titles a year later is the argument against writing one cheque and leaving.