Punjab athletes continued to demonstrate overwhelming performance in all the competitions organised on the third day of Inter-Provincial Quaid-e-Azam Games at Islamabad on Monday.
After a dominating performance, Punjab contingent’s medals tally has reached to 52 gold medals.
Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry went to all the venues, watched the matches keenly and encouraged to members of Punjab contingent. He also congratulated the medal winning teams of Punjab contingent.
According to details, Punjab’s M Mudabbar Zeeshan Butt won gold medal in 89 kg category of weightlifting event. Ali Akbar won gold in 81 kg category while Aamir Ali clinched gold in 73 kg category.
In athletics event, M Hasnain of Punjab won gold medal in 100m race and Ghulam Murtaza from Punjab won bronze medal in this race. Kinza of Punjab won gold medal in 100m hurdle race.
In the squash boys’ team event, Punjab grabbed the gold medal by defeating Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. On the other hand, Punjab had to content with silver medal in squash girls’ team event.
In karate event, Punjab won two gold medals in -55 kg and -61 kg categories. Punjab also won gold medals in karate -75, -84 and Kata team event.
In wrestling, the Punjab wrestlers qualified for the finals in all 8 categories after some superb performance.
In volleyball, the girls from Punjab qualified for the final by defeating Islamabad by 3-0.
In hockey, Punjab boys’ hockey team qualified for the final after handing Azad Jammu Kashmir and heavy defeat of 10-0.
In Asian style kabaddi, Punjab thrashed Gilgit-Baltistan by a huge margin of 50-8.
In table tennis girls’ team event, Punjab won the gold medal by defeating Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while Punjab toppled Sindh to win gold medal in the boys’ table tennis team event.
Talking on this occasion, Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhary said that the Punjab players are showing excellent performance in the Inter-Provincial Quaid-e-Azam Games. “Punjab players are entering the field with full preparation to win and are achieving success”.
Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhary further said that the best steps are being taken for the development of sports culture across the Punjab province.
Director General Sports Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhary expressed his hope that Punjab athletes will maintain their level of performance in the remaining competitions of Inter-Provincial Quaid-e-Azam Games.
Director Admin Dr M Kaleem, Director Sports Rana Nadeem Anjum and other officials were also present on this occasion.
