ISLAMABAD: Director General Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) Colonel (retd) Mohammad Asif Zaman announced a cash prize of Rs5 million for javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem following his historic gold in the ongoing Commonwealth Games.
The star athlete shone the other day in the men’s javelin throw final with his record throw of 90.18 metres, registering the best throw in Commonwealth games history, to win a gold medal for his country.
Zaman, in a recorded video message, congratulated Arshad for his remarkable feat at the event and announced the cash award for the gold medalist on behalf Prime minister of Pakistan, Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) Ehsan ur Rehman Mazari and PSB.
Earlier, DG PSB also announced a cash award of Rs5 million for weightlifter Nooh Dastgir Butt, who won the first gold for Pakistan in the Commonwealth Games 2022, and Rs1 million for bronze-medalist judoka Shah Hussain
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