(From left to proper) This collage exhibits para-athlete Ali Haider, squash star Noor Zaman, and snooker champion Muhammad Asif. — AFP/Instagram/@NoorZaman/@ibsfmedia
KARACHI: The Pakistan Sports activities Board (PSB) has distributed Rs30.83 million to athletes and coaches in the course of the 2024-25 fiscal 12 months in accordance with the Nationwide Sports activities Coverage.
These awards got to 29 medal-winning athletes and their coaches for excellent performances and bringing laurels to Pakistan in numerous worldwide competitions.
The disbursements have been made on totally different events between November 2024 and Could 2025.
Haider Ali, who gained a bronze medal on the Paris Paralympics, obtained Rs5 million. Noor Zaman was equally awarded Rs5 million for his victory within the Underneath-23 World Squash Championship.
Different notable recipients included Muhammad Asif, who obtained Rs2,500,000 for profitable the IBSF World Snooker Championship, and footballer Muhammad Riaz who was granted Rs2,500,000 in particular funds on instruction of PM after movies of him promoting jalebis went viral on social media.
The junior squash workforce that secured a bronze medal on the Asian Junior Squash Championship noticed every of its 4 members — Abdullah Nawaz, Anas Shah, Sakhiullah Tareen, and Nouman Khan — obtain Rs375,000.
Their teaching employees, together with head coach Faheem Gul and assistant coach Faraz Muhammad, have been awarded Rs125,000 for this achievement.
The identical coaches obtained extra funds of Rs833,000 every for guiding Zaman to his U23 world championship title.
In taekwondo, 12 medal winners on the Asian Open Championship obtained awards starting from Rs500,000 lakh to Rs2 million, with the teaching employees additionally receiving their share of prize cash.
Haroon Khan led the recipients with Rs2 million, whereas seven of his teammates have been awarded Rs1 million every. The teaching employees, together with head coach Yousaf Karami and his assistants, shared Rs1 million in recognition of their steerage.
PSB Director Normal Yasir Pirzada emphasised the systematic nature of those awards. “Our disbursements follow the National Sports Policy’s graduated reward structure, which accounts for the level of competition and significance of achievement,” he defined.
Trying forward, DG PSB confirmed plans to distribute one other Rs10 million within the coming weeks, earlier than conclusion of the continued fiscal 12 months, to different athletes who brough laurels to the nation, together with javelin star Arshad Nadeem and Particular Olympics medalists.
