Aqil Shah Retains Chairman Pakistan Wrestling Federation

Former Sports Minister KP and Vice President Pakistan Olympic Association Tuesday retained as Chairman Pakistan Wrestling Federation in an election meeting held at Olympic House, Lahore

PESHAWAR, Sept 05 (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 05th Sep, 2017 ) : Former sports Minister KP and Vice President Pakistan Olympic Association Tuesday retained as Chairman Pakistan Wrestling Federation in an election meeting held at Olympic House, Lahore.

This was stated by Syed Aqil Shah while talking to APP on phone here. He confirmed that the elective meeting of the general council of Pakistan Wrestling Federation was held in Olympic House wherein representatives from all the affiliated unites of the Pakistan Wrestling Federation were also present besides two observes from Pakistan Sports board and Pakistan Olympic Association.

He disclosed that the members of the affiliated units of Pakistan Wrestling Federation comprising Pakistan Army, Pakistan WAPDA, Pakistan Railways, Pakistan Police, Higher education Commission (HEC), four provinces including Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan, Referee and Coach participated in the meeting.

The election Pakistan Wrestling Federation was held for next four years with Aqil Shah acted as Chairman. The other office-bearers of the Pakistan Wrestling Federation comprising Muhammad Abdul Mobeen of Wapda (President), Muhammad Saleem (Sindh), Col.

Rana Nabeel Ahmad (Pakistan Army), Muhammad Ismail (Pakistan Railways), Manzoor Ahmad Kakar (Balochistan) as Vice Presidents, Muhammad Arshad Sattar (Punjab) elected as Secretary General while Abdul Qayyum Shinwari (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) and Muhammad Riaz of Punjab would acted as Associate Secretary and Treasurer respectively.

The members of the Executive Committee comprising Muhammad Amin Yaqoob (Police), Irfan Sheraz (HEC), Mukhtar Ahmad (Islamabad) and Ashfaq Ahmad (Referee and Coach). Aqil Shah said that the election of the PWF was held in cordial atmosphere.

He also thanked members of the affiliated Units of the Pakistan Wrestling Federation for reposing confidence in him. Aqil Shah said that his efforts along with other office-bearers elected for the next four-year termed would be to promote wrestling in every nook and corner of the country.

He said Pakistan is full of wrestling talent but due to lack of sponsorship to the wrestling and other games it is difficult to send our wrestlers to get international exposure. Aqil Shah recalled that when he was the Sports Minister in KP he invited 13 international and renowned WWF wrestlers to Peshawar wherein in hundreds and thousands of spectators turned up besides holding Bacha Khan South Asia Wrestling Contests and wrestlers from India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Maldives and Afghanistan participated.

He said Pakistan Wrestling Federation is in touch with the World Wrestling Federation to make ensure renowned and prominent world wrestlers to Pakistan so that our younger generation would see top wrestlers in action and learn good things from them. Visit of international and WWF wrestlers to Pakistan would also portray a soft image of Pakistan, Aqil Shah concluded.