56 player’s contingent to represent PAK in Commonwealth Games
Twenty WAPDA players along thirty six others will represent Pakistan in the 21st Commonwealth Games to be held from 4th- 14th April in Gold Coast, Australia.
The large number of Pakistani players will represent the country in the upcoming Commonwealth Games, followed by nine players each from Army and National Bank, twenty from WAPDA, three players each from Navy, SNGPL, SSGC and PIA, two players from Punjab and one player each from Sindh, HEC, Air Force and Fauji Fertilizer Limited.
Wapda players are part of 56-players contingent; including two athletes, two badminton players, one boxer, three hockey players, one swimmer, one table tennis player, five weightlifters and five wrestlers.
In January 2017 to March 2018 alone, WAPDA players won 10 gold, 11 silver and 38 bronze medals for Pakistan in various international events. At present, WAPDA is national champion in 33 sports and runners-up in 18 disciplines. WAPDA is the biggest employer of sportspersons in Pakistan, as more than 2200 players and sport officials are associated with various units of WAPDA Sports Board across the country. WAPDA has 65 teams – 37 men and 28 women – of different games.
