Khyber Pakhtunkhwa claims 28th National Games for Special Persons trophy

The 28th National Games for Special Persons organized by Directorate General of Sports Khyber Pakhtunkhwa concluded successfully in which more than 750 athletes participated in 47 different events at Qayyum Sports Complex, Peshawar.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa claimed first position while Punjab secured second and Balochistan got third position.

Chief guest Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Dr. Kazim Niaz distributed medals, trophies and cash prizes of Rs. 350,000 among the successful and position holder’s athletes.

In the table tennis category, Muhammad Mudassir, bagged gold while Muhammad Altaf of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the silver medal.

In powerlifting, international player Mustafa Ahmad of Punjab won the gold for the 7th time in a row.

International player Jahangir of Balochistan won gold medal while Qasim, also from Quetta, Balochistan, won silver medal wheelchair shot put.

Hamza of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won gold while Tariq Afridi of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Zeeshan of Punjab won silver medal in standing badminton individual competitions.

In the wheelchair wood ball category, Qasim of Quetta won the gold medal and KP Imtiaz won the silver medal.

In the Bose Wheelchair Game, Raheel and Halid of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won gold medals and Dawood and Sher Alam of Quetta won silver medals.

Zabihullah of PCP Peshawar came first in the men's 100m wheelchair race, Sher Khan of Mardan came second.

Javed of FOP came first in the wheelchair 400m race, P.P. Ali Abbas of SD Lahore came first and Asad of Mardan came second.

Noor Zaman of Kohat came first in the short race while Moaz of Dir stood second.

In the women's 100m wheelchair race, Zainab Noor of FOP came first and Abdullah of Peshawar came second.

Laila got gold medal in women standing, Umair of Mardan came first in the men's standing race, Farman of Bajaur came second.

Jamal of Mardan came first in the lower race, Fawad of Swabi came second.

Farhan of Bannu came first in the Javelin throw and Awal Khan of Peshawar came first.

In the discus throw standings, Adil of Peshawar came first, Mohib of Bajaur came second,

Mian Jan of Khyber came first in the standing shot put and Yasin of Sada Dir came second.

Gulshan of RCPD came second in the standing powerlifting women's category.

Najma of Abbottabad came second, Zawar Noor of SLF Peshawar came first in men's tug of war.

Adnan of Bannu came second, Shahnaz Hassan of SLF Khyber Pakhtunkhwa came first in women's archery.

Zainab Barkat came second, Ayaz Khan of SLF came first in men's archery.

Riaz Baloch of Quetta came second in the standing shot put.

Karak came first in men's standing cricket, Peshawar came second.

Peshawar came first in deaf cricket, Mardan came second and badminton wheelchair.

Ehsan Danish got gold medal and Asadullah of Mardan came second, Sher Ali of Bara, Khyber District came first in the men's brace race.

 Shahid of Multan came second and Gul Zain of Muridke, Punjab came first in the 100m race.

Jan Mohammad of Bara came second, Tariq Hussain of Khyber came first in powerlifting.

Azam of Mardan came second, Tariq Hussain of Khyber came first in bodybuilding.

Sabteen of Mardan came second and FOP Peshawar came first in women's wheelchair cricket.

The closing ceremony had a presences of Secretary Sports Abid Majeed, Head Coach PAF Squash Academy Atlas Khan, Secretary General AIPs Asia Amjad Aziz Malik, Director General Sports Asfandyar Khattak, Director Sports Female Games Miss Rashida Ghaznavi, Director Operations Syed Saqlain Shah and other important personalities. 

Reported by: Ijaz Ahmad.