Olympians Arshad, Talha get hefty cash prizes
Olympians javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem and weightlifter Talha Talib were honoured by their parent department WAPDA with an extravagant cash prize of Rs2.5 million.
Olympians javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem and weightlifter Talha Talib were honoured by their parent department WAPDA with an extravagant cash prize of Rs2.5 million each for giving impressive performance at the recently-held Tokyo Olympics.
Arshad’s coach Fayyaz-ul-Hasan Bukhari also received a cash prize of Rs500,000 by their parent department WAPDA with an extravagant.
Later, both the athletes were invited by Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar who handed each of them a cheque of Rs1 million.
Both the young athletes finished fifth place in the finals of the their respective disciplines at Tokyo Games. The CM also gave cheques of Rs1 million each to mountaineers Shehroz Kashif and Sajid Sadpara.
