Wapda rewards its 2020 WCup Kabaddi players and officials

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2021-05-25T00:12:57+05:00 Staff Reporter

LAHORE  -  With a view to honourWapda Kabaddi players of Pakistan World Cup 2020 squad, Wapda Sports Board (WSB) organised a prize distribution ceremony here on Monday. WSB Patron-in-Chief and Wapda Chairman Lt-Gen Muzammil Hussain (r), who was the chief guest at the ceremony, presented cash awards - Rs180,000 each - to seven Wapda Kabaddi players and two officials. The players included M Shafique Chishti, Beniameen Malik, Qamar Zaman Butt, Arslan Mahmood (Shani Basra), Musharraf Javed Janjua, Akmal Shahzad Dogar and Khalid Hussain Bhatti, while the officials were M Razzaq Gill and M Adeel Akhtar. Seven players and two officials of Wapda represented Pakistan in 6th World Kabaddi Cup 2020 in which Pakistan defeated India in the final by 42-40 points to clinch the title. The prize distribution ceremony could not earlier be held due to Covid-19 pandemic. However, the WSB was able to hold the ceremony Monday on improvement of the Covid-19 situation in the country. Wapda Chairman congratulated the kabaddi players on their brilliant performance in the World Cup and expressed the hope that they would continue to excel in future as well to bring more laurels to Pakistan.

 

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