Images

Footballer Hajra Khan gets a Guinness World Records hat-trick

Footballer Hajra Khan gets a Guinness World Records hat-trick

"It's an honour to represent Pakistan amongst 50+ countries at this event," says the captain of the football team
03 Jul, 2019

Hajra Khan, the captain of the Pakistani football team, is a rising star as she has managed to achieve 3 football-related Guinness world records in the past year.

While Pakistan's male football team has failed to garner attention, Khan has been internationally acclaimed for being a rising athlete as she's played for Equal Playing Field to explore new horizons, and smash records for female athletes.

Equal Playing Field (EPF) is a grassroots, non-profit initiative to challenge gender inequality in sport and to promote sports development for girls and women globally, especially in marginalised country contexts.

Speaking to Images, Khan revealed "It is an honour to represent Pakistan amongst 50+ countries at this event. But the message I aim to send out with these world records and achievements is far deeper - it is to get the next generation of girls to come out and play without any hesitance and resistance where they will not have to worry about their rights or inequality".

Last year, Hajra Khan managed to set the world record for playing in a football match at the lowest altitude in the history of the game at the Dead Sea in Jordan. This was not the end to Hajra's success story though as she went on to set two more world records this year in Lyon, France.

Earlier this time around, she participated in the world's longest football match that lasted for three and a half hours consecutively where she managed to score 4 goals by herself.

Hajra wrote "Super exhausted but what a great experience! Proud of myself for lasting that long after 11 hrs of travel no sleep".

This wasn't it for Hajra though as she also managed to play in an inclusive match which involved over 51 nationalities whilst the previous world record was held by a match that involved 30 nationalities. That makes it 3 Guinness world records for this Pakistani powerhouse.

It's upsetting that there are female athletes like Hajra who fail to garner as much attention as their male counterparts who barely reach the same heights as Hajra has managed to.

But oh well, there's no denying that the footballer serves as a role model for other women around the world who hope to defy the shackles of patriarchy in the hopes of pursuing their dreams.

Comments

Asif Kashmiri Jul 03, 2019 01:02pm
Congratulations - well done!
Recommend (0)
Jawad Asif Jul 03, 2019 01:33pm
welldone!! Bleed Green!!
Recommend (0)
Parvez Jul 03, 2019 01:35pm
Come on Pakola, go the extra mile for Pakistan ...... promote women's football and if you do so I promise never to drink Coke again......only Icecream Soda.
Recommend (0)
Sameer Jul 03, 2019 01:37pm
I love how this talented young woman carries Pakistan on her shoulders. These are women who achieve.
Recommend (0)
Laila Jul 03, 2019 01:41pm
I had no idea we had woman's football team. This is great news. I am so excited on her behalf. Football is definetely the sport to be in. Every single country knows it. I hope she really excels and becomes the best. So proud. And look, she is all female! Go Hajra!!
Recommend (0)
Sahmad Jul 03, 2019 01:55pm
Well done girl. You have made us proud.
Recommend (0)
Ehsan Jul 03, 2019 02:15pm
Very impressive, trend setter.
Recommend (0)
Dr. Doctor Jul 03, 2019 02:45pm
Meaningless records for the sake of records. Not a biggy but if these make one happy then stay in the stuporous situation forever. The way the article began it appeared as if the men's team was pathetic and women's team performed amazingly. But upon scrutiny it appears the women's team was after fame alone. The next record will be the world's first team to participate with mehndi on face, forehead and feet and this will be a Guinness record. Great. Follow what I recommended. Make us proud.
Recommend (0)
Nasiroski Jul 03, 2019 03:19pm
Hopefully one day you will get the appreciation you really deserve You are a star!!!
Recommend (0)
Indian Jul 03, 2019 03:54pm
Congrats!
Recommend (0)
ahmedj Jul 03, 2019 04:14pm
If Pakistan cannot represent as a team internationally but we can participate as individuals like Hajra. Pakistan has many talented sportsmen/women who can pursue their dreams in foreign clubs. A professional life of a sportsperson is numbered and they should follow their heart.
Recommend (0)
Pakistani Jul 03, 2019 04:43pm
Very good.
Recommend (0)
Shahid Jul 03, 2019 05:13pm
Is it a joke? What kind of records these are man??? Talk about official records, these tutti frutti personal records can be made with money.
Recommend (0)
Iftikhar Khan Jul 03, 2019 05:49pm
Good Job Hajra Khan. Active participation of society in the sports as a tool to build healthy society is the real purpose of sports .... winning and doing well at world events is just a bonus that will come automatically. Ironically we are obsessed with the second with very little interest in the first.
Recommend (0)
Syed irfan ali Jul 03, 2019 06:37pm
Bravo Hajra. You are our hero. Pakistani women can reach the country to the new height. We are proud of you.
Recommend (0)
Newborn Jul 03, 2019 07:06pm
Has no idea Pakistan had a female football team. These are the kind of stories TV should be promoting to portray a better image.
Recommend (0)
Samia Jul 03, 2019 07:46pm
What a cool girl! Congratulations, Pakistan is proud of you!
Recommend (0)
Parvez Jul 03, 2019 11:21pm
These amazing girls need a strong sponsor ..... they and our women's cricket team must be encouraged because our our men's hockey is dead and our men's cricket is almost beyond salvage.
Recommend (0)
Laila Jul 04, 2019 03:00am
@Shahid Tuttifrutti? Isn't that an ice cream? Why are you taking about an ice cream on a sports article? If this was about a boy you wouldn't haven't used those words.
Recommend (0)
Laila Jul 04, 2019 03:03am
@ahmedj Football is a very international sports and most if not all players do end up in various foreign and international football clubs. They get bought and sold several times. It's not like playing only for your own country. All footballers will tell you that ultimately they do want to play for the top clubs as that's where the money is. I hope she reaches the top. Immensely proud of our Pakistani female football player.
Recommend (0)
Sabir Punjabi Jul 04, 2019 05:02am
Forget cricket and support women football team of Pakistan.
Recommend (0)
HashBrown® Jul 05, 2019 04:08pm
@Dr. Doctor The article was in recognition of the fact that a girl from Pakistan was achieving some sort of awareness for women's sports and raising the profile of the women's football team, despite the massive social stigma that she was facing. It wasn't that hard to grasp, but obviously being a "Doctor" doesn't necessarily make a person particularly bright. Anyway, whenever you have a spare moment, please feel free to share with us all the Guinness records that you've achieved.
Recommend (0)