KARACHI, Sept 15 Pakistan won the bronze medal in the skeet team event of the Asian Shooting championship in Bangkok on Thursday. It is for the first time that Pakistan have won a medal at the Asian arena in a shotgun event.

The Pakistani team that included double Olympian Khurram Inam, Ahmed Sultan and Muhammad Amin scored a total of 343 points out of 375 to take the third place on the podium ahead of United Arab Emirates which ended on the fourth place with 342 points, just one point behind Pakistan.

World champions Kuwait took the gold with a score of 361 out of 375 followed by silver medallists Japan who finished with an aggregate of 353.

A total of 18 nations participated in the skeet team event of the Asian championship. Ahmed Sultan shot the best score of 117 for Pakistan followed by Amin (114) and Khurram (112). The Pakistani team is scheduled to return Karachi from Bangkok tomorrow (Friday).