LAHORE: Interna­tional wrestler Moham­mad Inam Butt was elected as secretary of the Pakistan Wres­tling Feder­ation while Arshad Sattar was elevated as president by the PWF general body in the elections held here at the Olympic House on Sunday for the period of 2025-2029.

A prominent Pakistan wrestler at international level with two gold medals each in the Commonwealth Games and the South Asian Games, Inam was elected to PWF post for the first time, while Arshad worked as secretary during the last two tenures of four years each.

Arshad later in his comments said that Inam’s election as PWF secretary would be a turning point in promoting the game, adding as an active wrestler he would be in a better position to know the problems faced by wrestlers.

Speaking on the occasion, Inam declared that he would not participate in all wrestling competitions in future, except for some sele­c­ted international events.

“I want to spare [some] time for the new post,” the 36-year-old Inam, who won his last international medal — a silver at the 2022 Com­m­onwealth Games staged in Birmingham — said.

Inam won his first gold medal at international level in the 2010 Comm­onwealth Games in New Delhi where he beat home player Anuj Kumar in freestyle wrestling final.

The House also elected Riaz Khan as PWF treasurer while a female, named Hafsa Shoaib, was also elected to the executive body for the first time.

Published in Dawn, July 14th, 2025