LAHORE, April 5 : Pakistan Railways has finalised 377-member contingent to compete in the 30th National Games to be held in Karachi from April 9. Railways, which earned fifth place in the last edition of the Games held in Quetta, will field 213 men and 73 women with 45 coaches and 28 managers and 18 officials.

Railways have decided to honour its gold medallist with a cash prize of Rs 10,000, silver medallist Rs 7,000 and bronze medallist with Rs 5,000.

Railways have also decided that men will participate in athletics, netball, handball, wrestling, judo, karate, tug- of- war, body building, weightlifting, badminton, squash, tennis, table tennis, cycling, boxing, taekwondo and gymnastics while women will appear in athletics, hockey, cycling, badminton, taekwondo, judo, karate and wushu.

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