LAHORE, April 2: The Pakistan Football Federation(PFF)has announced cash prizes for the national side to boost its morale for winning, semi-finals and finals of the 9th South Asian Games which is in progress at Islamabad.

Pakistan have qualified for the semi-finals where it will meet SriLanka on Saturday.

For winning the tie, Pakistan will be awarded Rs 250,000 and for final Rs 500,000.

The PFF had already announced Rs 100,000 for winning every pool match.

Meanwhile, the prime minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali has also announced a cash prize of Rs one million for the football team for winning a gold medal.

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