ISLAMABAD: Newly appointed federal minister for Inter Provincial Coordination (IPC) Dr. Fahmida Mirza on Monday congratulated the Pakistani athletes who won bronze medals at the on-going Asian Games in Indonesia.

Through a press release, the minister, who is also looking after the affairs of the country’s sports sector, congratulated athlete Arshad Nadeem for winning bronze in the javelin throw, athletics event.

On Monday, Arshad achieved his personal best and also created a new national record.

Meanwhile, Fahmida also congratulated Pakistan’s karateka Nargis and the national kabaddi side for winning bronze at the Games.

The minister said that there was no dearth of talent in the field of sports in Pakistan.

In the ongoing Games, because of poor standards of sports and less opportunities for sportsmen, Pakistan, a country of over 200 million people, so far could not even bag a silver medal, let alone gold.

However, all expectations now are from the national hockey team — which has performed brilliantly in all it’s matches so far — to bring a silver or a gold medal back home.

Published in Dawn, August 28th, 2018