K-P gives Rs1m to wrestler Inayat

Inayatullah recently won gold medal in World Beach Wrestling Championship in Turkey

PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government on Thursday awarded Rs1 million and a five-marla plot to Inayat Ullah on winning gold medal in World Beach Wrestling Championship held recently in Dalyan, Turkey. Inayat secured victory against his strong rival from Iran in the final bout with a score of 3-0 in freestyle 70kg cadet event. The announcement in this connection was made by K-P Sports Minister Mehmood Khan in a reception hosted in the honour of Inayat at Qayyum Sports Complex.  Former sports minister Syed Aqil Shah, Vice President Pakistan Olympic Association, President K-P Wrestling Association Arshad Durrani, DG Sports Junaid Khan, DG Youth Asfandiyar Khan Khattak, office-bearers from various association, Inayat’s father and coach Zahid Khan and large number of spectators, friends and relatives were there to garland the local hero.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 20^th, 2017.