Obaidullah wins August 14 cycling race

PESHAWAR: Obaidullah of Peshawar clinched the Independence Day Cycling Race held at Northern By-Pass on Saturday. Pakistan Cycling Federation Secretary General formally inaugurated the 25km race of the individual time trials in which cyclists from all the seven divisional headquarters comprising Dera Ismail Khan, Bannu, Kohat, Mardan, Hazara, Swat, and Peshawar took part. Obaid, a promising cyclist clinched the trophy by recording his best time, followed by Siddique, also from Peshawar. Aftab of Swat took the third position, Aziz of Mardan and Ijaz of Peshawar remained at fourth and fifth and Ajmal of Dera Ismail Khan took sixth position respectively. At the end of the race Nazim Town-I Zahid Nadeem who was the chief guest at the prize distribution ceremony gave away trophies and cash prize to the position holders.  

Published in The Express Tribune, August 11^th, 2019.