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Bano Butt made history by winning a gold medal for Pakistan in Mixed Martial Arts Asian Championship 2024 by defeating Kazakhstan’s Gulnaz Abdrakhmanova

Pakistan’s Emaan Khan clinched a gold medal at the Mixed Martial Arts Asian Championship 2024 by defeating Kazakhstan’s Dinara Ayapova in the final.

Category: Flyweight 56.7 kg

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Mixed Martial Arts Asian Championship 2024 held in Pakistan.

Starting date: Aug 18, 2024

Closing date: Aug 22, 2024

Participants: 12 countries

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Pakistani squash player Mahnoor Ali has won gold medal in Singapore Junior Open Championship 2024 by defeating Feng Chen of China.

Mahnoor triumphed over Feng Chen with scores of 11-6, 11-7, and 11-4 to secure the Junior Squash Open Championship title.

Mahnoor Ali belongs to Peshawar.

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Balochistan defeated: KPK

Played: Multan Cricket Stadium

Date: April 1, 2022

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Pakistani cricketers Babar & Rizwan joined Harvard Business School's executive education programme on the Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports (BEMS).

They are the first cricketers to join the prestigious programme.

Babar and Rizwan will participate in the programme from May 31 to June 3, 2023 at the Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

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Nooh Dastagir Butt won the first Gold Medal for Pakistan in Commonwealth Games in August 2022.

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Arshad Nadeem set a new Olympic record by clinching the coveted gold medal in the men’s javelin final

This ended Pakistan’s 32-year wait for success at the Games 

Throw: 92.97-m throw

Winning date: 8 Aug 2024

Arshad belongs to Mian Channu.

 Nadeem’s throw was Pakistan’s first individual gold medal

Note: It also shattered the previous Olympic record of 90.57m, set by the Netherlands’ Andreas Thorkildsen at the Beijing 2008 Olympics.

The throw now stands as the sixth longest throw ever, and the best in the world this year.

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Fast bowler Naseem Shah was conferred honorary Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) rank on 4 February 2023 in Balochistan. 

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Pakistan won the final: April 2022

Played: Gaddafi Stadium

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Saleema Imtiaz made history by becoming the first Pakistani woman to be nominated to the ICC International Panel of Development Umpires.

This prestigious appointment qualifies Imtiaz to officiate in international women’s bilateral matches and ICC Women’s Events, marking a historic moment for the sport in Pakistan.

ICC: International Cricket Council 

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