F.P. Report
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan Thursday awarded cash incentives of Rs. 0.2 million and announced installation of a separate mat for the female in Mingora on the request of eight year-old Aysha Ayaz who won bronze medal for Pakistan in the 7th Fujairah Open Taekwondo Championship heldat United Arab Emirates Sports Complex recently.
The Chief Minister during meeting with Ayseha appreciated her for winning international medal for Pakistan in the age of eight-year. The Chief Minister also congratulated Ayseha for her eight’s birthday falling on February 14. The Chief Minister said that it is very good achievement of Ayseha as being the youngest player of winning bronze medal.
Taekwondo is a Korean Martial Arts with Pakistan has good potential both male and female players. Ayseha Ayaz was accompanied by Director General Sports Junaid Khan, President Sports Writers Association KP Ijaz Ahmad, Secretary Pakistan Taekwondo Federation Murtaza Hassan Bangash and her father and coach Ayaz Niak. The Chief Minister handed over the cheque to Ayseha for winning bronze medal in 27kg weight category.
He said there is no dearth of talent in this province and that is why the government has given due attention to sports activities. It is worth mentioning here that Pakistan claimed two gold medals, one silver medal and two bronze medals with Ayseha Ayaz, hailing from Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, grabbed the bronze medal in individual category.
He said that Pakistani taekwondo fighters won medals when Sinan Ashfaq Ahmed secured a gold medal by defeating Egypt’s Mohamed Aly who took the silver medal and Abdulla Ahmed Ibrahim Mohamed of the UAE and Arifullah Khan of Pakistan won the bronze respectively in the same category.
Mariam Sayed of the UAE took the gold medal while Fatma Rajab Al Bulushi of Oman won the silver medal in the 27kg category. Tara Vishwakarthik was the second bronze medal winner. The other medal winners comprising Sinan Ashfaq (Gold Medal), Muhammad Danish (Gold Medal), Taimur Saeed (Silver Medal), Ayesha Ayaz (Bronze
Medal), Arif Ullah (Bronze Medal). The Chief Minister said that Ayseha has shown her talent and expressed the hope that she would continue her hardworking so as to achieve more laurel. The Chief Minister Mahmood Khan said that Ayseha performance would give a good message to the world that talent even exits in Swat.
He said the government is fully focused on the promotion of sports for both male and female and has planned to develop separate sports facilities across the province including recently merged tribal districts for female.
The Chief Minister also announced a separate mat for the female in Swat. Ayesha Ayaz, hailing from Swat, was spotted in the last Under-23 Games in 2018.
Pakistan Taekwondo team showing excellent performance in World Taekwondo Fujairah Open Taekwondo Championship.
