COAS expresses full confidence in the outstanding potential of Pakistan's youth
According to a statement from the military, Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir met martial arts champion Shazaib Rind and boxer Amir Khan and praised their extraordinary achievements in the field of contact sports.
During a meeting with the country's champion athletes, the Army Chief expressed full confidence in the outstanding potential of Pakistan's youth.
Lindh, a mixed martial artist from Balochistan, recently won the world's premier full-contact striking league Karate Combat held in the United States. He is also a six-time national champion.
Khan, a renowned boxer, retired from professional boxing with a record of 34 wins and 6 losses, including two super lightweight world titles and five successful title defenses.
last week, express tribune Rinder's cover story was published in the weekly magazine “T-Magazine”. During an interview with the magazine, the mixed martial artist talked about his journey from the dusty hills of Balochistan to the ring in the United States.
The athlete also defeated India's Rana Singh at Karate Combat 45.
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“I trained hard for over a year to be in the best condition for the fight. This was the biggest fight of my career,” he told T Magazine.
As tensions between the two grew, Lind also got into a fight with Shin. “The scuffle with Indian fighter Rana Singh broke out after he taunted me and made inappropriate comments against Pakistan.After the press conference, an Indian fighter taunted me and shoved me. I slapped him to bring him back to his senses,” Shahzaib said.
However, in the true spirit of sportsmanship, the Pakistani MMA champion held up the national flags of both India and Pakistan after winning the match, promoting unity and positivity in the face of adversity, in a symbolic gesture. Got praise.
Lind's ambitions become even higher. “My ultimate goal is to become a world champion, or at least one step closer to it. I aim to go down in history as the first Pakistani to win the title of world champion in martial arts. ,” Champion told the magazine.
