The Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) players, represented the country in 12th South Asian Games held in India, brought Pakistan one step up on 3rd position by wining 44% of overall in medal tally of 106. Previously Pakistan was at 4th position in 11th SAF Games.
Wapda players include FESCO, GEPCO, LESCO, MEPCO, PESCO, QESCO and NTDC who continued to being laurels for their country in 18 sports disciplines. As per details, Wapda players won 5 gold medals in squash, weightlifting, wrestling and Wushu out of 12 and also 19 silver medals out of 37 and 21 bronze medals out of 57 got by Pakistan in 12th South Asian Games.
Besides this, 66 men and 41 women players of Wapda Sports Board participated in the games to represent Pakistan. Wapda Sports Board also contributed 26% of the officials required for the games, a spokesperson of Wapda said. The Chairman Wapda expressed his satisfaction on the individual and team performance and hope that they would continue to bring laurels for their country in the future as well. He announced that the medal winners will get promotions and cash awards as per WSP incentive policy to further improve their performance. They will also be honoured by the Wapda Authority.
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