ISLAMABAD: Javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem will be honored with Hilal-e-Imtiaz after he won gold medal in the Paris Olympics 2024.
“President Asif Ali Zardari will confer the civil award upon Arshad Nadeem during a special ceremony to be held in recognition of his prominent performance in sports. The President will confer the civil award under Article 259 (2) of the Constitution,” President Secretariat Press Wing said in a press release on Saturday.
Upon the president’s directive, a letter has been dispatched by the Aiwan-e-Sadr to the Cabinet Division in this regard.
President Zardari said that Arshad Nadeem had made the nation proud in the field of sports.
Pakistan hockey team had last won a gold medal in Olympics games held in Los Angeles in 1984. So far, Pakistan has won four gold, three silver and four bronze medals in the Olympics games.
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