When Pakistan came into being, the only important centre of gymnastics was Lahore. The game has not been able to prosper properly in Pakistan. However the die-hards like Master Ghulam Qadir, Master M. Feroze, Maulvi M. Ashraf, Chaudhry Mansha, Ahmed Minhas, Khawaja Zahid Saeed, M. Ilyas Bhatti, Habibur Rehman Khan and Kh. Farooq Saeed have kept this sport alive in Pakistan by taking pains in training the handful youngsters who had been showing keenness to learn this attractive sport.
Pakistan Gymnastics Federation got affiliated to different bodies as is described below:
Asian Gymnastics Federation in 1954
Pakistan Olympic Association in 1957.
International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) in 1958.
Pakistan first participated in the First Asian (GANEFO) in 1966 at PhnomPenh (Cambodia) in the gymnastic event and got fourth position.
Pakistan Gymnastic Federation has now following units affiliated to it:-
Punjab Province
Sindh Province
Balochistan Province
NWFP Province
Pakistan Army
Pakistan WAPDA
Pakistan Police
Pakistan Railways
Gymnastic Judges Association of Pakistan
Provisional affiliation with playing rights have been given to Capital Gymnastic Association, Islamabad.
Higher Education Commission's application with Pakistan Gymnastic Federation is under consideration.
Pakistan Gymnastic Federation is holding the following events regularly:-
Under 18 National Gymnastic Championship
Under 14 National Gymnastic Championship
National Gymnastic Championship
Yearly Optional events include:
Khokhar Memorial National Gymnastic Championship
Khushal Khan Memorial Gymnastic Championship
In the 1st Indo-Pak Punjab Games 2004 held at Patiala (India) in December, 2004, our gymnastic team bagged 2 Gold, 4 Silver and 7 Bronze medals.
Pakistan now has the privilege of having 6 Brevetted International Gymnastic Judges are as under:-
Mr. Manzoor H. Jafary
Prof. Painda A, Malik
Mr. Javaid Ahmed
Mr. Shah Jahan Anwar
Mr. Abdullah Jan
Mr. Khalid Mahmood Rathore
In addition to this the Federation has also about 12 National Judges.
On the coaching side the following are the FIG qualified coaches:-
Mr. Muhammad Farooq Level I & II
Mr. Manzoor H. Jafary Level I
Prof. Painda A. Malik Level I
Federation has number of qualified coaches on its panel who passed coaching courses organized by Olympic Solidarity Commission under International Olympic Committee.
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