Staff Reporters
Peshawar/Dir Upper
Persons with disabilities and Friends from Paraplegic Center Peshawar participated in the Run for Kashmir Marathon on their wheel chair to express solidarity with Kashmiris. The participants were holding national flags and flags of Kashmir, wearing T-shirts inscribed with ‘Kashmir Banay Ga Pakistan’. Run for Kashmir Marathon in Dir Lower organized by District Sports Officer Muhkhtiar Hussain with the strong support and cooperation of the district administration Dir Upper.
Hundreds of athletes of various games and people from different walk of life have expressed solidarity with Kashmiris in the ‘Run for Kashmir Marathon’ organized jointly by district administration and Directorate of Sports Khyber Pakhtunkhwa here at Peshawar Sports Complex. Players with disabilities along with hundreds of athletes from various games turned up showing solidarity with the people of Kashmir during their participation in the Run for Kashmir Marathon. The participants held national flags and flags of Kashmir, wearing T-shirts inscribed with ‘Kashmir Banay Ga Pakistan’.
Ran a marathon in the city to express their solidarity with their Kashmiri brethren, who have been subjected to a brutal year-long curfew in the illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJK) by Indian forces and engaged in their brutality by killing innocent Kashmiris children, youth and women.
A large number of people from different games turned up to cheer for the runners, while the participating athletes, including professional racers, amateurs, youngsters and some elderly people seemed energetic. Pakistan’s No. 1 junior squash player Komal Khan and South Asian gold medalist in Karate Murad Khan, both hailing from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, carried the national flags of Pakistan and Kashmir during the start of the marathon.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Ashfaq Ahmad Khan, Director General Sports KP Asfandyar Khan Khattak, Director Female Games Miss Rashida Ghaznavi, Assistant Commissioner Miss Shamoona, Director Operation Syed Saqlain Shah, Director Development Niamat Ullah Khan, Deputy Director Sports Aziz Ullah Jan, national and international players led the Run for Kashmir Marathon Race for 1km, 2km, 3,km, 5km, 21km and 42 km.
