{"id":69484,"date":"2025-12-09T18:18:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T13:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?p=69484"},"modified":"2025-12-09T18:18:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T13:18:35","slug":"armys-faiza-zafar-qasim-faiz-shine-with-gold-medals-in-35th-national-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?p=69484","title":{"rendered":"Army\u2019s Faiza Zafar, Qasim Faiz shine with gold medals in 35th National Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Defending champions Pakistan Army continued their dominance at the 35th National Games in Karachi, securing victories across multiple events, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>In the women\u2019s squash team event, Pakistan Army defeated Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 2-1 in the final to claim the gold medal. Army\u2019s Faiza Zafar defeated Saharish Ali 3-0, while Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\u2019s Mahnoor Ali beat Sana Bahadur 3-0. Army\u2019s Zainab Khan clinched the decisive win over Alisha 3-0. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa took silver, while Punjab and Balochistan shared bronze medals.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Pakistan Army\u2019s Qasim Faiz won the 20-kilometer walk race, completing the distance in 1 hour, 28 minutes, and 12.2 seconds. WAPDA\u2019s Muhammad Waqas took silver, and Army\u2019s Adnan Moazz earned bronze.<\/p>\n<p>In the men\u2019s 800-meter race held at PNS Karsaz National Physical Training and Sports Centre, Pakistan Army\u2019s Waqas Akbar claimed gold with a time of 1 minute 49.82 seconds. HEC\u2019s Samiullah secured silver in 1 minute 51.50 seconds, while Osama Azam of HEC won bronze in 1 minute 51.95 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>In the women\u2019s 5-kilometer walk race, WAPDA\u2019s Amara won gold with a timing of 34.12 seconds. 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Army\u2019s Faiza Zafar defeated Saharish Ali 3-0, while Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\u2019s Mahnoor Ali beat Sana [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":69485,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,136],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-69484","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest","8":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Army\u2019s Faiza Zafar, Qasim Faiz shine with gold medals in 35th National Games - China Urdu<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?p=69484\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Army\u2019s Faiza Zafar, Qasim Faiz shine with gold medals in 35th National Games - China Urdu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Defending champions Pakistan Army continued their dominance at the 35th National Games in Karachi, securing victories across multiple events, officials said. 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