Pakistan has a brand new champion. This year olympic games in parisPakistan’s Arshad Nadeem, 27, defeated India’s defending champion, Neeraj Chopra, in the javelin throw event. Not content with that, Nadeem set a new Olympic record, throwing the javelin a distance of 92.97 metres (305 feet), becoming the first Pakistani to win an individual gold medal.
This is the first time the South Asian country has won a medal. Since 1992When the field hockey team won the bronze medal. It was the first gold medal since 1984 – which the country’s field hockey team also won. It was a hard-fought victory for Nadeem, who grew up as one of eight children in a mud-brick house in rural Punjab. He started throwing javelins using “long eucalyptus branches with iron tips at the ends,” his brother said. He said Reuters.
When Nadim returned home, he was It was quickly celebrated. With wreaths, thousands of cheering fans and a parade through the streets of Karachi in his honour, he quickly became richer: a $50,000 prize from the Olympic Association, $350,000 and a Honda Civic from Maryam Nawaz, the chief minister of his province, and more than $500,000 from a charity. Prime Minister of PakistanShehbaz Sharif.
Then there’s the unconventional gift he received, NPR:buffalo.
NPR correspondent Benazir Samad reported Wednesday that Nadeem got the buffalo from his father-in-law.
“In rural communities, buffaloes are considered one of the most honorable and valuable gifts, just like camels in desert areas like Saudi Arabia,” Rashad Bukhari, a writer from Punjab, told Samad.
It is also a lucrative source of income, as buffalo milk – and ghee, a by-product – are popular delicacies in the region. Pakistan is the world’s largest exporter of milk. 5th largest milk producer It is home to over 26 million buffaloes. Of all the country’s milk-producing animals (including sheep, cows and goats), buffaloes dominate the market, accounting for three-quarters of the country’s entire milk production.
The wife’s father, Mohammad Nawaz, defended his choice, according to Times of India, Explaining that the gift of buffalo is “honorable” and very “valuable” in their community.
Show on Pakistani TV Show Last week with his wife Nadim Joking Nadeem said he wished his father-in-law had given him a few acres of land instead. “But then I said, ‘Well, he gave me a buffalo, that’s nice too,’” according to a translation. India Today.