SAG medallists of judo and karate awarded.

ISLAMABAD -- Federal Minister for Inter-provincial Coordination (IPC) on Wednesday distributed cheques among the members of Pakistan Judo and Karate teams for winning medals at the South Asian Games last year.

At the Games in Nepal, the country's judokas grabbed two golds, three silver and four bronze medals while the karatekas collected six gold, eight silver and five bronze medals.

Judokas Hamid Ali and Shah Hussain Shah won the men's +100kg and 100kg events respectively while they were also part of the mixed team event in which Pakistan grabbed silver alongside Qaiser Khan, Karamat Butt, Mohammad Hasnain, Nadeem Akram, Humaira Ashiq, Beenish Khan Amina Toyoda and Asma Rani.

Qaiser and Karamat also won silver medals in the men's 90kg and men's 81kg events while Hasnain won bronze in men's 66kg. Humaira, Beenish and Amina won bronze in the women's 48kg, +78kg and 57kg events respectively. Saadi Abbas won gold in the men's -75kg karate event while Mohammad Awais and Noman Ahmed won gold in the men's -84kg and men's -50kg events respectively. Shahida won the other individual gold in the women's individual kata while Pakistan clinched gold...