Commonwealth Games 2022: Rs5m cash reward for gold medalist Nooh Dastagir announced

Weightlifter Nooh Dastagir Butt won Pakistan’s first gold medal at the current Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, and the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) announced on Thursday that he will get a financial incentive of Rs. 5 million.
Butt lifted a total of 405 kilogrammes, including 173 kilogrammes in the snatch and 232 kilogrammes in the clean and jerk, to win Pakistan’s first gold medal at the CWG 2022 in Birmingham. A CWG record, in fact. Judoka Shah Hussain received a Rs. 1 million announcement.

The PSB also announced that Judoka Shah Hussain will get Rs. 1 million in honour of his outstanding achievement at the international competition. SHah Hussain Shah defeated South African Thomas-Laszlo Breytenbach to earn Pakistan’s Judo team a bronze medal.Colonel (ret.) Mohammad Asif Zaman, director general of the PSB, claimed to have called Nooh Dastagir and Shah Hussain to congratulate them on their medal wins.

According to PSB rules, a gold medal winner would receive Rs50 million, a silver winner Rs20 million, and a bronze winner Rs1 respectively. Pakistan experienced great delight late on Wednesday when weightlifter Nooh Dastagir Butt won the nation’s first gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Soon after the Gujranwala-hailed weightlifter claimed his record lift,

Pakistanis flooded social media with congratulations for the 24-year-old athlete and showered him with admiration.In the last competitions conducted in 2018, Butt also won bronze. Last December, he also helped Pakistan win a silver medal. Among those who offered their congratulations to Nooh Dastagir Butt was Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

In response, Shehbaz tweeted, “Well done, Butt saab.” His pictures were shared on Twitter by the Pakistan Cricket Board’s official account, which also hailed him as a champion and wished him more success.