ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari will present Hilal-e-Imtiaz to Olympic gold medalist Arshad Nadeem today.
Arshad Nadeem will be awarded Hilal-e-Imtiaz in a special ceremony at the President’s House. The special ceremony of awarding the Halal-e-Imtiaz will be telecast live.
It should be noted that Arshad Nadeem set a world record by throwing the javelin 92.97 meters in the Javelin throw game of the Paris Olympics and won the gold medal for Pakistan for the first time.
On winning the gold medal, Arshad Nadeem was announced to be awarded Halal-i-Imtiaz by the Government of Pakistan.