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Weightlifting coaching course concludes in Pakistan

The Pakistan Weightlifting Federation in collaboration with the IOC Olympic Solidarity and the POA organised a coaching course at the Punjab University Ground Weightlifting centre from February 8 to 16.
Qaiser Iftikhar, a diploma holder in weightlifting coaching from Semmelweis University Budapest, Hungary, was the course director. Prof M. Azhar and Prof Khizer Hayat also delivered lectures.
The following participants successfully attended this programme: Anjum Rohail Butt, Muhammad Rizwan, Kashif Barkat, Abdul Jabar Adnan, Aqeel Javed Butt, Muhammad Shafeeq, Rashid Mahmood, Abdul Ghafoor, Adeeb Akram, Muhammad Anjad Amin, Ali Imran Butt, Abdul Khaliq, Ashfaq Ahmad, Muhammad Ashfaq, Muhammad Ali, Zubair Yousaf Butt, Aleem Dar, Muhammad Sabir, Allah Rakha.
This is the second episode of coaching courses being organized for the development of the National Sports Structure in weightlifting. The first course of this kind was organized in Karachi in November 2009.