Details of cash awards given by the government to Pakistani athletes in the financial year 2024-25 were presented in Parliament. According to the government document, Pakistan’s athletes received awards worth 206.45 million rupees from the government. Arshad Nadeem received 152 million rupees, his coach Salman Iqbal Butt got 10.6 million rupees, while snooker world champion Muhammad Asif was awarded 2.5 million rupees.
Ahsan Ramadan, who won bronze at the Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship, received 0.5 million rupees; Muhammad Asif got 0.5 million for gold at the SAARC Snooker Championship, Muhammad Naseem Akhtar received 0.1 million for bronze, and players who won the South Asian Regional Table Tennis Championship were given awards totaling 1.45 million rupees. Athletes who won various medals at the Special Olympics World Winter Games received 3.05 million rupees.
Various national players who won the Asian Junior Squash Championship got 1.75 million rupees, while those who triumphed at the World Under-23 Individual Squash Championship received 7.5 million rupees in awards. Players who secured various medals at the Asian Open Taekwondo Championship were awarded 11.5 million rupees.
