Hailing
from Quetta’s persecuted Hazara community, the 19-year-old is following
in the footsteps of Kulsoom Hazara who won the South Asian
Championships earlier.
The female
karatekas have been striving hard to make their name in the sport and
Nargis’ bronze is the much needed head way. She is also the first
Pakistani female to win a karate medal at the Asian Games.
“I
had the expectation of winning the medal, my friends and my coaches
everyone were expecting this, i gave everything on the floor,” Nargis
said in her media statement.
Encouraging
other female athletes Nargis added: “I believe that Pakistanis should
not make excuses anymore; that is my advice to other female athletes. We
always think that being a Pakistani we can’t achieve much, but we can.”
This is Pakistan’s second medal at the Games, earlier Kabaddi took a
bronze medal.
