Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif praised young Saifullah Solangi for registering record in the ongoing Special Olympics World Games in Berlin on Tuesday.
While replying to the news on twitter, PM Shehbaz wrote: "Amazing news from Berlin about young Pakistani, Saifullah Solangi, making it to the record books with four medals. He has blazed the path for the rest of the contingent to follow."
Pakistan's Saifullah won two gold medals in the powerlifting event. He won the gold medals after lifting 90 kg in the back squat and a deadlift of 115 kg.
In the combined event, Solangi bagged a silver medal with a lift of 245 kg. He also won a bronze medal in the 40 kg bench press.
Overall, Solangi won two Gold, one Silver and one Bronze in the Special Olympics World Games Powerlifting event.
Pakistan’s special athletes have made a positive start in the Special Olympics.
In the athletics event at the Olympia Stadium, Pakistan's Samina Bibi and Mohammad Bashar qualified for the finals in the 50m race.
Ammara Brahim qualified for the 200m race final while Abdul Haseeb made it to the 800m race final.
Fiza Abbasi (200m), Man Bibi (400m) and Mirwaiz (1500m) also blasted their way into the semi-finals.
Muhammad Luqman and Manahil reached the quarter-finals of the 100m while Umair Kayani qualified for the semi-finals in the shot put event.
In the 4×400 mixed relay, during the ongoing Berlin Special Olympics World Games, Pakistan athletes qualified for the final by getting the third position in their heat in the semi-final.
Faizan Lakhani Faizan Lakhani is Deputy Editor (Sports) at Geo News.