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Najia Rasool Khan has been winning Gold medal in National Taekwondo
Championship for last 10 years. Besides other medals/prizes, she had won
Silver medal in Common Wealth Games held in India in 2015. She was given
Pride of Performance Award on March 23, 2018 by the President of Pakistan.
She has also received Tamgha-e-Muzaffargarh in Shan-e-Muzaffargarh
Awards 2019.

Azhar Hussain has been winning laurels in the field of wrestling. He was
able to win Gold and Silver medals in Common Wealth Games held in India
in 2011. Besides winning cash prizes from the Government of Pakistan, he
was also able to secure Tamgha-e-Muzaffargarh in Shan-e-Muzaffargarh
Awards 2019.

THAL JEEP RALLY
The annual tradition of the Thal Jeep Rally was started in 2016 by the then
District Administration with assistance from the Tourism Development
Corporation of Punjab. The rally track is around 190 km long and traverses
the districts of Muzaffargarh and Layyah. It starts from Changa Manga Teela
in Head Muhammadwala, Tehsil Kot Addu, and with the midpoint at
Chaubara in District Layyah, ends at the same point too.

As many as 65 vehicles participated in the first rally, which was held from
November 3-5, 2016; Sahibzada Sultan came out victorious.
The 2 rally in 2017 was won by the renowned racer, Mir Nadir Magsi.
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The 3rd rally was held on November 16-18, 2018 with 88 vehicles registered
in all categories, of which 44 vehicles qualified for the final round. Amongst
others, 3 women drivers also participated in the rally. Competitions were held
in 9 categories: 4 in Prepared Category, 4 in Stock Category, and 1 Women
Category. Mir Nadir Magsi covered the distance of 191 kilometres in 2 hours,
16 minutes and 51 seconds and came out victorious. Sahibzada Sultan
covered the same distance with the margin of 8 seconds, and secured second
position. Qadir Nawaz Sangi got third position with a timing of 2 hours, 22
minutes and 22 seconds. Prize money of Rs 2.5 million were distributed
among the winners of all categories in a ceremony held in sports gymnasium
of the Faisal Stadium after the conclusion of the rally the same night.

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