Daily Times
July 20, 2021
LAHORE: National shooter Muhammad Khalil Akhtar and national badminton star Mahoor Shahzad will be Pakistan’s flag bearers at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics on July 23. Khalil qualified for the Tokyo Olympics shooting competition with his performance in the 2019 Shooting World Cup at Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Mahoor got the invitation place by the Olympic Games Tripartite Commission. She is the first female ever to represent Pakistan in badminton at the Olympics. This will be the first time that there will be two Pakistan flag-bearers at the Olympics’ opening ceremony. The flag-bearer at the Olympic Games is a symbolic leader, who is the first person to march a country’s delegation out during the grand opening ceremony parade. The person proudly displays the country’s flag during the parade. Since 1948, mostly Pakistan’s flag bearers at the Olympics have been field hockey players. As Pakistan hockey failed to qualify for the Rio de Ja
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July 19, 2021
ISLAMABAD: One of the shooters along with female badminton player Mahoor Shahzad may be assigned the duty of holding national flag at the opening ceremony march-past of the Tokyo Olympics, ‘The News’ has learnt reliably.
The decision that is expected to be announced within next couple of days is likely to see Khalil Akhtar and Mahoor holding the national flag. Leading shooter Ghulam Mustafa Bashir was a Pakistan flag-bearer during the Rio Olympics 2016 so when it comes to flag-bearing this time around, it is believed that Khalil may be given the honours.
“There are no less than three leading contenders in the men’s section to carry the national flag during the opening ceremony march-past. Since the shooters have created history by directly qualifying for the Olympics, they deserve to be awarded the honours. Since Ghulam Mustafa carried the flag during the last Games, this time around I think Khalil Akhtar should be awarded the honours,” a contingent’s of