Guinness World Record announces title of largest human flag for Pakistan

Lahore: Guinness adjudicator Leo and Maria Anataalia after counting through the line and rows of the formation declared the first Guinness World Record of largest human flag for Pakistan.

Leo said: “There has been a skilful display of determination shown by these students and officially it was an amazing world record for Pakistan.”

Speaking on the occasion MNA and chief of the provincial steering committee Miann Hamza Shahbaz Sharif said that the lions of Punjab have taken the country’s name above the Himalayas in such a difficult time when it was raining.

“The Punjab government has established an endowment fund of Rs two billion for talented youngsters to follow their dream. It you want to be cricketer of a badminton player of repute, the government is there is support you,” he maintained.

The Punjab Sports Board gathered around 35000 children from different schools of Lahore division to get the largest flag record back from Bangladesh which in fact broke Pakistan previous year’s record established at the same venue in 2012.

Provincial Sports Minister Rana Mashhood Ahmed Khan Saturday said that the Punjab Youth Festival (PYF) 2014 blew a new hope of life among the youth of the province.

Talking to media men here during his visit to the stadium, along with Director Sports Board Punjab (SBP) Usman Anwar, to inspect the arrangements for grand human flag event, Mashhood said: “We will end the negative impression of Pakistan among the world community by holding youth festival on annual basis.”

The youngsters welcomed them with loud clapping and slogans. The minister himself led the slogans for many minutes. He said that the attention was being given to healthy activities for youth besides education, energy, law and order, communication and health as per the vision of Punjab CM.

“Last year, we set 26 world records and overseas Pakistanis living in America, Canada and England expressed through emails, letters and telephone calls that they are proud to be Pakistanis,” he revealed.

Speaking on the occasion, the SBP DG said that the credit of great went to Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, head of Punjab Youth Festival steering committee Hamza Shahbaz Sharif and Provincial Sports Minister Rana Mashhood Khan. He expressed his determination to set 100 new world records in this festival like previous year they broke 26 world records. “The Pakistan youngsters have demonstrated great discipline and proved that they are at par with every nation of the world,” he concluded.