Arshad Nadeem is an Olympic gold medalist of Pakistan.
He brought Olympic glory to the country after 30 years when he bagged a gold medal.
He has since won several other tournaments and he has put Pakistan on the map through his incredible effort in javelin throw.
Pakistani Olympic gold medalist has revealed that some of the rewards he was promised after his historic win at the Paris Olympics are fake.
He confirmed that apart from the plots, all promised cash prizes were given to him.
Speaking to the media in London Arshad shared that while he received most of the announced prizes, the promises of land plots turned out to be fake.
“They showered me with announcements of rewards.
If you look at the plots that were promised, they were all fake. But Alhamdulillah, I have received all the other prizes,” Arshad said.
This is what he shared:
He further added that his main focus right now is on his own training and future goals.
“Right now, I am concentrating fully on myself because the targets ahead are very big,”
prizes were announced for the champion from officials and businessmen.
Reality of Olympic games
Arshad Nadeem has spoken about the reality of all these promises. Since his win, many housing societies announced plots for him.
Cash prizes were also not behind. He was in London recently where he was asked about the reality of these promises .
Arshad Nadeem shared that all the promises of plots were fake.
He just received cash rewards announced by the several people.
All other announcements were fake.The internet is reacting to this expose.
One user said, “You should be thankful you got those cash awards.”
Another added, “This is normal in Pakistan.”
One said, “Do you want Pakistan’s whole treasury?”