LAHORE: (PR): Punjab University Student Gonish Batool won the National Half Marathon Race and received a cash award of PKR 650,000. The 2nd and 3rd positions were won by Pakistan WAPDA athletes.
According to a press release of Punjab University, the event was organized by Allied Bank Pakistan from Liberty Square to Liberty Square with the participation of athletes from around the country covering 18 points of the route. The route points were based on the route map for the Lahore Marathon 2026, here are the names of the mentioned places in sequential order from 1 to 18:
Liberty Market Square, Hafeez Center, Zahoor Elahi Road, KFC, Galleria Mall, Canal Road Intersection, PIC, Shadman Intersection, Qartaba Chowk, Tollinton Market, Shama Intersection, Muslim town Morr, Garden Town Underpass, PU Underpass, Jinnah Hospital, Usmani Rd Intersection, Usmani Rd Signal, Barkat Market, Kalma Chowk, Liberty Market Square.
Dr Mohammad Ali congratulated PU athletes Gonish Batool, Coach Nabeel Ahmad, Director Sports Dr Shabbir Sarwar and the entire university on this marvelous achievement. He said that the Directorate of Sports worked with full dedication and commitment during the last two years to bring great victories and achievements to Punjab University's credit. This included university’s overall top ranking in the HEC General Trophy with 18 point and 1.8 million cash award in men and women sports.
Director Sports, Dr Shabbir Sarwar also congratulated the winner athlete Gonish. He said that PU was currently playing PCB Grade 2 Cricket President’s Trophy for the first time in the history of Pakistan Cricket.
