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sprinter. He is 3rd and current Secretary General of

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(AHF) since 25 October 2013. He is also holds the position of President in Pakistan Handball Federation since 2012.

Early life and education

Muhammad Shafiq was born on 11 November 1953 in

(now

). He started both his educational and athletics career from Muslim High School, Tariqabad,

where he completed his secondary school in 1970. After that he got enrolled to

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where first he completed his higher secondary education in 1972 and after that obtained his

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in 1975. The college was then affiliated to

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. He completed his

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degree in

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from

in 1981 and then his Master of Science degree in Health and Physical Education from

Dera Ismail Khan Dera Ismail Khan (; bal, , Urdu and skr, , ps, ډېره اسماعيل خان), abbreviated as D.I. Khan, is a city and capital of Dera Ismail Khan District, located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the 37th largest city of Pakistan ...

in 1990. He had also done a Sports Specialization Course (Athletics trainer) from

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in 1982.

Sports administration

Asian Handball Federation

Shafiq entered in

(AHF) in 1986, he previously holds the position of member in AHF Development & Publicity Commission (1992 – 1996) and AHF Playing Rules and Referees Commission (1996 – 2000) before being elected to

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as Chairman of AHF Under Development Countries Commission (2004 – 2009) and then as Chairman of AHF Commission of Youth and School Handball (2009 – 2013). On 25 October 2013, he succeeded

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n sports administrator Dr.

and was elected as AHF Secretary General.

Pakistan Handball Federation

Shafiq is founder of handball in Pakistan. He is also the co-founder of Pakistan Handball Federation (PHF) in April 1985 and was elected as its Secretary General. He is the longest serving PHF Secretary General, holding the position for 24 years from 1985 – 2004 and then from 2007 – 2012. Currently, he is PHF President since December 2012. Under his leadership, the performance of Pakistan men's national handball team and Pakistan national beach handball team are at their best as they won many medals which includes gold medal in 2nd edition of

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2007 held at

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, gold medal in 1st Asian Beach Games 2008 held at

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, and gold medals in 2010 and

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editions of the

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Others

Shafiq also held various positions in other sports federations which includes Treasurer of

Pakistan Olympic Association Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) or National Olympic Committee of Pakistan (NOC) ( ur, پاکستان اولمپک ایسوسی ایشن, acronym: POA) is the national olympic organization in Pakistan. It was established in 1948 to oversee the ...

since February 2012 to till date. He was elected as Vice-President (1991 – 2000; 2009 – 2013) and Secretary General (2000 – 2009) of South Asian Handball Federation. He is a Member of Working Group of

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and National Course Director of Pakistan NOC. He is also a member of International Track and Field Coaches Association since 1985.

Personal life and occupation

Shafiq is married and has one wife and four children, two daughters and two sons. He is fluent in

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Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
''

and Punjabi and also speaks a little bit of

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. In 1978, he joined

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and served there till 1981. In 1981, he was appointed as national athletics coach at

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where he served till his resignation in 1983. In June 1985, he started serving as Assistant Director of Sports at

. In December 1990, he was promoted to Director of Sports and served in this position till his

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on 10 November 2013. During his tenure University of Agriculture, Faisalabad won All-Pakistan Inter-Universities Sports Championships All Round Trophy (Men) in 2005.

Athletics career

Shafiq was a renowned middle distance athlete of Pakistan in the late 1970s up to his retirement in mid 1980s, winning various medals in

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and other International tournaments. He also participated in

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after retirement from athletics. Following table shows his achievements in the athletics: He was also appointed as coach-cum-manager of Pakistan Athletics team for 3 three months training-cum-competition tour of

in 1982 during which Habib Shah equalled Pakistan's

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national record with the timing of 10.4 second and Muhammad Rashid Khan created new national record in

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with the distance of 76.36 m.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shafiq, Muhammad 1953 births Living people Asian Handball Federation Pakistani sports executives and administrators University of the Punjab alumni University of Agriculture, Faisalabad alumni Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz alumni Gomal University alumni People from Faisalabad Athletics (track and field) coaches Pakistani sports coaches Athletes from Punjab, Pakistan Sportspeople from Faisalabad Pakistani male long-distance runners Pakistani male middle-distance runners Pakistani male steeplechase runners