ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday met with five-year-old Sufiyan Mehsood and praised him for making the nation proud by setting a Guinness world record for “fastest time to climb around a person,” Sharif’s office said.
Five-year-old Mehsood achieved the feat together with his father Irfan Mehsood, who holds several Guinness world record titles, and set a record of 7.87 seconds to climb around a person.
The father-son duo smashed the record of India’s K. Gokulnath and MV Arjun Priyan during the feat in Pakistan’s northwestern Dera Ismail Khan district on June 19.
“Sufyan Mehsud made Pakistan and his parents proud by making it to the Guinness Book of World Records at a young age,” PM Sharif was quoted as saying by his office.
In this handout photograph, taken and released by Prime Minister’s Office, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (C) speaks during a meeting with Pakistani father-son duo, Irfan Mehsood (2L) and his son Sufiyan Mehsood (3L), at the Prime Minister House in Islamabad on August 31, 2024, after the duo set new world record for ‘fastest time to climb around a person’ in June, according to the Gunniess Book of World Record. (Photo courtesy: PMO)
He said his government was providing sports opportunities to divert energies of the youth in a positive direction.
“The talented youth of Pakistan offer a guarantee for the country’s bright future,” Sharif added.
During the meeting, Mehsood’s father, Irfan, who specializes in martial arts, informed the prime minister about his sports and physical training academy in Dera Ismail Khan and the achievements of its trained athletes.
The prime minister directed officials of the PM’s Youth Program to collaborate with the sports academy of Mehsood’s father and take steps to promote various sports in the country.
In this handout photograph, taken and released by Prime Minister’s Office, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (L) speaks during a meeting with Pakistani father-son duo, Irfan Mehsood (2R) and his son Sufiyan Mehsood (1R), at the Prime Minister House in Islamabad on August 31, 2024, after the duo set new world record for ‘fastest time to climb around a person’ in June, according to the Gunniess Book of World Record. (Photo courtesy: PMO)
Irfan, 33, holds records for the most push-ups, squats, jumping jacks, squat thrusts, step-ups, knee strikes, elbow strikes, side jumps and high jumps.
He has so far broken the records of 16 countries, including the United States, Britain, India, China, Norway, Germany, France, Finland, Philippines, Spain, Italy, Lebanon, Egypt, Iraq, Pakistan and Syria.
