Mohsin Nawaz met Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhary to present a vision for youth sports development and to highlight gaps in infrastructure for non-traditional disciplines such as F-Class shooting.
Nawaz, who has built a two-decade career in precision shooting, explained his plan to create a training platform to prepare the next generation of shooters and promote healthy sporting opportunities for young people. He emphasised the need for government support to scale organized training across cities.
Mohsin Nawaz’s sporting credentials include 10 international F-Class individual medals, silver and bronze at the 2024 European Long Range Shooting Championship and a silver at the 155th NRA UK Imperial Championship. He is the first Pakistani to secure life memberships with both the UK and USA National Rifle Associations and has been nominated for the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, a first for a shooter in Pakistan.
Beyond competition results, Nawaz brings professional expertise as a certified sports psychologist and emotional wellbeing coach. He argued that developing sports requires psychological infrastructure alongside physical facilities, noting that Mental strength is the real weapon and calling for support systems to shield athletes from negativity during international events. He also highlighted research linking mental state to metabolic health as part of athlete care.
The meeting addressed practical obstacles such as prohibitive import duties on precision equipment and the lack of dedicated training ranges. Nawaz proposed establishing 50-metre ranges in major cities as immediate, cost-effective training hubs, paired with policy reforms to ease equipment acquisition. Representing KAHLES Sports Optics and Peregrine Bullets as a global brand ambassador, he also pointed to recent form, having set two national records at the 3rd F-Class National Long Range Shooting Championship in Jhelum, and argued that reduced customs duties could help Pakistan field competitive shooters for the 2026 World Championship.
Minister Ahsan Iqbal acknowledged Nawaz’s self-made trajectory as a model for aspiring athletes and expressed willingness to examine policy options. The discussion signals potential government attention to sports beyond cricket and hockey, though concrete measures have yet to be announced.
