Pakistan Olympic Association

Pakistan Gymnastics Federation is the national governing body of sport of Gymnastics in the Country. The Federation is affiliated with the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), Asian Gymnastics Union (AGU) and Pakistan Olympic Association (POA).

At the time of independence, Lahore was the only the main Centre of gymnastics. In the early days, with the sincere efforts of M/S Abdul Latif Khokhar, M. Sadiq Shaikh, Chaudhry Mansha Minhas, Amin Butt, Manzoor Jafary, Shuja-U-din Qureshi, Habibur Rehman Khan, Ahmad Ali, Muhammad Parvez Saleemi and others, this sport was kept alive in the Country.

Prominent Gymnasts include Muhammad Farooq, Khalid Rathor, Saulat Ali, Nazar Muhammad, from Punjab and Khalid Mehmood, Tauqeer, Syed Saifuddin and Akbar Shah from Pakistan Army and Hamid Mehmood, Azhar Irfan. M.Nadeem, Abdul Qadoos, M.Afzal, Khurram Shahzad and M.Yasir from Wapda and Abdullah Jan and Mudassar Rafiq from Police, Humayoun and Musharaf from Sindh played a significant role in the uplift of gymnastics with their hard work and dedication.

Regular National Gymnastics Championships of Juniors and Seniors are being conducted by the Federation. Besides the Federation has a number National Judges on its panel who are well conversant with the FIG Code of Point and experience of handling national level competitions. Furthermore there are number of qualified coaches on its poo who have passed coaching courses organized by Olympic Solidarity Commission, under International Olympic Committee (IOC) and AGU coaching training camps held in Pakistan and abroad.