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  • Oct 22nd, 2012
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After 70,000 Pakistanis set a Guinness World Record by singing national anthem recently in the Punjab Youth Festival, new records were set at the festival on Sunday. New world records were set in most martial arts kicks in three minutes, plug wiring, fastest chess set up, fastest time for cooking three chapattis (bread), pulling a truck by moustache, fastest time for wearing a cricket kit and most football headers.

The record for most kicks was set by Ahmad Amin Bodla (616 kicks), while the record of chess set up (45 seconds) was broken by 12-year-old Mehar Gul. Mohammad Mansha broke the chappati-making record (one minute).

Noman Anjum set the new world record in plug-wiring (35 seconds). Sadi of Faisalabad set the world record of pulling a truck by moustache (63.8 metre two-tonne vehicle). The record for football headers was set by Daniyal Gill and Qamar Zaman (4.45 minutes)(335 head kicks) .Jaleelul Ehasan set world record in fastest time wearing a cricket kit. A team from the Guinness Book of World Records was present at the festival (Expo Center) to verify the records.

Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif also witnessed the record setters' performances.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2012


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