Nadia Nazir an excellent athlete died in a hospital at Bahawalnagar on Saturday after she got critically injured in a road accident while returning with her husband Hafiz Muddasir and seven-year-old son Ozaffa after attending a marriage ceremony. Her son also expired on the spot.
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She was a very fine athlete with five bronze medals to her name in international competitions. She was also a four-time national champion and a record holder in 400-metre hurdles race since 2007 with a timing of 61.50 seconds which is yet to be surpassed.
According to eye witnesses on Saturday, Nadia’s car collided with a sugarcane trolley near Amin Kot Stop, Chishtiyain. Her son died instantly while Nadia and her husband received serious head injuries. Rescue 1122 shifted her to DHQ Hospital, Bahwalnagar in a critical condition but later she succumbed to injuries.
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Nadia was a permanent resident of Mohalla Farid Ganjh and belonged to a lower middle- class family.
During 2010, while practising on the track at the Government Post Graduate College, she complained about the lack of training venues for women athletes. “There is no place for women athletes to do practice, so I have to train alongside males,” she said.
