Prof Dr Rizwan Mustafa Zubairi, Chairman-President for Pakistan Chapter of the “The World Organizer of Martial Arts, International Council of Higher Martial Arts and Science Education, has organized the WOMA-Advance Martial Arts & Sports Award Certification Ceremony on 9 th September 2007 at PAF Yacht Club, Korangi, Karachi.

The Chief Guest of the occasion is Wing Commander Mr. Munawar Alam, Secretary General Pakistan Air Force Yacht Club has distributed all awards to the participants.

Doctorate of Philosophy-PhD has been awarded to the martial arts experts Grandmaster Anwer-Ul Haq, Rizwan Mustafa Zubairi, Master M.Iqbal, Idrees Baig Changazi and M.Aftab Khan by International Martial Arts University, Iran for their outstanding contribution in the development & growth of martial arts in the community.

A strong recommendation for the following martial arts and sports leaders was given by Master Zubairi to WOMA-World Headquarter for advance certification.

The WOMA-Black Belt Dan certificates were awarded to Grandmaster Absar Hussain Shah (7th Dan), Ansar-Ul-Haq (5th Dan),Abrar-Ul-Haq (5th Dan), Taj Uddin (4th Dan), M.Ibrahim, Faraz Jaffery, Shabbir Hussain, Ubaidullah, Farhan Ahmed, were awarded 3rd Dan and Santosh Akmal Kumar (2nd Dan).

The WOMA-Pakistan, Presidential Martial Arts Awards were given to Nazim Barkat Ali (Pakistan ITF-President), Abid Alam (Taekwondo Instructor), Kamraz Liquat (National Taekwondo Player), Irshad Khan (Taekwondo Instructor), Salman Jaffery (Kung Fu Instructor), Altaf Suleman (Karate instructor), Mursaleen (Karate Instructor) Haris Anwer (Karate Player) for there continuous commitment to deliver best achievement in martial arts.

The WOMA-Sports Awards were given to outstanding performance in sports categories to Mehmood Khan for conducting Special Children Sports activities, Munawar Alam, M.Ismail, M.Younus, and M.Tanveer for achieving international medals in Sailing for Pakistan.

The 19th Birthday Celebration of Pakistan Martial Arts Organization-International ceremony was also celebrated at the occasion, officials of the PMAO-International cut the cake in a big crowd of martial arts and sports leaders at the occasion.

The chief of WOMA-Pakistan Chapter Prof Dr Rizwan Mustafa Zubairi has informed that the WOMA is growing on a very rapid scale in Pakistan and vast majority of martial artist sports and community leaders are joining WOMA. The WOMA-Pakistan team will visit WOMA-World Headquarter next year for World Martial Arts Tournament 2008.

COMBAT WARRIOR E-MAGAZINE October 2007 / CombatWarriorMag.com