Meet the 21 year old Pakistani woman who qualified for the Olympics

Sharmeen Obaid documents the first ever woman to qualify for the 10 Metre Air Rifle Category

05 Aug, 2016

Pakistan has seven representatives in the Rio Olympics 2016 and this young lady is one of them.

21-year-old Minhal Sohail is the first ever Pakistani woman to qualify for the 10 Metre Air Rifle Category for the Olympics.

Oscar-winning director Sharmeen Obaid has decided to document the women representing Pakistan in the Olympics. This is the first introductory short film and she introduced Minhal Sohail.

"We Pakistani girls are formidable and can do anything we put our minds to," says Minhal.

With the hashtag #DreamBigPakistan, Sharmeen wants to highlight the Pakistanis who believe in themselves and achieved their goals.

As Minhal points out, "I hope other Pakistani girls will be inspired by me and follow in my footsteps."

Sharmeen will be introducing us to another contestant withing this week.

Comments

Anwar Amjad Aug 05, 2016 06:11pm

Excellent! Wish you best luck.

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Agha Ata Aug 05, 2016 06:51pm

Maybe the army can train our athletes on the regular basis.

Shahid khan Aug 05, 2016 07:58pm

She didn't qualify . Not even a single person qualified from a country of 200. She is there because of the “continental quota” ,like other 2 out 7. Rest of the four are wild card entries ( which are given to those countries from where No one qualifies). So don't have high hopes from these "athletes".

MBH Aug 05, 2016 08:30pm

Best of Luck Minhal Sohail! May you bring the medal home!

Iqbal Ali Aug 05, 2016 08:43pm

She qualified because she has a ranking in the world or she qualified because of the regional quota system.

a Aug 05, 2016 10:13pm

Bit of a rarity !!

Hopeful Aug 05, 2016 11:06pm

Good luck

Hopeful Aug 05, 2016 11:07pm

@Agha Ata Normally the better athletes are from the armed forces due to stringent training and discipline.

shiv@UK Aug 05, 2016 11:15pm

Dare Aug 05, 2016 11:42pm

Minhal - Congratulations. Be careful, others might exploit you for their own glory.

Vinod Narang Aug 05, 2016 11:46pm

Congratulations Minhal. God Speed go forth and conquer. Make your parents your country proud

KHIZIR FAROOQI Aug 05, 2016 11:48pm

THERE IS NO DARTH OF TALENTED WOMEN IN PAKISTAN PROVIDED THEY ALSO BE GIVEN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY. KEEP IT ON

سے Shaam Aug 06, 2016 06:08am

Congratulations, unfortunately, she is a wild card entrant and not an Olympian Qualifier sadly.

SSG Wazir Aug 06, 2016 08:15am

Wish her successful

Pakistani Aug 06, 2016 08:44am

You are an inspiration to million of girls I wish you best of luck.

Hunzai Aug 06, 2016 10:12am

Good Luck

Nasir Islam Aug 06, 2016 06:01pm

One should be proud of the effort that Pakistan's 7 atheletes have made to get to Rio, particularly Minhal Sohail. But for a country of almost 200 million people it is pathetic to send such a small team. Pakistan used to have a stellar Hockey team, often in contention for Gold. This time they could not even qualify. It is shameful for the politicians, government , business, schools, colleges, universities and above all Pakistan's Olympic Federation and sports associations.

Ukhan Aug 11, 2016 08:49pm

Proud of her