bodybuilding in pakistan

History
According to Pakistan sports board

Man has always strived for maximum strength and physical perfection since time immemorial. A man with good physique and graceful body has always been looked upon with admiration everywhere. Men like Appollo, Herculese, Samson, Rustam and Sohrab will always be remembered with respect till their successes dazzle the world with more beautiful and proportionate bodies. A nation’s health is the nation’s wealth. This is an old saying and every nation can boast of having produced men of towering strength and enviable physical perfection. Towards the end of the last century the late Fugene Sandow started schools in England to build graceful symmetrical bodies. The movement took the populace by storm and probably the first-ever body building competition was held in London in 1901. The movement gained such a vast popularity that it spread all over Europe and America in no time. Today almost every country in the world holds bodybuilding competitions.

Bodybuilding in Pakistan

In 1948, the Health Culture Movement was started for the first time at Lahore with the Bagh-e-Jinnah Health Club as the centre of activity. The youth of Lahore responding to bodybuilding with great enthusiasm and other health clubs were formed in different parts of the city. In 1952, the first competition for the selection of Mr. Lahore was held. Soon after a competition for the selection of Mr. Punjab was held at Standard Hotel Restaurant, the Mall, Lahore where Mr. Mahmood Namudoo of ran, a world champion in bodybuilding and weightlifting, also gave demonstration. In August, 1952, the Pakistan Amateur Bodybuilders Association was formed with the late Mr. Justice M.A. Soofi as its first President. In December, 1952, the first-ever contest for the selection of Mr. Pakistan was organised at the Burt Institute, Lahore.

In December, 1963, Miss Joan Hunt - Miss Britain 1952 - was invited by the Pakistan Amateur Bodybuilders Association to act as a judge of the second annual contest for the selection of Mr. Pakistan. The contest was held in the Punjab University Hall, Lahore and was presided over by Mr. Justice A. Muhammad Jan of the Lahore High Court. Competitors from Lahore, Rawalpindi, Sialkot, Quetta, Karachi and Dacca participated.

The third annual contest for Mr. Pakistan was held in Lahore. The fourth annual contest for the selection of Mr. Pakistan was organized on the 18th December, 1955 in Lahore and was presided over by Mr. A. Muhammad Jan, President, PABBA. This was a grand show in every respect as 55 competitors, an unprecedented number thus far, all in their top trim, participated. They came from all over Pakistan to compete for the coveted title.

It may be mentioned here that by this time the affiliated organizations of the Pakistan Amateur Bodybuilders Association on district and provincial level had been formed and those were holding their own competitions. District competitions were also being staged regularly.

Since then, the annual contests for the selection of Mr. and Junior Mr. Pakistan (this event was introduced in 1956 to encourage youngsters) are being organised by the Pakistan Amateur Bodybuilders Association every year without break. The 15th annual contest for the selection of Mr. and Junior Mr. Pakistan was held at Peshawar and was organised by the Northern Amateur Bodybuilders Association. The I 7th annual Mr. and Junior Mr. Pakistan contest was organised by tile Capital Zone Amateur Bodybuilders Association at Rawalpindi on November 24, 1967.

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