Pakistani weightlifter and Olympian, Talha Talib fell prey to scammers. Aside from the public, celebs expressed disgust at how people took advantage of an already struggling sportsman.<\/p>\n
It’s no secret there’s no institution to aid or assist athletes in Pakistan. Most sports stars that make it big do so training on their own dime.<\/p>\n
Despite this, a group of fraudsters conned Talha Talib out of almost three hundred thousand rupees. The Olympian received a phone call telling him that the government was gifting him a car. They took Rs. 360,000 from the weightlifter under this ruse.<\/p>\n\t\t
He wasn’t the only sportsman the scammers targeted. Mountaineer Shahroz Kashif received a similar phone call. Shahroz Kashif\u2019s father says that he was asked to deposit Rs. 285,000.<\/p>\n
After being conned out of their money, Talha Talib\u2019s father has lodged a complaint through the Prime Minister\u2019s Citizen Portal. Meanwhile, Shahroz Kashif\u2019s father has contacted the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).<\/p>\n
As news of the crime spread across social media people are infuriated by the treatment of the national heroes.<\/p>\n
\nCan\u2019t believe, after Talha Talib the mountaineer Sheroz Kashif also looted by criminals.
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