Another record broken: Biggest art class held in Lahore

LAHORE: Another world record was broken by Pakistan on Friday at the Punjab Youth Festival, Express News reported. The largest art class was held in Lahore by Pakistani students today. A total of 5,351 students participated in the class. The record was previously held by China with 4,810 Chinese students taking part. Previous world records On Thursday, Sajjad Hussain set the world record for highest number of push-ups on the back of the hand also at the Punjab Youth Festival. He had reached the figure of 2,759 push-ups in one hour. He broke the record set by an American athlete, who had done 1,940 push-ups. Muhammad Shahid had beaten India’s 28-year-old record of the highest number of push-ups in one hour. Shahid’s score of push-ups was 4,248, leaving behind India’s Bojinder Singh with his 3,877 push-up figure. Nadeem Abbas had registered 989 push-ups on back of the hands to set a new world record in one hour with 40lb pack. Paddy Doyle of the United Kingdom held the previous record with 663 push-ups. He had recorded that feat on May 13, 2008. Zafar Iqbal and Kashif Ali, who started their 12-hour world record bids on February 26, had accomplished their records yesterday successfully. Iqbal, from Jhang, broke the 25-year-old record of Paddy Doyle with 25,693 push-ups. Kashif Ali of Okara beat Stephen Hayland with 4,375 pull ups. Captain Arbab had registered his name in the world record of the highest number of push-ups in 24 hours after breaking the record of an American who set the record with 46,001 push-ups. Ashraf had entered his name in the world record of most pull-ups in 24 hours exceeding the 4,030 mark in 12 hours.