KARACHI: Nowadays, social media decides who is a star and who is not in split seconds. Similarly, netizens were quite amazed to see a young boy from Pakistan who had been seen jumping over 11 motorcycles and landing on his feet, standing his ground for a potential candidate for international jumping competitions.
The young boy and possibly future athlete was identified as Asif Machliwala, a young fisherman, by the twitter fraternity.
Yesterday on Twitter, more than 350,000 people had watched the video as it became an instant hit.
Later revealed by Twitter,“Asif was doing a fun activity in his town in Thatta. He is fond of athletics and wants to become an athlete.
According to the sources, The matter was brought to the knowledge of Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP) president Maj Gen (r) Akram Sahi, who took little time in reaching out to the talented youngster. The AFP will train him and look after him.
As soon as Asif talent came in limelight other videos of him also surfaced where he was
jumping over canals and covering other challenging distances.
