ISLAMABAD: Punjab led the table with 77 medals on Monday, the third day of the Quaid-e-Azam Inter-Provincial Games here at the Jinnah Stadium of the Pakistan Sports Complex.

Punjab`s medals tally includes 35 gold, 29 silver and 13 bronze while second-placed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have earned 23 medals (five gold, nine silver, nine bronze).

Islamabad are third with 31 medals (five gold, five silver and 21 bronze).

Gilgit-Baltistan have won four bronze medals so far.

Punjab`s weightlifter Muhammad Yahya won gold medal in the +96kg event.

Yahya was followed by silver medallist Israr Ali Soomro of Sindh and Azad Jammu and Kashmir`s bronze winner Bilawal Asghar.

Meanwhile, four other Punjab weightlifters Mohammad Ali Akbar (81kg), Mudabir Zeshan (89kg) and Haider Shakeel Butt (96kg) also won gold.

In karate, Balochistan`s Mir Hamza Kasi won gold in the -75kg event, Sujal seized the -67kg gold for Punjab, Sindh`s Talha Rafiq bagged the -60kg title while Mohammad Abrar of KP claimed the -55kg gold.

In the women`s -61kg category, Hamna Qamar of Punjab won gold while Maham Batool earned the -55kg title for Punjab while Sindh`s Nabihah Jamal clinched the -50kg gold.

In women`s discuss throw event on Sunday, Najmul Huda won AJK`s first gold (26.88m). She was followed by KP`s Manali Bibi (25.41m) and Aiman Shahzad (23.11m), also of KP.

The Games comprising 15 disciplines conclude on Dec 19.-Sports Reporter