The 32 world records claimed by the provincial government in the recent Punjab Sports Festival became a joke with the denial of any mutual partnership in the event by the officials of the Guinness World Records.
Amarilis Whitty, Director Guinness World Records, said in an email "I would like to confirm that we have not partnered with the Punjab Sports Board and we do not have representatives of the names you mention below. Those people are not associated to GWR and we did not adjudicate those events in Pakistan."
However, the international organization did provide Punjab Sports Board with remote adjudication services. The management of the Guinness World Records clearly said that it did not sign any agreement with the Punjab government for partnering the Youth Festival. The judges claimed to be authentic by the Punjab government were not a part of the GWR team according to the email and the copy of this mail is also available with the PTI.
PPP had also raised the issue of huge corruption during the sporting event. PPP member Faiza Malik said "The Guinness authorities are saying that they had not sent any of its staff to certify the records. How smartly the PML-N government is fooling the people."
Although the Punjab government denied any foul play in the Punjab Youth Festival, the authenticity of the records is still a mystery.
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