Jhara Pahalwan

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JHARA Pahalwan (real name: Zubair) was a welknown professional wrestler in Pakistan. He belongs to a prominent wrestling family. He was the Pakistani Champion of the past era. He was a powerhouse of wrestling like his father Aslam Pahalwan. And was also a master of the art of mud-wrestling like his uncle Bholu Pahalwan. He possessed speed and fast reflexes like Bholu. He was trained in wrestling by different wrestler including Arshad Bijli. The private residence and training center of Jhara Pahalwan was in the neighborhoods of Pir Makki.

During his early days Jhara fought his initial wrestling match against Zawar Multani in the city of Multan. He defeated him twice. He also participated in some other free style wrestling matches in Pakistan and abroad. He moreover draws a match with the Japanese wrestling champion Antonio Inoki in a controversial encounter in 1979. Jhara died on 11 September 1991due to heart failure. At that time of death he was in his middle age.