Пакистандық күрес шебері Аслам Пахалван

Pakistani professional wrestler

Muhammad Aslam (; 14 January 1927 – 7 January 1989), popularly known as Aslam Pahalwan, was a Pakistani professional wrestler and World Heavyweight Champion in professional wrestling. He was ranked as the world's No.9 by Wrestling Revue "Official Wrestling Ratings in December 1968. In Europe and America, he had wrestled as the All India Champion. His son Jhara Pahalwan was also a wrestler.

Aslam Pahalwan started his wrestling career as the pupil of Hamida Pahalwan and the Great Gama. He started wrestling during the 1940s. He used to train three times a day doing mostly Pahalwani exercises like the Indian style pushups called dands and squats known as baithaks in the local language as well as some other exercises to increase his strength, stamina and flexibility. After becoming the champion of Punjab, he wrestled and defeated the 1939 International Wrestling Australia (IWA) Heavyweight Champion, George Pencheff, who was operating throughout India during the early 1950s. In 1953, he won the Commonwealth Championship. Aslam then issued challenges to wrestlers all over the world and announced a reward of 100,000 rupees to any wrestler who could beat him. In a challenge match, Aslam defeated Indian wrestler Tarlok Singh at the National Stadium in Karachi in the second round. In Nairobi, Kenya in 1953, he defeated Mahinder Singh. Aslam is best remembered for defeating the European Heavyweight Champion and former World Champion, Bert Assirati in Bombay, India on 3 June 1954.

Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 1967.