Lahore, July 28, 2021 (PPI-OT):Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh, while presiding over a high-level meeting, announced to organize competitions of 19 male and female games from August 4 to 30, 2021 at various venues of the province to celebrate 75th Independence Day of the country in a befitting manner.
Director Admin Javed Chohan, Director Sports Hafeez Bhatti, Deputy Director Chand Perveen, Assistant Director Raees ur Rehman and representatives of all sports associations also attended the meeting held at National Hockey Stadium on Wednesday. The representatives of sports associations include Salman Iqbal Butt, Anees ur Rehman, Maudood Jafri, Tayyab Sohaih, Irfan Butt, Abdul Ghaffar, MB Javed and M Faheem.
The meeting of sports associations was convened to chalk out a comprehensive plan to hold Independence Day sports events in a professional manner. Representatives of sports associations also congratulated Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh on the approval of Punjab’s historic Sports Policy.
Addressing the meeting Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh said Sports Board Punjab will also organize a separate grand ceremony on August 14 to mark the memorable occasion of Independence Day. “Sports Board Punjab has always taken effective measures for the promotion of sports culture across the province. The doors of Sports Board Punjab are always open to all players, officials and sports associations to resolve any kind of issues,” he added.
Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh said that sports endowment fund for athletes has also been included in the revolutionary Sports Policy for the welfare of national sports heroes, champions and legends. Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh further said Sports Board Punjab has provided top class facilities and extended every kind of cooperation to Pakistan’s Olympic javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem, weightlifter Talha Talib and world record holder mountaineer Shehroze Kashif for participation in their respective international sports events.
Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh said Sports Board Punjab also arranged all facilities for Talha Talib to prepare for Olympic Games. “Sports Board Punjab purchased modern training gear from Sweden for Talha so that he can attain world class training for the mega Olympic Games. Top javelin thrower of the country Arshad Nadeem was also given best facilities for his Olympic preparations”.
Elaborating top class sports facilities, Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh informed that a world class Olympic Village is being constructed at 500 kanal land at Rakh Chhabeel Lahore where a High Performance Center for Hockey will also be built. “The construction work of Squash Complex which was abandoned for 28 years due to different reasons has also been started in Nishtar Park Sports Complex. The game of archery is also being promoted across the province,” he added.
For more information, contact:
Sports Board Punjab
Government of the Punjab
National Hockey Stadium, Ferozepur Road, Lahore, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-99232501, +92-42-99232502
E-mail: info@punjabsportsboard.com
Website: http://sportsboard.punjab.gov.pk