Directorate General of Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab in collaboration with Commonwealth Games Association (CGA) Pakistan will organise a 2-day Doping Awareness Seminar for Pakistan’s Commonwealth Games contingent at Nishtar Park Sports Complex E-Library on June 11 and 12, 2022.
Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Asadullah Faiz will be the chief guest on this occasion. Several sports dignitaries such as Pakistan Olympic Association President Lt-Gen (retd) Arif Hasan, Director General Sports Punjab Javed Chohan, POA Secretary General Khalid Mahmood and other top officials from various sports associations and federations will also participate in the Doping Awareness Seminar. Video message of President Commonwealth Games Federation Dame Louise Martin will also be shown at the seminar.
Medical experts like Dr Asad Abbas, Secretary Medical Commission of CGA Pakistan, Maj (retd) Dr Lubna Sibtain, Maj (retd) Majid Waseem, Dr Waqar and Ada Jaffery will deliver lectures to Pakistan athletes, coaches, manager and team officials on Doping and Good Conduct and other important issues. The upcoming Commonwealth Games scheduled to be held in Birmingham, England from July 28 to August 8, 2022.
The doping awareness seminar will be aired through the Zoom system across the country. As many as 160 athletes, all district sports officers and other sports officials from across the country will take part in this valuable activity through Zoom technology.
During the camp, the medical experts will educate the athletes and coaches to avoid the use of performance-enhancing drugs which is unlawful and punishable under World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) laws.