Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Youth Affairs Shiza Fatima Khawaja chaired an online meeting to review progress on sports development schemes and youth projects on Monday.
The representatives from all provinces, PILDAT and UNFPA attended the online meeting. Deputy Secretary Planning/Admin Sports and Youth Affairs Department Punjab Imtiaz Ahmed and Director Admin Syed Umair Hassan represented Punjab in the high-profile meeting on the directions of Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Ehsan Bhutta.
Deputy Secretary Planning/Admin Sports and Youth Affairs Department Punjab Imtiaz Ahmed and Director Admin Syed Umair Hassan briefed the chair about the Punjab’s sports development projects and different sports events organised under the banner Sports and Youth Affairs Department Punjab.
Special Assistant to PM on Youth Affairs Shiza Fatima lauded the useful steps taken by the Sports and Youth Affairs Department for the growth of sports culture across the province.
Deputy Secretary Planning/Admin Sports and Youth Affairs Imtiaz Ahmed said that the Sports and Youth Affairs Department has approved stipends for athletes and grants in aid for Sports Associations. “Pride of Punjab Sports Awards have also been initiated to recognise the valuable services of sports stalwarts of the country”.
Director Admin Syed Umair Hassan, in his briefing, said that the Sports and Youth Affairs Department has excellent coordination with all departments for providing proper guidance to emerging youth of the province. “We organised several events such as E-Rozgaar Meetup, E-Sports Soobai Series, Punjab Talent Hunt Programme, E-Learning Centres in the recent past,” he explained.
He further informed that the Sports and Youth Affairs Department is holding sports events of different games regularly to provide maximum playing opportunities to male and female players of the province