Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Ehsan Bhutta on Thursday chaired a high-profile meeting at Punjab Stadium to review the revival of sports culture in colleges.
Higher Education Department (HED) representative Mr Shaukat, Director Public Instructions (DPI) Colleges, Additional Secretary Sports Malik Sanaullah, Deputy Secretary Admin Liaquat Bhatti, Director Sports Chand Parveen and Divisional Sports Officer Lahore also attended the key meeting.
The revival of sports activities in colleges and estimated expenditures of these events were discussed in detail during the meeting.
Annual Academic and Sports Calendar of colleges, monthly sports plan in colleges for 12 months w.e.f January 2023, Annual Sports Gala in all colleges in January and Inter-District, Inter-Division and Provincial level sports competitions also came under discussion during the meeting.
Addressing the meeting, Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Ehsan Bhutta said Sports and Youth Affairs Department Punjab will extend all sports technical facilities such as coaches, trainers, grounds etc for the successful holding of sports activities at colleges.
Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Ehsan Bhutta said that the sports activities have been halted for a long time in educational institutions and it was the major reason for our downfall in different sports at international level. “Sports and Youth Affairs Department is reviving sports activities in educational institutions, particularly colleges systematically, in a bid to regain lost glory in the sports field,” he stated.
Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Ehsan Bhutta said that a complete detailed plan will be finalised within two days after the collaboration between the officers of both the departments.