Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal presided over a high profile meeting to discuss self-sustainable model of sports facilities, youth talent hunt programme and maintenance of sports facilities at National Hockey Stadium on Friday.
Director Sports Yasmeen Akhtar, Director Youth Affairs Rana Nadeem Anjum, Director Admin M Kaleem, Project Director PMU Qaiser Raza, Deputy Directors Ataur Rahman, Zahoor Ahmed, Tariq Khanzada, all divisional and district sports officers of the province participated in the meeting.
Addressing the meeting, Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal said that Sports Department of the province is among top priorities of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz and to achieve the goal set by CM Punjab all the sports officers of the province need to bring more responsible approach in their attitudes.
Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal said that said that as per vision of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, Sports Board Punjab will make all possible measures to earn maximum revenue from all provincial sports facilities.
DG Sports Punjab directed all divisional and district sports officers of the province to provide complete information and proposals on a form about the revenue earning capacity and prospects of their respective sports facilities. “We are focusing on making our sports facilities profitable under the directions of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz,” he added.
Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal directed all divisional and district sports officers of the province to take extra care of sports facilities in their respective areas. “Top standard sports facilities will also be established in all provincial constituencies and a specific space will be allocated for females in all gyms”.
Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal further said that Sports Board Punjab is focusing to make U-16 Youth Talent Programme more transparent and beneficial for the talented youth of the province. “We want to make selection of players for U-16 Youth Talent Programme purely on merit and then groom these youngsters in a professional manner”.