Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar and Punjab Education Minister Rana Sikandar Hayat presided over an important meeting at National Hockey Stadium on Wednesday.
Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal, Additional Secretary Sports Farhan Farooq, Secretary School Education Dr Ehtesham Anwar, Coordinator Sports Malik Anoosh Khokhar and delegations from Punjab Sports Department and Schools Education Department participated in the meeting. Sports activities in educational institutions were reviewed in the meeting and in this regard various suggestions for the promotion of sports in the province were presented.
Several important decisions were taken regarding the promotion of sports activities in educational institutions in the meeting. Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal, Additional Secretary Sports Farhan Farooq, Secretary School Education Dr Ehtesham Anwar briefed about the sports activities of their respective departments.
Addressing the meeting, Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar said that it is of great significance to restore the sports period in educational institutions and organize sports competitions on regular basis. “Punjab Sports Department is laying the network of sports infrastructure across the province”.
Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar informed the meeting that old sports complexes are being restored and new sports projects are being in various parts of the province. “We are launching new sports schemes in the areas which have been deprived of such facilities in the past. We are ready to conduct all kinds of sports events in the educational institutions,” he added.
Punjab Education Minister Rana Sikandar Hayat on this occasion said that Education Department and Sports Department will work together for the development of sports culture in the educational institutions. “Conducting mind games event is of great importance for enhancing the mental brilliance of our youth”.
Punjab Education Minister Rana Sikandar Hayat further said that Education Department and Sports Department will share their annual sports calendars with each other. “A compact mechanism will be devised to conduct inter-school, inter-college and inter-district games in all parts of the province. The two departments will meet again after 15 days to share their progress in this regard”.