Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal presided over an important meeting regarding Sports Endowment Fund at the National Hockey Stadium on Friday.
A compact mechanism was devised to finalize the utilization of Endowment Fund and operational matters in the meeting. Besides this, the legal issues of the Endowment Fund were also discussed in detail.
Additional Secretary Sports Farhan Farooq, Director Sports Yasmeen Akhtar, Pakistan Wrestling Federation Vice President Arshad Sattar, Tayyab Sohail of Punjab Badminton Association and other officials participated in the meeting.
Addressing the meeting, Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal said that the Endowment Fund has been established for the welfare of sportspersons. “This fund will help a lot in tracing fresh talented athletes from all divisions of the Punjab province,” he added.
Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal said that the amount of Sports Endowment Fund will be spent on the top level training and camping of leading athletes of the province. “Sports Endowment Fund has great significance for the promotion of sports culture among the younger generation of the province”.
Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal further said that several highly talented players came to the fore during the recently held Pink Games, Summer Sports Games. “A committee of experts is working on the selection of talented players for the distribution of Endowment Fund among them. The sports skills of the young talented players will be further nurtured through the proper utilization of amount of Sports Endowment Fund,” he informed.