Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar inaugurated the 40-day Summer Sports Camps 2024 at a grand opening ceremony at state-of-the-art Punjab International Swimming Complex on Wednesday.
Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal, Sports Coordinator Malik Anoosh Khokhar, Director Admin M Kaleem, Director Sports Yasmeen Akhtar, Deputy Director Zahoor Ahmed, Deputy Director Ataur Rehman, Chief Sports Consultant Hafeez Bhatti and a large number of young camp probables and their parents and their parents were also present on this occasion.
Talking to media on this occasion, Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar said that Summer Sports Camps have started today across the Punjab province in which more than 1,200 male and female children are participating. “The participating children will be trained in more than 16 games including archery, badminton, cricket, football, gymnastics, athletics, hockey, karate, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis and yoga in the Summer Sports Camp”.
Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar said that more than 400 children have been registered in the swimming alone. “A team of experts will monitor the performance of all participants and select the talented players for further grooming purely on the basis of their performance”.
Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar expressed his hope that several of these children will be medal winners at national and international sports events in the future. “My own children are also getting training in this summer sports camp”.
He said that top performing female athletes of recently held Pink Games are being given monthly stipends. “Punjab Sports Department is taking effective steps for the development of sports across the performance. Through these steps, we are preparing a nursery of talented players in every sport,” he added.
Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar further said that all the participating athletes will be given participation certificates. “We will continue to organize such events in the future under the vision of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz”.