Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal presided over an important meeting to review sports development schemes under Punjab Chief Minister’s ‘Khailta Punjab’ Programme at National Hockey Stadium on Thursday.
The agendas of SBP Summer Sports Camps in all divisions and Talent Hunt Drive were also discussed in detail in the meeting.
Director Admin M Kaleem, Director Sports Yasmeen Akhter, Director Youth Affairs Rana Nadeem Anjum, Project Director PMU Qaiser Raza, all Divisional and District Sports Officers were also present in the meeting.
Addressing the meeting, Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal said that under the vision of Punjab Chief Minister, work is underway on new sports development schemes across the Punjab province. “New sports complexes and other state-of-the-art sports facilities will be built under ‘Khailta Punjab’ programme,” he added.
Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal further said that Summer Sports Camps are in progress in all divisions of the province. “Sports officers should bring more children to the grounds and involve them in healthy activities. “Our aim is to promote sports culture among the young generation”.
Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal directed all the Divisional and District Sports Officers to raise the number of school going children in the Summer Sports Camps.