Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal has directed the sports officers to make the fully constructed sports complexes functional immediately. He issued these directions while presiding over an important meeting at National Hockey Stadium on Monday.
The meeting was convened to review the handing/taking over procedure of fully constructed sports complexes across the province.
Deputy Director Planning Tariq Khanzada, Assistant Director Mubasher Shaheen, SBP Administrator National Hockey Stadium Sufi Abdus Sattar Masoomi and officers of Project Management Unit (PMU) attended the meeting in person while the district sports officers from eight districts including Lahore, Chiniot, Nankana Sahib, Sheikhupura, Jhang, Multan and other cities participated in the meeting through video link.
Addressing the meeting, Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal said that Sports Board Punjab (SBP) is taking effective steps for the development of sports culture under the vision of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz. “Recently, we organised several top class sports events including First CM Pink Games, Summer Sports Games besides holding Summer Camps in all divisions of the province”.
Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal directed the relevant sports officers to start sports activities immediately at the sports facilities which have been completed in the province. “New sports complexes are also being built in the areas of the province where there are no sports facilities,” he added.