Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Pervez Iqbal has presided over an important meeting regarding Lahore Youth Festival 2024 at National Hockey Stadium on Thursday.
The key meeting was attended by Additional Secretary Higher Education, Directors Sports from 25 Universities, Director Sports Yasmeen Akhtar, Chief Sports Consultant Hafeez Bhatti and other officials. The sports events of Lahore Youth Festival to be organized under the auspices of Sports Board Punjab were reviewed thoroughly in the meeting.
The sports trials of Lahore Youth Festival games will be held at Punjab Stadium. The players selected in the trials will participate in the final sports competitions at the Fortress Stadium.
Addressing the meeting, Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Pervez Iqbal said that Lahore Youth Festival is a good initiative and Chief Secretary Punjab has issued instructions regarding the organization of Lahore Youth Festival.
He said that the arrangements of logo tour of Lahore Youth Festival have been finalized. “Logo float of Lahore Youth Festival will start its journey from Monday under the supervision of Sports Board Punjab and visit different educational institutions of Lahore,” he informed.
Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Pervez Iqbal said that Sports Board Punjab will provide all possible support for the successful organization of Lahore Youth Festival in the light of the directives of Chief Secretary Punjab. “In this regard, all necessary instructions have been issued to all concerned officers”.
The competitions of marathon, fun race, cycling, athletics (100m, 200m and 400m, discus throw, javelin throw, shot putt, long jump and high jump), tug-of-war and gymnastics will be conducted during Lahore Youth Festival 2024.
The logo of the Lahore Youth Festival will travel to dozens of colleges and universities of the provincial capital during its 9-day tour starting from Oct 7, Monday.
The tour will start from Govt College University (GCU) on the morning of October 7 while University of Management and Technology (UMT) will be the last stopover of logo of the Lahore Youth Festival on Oct 16, 2024.