Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal has presided over an important meeting all Divisional and District Sports Officers of the province to review registration process of Khelta Punjab Games at National Hockey Stadium on Friday.
Director Admin Dr M Kaleem, Director Sports Yasmeen Akhtar, Director Youth Affairs Rana Nadeem Anjum and Deputy Director Ata ur Rehman attended the meeting in person while all Divisional and District Sports Officers of the province participated in the meeting through video link.
Addressing the meeting, Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal directed the Divisional and District Sports Officers to accelerate the registration process of Khelta Punjab Games in their respective areas. “The Khelta Punjab Games will be the biggest ever sports event of the history and accordingly we need to make stringent measures to make these games successful”.
Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal said that all the Divisional and District Sports Officers should register top performing clubs so that the sports enthusiasts could enjoy thrilling competitions during the mega event. “More and more sports clubs should be registered in Khelta Punjab Games,” he added.
Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal further said that Khelta Punjab Games will play a significant role in the promotion of sports culture among the younger generation of the province. “Besides this, we are quite upbeat that fresh talent will emerge from this mega event,” he elaborated.
Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal said it will be for the first time in the history of Punjab, that prizes of ten crore rupees will be distributed among the top performing participating players. He urged the sports clubs and players to get their registration on time. “Khelta Punjab Games competitions will be held at district, division and provincial level across the province”.