Advisor to the Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) Committee Rana Sanaullah inaugurated the Inter-Provincial Quaid-e-Azam Games at Islamabad on Saturday.
Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar, Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Muzaffar Khan Sial, Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry attended the grand inaugural ceremony.
The 374-member contingent of Punjab marched past under the leadership of DG Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry.
As many as 2,100 athletes from all provinces of the country, including Islamabad, Gilgit Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir are participating in the Inter-Provincial Quaid-e-Azam Games to be organized till December 19.
Director General Sports Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry greets Punjab athletes for exhibiting extraordinary performance on the first day of Quaid-e-Azam Games
LAHORE (December 14, 2024): Punjab's male and female swimmers launched the Inter-Provincial Quaid-e-Azam Games at Islamabad in style winning 13 gold medals, 15 silver and four bronze medals on Saturday.
Besides this, other teams of Punjab contingent also scripted convincing victories against their opponents in the mega event.
As per details, Punjab swimmers won 5 gold medals, 8 silver and three bronze medals in the women swimming competition. On the other side, Punjab male swimmers bagged 8 gold, 7 silver and one bronze medal on the opening day.
In women's hockey, Punjab defeated Sindh by a huge margin of 14-0 in a league match while in girls football, Punjab team defeated Islamabad by 1-0 after a tough match. In girls volleyball event, Punjab defeated Gilgit Baltistan by 3-1. After this victory, the Punjab girls volleyball team has qualified for the semi-finals.
In squash, Punjab's Fajr, Aisha and Tayyba defeated the Balochistan team by 3-0 margin while Punjab's Asher defeated Waqar of Balochistan by 3-0 in boys squash match.
Director General Sports Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry congratulated the Punjab athletes for exhibiting extraordinary performance on the first day of Inter-Provincial Quaid-e-Azam Games.
DG Sports Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry watched the swimming, hockey, football, volleyball, squash competitions and appreciated the performance of the players and encouraged them.
Talking on this occasion, he said that the players of Punjab are showing the best game in the Inter-Provincial Quaid-e-Azam Games. " Punjab is on the top of points table on the first day which is quite encouraging".