Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar said that the provincial sports associations will be involved in the player selection process for the National Games. The trials for the selection of players will be conducted on merit under the supervision of qualified coaches.
Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar said this while presiding over an important meeting to review the preparations of 35th National Games at National Hockey Stadium here on Friday.
Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Muzaffar Khan Sial, Director General Sports Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry, Director Admin Dr M Kaleem, Director Sports Rana Nadeem Anjum, Project Director PMU Qaiser Raza, Director Youth Affairs Syed Umair Hassan and other officials participated in the meeting.
Director General Sports Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry briefed the meeting in detail regarding the preparation of the National Games.
Addressing the meeting, Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar said that Punjab athletes will offer best performance in the 35th National Games which are scheduled to be held at Karachi. He directed the provincial coaches to visit different cities of the province to select the best players for the mega event. He said that the training camps of Punjab teams will be conducted after Eid ul Fitr.
Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar expressed his hope that the members of Punjab contingent will demonstrate excellent performance in the National Games and in this regard the task of best performance has been assigned to all provincial coaches. “The top level training of players under the supervision of qualified trainers is essential for the satisfactory results in the National Games”.
Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar further said that Punjab Sports Department is working effectively on the generation of revenue for the development of sports culture across the province. The meeting also decided to build shops, markets and food streets in several cities including Punjab Stadium Lahore, Gujranwala, Faisalabad and Multan.