Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry has directed the officials concerned to conduct trials of all Punjab teams on merit for participation in first National Youth Games scheduled to be staged at Islamabad from September 6 to 13.
Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry issued these directions while presiding over an important meeting of Punjab Sports Associations to review the preparations of first National Youth Games at the National Hockey Stadium on Tuesday.
The representatives of 17 provincial sports associations including Idris Haider Khawaja (Punjab Olympic Association), Waqar Ahmed (PbOA), Haroon Saeed (hockey), Irfanullah Khan (table tennis), Arshad Sattar (wrestling), Khalid Bashir (basketball), Tayyab Sohail (badminton), Aqeel Javed Butt (weightlifting), Atif Bhatti (swimming) and other officials participated in the meeting.
Director Sports Rana Nadeem Anjum, Deputy Director Chand Parveen and Chief Sports Consultant Hafeez Bhatti were also present in the meeting.
The preparations for the first National Youth Games were reviewed in detail during the meeting. The representatives of all sports associations also presented reports about the trials of their respective associations in the meeting.
Addressing the meeting, Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry said that the training camps of Punjab’s all teams for the preparation of first National Youth Games will start from August 22. “The Punjab contingent will leave for National Youth Games with full preparation on September 5”.
Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry said that the best players are being selected for the first edition of National Youth Games. “Like Inter-Provincial Quaid-e-Azam Games, Punjab will also take first position in the first National Youth Games”.
