Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry has announced the formation of different administrative committees for smooth organization of training camps for upcoming First National Youth Games. He made this announcement while presiding over an important meeting at the National Hockey Stadium here on Monday.
Director Sports Rana Nadeem Anjum, Director Admin Abid Shaukat, Divisional Sports Officer Lahore Tanveer Abbas, Deputy Director Tariq Khanzada, Chand Parveen, Yasmeen Akhtar, Chief Sports Consultant Hafeez Bhatti and all administrators of Nishtar Park Sports Complex attend the meeting which was convened to review the preparations of First National Youth Games.
Addressing the meeting, Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry said that several administrative committees including Accommodation Committee, Venues Committee, Mess Committee and Medical Management Committee have been constituted for First National Youth Games scheduled to be staged at Islamabad from Sept 7 to 13, 2025.
Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry said that top standard preparations are being made for the first National Youth Games. “The training camps of 400 selected male and female players will start from August 22 at various venues of Nishtar Park Sports Complex”.
Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry said that qualified and expert coaches of Sports Board Punjab will impart best training to all athletes selected to represent Punjab in the mega national sports event. “Like Inter-Provincial Quaid-e-Azam Games, Punjab contingent will claim first position in the maiden National Youth Games”.
Meanwhile, the hockey (women) and judo (men & women) trials for the selection of Punjab teams for participation in First National Youth Games were conducted under the auspices of Punjab Sports Department at the National Hockey Stadium and Elite Training Centre respectively on Monday.
The hockey selection committee including Director Sports Rana Nadeem Anjum, Deputy Director Chand Perveen and Rahat Khan conducted the trials. More than 50 female players appeared in the hockey trials while the judo trials witnessed the participation of more than 100 male and female players.