Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Muzaffar Khan Sial has presided over an important meeting of Departmental Development Sub-committees (DDSC) and Sports Endowment Fund Punjab at Punjab Stadium on Friday.
Several important decisions regarding Sports Development Schemes and Sports Endowment Fund were made during the meeting.
Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry, Additional Secretary Mian Usman Ali, Director Admin Abid Shaukat, Director Sports Rana Nadeem Anjum, Project Director PMU Qaiser Raza and officers from P&D and Finance Department participated in the meeting. Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry gave detailed briefing in the meeting.
Addressing the meeting, Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Muzaffar Khan Sial said that 47 best players of Punjab are being included in the Sports Endowment Fund. “Sports Endowment Funds were approved for 11 volleyball players, 9 hockey players, 7 swimming, 4 kabaddi, table tennis and weightlifting players each, 3 wrestling, 2 athletics and one player each of squash, karate and powerfighting games”.
Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Muzaffar Khan Sial said that overall 106 players are being given scholarships from Rs 2 billion Sports Endowment Fund. “Top performing players are being given scholarships of Rs 70,000, Rs 50,000 and Rs 30,000 in three categories of Platinum, Gold and Silver”.
Three sports development schemes including Multipurpose Sports Complex at Basheen, Wagah Town, two sports complexes in District Jhang including Haveli Bahadur Shah in tehsil Shorkot and Malkana in tehsil 18-Hazari were also approved in the meeting.