Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Muzaffar Khan Sial has chaired an important meeting at the Punjab Stadium on Tuesday to review progress on U-16 Talent Hunt Programme, Sports Endowment Fund and major sports events of 2024-25. Besides this, the ongoing and new sports development schemes of ADP 2025-26 were also reviewed in the meeting.
Additional Secretary Sports Mian Usman Ali, Director Sports Rana Nadeem Anjum, Director Admin Abid Shaukat, Project Director PMU Qaiser Raza, Sports Consultant Hafeez Bhatti and other officials participated in the meeting.
Addressing the meeting, Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Muzaffar Khan Sial said that Punjab Sports department is taking essential measures for the promotion of sports culture across the province. He said that Punjab Sports Endowment Fund is definitely a revolutionary measure of Punjab Sports Department and dozens of male and female athletes are benefiting from this great initiative.
Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Muzaffar Khan Sial said that U-16 Talent Hunt Programme is a major initiative of Punjab Sports Department through which several talented athletes will be identified. “This programme will be conducted at tehsil, district and divisional level and top performing athletes will be included Punjab Sports Endowment Fund”.