Making a major announcement, Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar has said that the padel games will be made accessible for common man. “The padel courts constructed in Lahore, Sialkot and Multan will soon be available to the common citizens”.
He made this announcement while presiding over an important meeting of the Punjab Sports Department at the National Hockey Stadium on Monday.
Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Muzaffar Khan Sial, Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry, Vice Chairman Malik Sulaiman, Additional Secretary Sports Mian Usman Ali, Director Sports Rana Nadeem Anjum, Director Admin Abid Shaukat, Deputy Director Mirza Nadeem and M Farhan from PMU participated in the meeting. The Annual Development Schemes 2025-26 were reviewed in detail in the meeting.
Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar was also briefed on the preparations and arrangements for the upcoming National Games.
Addressing the meeting, Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar said that an emergency will be imposed for the development of hockey and hockey turfs will be laid in the districts of Punjab where this facility is missing.
Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar further said that development work is in progress on 88 sports schemes out of 184 schemes in Punjab. He directed to conduct strict monitoring for transparent completion of development sports schemes. “The construction work on world class squash complex should also be completed as early as possible”.
Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar also issued instructions to make complete preparations for the excellent performance of Punjab contingent in the National Games. “It is the top priority of the government to promote hockey in every district of the province”.
He said that the promotion of sports culture among the youth played a key role in forming a healthy society. “Bringing the youth to the sports fields is the first priority of Punjab Sports Department”.
During briefing, Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Muzaffar Khan Sial said that the training camps of Punjab teams will be conducted at different cities of the province from November 24 to December 3.
Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry briefed the meeting that best players of province are being selected for the National Games. “The 35th edition of National Games will be organised at Karachi from December 6 to 13,” he added.