Punjab Youth Affairs and Sports Department’s 3-week Capacity Building Programme concluded with a certificate distribution at the Institute of Sports Sciences Punjab (ISSP) on Thursday.
Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Muhammad Ali and Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi were the guests of honour on this occasion. They distributed certificates and shields to all the participants of the course.
Director Admin Abid Shaukat, Director Sports Chand Perveen, Deputy Director Zahoor Ahmed, Deputy Director Shaista Qaiser, Dr Asad Abbas Shah, Project Director Dr Ijaz Asghar, Dr Junaid Sarfraz, Dr Iftikhar, Project Coordinator Dr Moazzam Tanveer and other officials were also present on this occasion.
The three-week high-profile Capacity Building Programme was organised with the collaboration of Health Services Academy (HSA), Islamabad on the directions of Punjab Minister for Sports Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar for imparting modern training to sports officers, coaches, administrators and athletes regarding sports administration, coaching and physical education.
Addressing the closing ceremony, Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Muhammad Ali said that a total of 40 sports officers and coaches of Punjab were trained by master trainers for three weeks during the Capacity Building Programme. “Now it is up to sports officers and coaches to implement the training they received during the high profile training course in their respective capacities”.
Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Ali thanked senior medical officers of Health Services Academy (HSA), Islamabad for imparting free of cost modern training to Punjab’s sports officers, coaches and athletes. He also appreciated the dedication and discipline of all participants during the course.
Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Muhammad Ali further informed that Punjab’s first Sports Medicine Clinic is being started in near future. “The mega initiative of Sports Medicine Clinic is the brainchild of Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi”.
Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Ali said that Punjab Sports Department is also going to establish Pakistan's first University of Sports Sciences which will prove to be a breakthrough project in the history of the country. “Punjab Sports Department is taking all essential measures for player development across the province”.
Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Muhammad Ali said that Punjab Sports Department has 717 sports facilities across the province and they can be used as functioning labs to assess the fitness status of our athletes. Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Muhammad Ali said that Olympian Arshad Nadeem is a true role model of young generation. “The prime objective of Capacity Building Programme is to equip our coaches and sports officers with modern sports knowledge and techniques so that they can produce more Arshad Nadeems in future”.
In his address, Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi said that it is the responsibility of sports officers to transform their knowledge and expertise to young athletes in their respective areas. “The medical experts of Health Services Academy (HSA) delivered lectures on 49 topics during the 3-week training course”.
Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi said that this course will help a lot in making our athletes mentally and physically strong. “Punjab Sports Department will continue to organize this kind of informative programme in future as well”.
Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Muhammad Ali and Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi and other dignitaries exchanged souvenirs at the end of ceremony. Dr Asad Abbas Shah, Dr Ijaz Asghar, Dr Junaid Sarfraz, senior athletics coach M Ijaz and Assistant Director Mubasher Shaheen also addressed the ceremony and shared their experiences.