Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Fazlur Rehman has chaired an important meeting at the Punjab Stadium on Friday in which he was briefed about major features and functions of Punjab Sports Department and Sports Board Punjab.
Director General Sports Punjab Mohammad Tariq Qureshi, Additional Secretary Sports Shabbir Hussain Cheema, Director Admin Abid Shaukat, Director Sports Chand Perveen, Deputy Director Zahoor Ahmed and other officials were also present in the meeting.
Secretary Sports Punjab reviewed Sports Board Punjab’s Annual Sports Calendar in the meeting in which Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi gave a detailed briefing about the multiple features and achievements of Sports Board Punjab. The strategy for outsourcing 100 sports complexes under public-private partnership was also decided in the meeting.
Addressing the meeting, Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Fazlur Rehman said that the Punjab contingent will grab top position in the next edition of National Games. “Athletics competitions will be held in all tehsils, districts and divisions of Punjab province in the ongoing month”.
Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Fazlur Rehman informed that Khelta Punjab Pakistan-China Friendship Summer Games will be held in May. “Pak-China Friendship Games will be conducted in a befitting manner. Not only this but the Elite Training Center of Nishtar Park Sports Complex is being renamed as Pak-China Friendship Center”.
Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Fazlur Rehman further said that key reforms will be introduced in Sports Board Punjab to improve its working and enhance its achievements. “Promotion of sports is our mission and in this regard 41 padel tennis courts are also being built across the Punjab province”.
Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Fazlur Rehman said that all the sports facilities of Punjab have been made online and now the citizens can get all relevant information about all the facilities of Punjab Sports Department from their homes.