Sports Board Punjab, on the direction of Punjab Minister for Sports Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar, organized the Marka-e-Haq Cycling event at Central Business District (CBD), Main Boulevard Road on Friday night in which hundreds of boys, girls, men, women and children participated with great passion.
Sports Board Punjab (SBP) Vice Chairman Salman Malik and Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi were the guests of honour on this occasion. Director Sports Chand Perveen, Deputy Director Zahoor Ahmed, Chief Sports Consultant Hafeez Bhatti and other officials were also present on this occasion.
It may be noted here that Sports Board Punjab is organizing different sports competitions under the title of ‘Marka-e-Haq Games 2026’ to commemorate Pakistan’s historic victory in last year’s Operation ‘Bunyan-um-Marsoos’ against arch rivals India. The Marka-e-Haq Cycling event started from Central Business District (CBD), Main Boulevard Road and concluded at the same point after covering the specified distance.
SBP Vice Chairman Salman Malik and Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi inaugurated the cycle race in the presence of hundreds of sports enthusiasts. Cyclists and sports lovers shouted Pakistan Zindabad and Pakistan Army Zindabad slogans and waved national flags. DG Sports Punjab also distributed national flags among the cyclists.
While talking to media, SBP Vice Chairman Salman Malik said that the outright success in the Marka-e-Haq mission against arch-rival India is definitely a proud moment for the entire nation and this great occasion deserved to be celebrated in an appropriate manner. “The entire nation and our armed forces turned out to be a leaden wall to protect the country in this critical time”.
In his media talk, Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi said that the aim of these sports events is to pay rich tribute to the Pakistan Army. “The great occasion of Marka-e-Haq is being celebrated in a grand manner by Sports Board Punjab to express solidarity with our brave armed forces”.
Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi said that hockey and karate were organized quite successfully in the past two days and today we are organizing mega cycle race. “Marka-e-Haq Games will conclude with a mega event of Sher-e-Lahore Dangal at the Punjab Stadium on May 9 (Saturday)”.
Later, Vice Chairman Sports Board Punjab Salman Malik and DG Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq also had group photos with the winning cyclists.