Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Fazlur Rehman has presided over an important meeting regarding sports development schemes at the Punjab Stadium on Friday.
The under construction sports development schemes of all the divisions were reviewed in detail in the meeting. Secretary Sports Punjab Fazlur Rehman also took a progress report from the sports officers of North, South and Central Punjab.
Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi, Additional Secretary Sports Shabbir Hussain Cheema, Deputy Director Planning Mirza Nadeem and PMU officers participated in the meeting.
Addressing the meeting, Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Fazlur Rehman said that construction work on 184 sports development schemes is under way across the Punjab province. “Construction work is in progress on 69 schemes in Central Punjab, 45 in South Punjab and 59 in North Punjab.
Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Fazlur Rehman directed the officials concerned to complete the under-construction sports schemes as soon as possible. “There will be no compromise on the quality of material, construction work and Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) rules”.
Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Fazlur Rehman said that the construction work of all sports development schemes is being monitored regularly. “I will check the further progress in the next meeting. All the obstacles in the sports schemes should be removed immediately.”
Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Fazlur Rehman also appreciated the work of the sports officers, who showed sufficient progress in their work. “The 70% funds were utilized until the last meeting and now this ratio has reached to 75% which is quite encouraging”.
Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Fazlur Rehman said that sports complexes are being constructed in all the divisions of Punjab. “Promotion of sports culture across all divisions the Punjab province is prime obligation of Punjab Sports Department”
