Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Fazlur Rehman has presided over an important meeting regarding Sports Endowment Fund at the Punjab Stadium on Monday. During the meeting, the approval was granted to award Sports Endowment Fund scholarships to 243 new athletes for a period of one year.
The meeting was attended by Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi, Director Admin Abid Shaukat, Director Sports Chand Perveen, Director Youth Affairs M Fahad, Deputy Director Zahoor Ahmed and senior officials from the Sports, Finance and Pension Fund departments.
Addressing the meeting, Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Fazlur Rehman said that a total of 313 athletes are currently receiving scholarships through the Punjab Sports Endowment Fund. He announced that the scholarship amounts will be increased from July to provide greater financial assistance to deserving sportspersons.
Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Fazlur Rehman said that under the revised structure, the athletes in the Platinum category will receive Rs 100,000 per month, Rs 75,000 will be awarded in the Gold category, the athletes in Silver category will pocket Rs 50,000 scholarship per month, whereas Rs 30,000 will be awarded to athletes in Emerging category.
Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Fazlur Rehman further stated that the winners of the National Games and players representing Grade-II cricket teams will also be awarded scholarships for one year under the Sports Endowment Fund. “The scholarship recipient athletes will be issued special bank cards so that they can get their scholarship conveniently”.
Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Fazlur Rehman said that the Punjab Sports Endowment Fund is a welfare initiative designed to support young athletes and help them continue their sporting careers without financial constraints. “Youth Affairs and Sports Department is committed to expanding the Sports Endowment Fund to discover and nurture emerging talent across the province”.