Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi has presided over an important meeting at the National Hockey Stadium on Friday to discuss several significant matters of the CM Punjab Youth Games.
Director Admin Abid Shaukat, Deputy Director Zahoor Ahmed and the representatives of the School Education, Higher Education, Home, Local Government, Labour, Social Welfare and Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) departments attended the meeting in person while all divisional and district sports officers of Punjab participated in the meeting online.
The arrangements for registration and other administrative matters relating to the CM Punjab Youth Games were reviewed in the meeting. The officials also discussed issues being faced during the registration process and took necessary measures to resolve them. A special documentary explaining the procedure for players' registration was also shown during the meeting.
Addressing the meeting, Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi said that the registration for the CM Punjab Youth Games would continue until November 5. “The competitions of CM Punjab Youth Games would be organised from the union council level to the provincial level”.
Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi said that the students and young athletes from madrassas, special schools and educational institutions ranging from primary schools to universities would be eligible to participate in the games. “Children who were not enrolled in any school, college or university would also be given an opportunity to compete in the open category,” he added.
Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi said that the inter-divisional finals of the CM Punjab Youth Games would be held in Lahore in January. “More than five million players are expected to take part in the CM Punjab Youth Games, making it a major platform for young athletes across the province”.