LAHORE: Punjab Sports Department achieved sufficient success in various sports events during the past 12 months’ period. Literally, the calendar year 2025 has turned out to be very productive for Punjab Sports Department in many ways and brought ample accomplishment on multiple fronts.
During this period, Punjab Sports Department took exceptional measures for the promotion of sports and spreading network of modern sports facilities including sports complexes, stadiums and grounds etc across the province.
DG Sports Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry said Sports Endowment Fund has great significance in the mission of producing international standard sports stars and in a bid to encourage the top performers in the recently concluded 35th National Games, Punjab Sports Department has decided to enroll them in the Punjab Sports Endowment Fund for monthly scholarships.
It is pertinent to mention here that the number of athletes, who are receiving monthly scholarships under Sports Endowment Fund, has exceeded 100 at the end of calendar year 2025.
“Sports endowment fund offers long-term financial and professional support that can significantly benefit an athlete throughout and beyond their competitive career. One major advantage is financial stability. Endowment funds provide scholarships, stipends, or grants that help cover training costs, equipment, travel, nutrition, and education, reducing the financial pressure that often distracts athletes from performance”.
Showing exceptional performance, Punjab Sports Department capped the calendar year 2025 with a historic success in the 35th National Games at Karachi in which Punjab contingent grabbed 126 medals including 16 gold medals, 38 silver and 72 bronze medals.
Punjab contingent, under the supervision of DG Sports Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry, secured first position among all provinces and left many top departments including HEC, PAF, Police and Railways behind in the medals race after a long gap of 37 years.
After successful completion of National Games, Sports Board Punjab has announced hefty cash prizes for Punjab’s medal winners. The gold medal winning athletes will be awarded a cash prize of Rs5 lakh each. Rs3 lakh each will be awarded to silver medalists while Rs2 lakh each will be given to bronze medalist athletes.
The gold medal winners in the team event will be awarded a cash prize of Rs8 lakh while silver and bronze medal winners in the team event will pocket cash prize of Rs5 lakh and Rs3 lakh respectively.
Expressing their gratitude, Punjab’s gold medal winning athletes said that Punjab Sports Department’s true professional training and top class facilities during 12-day training camp and keen involvement of Punjab Minister for Sports Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar and DG Sports Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry played a key role in Punjab contingent’s magnificent medal-winning performance in the National Games. They said that DG Sports Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry personally visited all competition venues to boost morale and confidence of Punjab athletes throughout the National Games.
