LAHORE:In a major initiative aimed at giving young people a direct role in sports policy-making, university students have been included in the Sports Board Punjab (SBP) Advisory Board for the first time in the country’s history.
In this regard, Punjab Minister for Sports Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar presided over the first introductory meeting of the SBP Advisory Board at the National Hockey Stadium on Friday.DG Sports Punjab M Tariq Qureshi, Deputy Director Zahoor Ahmed and a number of male and female students from leading universities attended the meeting.
Addressing the participants, Faisal Khokhar said the youth were the future of Pakistan and their meaningful participation in decisions concerning sports was essential. He said the first meeting of the SBP Advisory Board was not merely an introductory session, but marked the beginning of a new era in which young people would have a direct role in shaping the future of sports in Punjab.
