Punjab set to launch Athlete Card

LAHORE:CM Punjab Athlete Card would be issued soon and now the payments from the Punjab Sports Endowment Fund would now be disbursed to athletes through these cards. 

Secretary Sports Punjab Fazal-ur-Rehman shared this information while chairing a meeting on the issuance of CM Punjab Athlete Card at the Punjab Stadium on Wednesday.

DG Sports Punjab Tariq Qureshi, Additional Secretary Sports Shabbir Hussain Cheema, Director Admin AbidShaukat, Director Youth Affairs M Fahad, BoP Head of Marketing Asad Zia, Head of Digital Cards M Adnan and other senior officials also attended the important meeting.

The officials of the BoP briefed the meeting regarding various aspects of the CM Punjab Athlete Card and its digital payment mechanism. Addressing the meeting, Secretary Sports Punjab said that more than 300 athletes are being issued the cards initially. He said the CM Punjab Athlete Cards are being issued to the top-performing athletes in different sports including kabbadi, tennis and hockey.