LAHORE:Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar has presided over a meeting to review the preparations of the CM Punjab Youth Games at the National Hockey Stadium here on Monday.
He directed the officials concerned to make comprehensive preparations to ensure the successful conduct of CM Punjab Youth Games. He described CM Punjab Youth Games as the biggest sports event in the history of Punjab. “There has never been such a large-scale sports event in Punjab’s history”.
He said the Chief Minister Punjab Youth Games were being organised in collaboration with several provincial institutions. “The CM Punjab Youth Games would provide an opportunity for new talent to emerge from the grassroots level”.
Punjab Minister for Sports was given detailed briefings on the CM Punjab Youth Games, Pak-China Friendship Games and the Maryam Nawaz Sports City.Addressing the meeting, he said CM Punjab Youth Games would feature competitions at multiple levels, including madrasas, special persons, union councils, tehsils, districts, divisions and the provincial level. This mega event would help identify and develop thousands of new athletes from the grassroots level.
He said the registration for the Chief Minister Punjab Youth Games would continue until September 25 while 19 sports events would be organised at the university level as part of these games”.
Vice Chairman Sports Board Punjab Salman Malik, Director General Sports Punjab Tariq Qureshi and other officials attended the meeting. The meeting also reviewed arrangements for the Pak-China Friendship Games and the Maryam Nawaz Sports City project.
