Work For Promotion Of Sports In KP A Guide To Boost Sports In Pakistan: DG PSB

PESHAWAR, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 28th Feb, 2017 ) : DG PSB Dr. Akhtar Nawaz Ganjera termed work so far done in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the promotion of sports is symbolic and certainly a guide line for boosting Pakistani Sports.

He said this while addressing at the concluding session of the day long National Sports Conference organized by Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) under the directives given by Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif.

Besides him, Minister Sports KP Mehmood Khan, Deputy Secretary Sport Adil Saeed Safi, former World No. 2 Mohib Ullah Khan, former international athlete Habib Shah, Dr. Salahuddin, Chairman Department of Sports Sciences Gomal University, DG Sports Miss Rashida Ghaznavi, Director Operation Tariq Mehmood, Director Sports FATA Muhammad Nawaz, Director Sports Higher education KP Scholar Abdur Rashid Anwar, sports sciences students of Gomal University, Sarhad University, Abdul Wali Khan University, office-bears of the Sports Associations were also present.

Dr. Akhtar Nawaz Ganjera said that similarly as desired by the Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif National Sports Conference would be organized in all four provinces Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and like in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to gather recommendations, suggestions and point of valuable point of views of the sports scholars, sports media persons, sports technocrats and those international heroes who serviced the country in one way or the others for up boosting Pakistani sports.

He appreciated the way government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa initiated various steps right from the Union Council, Tehsil, District, Provincial and National level by reaching at the door steps of the youth living in far flung areas.

He also appreciated Deputy Secretary Sports Adil Saeed Safi for giving a comprehensive policy and other steps taken for the promotion of sports in the province. Dr. Akhtar Nawaz Ganjera in a question replied that office-bearers of the Provincial Olympic Associations either in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir or Gilgit-Baltistan would be taken on board to prepare a comprehensive strategy only to boost Pakistani sports besides ensure thoroughly implementation of national sports policy.

Minister Sports KP Mehmood Khan said that the govt has initiated first step to ensure provision of maximum playing fields to the youth and for this purpose more than 38 grounds have been ready and have been utilized in the ongoing Under-23 Games.

He said as promised by legendary Imran Khan 76 grounds would be ready for playing purposes till December this year. He also underlined the need for a durable solution of the ongoing war between two groups of KP Olympic.

The POA and PSB should come up and address the issue which badly damaged the ongoing developmental process of sports in KP in particular and in the country in general. He said unless and until politics in sports could not be address, sports cannot progress in Pakistan.

'Who will come up the PSB or the POA to stop that war in sports,' the Minister questioned. He also lauded PSB for sensing their responsibility of holding the national sports conference only to think the downfall of sports and should form a strategy for its revival.

�The Govt of KP is ready to stand with PSB for the noble cause of the revival of sports in Pakistan, he concluded. Director Sports FATA Muhammad Nawaz, President FATA Olympic Association Shahid Khan Shinwari, Abdur Rashid Anwar also spoke on this occasion and presented a detail report on the working of the Directorate of Sports FATA.

There were very hot debates about not allocation of sports funds to the sports associations in FATA. The youth of FATA badly suffered due to insurgency and militancy need due attention on the part of PSB and Directorate of Sports, Shahid informed the gathering.

He said the FATA youth are lacking sports goods so he urged upon PSB to look into the matter and ensure proper sports goods to the youth of FATA. Earlier, there were five groups of 20 participants each groups who put in their joint recommendations after two-hour long session which later on summed up by Dr.

Salahuddin. Dr. Akhtar Nawaz Ganjera said these recommendations along with recommendations from other provinces would be presented in grant Conference to be organized in Islamabad in March this year.