Pak istan Hockey Federation delegation calls on DG SBP

A high-profile delegation of Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) called on Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi here at his office at National Hockey Stadium on Monday

Hockey’s talent hunt programme at various educational institutions of the province and promotion of hockey at grassroots level were discussed in detail during the meeting

PHF Chief Selector former Olympian Kaleemullah Khan, Member Executive Board former Olympian Nasir Ali PHF Secretary Haider Hussain Associate Secretary Zahid Shah and Legal Adviser Ali Ashfaq were the part of of the PHF delegation

Speaking on the occasion DG SBP said that Sports

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The Second Winter Sports Tourism Conference concluded here as the stakeholders including Federal, Provincial, Regional Governments and actors from sports tourism industry attended this Conference online and with physical presence as well The purpose of this Conference was to highlight the importance of winter sports tourism among the masses and to allure service providers to improve the service quality for such tourists Mr Abu Zafar Sadiq, President Alpine Club of Pakistan introduced the concept of sports tourism He after taken into account brief historical development reflecting the introduction of National Snow Hikes a decade ago by Alpine Club of Pakistan appreciated the role of Winter Sports Federation He stressed the need to build synergies among the stakeholders and strategies for long term sustainability and attract for foreign tourists in winter The representatives of PTDC Mr Mukhtar Rana, PSB Mr Shahid Islam and Aqib Awan AJK Sports Departments highlighted their role for promotion and development of winter sports tourism in the country Dr Prof Salahuddin from MY University stressing the need of engaging youth in healthy activities like Winter Sports Tourism argued that it is the only source to channelise the potentioal of youth towards healthy society and keep them away from drugs intolerance, gadgets etc AVM R Ijaz Malik stressed the need to be more systematic and quality conscious while developing winter tourism products He also invited attention of the participants towards environment care of the winter tourism areas The national and international athletes from Alpine Club of Pakistan winter Sports Federation, Bikers Association also expressed their concern about lack of support for their development by the Government departments These included M Javed Ali, Kasrat Rai, International Walker/Hiker, Saqib Rehman, Naila Kiyani, Fazal Wadood, Mian Salim Shah, Nabila etc

Board Punjab will utilize all of its resources for tracing fresh talented hockey players from across the province under its Talent Hunt Programme

“We can find numerous potential youngsters from our schools and colleges through our Talent Hunt Programme he added Muhammad Tariq Qureshi further said that hockey is our national game and its revival is among top priorities for us Sports Board Punjab is fully cooperating with PHF for the revival of hockey which happened to be Pakistan’s national game We will continue to provide every possible assistance to our national game in future as well,” he added

He further said that Olympian Kaleemullah Khan and Olympian Nasir Ali are world acclaimed stars of hockey

DG, SBP said Sports Board Punjab has organized participated in the running event by completing the half marathon and emphasized everyone to work together to end polio in Pakistan Resident Representative of UNDP Pakistan, Mr Knut Otsby, who is a regular member of the running community in Islamabad also ran the 10km race His valuable participation in this event was encouraging as it sets a precedent for other community members and strengthen the belief in Pakistan as a safe and healthy country for these activities

Gracing the occasion, Ms Rina

Saeed Khan Chairperson Islamabad Wildlife Management Board (IWMB) said that Islamabad is gifted with beautiful outdoor locations for healthy activities and IWMB, is working very hard to manage the trails under the slogan of “My Waste My Responsibility” Ms Khan requested the residents of Islamabad to take ownership of the Margalla Hills trails by keeping them clean as they not only provide us with great outdoor adventure activities but are also home to many wildlife animals

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several male and female hockey events in the recent past to provide maximum playing opportunities to young talented players of the province

“The revival of hockey is a joint mission for all of us We will have to join hands for this great task and we are hopeful that Pakistan will regain its lost glory in hockey in near future,” he added