KARACHI, March 12: The Torch Light ceremony of Islamabad IX SAF Games will be held at Mazar-i-Quaid on March 20, organizers announced on Wednesday.

The torch which will travel all over the country by different means, will be jointly lit by former Pakistan captain Olympian Islahuddin Siddiqui and international women athlete Taslim Fatima at a glittering ceremony at the Mazar of the father of the nation.

Torch will be lit with solar system as the Olympic tradition.

After lighting of the torch it will be handed over to four kids attired in the provincial dresses of four provinces of the country.

City Nazim Naimatullah Khan will read out the message of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah on the occasion which he delivered at the inaugural National Games in Karachi in 1948.

These kids will hand over this symbolic torch to Sindh Governor Dr Ishrat-ul-Ibad.

Governor later hand over the torch to first runner Mahboob Dawood. Various former and current internationals will carry the torch from Mausoleum of Quaid-i-Azam and it will pass with an escort through Share Quaideen, Share Faisal, Daudpot Road and to Karachi Cantonment Station.

The torch at the station will be handed over to the representative of Balochistan Minister of Sports for its journey to Quetta after passing through various cities of Sindh and Balochistan.—APP