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| July 31, 2003 | Thursday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 30, 1424 |
Punjab to organize provincial games
LAHORE, July 30: Punjab will host the inter-provincial games at Lahore in November this year.
This was decided by the Punjab Olympic Association (POA) in its general council meeting held on Wednesday.
POA secretary, Khawaja Idrees Haider, later briefed reporters and said that the final dates would be announced shortly, but it would be sometime after Eid-ul-Fitr.
He said that only eight to 10 sports would be included in the games so that all best available facilities could be offered to the visitors of the other three provinces.
The secretary said that POA also decided to pay Rs 10 million to the Punjab government to spend it on developing sports infrastructure.
The meeting also decided that it was mandatory for every association to hold a senior and a junior competition yearly, otherwise they would be dismembered.
He said that to improve the infrastructure a POA delegation met the Punjab sports minister to apprise him of the existing problems resulting due to delay in completion of the Squash Complex, wrestling stadium and importing a tartan track for the Punjab Stadium.
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