LAHORE: The 33rd National Games will be held in Islamabad in the last week of November 2014 in which all the affiliated units of POA including Army, Navy, PAF, WAPDA, Police, HEC, Railway besides all the provinces, FATA, Gilgit Baltistan, Azad Kashmir and Islamabad will participate.

This was stated by Maj Gen (R) Muhammad Akram Sahi, President Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) here on Tuesday. The National Games will be organized and conducted by Islamabad Olympic Association.

A meeting in this connection will be held shortly to formulate the detailed programme of the Games in which sports disciplines, venues and dates will be formulated and thereafter, the different participating units will commence their training programme in preparation for the Games.

Published in Dawn, August 21st, 2014

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