NAROWAL: The Narowal International Sports City project will be completed by the end of 2016 with a sum of Rs2.498 billion.

This was stated by Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhry while talking to reporters here on Monday.

He said the sports city was a huge project which was being built over an area of 45 acres of land.

The minister said the boundary wall was being completed with a sum of Rs200 million.

He said that eight construction firms were working day and night to complete the project.

Mr Chaudhry said the project had been designed and being executed by Nespak in collaboration with the Zeerak International.

He said the sports city would have facilities for both outdoor and indoor games, including an international level cricket stadium, hockey stadium, football stadium, squash, tennis, volleyball, basketball, badminton and table tennis courts, a swimming pool, a gymnasium and a track for athletics.

He said the sports city would also have a restaurant, a mosque, admin offices, residences and other facilities of international standard for players.

The minister said the training and couching center was also a part of the project which would help local players in honing their skills.

Published in Dawn, April 28th, 2015

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