Susan Margeret Dawson meets POA chief

Published October 11, 2018
LAHORE: Susan Margeret Dawson, Pakistan women rugby team’s New Zealand-born coach and former All-Blacks player, receives a shield from POA president retired Lt Gen Arif Hasan at the Olympic House on Wednesday.
LAHORE: Susan Margeret Dawson, Pakistan women rugby team’s New Zealand-born coach and former All-Blacks player, receives a shield from POA president retired Lt Gen Arif Hasan at the Olympic House on Wednesday.

LAHORE: Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) president retired Lt Gen Syed Arif Hasan on Wednesday met Susan Margeret Dawson, the former All-Blacks player, who is currently the head coach of national women’s rugby team and has been hired by the Pakistan Rugby Union.

According to POA media adviser, Susan in the meeting with Lt Gen Arif discussed strategic issues related to the development of women’s rugby in Pakistan for bringing gender parity in the sport as per the IOC Agenda 2020. PRU chairperson Fawzi Khawaja and POA secretary general Khalid Mahmood were also present at the meeting.

Published in Dawn, October 11th, 2018

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