ISLAMABAD: Faisalabad and Bahawalpur boards’ players in action during their Pakistan Inter-Board Sports Gala hockey match at the Pakistan Sports Complex on Tuesday.—APP
ISLAMABAD: Faisalabad and Bahawalpur boards’ players in action during their Pakistan Inter-Board Sports Gala hockey match at the Pakistan Sports Complex on Tuesday.—APP

ISLAMABAD: The Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination (IPC) Dr. Fehmida Mirza would be the chief guest at the closing ceremony of the Pakistan Inter-Board Boys Gala to take place here at Naseer Bunda Hockey Stadium on Wednesday.

The Federal Secretary for Information and Broadcasting Akbar Hussain Durrani will be the special guest of honour at the closing ceremony.

On Tuesday, Intermediate Secondary Education Board Peshawar and Multan Board qualified for the badminton final. Intermediate Secondary Education Board Peshawar beat Technical Board Peshawar 2-0 in the semi-finals while Multan defeated Gujranwala by 2-0.

Lahore beat Swat 2-0 to reach the hockey final where they will face Faisalabad who overcame Education Board Peshawar 3-2 in a penalty shootout.

In track and field events, Gujranwala’s Nadeem won the 100m, Islamabad’s Samiullah was the winner in the 800m, Zeeshan Khan of Education Board Peshawar claimed the shot put title and Faislabad’s Asfar Khan won the long jump.

Published in Dawn, January 15th, 2020

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