PBSA officials call on Sports Minister

Published November 23, 2008

KARACHI, Nov 22: The Federal Sports Minister, Pir Aftab Shah Jilani, has said that he would convene a meeting of the national sports federations in Islamabad soon to redress their issues.

He made this statement in a meeting with officials of the Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Association (PBSA) who called on him at his residence on Friday.

The two-member PBSA delegation which comprised Alamgir A. Shaikh and Jawed H. Karim informed the minister about the snooker achievements in the past 17 years and the problems that occurred due to lack of sponsorship and jobs to the cueists.

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