IOA sports course in Quetta

Published November 24, 2002

LAHORE, Nov 23: A sports administration course in collaboration with the International Olympic Association will be held in Quetta from Dec 15 to 21.

The course has been allocated to Balochistan by Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) for the first time to prepare sports leaders and organisers from the province.

In all, 30 participants, including six ladies, will take part in the course.

The course is one of a series of courses, one of which had already been organised in Peshawar. A similar course will also be held in Sindh.

The course directors are Mian Muhammad Rafiq, Professor Painda A Malik and Kamran Butt.

The participants of the course will get administration manual required for the course supplied by the IOC Solidarity Commission.

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