68 new sports complexes will be constructed in Punjab with a cost of Rs 11 billion: Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Faisal Ayub KhKhokhar
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LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar while presiding over an important meeting, announced several mega sports projects for next year. Besides this various important decisions were taken for the promotion of sports at a meeting held at National Hockey Stadium on Monday.
Addressing the meeting, Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar announced a mega project of building 100 outdoor grounds of volleyball, basketball and badminton in all districts of Punjab. Rs 30 lakh will be spent on each sports facility of this project. He also directed to prepare a plan to construct 50 sports outdoor facilities on model locations of Lahore.
Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar said that 68 new sports complexes will be constructed in Punjab with a cost of Rs 11 billion. “In ADP 2025-26, the Punjab Sports Department will work on sports schemes worth Rs 25 billion across the province”.
Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar informed that a hefty amount of Rs 800 million will be spent on the upgradation of Punjab Stadium and the seating capacity of the Punjab Stadium will be enhanced to 12,000. “An open volleyball court will be constructed at Nishtar Park Sports Complex,” he added.
Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar further said that an archery complex, climbing wall and baseball ground will be built in Lahore. “Wrestling arenas (akharas) will be constructed in many cities of Punjab while wrestling stadium will be completed in Gujranwala this year. Similarly, the state-of-the-art squash complex will also be completed this year.”
Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar informed that Sports Complexes will be constructed in Dera Ghazi Khan, Rahim Yar Khan, Esa Khel, Mianwali, Pir Mahal, Toba Tek Singh, Ahmedpur Shariqa, Mandi Bahauddin, Alipur Chhata, Sargodha, Bahawalpur, Pasrur, Sialkot, Vehari, Lodhran and other cities of the province. Besides this, the synthetic hockey turf will be installed in Sahiwal, he added.
Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar said that two sports complexes one each for board games (chess, carom board, e-games etc) and table tennis will be constructed in Nishtar Park Sports Complex.The meeting was attended by Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Muzaffar Khan Sial, Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry, Director Admin Dr M Kaleem, Project Director PMU Qaiser Raza, Deputy Director Tariq Khanzada and Section Officer Mirza Nadeem Ahmed.
