SBP Sports Complex inaugurated

Syed Salim Raza, Governor State Bank of Pakistan, has said the SBP is determined to contribute positively in the development of sports activities, including cricket, hockey and other games in the country.
Inaugurating the newly built SBP Sports Complex at SBPBSC North Nazimabad Office, Karachi on Saturday, he said the SBP had been arranging Regional and Super Series of interbank Governor's Cup cricket tournament across the country not only to promote cricket activities but also to create awareness of its clean note policy amongst the general public.
Raza said SBP Sports Complex would go a long way in promoting healthy sports activities among the employees of the Bank in a beautiful lush green environment. "To make the Sports Complex more attractive we will build a small but all purpose-built pavilion with a 250 seating capacity," he said and added that this pavilion would be completed in the next couple of months.
Besides cricket, this Sports Complex also had a dedicated ground for hockey and all this had been achieved through the dedicated efforts of the Engineering Department and the Sports Committee headed by the SBP Deputy Governor, Muhammad Kamran Shehzad, he added.
He said a joint team of SBP and BSC had again started participating in Grade-2 Tournament which was arranged by Pakistan Cricket Board. "I am happy to share with you that in the first year of its participation in this tournament our team has played the Final of the Grade -2 Patrons Trophy in 2008. I am optimistic that our team will live up to the expectations and win the final of upcoming Grade-2 Champions Trophy," SBP Governor added.
"State Bank is not only promoting cricket but also actively trying to form hockey, table tennis and badminton teams. I am sure that with the passage of time these three sports activities will also gain momentum," he added. Later, he gave away prizes to winners and runners-up of the First Inter-Departmental SBP Cricket Tournament-2009.
The ceremony was attended, among others, by SBP Deputy Governors - Muhammad Kamran Shehzad and Yaseen Anwar, Managing Director SBPBSC, Qasim Nawaz, Executive Directors, Shahid Afridi, Rashid Latif and Professor Sirajul Islam Bukhari representative of KCA, Directors, and a large number of SBP employees and their families, besides commercial banks' executives and sport celebrities.