Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi inaugurated 3rd Governor KP FATA Youth Sports Festival at Tehsil Jamrud Sports Complex, Khyber Agency on Monday.
Governor KP Engr Iqbal Zafar Jhagra, Minister of Sate for SAFRON Galib Khan, MNA Haji Bismallah Jan, Al-Haj Shaji Gul Afridi, Nasir Khan Afridi, FATA Parliamentarians, IG FC and Acting Corps Commander Peshawar Major General Waseem Ashraf, Additional Chief Secretary FATA Sikander Qayyum, Secretary Admin Mian, Political Agency Khyber Captain (Retd) Khalid Mehmood, DG Sports Nawaz Khan, Secretary Education FATA Hashim Khan, officials bearers of the FATA Olympic Association, elders, officials, players and large number of spectators were also present on the occasion.
3000 FATA Youth from seven tribal agencies and six FRs are participating in the games aimed at to portray a soft image of FATA to the rest of the world besides giving due opportunities to the traumatize youth of FATA to come up and show their skills at national and international levels.
Holding of Games would certainly convey a message of peace to the rest of the world as these Games symbolized the Moto of "Peace. The Games are carrying disciplines comprising Volleyball, football, judo, cricket, badminton, baseball, table tennis, karate, tug-of-war, hockey, athletics, weightlifting, taekwondo, wushu, bodybuilding, netball, boxing, archery etc.
Most of the games will be organized in Peshawar Sports Complex apart of five to six Games in different agencies. The boxing will be organized at Lala Aman Boxing Arena Peshawar Sports Complex while the Kabaddi will be organized at Mohmand Agency, Badminton and cycling will be organized in Bajaur Agency, cricket will be organized in Jamrud Sports Complex, Rugby event will be organized in Civil Quarters ground. The rest of the games will be organized inside the premises of Peshawar Sports Complex.
Addressing on the occasion, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that after the restoration of peace, the government now has fully focused on the youth of FATA like other areas of Pakistan and that is why certain steps have been taken so that to provide them due access to come up and part of the main stream of talented pool of Pakistan.
He said that the mainstreaming of FATA is just around the corner as efforts are afoot and the government has chalked out a comprehensive strategy to the overall development of sports infrastructure in the region.
Earlier, in his welcome address Governor KP Engr Iqbal Zafar Jhagra thanked Prime Minister for gracing the occasion as chief guest and inauguration of the 3rd Governor KP FATA Youth Sports Festival.
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