The Olympic torch relay of the 33rd National Games of Pakistan arrived here Sunday in the host city after completion of the journey of the whole country. The No.1 ranking national squash player, Farhan Mehboob received the torch and then handed it over to Director General (DG) Sports Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Asfandyar Khattak during a reception organized near historic Bala Hisar Fort.
The Olympic torch relay of the 33rd National Games begun from the Mazar-e-Quaid, Karachi on October 6, 2019 from where it reached Quetta and then after passing through Lahore and Islamabad reached Gilgit-Baltistan and on October 19 it was handed to the president of KP Olympic Association, Syed Aqil Shah at the tourist spot Naran and then it was received by the Olympian boxer captain Arshad Hussain and after passing through different international players it entered Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The second stop of the torch relay was Abbottabad where it was received by Olympian Muddasir, who handed it over to Speaker, KP Assembly Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2019
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