This was announced by Director General (DG) Sports Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Asfandyar Khan Khattak while talking to media men here on Monday. He said preparations in this connection have been in final stages and the players would be arriving on March 6, the games would start on March 7 while Prime Minister is expected to open the Games on March 8, 2020. He said through holding of these Games first at Tehsil level and now Inter-District and Inter-Regional levels would give a message of peace to the rest of the world. He said the government is committed to involve maximum number of youth in healthy sports activities.

He disclosed that the provincial round of Inter-District Games would commence on March 6 and continue till March 10. The games include volleyball, athletics, tug of war, football, kabaddi, badminton, squash, snooker, etc where a total of 2,940 players from different districts of the province will participate.

Asfandyar Khan Khattak said that a total of 1,743 players including 749 women would participate in Inter-Regional Games. He said that inter-district and inter-regional competitions would be held in Peshawar for which arrangements had been completed.

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