AJK towns lacking sports grounds, to be furnished with due sport infrastructure soon : AJK Secy. Sports, Youth, Culture

English , Kashmir - آزاد جموں کشمیر , Snippets , / Thursday, October 17th, 2024

Altaf Hamid Rao.

MIRPUR  ( AJK): Oct. 17: Azad Jammu Kashmir Secretary Sports Youth and Culture Rashid Hanif Qureshi has said that sports have an important role in the promotion of healthy activities in any country and society.

He expressed these views while chairing a meeting of the local officials of his department  during his visit to the sports complex New City here on Thursday.

The officers of Mirpur District ports department briefed  the Secretary tf all the related issues of the promotion of sports in the district.

Rashid Hanif continued that variety of both in and outdoor  sports are being promoted. across Azad Jammu Kashmir.  He said that the areas lacking  sports grounds and other due facilities will be furnished with the above due facilities.

He said that since youth were our valuable asset, the vibrant role of sports department was very important to attract the  youth to sports activities.

Azad Jammu Kashmir Secretary Sports Youth and Culture Rashid Hanif Qureshi said that according to the vision of Azad Jammu Kashmir Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwarul Haq, sports activities were being  promoted throughout Azad Kashmir along with their curricular activities of the youth with prime focus to enhance their physical abilities through healthy sports.

Hanif further emphasized that the importance of sports could be  highlighted  where sports fields and bright potential was available in the region. He underlined that hospitals could be made  deserted in the areas where  healthy society thrives through healthy sports activities.

The Secretary Sports  youth and culture urged that ouths could be kept away from social evils by promoting sports in Azad Jammu Kashmir.

He said that various sports events will be organized in Azad Jammu Kashmir in which the role of Sports, Youth and Culture Department will be important through further improvement of the performance of this department.

He advised the  officers and other staffers  of the department  to utilise their full potential and work hard day and night to increase the efficiency of the department through boosting sports activities across the state.

Youth, sports and culture departments officials including Muhammad Ramadan, Assistant Director Sports Youth and Culture Bhimbar Kamal Subhani, Section Officer Sports Youth and Culture Department Qazi Abdul Qadeer, Assistant Director Sports Syed Bilal Hussain Bukhari and others attended the meeting.