KARACHI: In order to
discuss various matters of the 33rd
National Games, Pakistan Olympic Association (POA)
Sports Commission will meet at the Olympic House in Lahore on Friday (today).The POA vice-president and
Sports Commission chairman Syed Aqil Shah will chair the meeting. Aqil, who is also the president of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Olympic Association, is going to hold the
National Games in Peshawar from October 26 to November 1.The
Sports Commission meeting will
discuss the number of disciplines, events, rules and strength of the contingents. On Saturday (tomorrow), another
meeting will be held at Lahore which will be attended by the presidents and the secretaries of all those
Sports federations whose disciplines will be part of the country’s biennial spectacle.A senior official of POA told ‘The News’ on Thursday that in Saturday’s
meeting the recommendations of the
Sports Commission would be put before the officials of the federations and if they had any objections those would be sorted out.He said that after a couple of weeks the executive committee and then in one and a half month time the POA general council would be convened to finalise things.
National Games were shifted to Peshawar from Quetta a couple of months ago because the latter could not host the event despite having got it in 2012.Balochistan can host the 34th edition of the
National Games next year if all required facilities are available there. KP Olympic Association and the provincial government are on the same page as regards the
National Games. The provincial government has already allocated Rs170 million for the purpose. Afghanistan and some other neighbouring nations may be invited to feature in the competitions.
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