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LAHORE:Punjab Minister for Sports, Youth Affairs and Tourism Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti presided over a high profile meeting to review the arrangements of upcoming Kabaddi World Cup 2020 at Punjab International Swimming Pool Complex on Tuesday.
Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh, Commissioner Lahore Saif Anjum, Deputy Commissioner Lahore Danish Afzal, DIG Operation Lahore Rai Babar, Director Operation Elite Force Saad Saleem, Director Admin Javed Chohan, Director Sports Hafeez Bhatti and other top officials also attended the meeting.
Kabaddi World Cup 2020 is being organized jointly by Punjab govt, Sports Board Punjab and Pakistan Kabaddi Federation (PKF) at three cities of Punjab Lahore, Faisalabad and Gujrat from February 9 to 16, 2020.
Addressing the meeting, Punjab Minister for Sports, Youth Affairs and Tourism Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti said all the arrangements of Kabaddi World Cup 2020 have been completed. “The grounds in all three venues are ready to host the exciting matches of Kabaddi World Cup 2020. The participation of world’s ten best kabaddi teams including arch-rival India reflected that the security situation in the country has improved a lot,” he added.
Punjab Minister for Sports, Youth Affairs and Tourism Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti further said that Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar is likely to be the chief guest at the grand opening ceremony of Kabaddi World Cup scheduled to be held at Punjab Stadium on Feb 9, 2020. “Prime Minister Imran Khan has also been invited at the closing ceremony at the same venue on Feb 16, 2020”.
“Definitely hosting Kabaddi World Cup will be a memorable occasion in the sports history of Pakistan. Kabaddi is our traditional game and its popularity is growing swiftly in the country and we are quite confident that the future of this game is pretty bright in this region”.
Briefing the meeting, Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh said best facilities will be provided to all guest teams during Kabaddi World Cup. “There will be great festive atmosphere during Kabaddi World Cup and Punjab people must throng the match venues to witness thrilling kabaddi matches and support all the participating teams,” he added.
Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh informed that banners, posters and flexes of Kabaddi World Cup 2020 will be placed at different places to attract the kabaddi lovers after Kashmir Day on Feb 5, 2020.