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Year 2025 declared Year of Revival of Sports and National Games.
…..Asghar Ali Mubarak.
Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Ahsan Iqbal has declared 2025 as the year of revival of sports and the revival of National Games in the country, saying that we cannot send a few athletes to the Olympics from a country with a population of 250 million.
Addressing the closing ceremony of the National Conference for Revival of Sports in Islamabad, Ahsan Iqbal said that the purpose of the National Conference for Revival of Sports is to revive the sports federations. Sports should be promoted in schools along with setting up more and more sports centers.
He said that a report will be prepared in the light of all the recommendations of the conference participants, the report and recommendations will be followed diligently, we play for the country, 2025 will be the year of sports in the country and we will actively The playground will be decorated.
The federal minister said that I have asked the higher education to ensure the organization of sports tournaments in universities and selection for national representation in sports should be based on merit because no one can win by grouping and players also sometimes suffer from mental stress.
He said that every hockey player of the national team who performs well in the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament will get a job letter.
Ahsan Iqbal said that why can’t 10 to 15 champions emerge in a country with a population of 25 crores, can’t send a few athletes to the Olympics, full preparations will be made for the 2028 Olympics and every three to four months to evaluate the performance again. A meeting will be held after which the implementation of the recommendations will be reviewed.
He also directed to start preparations for holding National Games which have been stalled since 2016.
The federal minister said that under CPEC, China will cooperate in the sports sector, which will improve.
Representatives of Sports Federations at the Sports Rehabilitation Conference. Athletes and other stakeholders participated and discussed opportunities for revival of sports in the country.