3rd Quaid-e-Azam Inter-Provincial Games in December

KARACHI: The 3rd Quaid-e-Azam Inter-Provincial Youth Games 2024 will take place at Pakistan Sports Complex, Islamabad, from December 13-18, The News has learnt.

Athletes from Sindh, KP, Punjab, Gilgit-Baltistan, Baluchistan, Islamabad Capital Territory, and AJK will participate in the event. The age limit of the participants of the Games is 22 years. It is expected that around 3500 sportspersons, team officials and technical officials would participate in 16 disciplines of this mega event.

The disciplines are Athletics (Men & Women), Badminton (Men & Women), Baseball (Men & Women), Football (Men & Women), Hockey (Men & Women), Judo (Men & Women), Karate (Men & Women), Squash (Men & Women), Table Tennis (Men & Women), Taekwondo (Men & Women), Tennis (Men & Women), Volleyball (Men & Women), Boxing (Men), Kabaddi, (Men), Weightlifting (Men), Wrestling (Men).

Sources said that the basic objective of the project is to create a healthy and sporting environment, conducive for promoting national harmony by engaging the youth in healthy activities. These Games will also help identify fresh talent in all important disciplines at grassroots level.

PSB officials said that the Games would help create national harmony amongst the youth besides providing opportunity to athletes of various disciplines to meet and collaborate with each other.

Sources further said that soon sports boards of all provinces would be directed to submit the strength of their contingents with disciplines as soon as possible. Pakistan Sports Board will provide facilities, travelling and daily allowances, tracksuits, joggers and playing kits to athletes.