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Tuesday October 08, 2024

CM’s Khelta Punjab Games inaugurated

By Asher Butt
September 20, 2024
Punjab Minister for Youth Affairs Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar (from 3rd left) formally inaugurates the CM Khelta Punjab Games 2024 on September 19, 2024. — Facebook/Faisal Ayub Khokhar
Punjab Minister for Youth Affairs Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar (from 3rd left) formally inaugurates the CM Khelta Punjab Games 2024 on September 19, 2024. — Facebook/Faisal Ayub Khokhar

LAHORE:Punjab Minister for Youth Affairs Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar formally inaugurated the country's biggest sporting event, CM Khelta Punjab Games 2024, on Thursday.

The event was declared open at a press conference held at National Hockey Stadium here. The event was also marked by the presentation of the official logo of the games. Speaking to media, Faisal Khokhar said that U-22 competitions would be held in three tiers – inter-club at district level, inter-district at divisional level and inter-divisional at provincial level. The inter-club competitions will begin from Oct 2 to 11, inter-district events will be conducted from Oct 16 to 29 while the final phase of inter-division games will take place between Nov 2 to 7. The event will wind up with a grand closing ceremony having Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz as the chief guest at Punjab Stadium on Nov 7.

The mega sports event will be hosting more than a million male and female athletes and 15,000 clubs from all districts of Punjab. The inter-club level competitions shall comprise the following six sports, namely athletics, cricket (tape ball), badminton, football, hockey, and kabaddi. The inter-district level shall comprise 12 disciplines in addition to those enumerated above and shall include basketball, mat wrestling, taekwondo, volleyball, archery, and table tennis.