Sports week begins at Paraplegic Centre

PESHAWAR: A week-long sports activities kicked off at the Paraplegic Centre Peshawar on Monday.Opening the grand sports gala, Chief Executive Dr Syed Muhammad Ilyas said that promoting healthy and positive activities at the College of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (CPMR) aligns with its motto: “The patient is our boss.”

He said that the active participation of patients and wheelchair athletes in Sports Week was a symbol of determination and resilience, strengthening their journey toward rehabilitation.

The gala is witnessing participation from college students, the centre’s staff, inpatients, caregivers, and wheelchair athletes from different regions, including Skardu, Azad Kashmir, and Quetta besides other far-flung areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

A total of 35 teams and individual athletes are participating in the competitions. On the first day, events such as tug-of-war, wheelchair volleyball, caregivers’ race, and wheelchair racewere successfully concluded, while other competitions would continue throughout the week.

In the tug-of-war, the attendants’ team emerged victorious, while Security Zalmi secured the runner-up position.In the wheelchair race, Dawood Khan claimed first place while Abdullah secured second position. Similarly, in the caregivers’ race, Naveed won first place, and Huzaifa Malik was the runner-up.

In wheelchair volleyball, Friends of Paraplegics took the top position, while CPMR College secured second place.To ensure the successful organization of the Sports Gala, 18 coordinators have been appointed under the supervision of Chief Organizer, Hafeezullah.

The event is being jointly organized by the Paraplegic Center Peshawar (PCP), the College of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (CPMR) and Friends of Paraplegics (FoP).The primary objective of the Sports Week is to support and encourage the physical and psychological rehabilitation of patients, said a press release.