Sports complex for Abbottabad demanded

KARACHI: Pakistan Volleyball Federation (PVF) Chairman Chaudhry Mohammad Yaqoob has said that the federal government should establish a state-of-the-art sports complex in Abbottabad so that national camps could be held there in summer in future.

“You know national athletes will have to train in Islamabad and other cities for the Asian Games at a time when the country is in grip of heat wave. To avoid such problems in future the federal government should build a sports complex in Abbottabad where the weather remains moderate in summer and in that case camps could be easily held there in future,” Yaqoob told ‘The News’.

“We have only one mega sports facility in the country in the shape of Pakistan Sports Complex in Islamabad. If in Abbottabad such a facility is made then the camps could be held there from May to September, a time-frame in which weather in Islamabad is normally hot,” said Yaqoob. He added that billions of rupees were wasted on building a sports complex in Narowal which could not be properly utilised as it was very far away.

“There was no need to spend such a huge amount on Narowal Sports Complex which is not within the reach of sports fraternity. It would have been much better had land in Abbottabad been purchased and a sports complex built there which could be utilised for national cause,” Yaqoob said.