Ministry convenes federations’ meeting today

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry for Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) has convened a meeting of seven federations and the Alpine Club today (Thursday) to share the roadmap being finalised for the Asian Beach Games to be held in Sanya (China) from April 2 next year.

A well-placed source in the ministry said that the federations competing in the Games will be asked to share their plans regarding participation and training of the athletes.

“As the government is planning to help the federations establish their training camps, the meeting has been convened to know the expected strength of the teams as well as the government support required for this purpose,” a well-placed source in the ministry said.

Wrestling, athletics, kabaddi, handball, volleyball, sailing, and ju-jitsu federations will be participating in the meeting.