DG PSB, Muhammad Yasir Pirzada, in a gathering with Pakistan Chess Workforce collaborating in Chess Olympiad on August 24, 2024. — Fb/Pakistan Sports activities Board
Muhammad Yasir Pirzada, Director Common of Pakistan Sports activities Board (PSB), has expressed optimism that the continuing Quaid-e-Azam Inter-Provincial Video games will probably be profitable regardless of restricted assets accessible to the physique.
The Quaid-E-Azam Inter-Provincial Video games kicked off on Sunday, whereby groups of each female and male athletes from all 4 provinces, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan, and Islamabad are collaborating.
The video games characteristic competitions throughout numerous sports activities, together with athletics, badminton, boxing, soccer, hockey, judo, kabaddi, karate, squash, swimming, taekwondo, desk tennis, volleyball, weightlifting, and wrestling.
In the meantime, Punjab emerged because the undisputed chief within the medals tally with a surprising complete of 163 medals, together with 77 gold at Pakistan Sports activities Advanced. The province claimed 50 silver and 36 bronze medals.
“We are making efforts to make the event a success despite limited resources,” he stated, including that the federal authorities has launched funds for the video games.
In response to a query, he rebuffed the notion of a scarcity of sports activities infrastructure throughout the nation, noting that even villages in Punjab have grass turf for hockey.
Nonetheless, he identified that it was the accountability of sports activities federations to hunt for expertise. “Elections are not held properly in sports federations, while their representatives do not vacate seats for years,” he stated, stressing the necessity for enchancment within the election course of.
Moreover, Yasir stated that the PSB has began chalking out a “code of conduct” and scrutiny of elections in sports activities federations — the approval for which will probably be acquired from the federal cupboard quickly. “We have chalked out the code of conduct considering the methods being operated in Canada, Britain and the United States,” he added.
“The board will help the players with a limited budget, but the job of the provincial boards is to fund the players,” he stated.
Responding to a query, the director normal stated that the physique has developed a four-year programme preserving in thoughts the way forward for sports activities. “A pool of Pakistan’s best athletes will be created under the programme,” he stated, including that the chosen athletes will probably be referred to as to Islamabad and a camp will probably be arrange.
