PESHAWAR: The general council meeting of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Students Olympics Association was held Sunday under the chairmanship of President KP Students Games Association and Director Sports University of Peshawar Bahre Karam here.
The meeting was also attended by the President of Pakistan Students Olympics Federation Maqbool Arain, especially participating in the meeting along with Anwar Rasheed, Taj Muhammad and Director Sports Peshawar Education Board Manzar Khan, Laila Hidayatullah Director Sports Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Maria Samin, Sajjad Khan and others.
Addressing the meeting, KP Students Olympic Association President Bahre Karam announced that KP Students Olympic Games will be held in Peshawar in October, in which the number of games will be decided by the Executive Committee.
The purpose of the meeting is to provide opportunities to athletes of different age categories of educational institutions to come forward. On this occasion, Federation President Maqbool Arain presented a
gift of traditional Sindhi Ajrak to the President of KP Students Olympics Association Bahre Karam. Arain said that together, we have to bring the students forward in the Games so that we can get medals in the Olympics competitions. He said that the Asian Students Olympic Games will be held in Karachi in 2025. Our team are participating in the International Students Games in Bahrain.
Earlier, the Students’ Olympic Games were successfully held in Islamabad, in which KP students participated in large numbers, there is no shortage of talent, but there is a need to provide opportunities. He said students have been provided a platform to come forward from September 21, Student Games, in various categories. He said they are also planning the National Schools Games, which will be held from February 1-5 ,2025. The players from U10 to U25 are being provided opportunities to compete at district, provincial, national, and international levels, and the government is also supporting them.