Altaf Hamid Rao. Mirpur (Ajk)
A broad-based International Tennis Federation – backed Junior Tennis Initiative (JTI) Program has been launched in Azad Jammu Kashmir through the national body of Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) and AJK Tennis Association in order to promote the world-fame tennis-ball game in AJK through the mutual coordination with both private and public sector educational institutions and other stake-holder institutions in the State.
Launching of the integrated phased Junior Tennis Initiative program is primarily aimed at to produce the quality tennis players from Azad Jammu Kashmir for participation in national and international contests.
This was disclosed by world-fame leading national tennis star and coordinator Pakistan Lawn Tennis Association Hamid Niaz, Senior Vice President AJK Lawn Tennis Association Javed Bostan, Habib Jiraal Secretary General AJK Lawn Tennis Association and Prof. Zaffar Iqbal Baber Chaudhry , Coordinator AJK Lawn Tennis Association while addressing a joint news conference at a local hotel here Sunday.
“This is the biggest-level broad-based tennis initiative program in the history of sports in Pakistan including Azad Jammu Kashmir – with ultimate plan to host the national tennis championship in Azad Jammu Kashmir jointly under the auspices of Paksitan Tennis Federation with the coordination of AJK Tennis Association”, they told the media on this occasion.
Elaborating the integrated phased junior tennis initiative program, the Pakistan Lawn Tennis Association Coordinator Hamid Niaz said that it was aimed at to promote the tennis game from grass-root level with prime focus to the produce quality future architects of the nation through this most healthy and energetic world-reputed game through the primary as well as high schools functioning in private and public sectors besides under the auspices of the semi-government institutions in Azad Jammu Kashmir.
