Federal Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination (IPC) Dr Fehmida Mirza on Thursday met with different heads of the National Sports Federations (NSFs) and reviewed the plans for preparations of the South Asian Games (SAG).
She met with President of Pakistan Handball Federation Muhammad Shafiq, President of Pakistan Taekwondo Federation Col (R) Waseem Ahmed, and Vice President of National Rifle Association Col (R) Agha Abbas here at her office.
The purpose of the meetings was to review the plans for the preparations of players for upcoming events especially South Asian Games.
The plans for the promotion of these sports in the country were discussed as well. The minister reviewed the preparations for hold-ing the upcoming South Asian Games and gave her full backing to hire foreign coaches for players training. She said the government was not cutting in cor-ners in the implementation of its sports policy.—APP
