Sports Correspondent
Lahore
Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti inaugurates Sports Board Punjab’s Junior Initiative Tennis Academy at Nishtar Park Sports Complex State of the Art Tennis Stadium on Thursday.
Vice-Chairman Sports Board Punjab Rao Zahid Qayyum, Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh, Director Sports Hafeez Bhatti, Pakistan’s former Davis Cup skipper Rashid Malik, top national women tennis star Ushna Sohail, Noor Malik and other officials and a large number of sports enthusiasts were also present on this occasion.
Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti, Vice-Chairman Rao Zahid Qayyum, DG Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh, tennis star Ushna Sohail and Noor Malik played some exhibition tennis on this occasion.
Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh presented souvenirs to Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti and SBP Vice-Chairman Rao Zahid Qayyum on this occasion.
Talking to media, Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti said the Tennis Academy is being launched for the promotion of tennis among the young generation of the province. “Our State of the Art Tennis Stadium is equipped with all modern facilities and we are quite upbeat that we will be able to produce several world class tennis players through our Tennis Academy,” he added.
