Tariq Banuri, Chairman of HEC called on Dr. Fehmida Mirza, Federal Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination this afternoon. Matters pertaining to establishing and strengthening the academic systems for sports in Pakistan were discussed. Chairman HEC briefed the Minister on HEC’s pipelined projects to establish sports management and coaching setups. He gave a detailed account of HEC' s engagement with Hungary for establishment of a Sports University. It was told that in context of sports management and coaching, China, Korea, Germany and Malaysia are producing good Human resource. Mr. Tariq suggested that HEC can ask these countries for exclusive numbers of scholarships in sports. For training facilities in the country “ the big problem is not infrastructure but is of human resource “ he added. Dr. Mirza stressed the point that MoUs signed with different countries should be target based and result oriented. She underscored the importance of professional training of coaches and players and said that the corporation of other countries must be sorted to have programs to “Train the trainers”. Issues pertaining to international certification of couches were discussed. It was agreed to organize a sports conference soon. “ Sports can play a big role in channelizing and engaging our youth. It is important for peace.” Different ideas to promote sports at school, college and university levels were discussed.
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