PR No.165
Islamabad: April 22, 2021

Federal Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination Dr Fehmida Mirza, federal secretary IPC and DG Pakistan sports board met committee member Saleem Saifullah to discuss National Sports Policy 2021today in Islamabad. In the meeting the salient features of national sports policy were discussed. The Federal Minister said the role of provincial governments, Pakistan sports board and federations is highly important in successful national sports policy. Furthermore, discussed issues of parallel federations and ban on Pakistan by international bodies. Discussed constitution of dispute resolution committee along with making sports mandatory in schools. Federal Minister said provinces should include sports in their curriculum. Participation in sports should be encouraged from early age. Provincial govt should make laws to make it mandatory for all schools and educational institutions to have sports facilities. Sports activities should also be provided inside the juvenile jails and it should be mandatory for any new infrastructure/ housing project to have sports facilities in it.
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