Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial
Coordination Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada has said that schools are nurseries of
sports from where the sports are developed at grass root level and eventually
the players are groomed and sports flourished.
Riaz Pirzada was addressing as Chief Guest
the Annual Sports Day & P.T Display of ST. Helen’s Convent High School,
Rawalpindi at Jinnah Stadium, Sports Complex, Islamabad on
Saturday.
He said that the government is keen that
sports should be promoted in schools and large sporting activities should be
organized so that the talented athletes may be hunted and groomed.
We understand that the schools espacially
private sector schools lack sporting facilities like playing fields, grounds
and equipments; however Pakistan Sports Board, Islamabad is making all efforts
to provide grounds, playing fields and equipments to to the educational
institutions to organize sports competitions. We do not want that students may
deprive from the playing facilities, the Federal Minister said.
He said Pakistan Sports Board is always
ready to help the educational institutions to organize their sporting
activities and sports competitions in Pakistan Sports Complex.
Pakistan Sports Board periodically
organizes Inter-Board Sports Tournaments in which handsome cash awards are
given to the medal winning students which proves that government is keen to
promote sports in educational institutions, he said.
Riaz Pirzada noted that sports activities
are not extracurricular activities rather these are co-curricular activities
with the objective to achieve educational objectives. Annual Sports should be
regular feature of the schools, he added.
At the end, the Federal Minister
congratulated and appreciated the School management for organizing this Annual
Sports Day in befitting manner.
