Webinar on Olympism and Role of Sports Department held

Webinar on Olympism and Role of Sports Department held under the aegis of the Sports Department and Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs, Punjab.

The department celebrated the Olympic Day and arranged a grand webinar on the topic of “Olympism & Role of Sports Department in promotion of Sports in Punjab.”

Webinar on Olympism and Role of Sports Department

Secretary Youth Affairs, Sports, Archaeology and Tourism Punjab Ehsan Bhutta, Secretary Pakistan Olympic Association , Khalid Mehmood, President , Punjab Olympics Association Amir Jan, President Pakistan Rugby Federation Arif Saeed, Director Admin Javed Chohan, Director Sports Hafeez Bhatti, Olympian swimmer Miss Kiran Khan), top medal-winning wrestler Inam Butt, all DSOs and TSOs participated in the largely attended webinar.

POA Project Coordinator Miss Adda Jaffery was the moderator at the webinar.

All participants gave good suggestions for improving Sports infrastructure, sponsorship, capacity building, better coordination between Sports Department and associations/federations.

They also lauded the endeavours of Sports Department and Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs, Punjab for organising the webinar on this occasion.

Secretary sports Punjab Ehsan Bhutta welcomed all the participants and highlighted the efforts of Sports Department & Directorate in promotion of sports across the Punjab province.

He assured Pakistan and Punjab Olympic Associations of all-out support for promotion of sports in the country.

Secretary sports Punjab notes

Ehsan Bhutta said Pakistan athletes have won several medals in Asian and South Asian Games level but we need to do extra hard work to clinch medals in Olympic Games.

“For this purpose we are ready to collaborate with Pakistan and Punjab Olympic Associations, sports federations and associations.

He said they organized Kabbadi World Cup, Punjab Games and several other events quite successfully in the past. But unfortunately Covid-19 thwarted our progress. Pakistan has a respectable status in world sports.

He urged our all stakeholders need to put up collective efforts for the growth of true sports culture in the country”.

At the end Secretary SportsPunjab Ehsan Bhutta appreciated the efforts of Sports Directorate and Director Admn and Director Sports for organising the webinar quite smoothly in a short time.

He also thanked POA for offering different courses to Punjab sports officers.

He announced to hold more webinars on different topics in future.

Olympic Association

Meanwhile, President Punjab Olympic Association Amir Jan also spoke.

He said it’s nice to see all sports stakeholders on one platform to commemorate the Olympic Day.

“Olympic Day is a message of peace, love without any discrimination. As we see athletes from around the world compete with each other in Olympic Games irrespective of their nationality and colour etc. We need to pass this legacy to future generations”.

He also highlighted the flaws of Pakistan’s sports system.

“Now it’s long time, we did not win a medal in Olympic Games. We need to rectify all the defects in our national sports system. We need to take all sports federations and associations on board if we want to script some encouraging results in future international sports events”.

Secretary Pakistan Olympic Association Khalid Mehmood congratulated the Sports Department and Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs, Punjab for organising a grand Webinar to mark the Olympic Day.

He threw light on the importance of Olympic Day saying that people of all walks of life used to take part in Olympic Day celebrations but unfortunately this year we are confined to celebrate this great occasion through online webinars and activities.

GTV