KARACHI: The Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) wants to hold the 14th South Asian Games in a one-of-a-kind way.
In contrast to the 1989 and 2004 variations Pakistan hosted at the Pakistan Sports Complex in Islamabad, the POA wishes the 14th edition, which Pakistan will host most in 2021, to have Punjab at its hub. Lahore could be made the base, and it changed into learning.
The POA desires to maintain various disciplines at those particular Punjab centers where there might be enough risk of pulling the crowd. It has been learned that weightlifting and wrestling competitions may be organized in Gujranwala, which is considered the hub of these disciplines.
Pakistan also gets most of the talent in those disciplines from these regions. Sialkot and Narowal are on the radar of the NOC for website-hosting volleyball competitions. Faisalabad may also host handball because most golf equipment belongs to that industrial spot in the United States.
Faisalabad and Gojra can be utilized to undertake the league fits for hockey occasions. However, the National Hockey Stadium in Lahore can be used for the semi-finals and very last due to the venue-class reputation of the venue, which will also help stay telecast.
The POA also intends to include Kasur in the venues list for the spectacle, which was introduced in 1984 with the inaugural version in Kathmandu. However, the NOC wishes to have at least four of the most important halls in Gujranwala available for golf equipment after the Games.
This correspondent learned that POA needs a thick crowd to witness the numerous activities and desires to see Punjab more prepared as some distance as infrastructure is involved via the brand new concept. The POA also intends to keep SAG or any other most important worldwide event in Karachi to help the port metropolis beautify its sports activities infrastructure.
A source stated that Karachi, being a football-crazy city, may host the football event of the 14th South Asian Games. However, the details are yet to be finalized as they will need authorities’ approval. Meanwhile, a delegation of the POA, headed by its president, Lt Gen (retd) Arif Hasan, held an assembly with the minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC), Dr. Fehmida Mirza, in Islamabad on Thursday.
The 14th SAG was mentioned at length in the meeting, which was additionally attended by Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) Director General Arif Ibrahim. Arif advised the minister that work on the SAG website hosting challenge should start after Ramadan.
The POA leader informed the minister that a steering committee and then an organizing committee need to be formed first so that progress can be made towards achieving the dreams. The minister agreed and said that once Eid-ul-Fitr is over, proper work will start on this admiration.
In the assembly, also attended by IPC secretary Akbar Durrani and POA secretary Khalid Mehmood, Pakistan’s participation in the thirteenth South Asian Games was slated to be held in Nepal December 1-10, 2019, under discussion.
It became an agreement that camps would begin in various regions of the USA after Ramadan. The IPC ministry pledged to aid the organizers of the thirty-third National Games, which Peshawar will host, probably at the end of September.
The Games, which Quetta was imagined to host in closing April, have been shifted to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa because Balochistan failed to make good enough arrangements despite having postponed the event in numerous instances. However, Balochistan has been given the 34th National Games, which it could organize at the correct time.
