Pakistan: PM's sportsman of the year award revived (15 March 1999)
ISLAMABAD, March 14: Mushahid Hussain Syed, Ministerof Information with additional charge of sports, tourism, culture and youth affairs, on Sunday announced the revival of Prime Minister's Sportsman of the Year Award with a cash prize of Rs 100,000
15-Mar-1999
15 March 1999
Pakistan: PM's sportsman of the year award revived
Our Sports Reporter
ISLAMABAD, March 14: Mushahid Hussain Syed, Ministerof Information
with additional charge of sports, tourism, culture and youth affairs,
on Sunday announced the revival of Prime Minister's Sportsman of the
Year Award with a cash prize of Rs 100,000 as an incentive for
outstanding achievements at nationaland international levels.
The minister while briefing journalists over the number of steps
taken by the government to encourage youth to compete insports
contests said that the award for first PM Sportsman of the Year
willbe given in May. The performances of players between1996-1997
will be adjudged by a four-member committee headed by the minister
with three members which include senator Aqil Shah, Prof.Anwar
Chowdhryand Director General Pakistan Sports Board. The second award
after screening the performances of 1998 will be presented at the end
of current year.
The sports channel will give equal time to international and domestic
sports, but the minister said that the forthcoming Cricket World Cup
will be one of the mega events on the channel.
To encourage and groom youth the summer training camps programme
Under-18 will be launched. The modalities at the provincial levels
have been worked out, the minister said. These camps will follow
inter-provincial competitions which would be further elaborated into
youth sports exchange programmes with countries like Sri Lanka,
Bangladesh, Iran and Turkey.
Source :: Dawn (https://dawn.com/)