Govt spending huge amount to promote sports activities: KP CM.

Peshawar -- Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan on Thursday announced a package of stipend for the winners of Under-16 Games held at national level last year to encourage and support them to showcase their talents at national and international level.

Under the package, monthly stipend of Rs10,000 would be given to the winners of gold medals, Rs8000 to the winner of silver medals and Rs5000 to the winners of bronze medals of Under-16 Games. These monthly stipends would be provided to the winners for a period of one year. He made this announcement in an event held in the honour of the winners Under-16 Games.

Addressing the event as chief guest, the Chief Minister said that the provincial government was spending huge amount to promote sport activities in the province and to provide standard sport facilities to the players and to polish their capabilities adding that ADP of Sport Department had been increased manifold for the purpose. He assured that the government would continue to assist the players in order to enable them to further pursue their careers.

He directed the authorities concerned to take immediate steps to activate the bank accounts of players, so that transfer of monthly stipend into the accounts of players could be ensured by March this year. On the occasion, the Chief Minister also distributed various sports kits amongst 161 winner players of Under-16 Games.

Provincial Minister Shahram Tarakai, Special Assistant to CM Kamran Bangash, Secretary Sport Abid Majeed, Director General Sports and a large number of young players also attended the event. Briefing the participants about the performance of players in Under-16 Games it was informed that 161 players from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa got medals in the games out of which 59 players won gold medals and 34 players got silver medals.

In his address, the Chief Minister said that promotion of sports activities in the province had been the first priority of his government from the very first day adding that...