Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has announced a Rs3 million grant for Balochistan’s sports festival.
A three-member delegation led by the Punjab Sports Board Director General Usman Anwar has visited Quetta to help the Balochistan government organise the event in a befitting manner.
Anwar promised complete cooperation and support of the Punjab government to make their festival a success. He also presented souvenirs to Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik and Quetta Corps Commander Lt Gen Khalid Nawaz Janjua.
He told them that Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif had been overjoyed to hear about the Balochistan Sports Festival and had announced Rs3 million for their government to organise the festival. The chief minister had said that the festival would provide the youth of Balochistan opportunities to exhibit their prowess.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 19th, 2014.