The first ever Pakistan Universities Games under the supervision of Higher Education Commission (HEC) will commence here on Monday, February 9 to 15.
On behalf of Pakistan University Sports Board, the HEC has invited nominations from all the public and Private Sector Universities of Pakistan.
More than 60 universities have confirmed their participation and it is hoped that a big assembly of around 3500 students and sports officials would participate in this week long extravaganza of universities sports.
HEC being the major sponsor of these games has made all efforts to make this gigantic event a success.
The inaugural ceremony of these universities sports would be held at Pakistan Sports Complex, Islamabad at 3.00 pm Professor Dr Atta-ur-Rahman, Federal Minister for Science and Technology who is also the Chairman of Higher Education Commission (HEC) will be the chief guest on the occasion.
The 16 events of these university games would be played at Pakistan Sports Complex, Islamabad, Bahria University, Islamabad. Army Sports Stadium, Rawalpindi and Pindi Squash Complex, Rawalpindi.
More than 2300 male students will participate in athletics, badminton, basketball, cricket, football, hockey, squash, table tennis, and volley ball while more than 1100 female students would participate in athletics, badminton, basketball, table tennis, tennis and volley ball.
All the participating teams have been selected by the universities themselves while the teams of football, hockey, cricket, volley ball and basketball were selected on zonal basis.
Selected teams have been reached Islamabad and are participating in the rehearsals at Pakistan Sports Complex, Islamabad.
Comments
Comments are closed.