SWAT
Under the Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif Youth Talent Hunt Program, the Women Volleyball trials started at three different Kabal Ground here wherein a large number of women players participated.
On this occasion, the Principal of Government Higher Secondary School Miss Salima was the chief guest. Former athlete Miss Sumayyah, former Pakistan team captain and national selector Abdul Rahim, Director Sports Hazara University Khalid Jalal Shah, Director Distance Education System Dr. Noorzada, selector Hidayatullah Khan, women selectors and national and other important personalities were present.
Under the Prime Minister Muhammad Shahzaz Sharif Youth Talent Hunt Sports League, women’s volleyball trials are ongoing. In this regard, the trials started in the Swat region in which more than 80 women players participated.
The trials were held under the supervision of Pakistan’s national players Abdur Rahim with two national women selectors, in which they would select 11 players. Khalid Jalal Shah said to facilitate the women players we conducted the trials in three different venues and hopefully good talent would come up as the aim and objective of the program.
He said there is good talent in Swat of the Women Volleyball and other Games but they lack due opportunities to come forward but now after the introducing of the Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif Youth Talent Hunt Program not only the women players in 10 different games but also the men players would 12 different games would come to the main pool of talent.
He said efforts have been taken by the Hazara University to conduct women volleyball trials all across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa so hopefully good talent would come forward in future. He also appreciated Miss Sumayyah for keeping the players engaged in different games. He said training and coaching would be given to the selected players before the provincial league and later on two teams would be selected for the forthcoming national league.
He said the Prime Minister Youth Talent Hunt Program is ongoing due to the efforts of special assistant of the Prime Minister Youth Program Head Shaza Fatima, Prime Minister Advisor Amir Muqam, Higher Education Commission Islamabad Chairman Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad, Arif Rawan, DGHEC Javed Ali Memon.
He said the women’s trials in Hazara will be held on March 5-6, 2023 at the committee ground, Haripur.
