RAWALPINDI, Feb 11: MNA Hanif Abbasi on Tuesday said sports activities highlight various positive qualities in society, including tolerance, patience, and discipline.
\nHe expressed these views at the prize distribution ceremony of the Third Higher Education Sports and First Higher Education Faculty Sports here. The sports of diverse games were played in various colleges.
\nThe ceremony was attended by Director of Colleges, Professor Sher Ahmed Satti, Deputy Director Amjad Iqbal Khattak, Deputy Directors of Jhelum, Chakwal, and Attock, Principals of colleges and others. Abbasi said that positive activities were being promoted by developing sports fields.
\n\u201cWhenever the PML-N got the opportunity, it made every possible effort to promote sports and developed sports grounds and will continue to do so in the future,\u201d he said.
\nHe encouraged the students who secured prominent positions in sports competitions and said that curricular, co-curricular, and sports activities were essential for physical and mental development. He paid tribute to Sobia Sultana, Director of Sports Wing Rawalpindi Education Board, for her continuous hard work and excellent organization of sports events.
\nDirector Colleges Rawalpindi Division, Professor Sher Ahmed Satti said that the colleges that had availability of grounds would be developed to maximise sports opportunities for students.
\nDeputy Director Colleges Amjad Iqbal Khattak informed that during the current academic year in Third Higher Education Sports, as many as 11600 students from Rawalpindi Division participated in a total of 33 events, out of which 726 were awarded with prizes.
\nFor the first time in the history of Punjab, Higher Education Faculty Sports was also organized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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