In all twenty seven disciplines will be contested during the 32rnd National to be held here from December 22-28.
This decision was taken at a meeting of the representatives of the various national federations held here on Thursday to review and finalize the arrangements of the Games. “ We will be holding 27 disciplines , some of them are for women, during the Games and we will hold the games in a befitting manner “,said Idris Haider Khawaja, Secretary, Punjab Olympic Association after the meeting. H said women will be featuring in as many as dozens of disciplines. The representatives of all the National Sports Federations, Provincial Olympic Associations, Punjab Olympic Associations, Pakistan Army, Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Air Force, Pakistan Wapda, Pakistan Railways, Pakistan Police, Higher Education Commission, and FATA attended the meeting.
“All the Participating Units have confirmed their participation in these Games with their full fledge Contingents,” he asserted.
The disciplines to be contested aare, Athletics (M&W), Baseball (M&W), Bodybuilding(M), Boxing (M), Cycling (M&W), Football (M&W), Gymnastics (M), Handball (M&W), Hockey (M), Ju-Jitsu (M&W), Kabaddi (M), Karate (M&W), Rifle Shooting (M&W), Rowing (M), Rugby (M), Sailing (M), Softball (M), Squash (M&W), Swimming (M&W) Table Tennis (M&W), Taekwondo (M&W), Tennis(M), Tug of War (M), Volleyball(M&W), Weightlifting (M), Wrestling (M) and Wushu (M*W) will be organized during these Games.
“We will soon be announcing various committees for the smooth conduct of the event for which we have selected a number of arenas in the city “,said Khawaja.
