Pakistan former Davis cupper Tayyab Iftikhar has sought financial help from Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz for his son Samir Iftikhar to avail the 80 percent four-year athletic and educational scholarship’ offered by Prestigious University of New Mexico in USA.
Tayyab said: “Samir’s tuition, books, tennis training is all paid for by the University and he had appealed to the CM for financial help/reward to help him with balance of 20 per cent scholarship amounting to approx $10,000 for the first year.”
“I hope that the Chief Minister, who is Patronising Sports and Education in the Youth will help him avail the opportunity provided by the US University,” he added.
The highly talented youngster ended the supremacy of 10 times national champion Aqeel Khan, Jalil Khan and Yasir Khan to win the National Hard Court title recently.
