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KP to host 33rd National Games
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) General Council has given greens signal to KP for to hosting 33rd National Games with Balochistan given the right to host 34th edition of the National Games.The meeting, that was chaired by POA president Lt Gen (rtd) Syed Arif Hasan, has decided that 33rd Games will now be held in Peshawar in October this year.It has been since years now that right to host the 33rd Games was with the Balochistan. However, the provincial government and their Olympic Association has failed to respond to the repeated request of the POA, forcing the General Council to award the Games to KPK instead.“All aspects of the holding of 33rd National Games allotted to Balochistan Olympic Association were discussed in depth. These Games were postponed a number of times for the last many years.Due to certain logistical and administrative constraints of Balochistan, it was felt by the house that the Games could not be conducted in Quetta this year. Holding of these Games this year is absolutely imperative to enable the Federations to be able to select their teams for 13th South Asian Games to be held in Kathmandu, Nepal in December, 2019.It was therefore decided by the house that the 33rd National Games would be shifted to KP in the month of October, 2019. Blochistan retains the right to host 34th National Games next year.The decision of the house was agreed upon by Balochistan Olympic Association and by Ahmed Raza, Secretary Sports, Government of Balochistan.”The house urged the Government of Pakistan to support the preparations and participation of a comprehensive contingent for South Asian Games.Other unanimous decisions taken in the meeting were elections of 16 individual members and ratification of the proposed POA Election Commission and Election Appellate TribunalThe unanimously elected individual members are: Jahangir Khan, Slahuddin Siddiqui, Naveed Alam, Hafiz Salman Butt, Syed Muhammad Abid Qadri, Ihtesham Ul Haq, Iftikhar Ahmad Tabassum, Fatima Lakhani, Ms. Veena Salman Masud, Begum Ishrat Ashraf, Ms. Andleeb Sandhu, Ms. Sumera Sattar, Ms. Shamim Akhtar, Ms. Ambreen Iftikhar Malik, Ms. Nargis Rahimtool and Ms. Shagufta Malik.The renewed Election Commission of POA will be headed by Justice (Retd) Qazi Ehsaan Ullah Qureshi (chairman)The house also agreed to enhance and adopt the gender equality, counter - competition manipulation measures and other good governance policies within Federations and Associations.The merger of Fata Olympic Association into KP Olympic Association has been formally approved following the 25th Amendment to the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan.