Pride of the nation

Letter August 10, 2022
Pride of the nation

KARACHI:

Our world fame athlete Arshad Nadeem has won yet another medal for Pakistan in javelin throw — this time a gold in the Common Wealth Games 2022. Arshad broke records even with an injured arm and made the whole nation proud with his career best throw of 90.18 meters, securing first javelin gold for Pakistan. The government must support Arshad so that he could continue to hone his talent and repeat his performance in the Olympics. It must be noted here that the governments over the years have not paid due attention as regards provision of facilities to our athletes. There is need for the government to allocate funds so that our athletes are provided with world class facilities as well as services of foreign coaches. Big companies should also come forward to sponsor players. As a matter of fact, businessmen only invest where they can earn profit. PSL is a case in point which is attracting big sponsors. The government should also encourage new sports channels which should give every sport a good air time. The more the air time, the more the chances of sponsors coming in — and hence more money.

Eman Mudassar Tarar

Sargodha

Published in The Express Tribune, August 11th, 2022.

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