The Punjab Olympic Association (PbOA) will hold the 71st Punjab Games from April 7.
The games, comprising 3,000 athletes and officials and will take place on a self-finance basis. The event kept getting postponed due to lack of funds as the Punjab Sports Department refused to release the Rs5-million grant announced by the province’s chief minister.
The PbOA has now vowed to carry it though till the end. Nine regions are set to participate: Rawalpindi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan, Sahiwal, Bahawalpur, Gujranwala, Dera Ghazi Khan and Sargodha.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 03rd, 2011
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