National Games torch journey starts today
Pakistani cricketers take part in a training session ahead of their third Test match against England at the National Stadium. photo: AFP
The nationwide journey of the torch for the 34th National Games, set to begin on May 22 in Quetta, will commence from Mazar-e-Quaid on Saturday.
The Pakistan Olympic Association will officially hand over the torch to the Olympic Association in a ceremony to be held at Mazar-e-Quaid at 11am, after which the torch will be lit traditionally. Chief Secretary Sindh Dr Sohail Ahmed Rajput will be the chief guest at the ceremony.
Later, the torch will make its way to Iqra University’s main campus, where Sindh Local Government Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah will be the chief guest at the next ceremony.
The torch will then proceed to Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology, where Administrator Karachi Dr Saifur Rehman will attend the event as a special guest. The following day, the torch will travel to Peshawar and be taken to different parts of the city.
The torch will go to Muzaffarabad in AJK, then Islamabad and Lahore and finally to Quetta.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 6th, 2023.