Street Child football team welcomed at Bilawal House, get promise of Maradona's visit

Bilawal announces award of Rs100,000 for each of the players.

KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) patron-in-chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari hosted the Pakistan Street Child Football team at Bilawal House where he congratulated each player for their performance at the Street Child Football World Cup in Brazil last week.

On the occasion he announced that he had invited football legend Diego Maradona to visit Pakistan and promote football in the country.

Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari, MNA Faryal Talpur, Jameel Soomro, Sherry Rehman, Qadir Patel, Sharmila Faruqi also attended the event.

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari assured them that the PPP will bring revolutionary policies to promote sports activities across the country as sports are gradually becoming one of the signs of a healthy nation. He also announced a Rs100,000 award for each player.

The Pakistani Street Child Football team won the bronze medal in the 2014 Street Child World Cup and placed third after defeating the United States team.

Bilawal said the Sindh government should make efforts to promote sports activities and provide more opportunities to talented players.