Sports complex inauguration: ‘PPP ready to ramp up facilities for Sindh’

Sharjeel Memon encourages young people to take part in sporting events.

KARACHI: A top provincial minister signalled willingness on Thursday to provide maximum facilities to the people of Sindh, particularly its youth, for sports and other healthy activities.

Sindh Minister for Information and Local Government Sharjeel Inam Memon made the remarks while addressing an inauguration ceremony of the KMC sports complex in Landhi.

“The government spent Rs120 million on the completion of the project where all indoor and outdoor games facilities are available,” the minister said.

The sports complex was left incomplete for many years, he maintained, the PPP government decided to complete it to provide healthy activities for the youth.

Sharjeel Memon advised the younger generation to indulge in games as the government was willing to promote sporting events all over the province.

He said the government has planned to start more mega projects in Sindh, announcing that the streetlights in Karachi would connect with modern LED system with CCTV cameras. Free internet and WiFi system will also be available through the LED system, he added.

The government, he said, wanted to improve the lifestyle of people and invited industrialists and businessmen to adopt the roundabouts and streets for decoration, adding that it also decided that 10 KMC schools and six hospitals and dispensaries would be handed over to businessmen for better public facilities.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 5^th, 2015.