All-Pakistan Boxing Tournament in Peshawar in November

All-Pakistan Boxing Tournament in Peshawar in November


PESHAWAR: The fourth edition of the All-Pakistan National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) Boxing Tournament will be contested from November 7-9 here at the Qayyum Sports Complex on a portable ring donated by the Pakistan Sports Trust (PST).
Talking to APP after attending the general council meeting of the association held here a local hotel on Thursday, Waqar Maroof, President NWFP Amateur Boxing Association (NWFP ABA), disclosed that top pugilists from Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, NWFP, KPT, KESC, Army, PAF, Navy, WAPDA and Railways will take part.
“We have just finalised the dates and the district representatives expressed satisfaction over the schedule announced for various activities at the juniors and seniors levels, Waqar added.
He informed that the NWFP ABA has been running its activities according to schedule. Waqar praised the support and cooperation provided to the association by the president of the Pakistan Amateur Boxing Federation (PABF).
He said the house has prepared a plan at the grassroots level, which has also included provision of playing facilities. The General Council, he said, has unanimously decided to hold more activities at the grassroots level and in this connection it has planned to involve school kids in the game.
Waqar also hailed NBP’s role for promoting sports in the province and boxing in particular.
He said it would be the 4th edition of the NBP All-Pakistan Boxing Tournament in which top pugilists will be taking part in 11 different weight categories.
He stressed the need to promote sports at grassroots level and for this “the Directorate of Schools should feel its responsibility by involving youth in healthy activities”. Without the involvement of school kids it would be difficult to achieve the desired results, he observed.
The 2nd Inter-District Boxing Championship will be organised next month while in the first week of September the NWFP Junior and Cadet teams would take part in their respective events to be held at Lahore.
The house, he said, also gave approval to hold a colourful boxing event to celebrate the Independence Day on August 14. The house, he said, also appreciated the support of the Director PSB Coaching Centre Gul Shad Khan and Director General NWFP Sports Board Maazullah Khan.
The house approved association shields for Prof Anwar Chowdhry, Aqil Shah and Abdul Jalil Mirza and coaches Syed Kamal, Itrat Nazir, Aamir Butt and Arshad Kaleem for their meritorious services in their respective fields.