Pakistan News & Features Services
The two-month long training session for Sports Turf Managers, being organized by the Ministry of Youth Affairs, Government of Sindh, with the collaboration of the Customs Cricket Academy (CCA), Karachi, was inaugurated at the CCA on October 15.
It’s being organized under the banner of Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Youth Development Programme (BBSYDP).
The selected 40 boys and girls will start their training at the CCA from October 16.
Syed Faisal Ali Sabzwari, Sindh Minister of Youth Affairs, was to be the chief guest on the occasion but he could not attend the ceremony due to his preoccupations in some important matters.
Khurshid Ali Shaikh, Director, Youth Affairs Department, performed the inauguration and highlighted salient features of the training programmes.
“The Ministry of Youth Affair, under the able leadership of Syed Faisal Ali Sabzwari has been providing opportunities to the youngsters of Sindh to enhance their skills in order to create greater job opportunities for them,” he noted.
Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui, Secretary Youth Affairs to the Government of Sindh, was also complimented for the initiatives aimed at training the youngsters to get off to a flying start to their professional career.
Jalaluddin, a former Test fast bowler and the Event Director, unveiled the technical aspects of the training programme.
“It is a new field for sports management in Pakistan. However it has a great scope of job in other parts of the world,” he informed.
The CCA has acquired the services of experts of different areas of the training programme such as infrastructure development, management maintenance and equipment.
The training programme will be run by the CCA five days a week which include theory, practical work, group discussion and field study tours.
Prominent among those having attended the ceremony were Mahboob Shah (International Umpire), Siddiq Shaikh (Pakistan Football Federation), Dr Arif Kamal (Karachi University), Waqar Hussain (Assistant Collector Customs) and Haris Ahmed Khan (Qualified Cricket Coach).
