Peshawar’s young boxer Farzan Shah, who has won a gold medal twice at the provincial level, has not received funds from the Sports Board. Boxing Could not play in the championship and also lost the scholarship.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Farzan Shah, who hails from Dalzak Road, Gulabad, Peshawar, told Independent Urdu that he has been playing Wushu kickboxing for the past three years, in which he has won two gold medals at the provincial level and seven at the provincial level. Received silver medals.
He said that wushu kickboxing is a Chinese sport and Pakistan I came in 1996.
Young boxer Farzan Shah said that he has been a two-time gold medalist and seven-time silver medalist at the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa level.
He said that due to non-availability of funds from the Sports Board of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the boxing team of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which included male and female players, could not go to Azad Kashmir for the National Championship.
Farzan Shah said that last October there was a boxing championship in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and there were also trials for the national championship in which Alhamdulillah won a gold medal in the 52 category and was also selected for the national championship, but the funding from the sports board The reason for not meeting was that our entire team could not go.
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He said that the sports board of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has told us that we are not getting funds from the government and you should wait.
Farzan Shah expressed his expectation that the National Boxing Championship is coming in Karachi now, for which we are preparing hard in the club and hope that the sports board will also give us sponsorship.
Young boxer Farzan Shah’s father and sister have also been boxing players while younger brother is also playing boxing.
Javed Iqbal, Assistant Director of the Accounts Department of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sports Board, told Independent Urdu that the Sports Board’s job is to bring forward the sportsmen of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and help them, but due to the lack of funds, the Sports Board has asked the provincial government. has been sent to the CECM for approval, but due to the caretaker government in the province, the approval of the Sports Board’s CECMs, which also includes funds for sponsorships and children’s scholarships, has not yet been approved.
He said that as soon as the provincial cabinet approves the schemes for releasing the funds of the sports board, the outstanding scholarships will also be released to the players.
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2024-08-02 09:49:57