Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday met with World Junior Squash Champion Hamza Khan and likewise awarded him a cheque of Rs1 million for his achievements.
Hamza appreciated the prime minister in addition to the cooperation he obtained from the Pakistan Squash Federation.
The PM, who additionally interacted with Hamza’s mother and father in Pashtu, congratulated the sportsman for successful the World Junior Squash Championship held not too long ago in Australia.
Calling youths like Hamza the delight and asset of the nation, the prime minister mentioned he made the entire nation, together with himself, proud by successful such a title after a long time.
Recalling his expertise of taking part in squash and calling it the perfect recreation, Shehbaz expressed the hope that Hamza would proceed to work arduous to win the senior world title.
He mentioned Hamza was a job mannequin for Pakistan’s youth and that he himself all the time strived for offering sports activities amenities of worldwide stage to the youth.
He additional mentioned that not too long ago, the federal government launched nationwide sports activities initiatives for the promotion of sports activities actions within the nation and the uplift of gamers.
The institution of the primary sports activities college and offering technical and monetary assist to coach the youth within the sports activities sector was additionally part of this initiative.
The assembly was additionally attended by Hamza’s father Niazullah Khan, his mom, Inter-provincial Coordination Minister Ihsanullah Mazari, SAPM Shaza Fatima Khawaja, Inter-provincial Coordination Secretary Hanif Orakzai, Pakistan Squash Federation Senior Vice President Air Vice Marshal Kazim Hammad.
