F.P. Report
PESHAWAR: The Athletic Meet of the Afghan Refugees students based in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, both male and female, took part in the event organized by Afghan Commissionerate here at Qayyum Sports Complex on Monday.
Special guests of the event were Additional Commissioner Security Afghan Commissionerate Haider Khan and Project Manager Shuja-ur-Rehman.
The Qayyum Sports Complex in Peshawar was set up with an athletics competition between Pakistani and Afghan female students. Haider Khan, Additional Commissioner, Security, Afghan Commissionerate, and Shuja-ur-Rehman, Project Manager, were the special guests of the event.
In the athletics event there were 100m and 200m sprint races. In the 100m race Humaira took gold medal and Bakhtawara and Afreen took silver and bronze medals and in the 200m Kalsoom took gold medal, Haseena and Hira took silver medal and bronze medal respectively.
Similarly, Kulsoom won the first position in the two meter race while Haseena was second and Hira got third position in the races.
At the end, Additional Commissioner Security Afghan Commissionerate Haider Khan and Project Manager Shuja-ur-Rehman gave away trophies and medals to the position holders.
Haider Khan said that the purpose of holding athletics competitions for Afghan and Pakistani girls is to provide equal sports opportunities to them. It will also help promote social cohesion and social well-being in community groups.
