Wapda Endowment Fund For Sports A Source Of Financial Support For Talented Players In Sports & Education

Wapda Endowment Fund for sports a source of financial support for talented players in Sports & Education

Wapda's vision focused under leadership of Shakeel Durani, former Chairman WAPDA, is to arrange regular source of financing to provide financial support for sports cum education to the talented youth together with an ultimate aim to enhance the medals tally of Pakistan in International competitions

PESHAWAR, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 02nd Jan, 2018 ) :Wapda's vision focused under leadership of Shakeel Durani, former Chairman WAPDA, is to arrange regular source of financing to provide financial support for sports cum education to the talented youth together with an ultimate aim to enhance the medals tally of Pakistan in International competitions.

This scheme was launched in 2010 and so far 174 youngsters in 11 sports disciplines have been enrolled during 1st, 2nd and 3rd intake. WAPDA provide Education and Training Allowance Rs. 5000 (Rs.2000 for education fee) and Rs.3000 for diet and cost for training and coaching facilities at their doorstep.

Based on experience of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd intake, the scheme is now being focused on athletics, being the base of all sports and giving a transparent, fair, measurable performance target and evaluation as well as setting performance goals.

WAPDA Sports board was established in 1960 for promotion of sports in WAPDA with ultimate goal to uplift the National sports. Like its manifesto now there are thousands of players associated with FATA among them many were excelled at national and international levels.

Like Wapda Sports Board contribution in the Sports of Pakistan, the WEF for Sports has been providing equal opportunity to all areas of Pakistan and for boys and girls players who show their talent.

Being an affiliated and active unit of Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) since 1984, Wapda players have scorers of performances in all 37 National sports disciplines and has been top slot winner in 33 disciplines and always eager to take up more sports.

Currently WSB managing 65 men and women sports disciplines consisting more than 2200 sports persons while WEF for Sports have been contributing Rs. 5000 to more than 100 talented players who were short-listed in various discipline under a wide range of trials all across Pakistan.

The short-listed talented boys and girls excelled at international level and only in 2017 they have won ;five international medals in games like karate, weightlifting, squash and wrestling besides 13 national gold medals in National Junior and National Senior Championships.

Talking to APP, international squash player Asad Ullah, gold medalist of the ongoing Quaid-e-Azam Games in Women Squash Individual event Laiba Ijaz, Athlete Paras Ahmad and Waseem Khan termed the financial support of WEF for Sports as a key to their success.

�Our parents have less burdens on their shoulders as far as our expenditure on sports is concerned,� they added. �Like us there are players in other towns and cities of Pakistan who are getting benefit from that financial support and certainly we all could give due attention to our future in sports,� they added.

They also requested the Chairman Wapda to increase the number of beneficiaries besides increasing into the currently financial support. When contacted a former national footballer Salahuddin informed that the objectives of the WEF is to promote and popularize and support upcoming talent between the ages from 12-18 years old.

The objected of WEF is to facilitate upcoming boys and girls with qualified coaching and training in the light of their respective Games and above all to asses and evaluate their performances under WEF program through holding annual-based open trials under the supervised of yesterday heroes.

Former World Champion Qamar Zaman also lauded Wapda for introducing WEF for talented boys and girls in sports at grassroots level and termed the financial support as vital for enhancing Pakistan�s medal prospective in sports.

�It is very good support for the talented players at grassroots level because everyone come through open trials and can avail the benefit through that schemes,� Qamar Zaman added. Introducing such like program will go a long way as far as Wapda role in Pakistan Sports is concerned, he remarked.