National Youth and Junior Athletics Championships from 13th October
More than 300 athletes will take part in the National Youth and Junior Athletics Championships which is scheduled to be held from 13th to 14th October at Jinnah Stadium in Islamabad.
Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP) is organizing the National Youth and Junior Athletics Championships which will feature athletes from 14 different regions from all over Pakistan.
Following are the regions from which athletes will be participating:
1. Pakistan Army
2. Pakistan Air Force
3. Pakistan Navy
4. WAPDA
5. Railways
6. Higher Education Commission
7. Punjab
8. Sindh
9. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
10. Balochistan
11. Islamabad
12. Azad Jammu and Kashmir
13. FATA and
14. Gilgit-Baltistan
More than 300 athletes will be participating in this two-day event and the competitions will be contested in four different category events.
Following are the categories:
1. 17 track and field events for Juniors Men
2. 15 for Junior Women
3. 16 for Youth Men and
4. 14 for Youth Women
AFP spokes person said that the Federation is taking every measure for the further uplift of the game by holding events on regular basis. He also said, "Our National Senior and Junior teams are taking part in International events abroad which is helping our athletes, both men and women, to lift the level of their game.”
