Ramadan night festival of cricket & hockey matches from 18th May
Commissioner Karachi Iftikhar Shalwani announced the organising committees for the Ramaza night festival cricket and hockey matches here in a meeting.
Ramadan night festival of hockey will commence form 18th May while the cricket matches will be start from 25th May. Commissioner Karachi Iftikhar Shalwani announced the organising committees for the Ramaza night festival cricket and hockey matches here in a meeting.
The hockey match will be played at the Islahuddin-Dr Shah Academy ground on May 18 while the cricket match will be staged at the National Stadium on May 25.
The cricket committee will be headed by DC East Ahmed Ali Siddiqui while other members of the organising committee are Khalid Jameel Shamsi, Azmatullah Khan, Shahida Parveen Kiani, Asif Azeem, Jameel Ahmed and Mohammad Arshad.Commissioner Karachi has assured that Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and his cabinet members will be part of the cricket team while prominent bureaucrats, politicians, officers from civil and military cadres and showbiz personalities will also feature in these festival matches.
Deputy Commissioner Farhan Ghani will head the hockey match committee while Olympian Islahuddin Siddiqui is the organising secretary. Other members of the committee are Khalid Jameel Shamsi, Shahida Parveen, Engineer Mehfoozul Haq, Sattar Javed, Azmatullah Khan, Olympian Kamran Ashraf and Asghar Azim.
Ghulam Mohammad Khan is the coordinator for both the events.
Meanwhile, the commissioner has advised former Test cricketer Iqbal Qasim to form the teams for the cricket match.
