National Boxing Championships start

LAHORE, Jan 20 (APP):The five-day 36th National Men and 1st National Women Boxing Championships started under the auspice of WAPDA Sports
Board in association with Pakistan Boxing Federation here at WAPDA
Sports Complex on Saturday.
WAPDA Chairman and WAPDA Sports Board Pattern-in-Chief Lt Gen
Muzammil Hussain (Retd) and Pakistan Olympic Association President
Lt Gen (Retd) Arif Hassan were the chief guests of the opening
ceremony of the Championship.
Speaking to the participants of the opening ceremony at WAPDA
Sports Complex, the WAPDA Chairman said that sports persons were
pride of the nation who brought laurels to the country. He said that
sports alone could be the catalyst and the tool to overcome national
issues ranging from terrorism, illiteracy to fragile economy and
could be a source of national harmony.
In the five-day long Championship, as many as 15 teams are participating in the Men events i.e. WAPDA, Army, Navy, Air Force, Railways, KPT, K-Electric, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Sindh,
Balochistan, Islamabad, AJ&K, FATA and Gilgit Baltistan. Men’s
competitions will be held in 10 weight categories which are 46,
52, 56, 60, 64, 69, 75, 81, 91 and 91+ kilogramme.
With a view to popularize boxing amongst women folk, Women
Championship is being organized for the first time, wherein as
many as 24 women players from the provinces and associations
will compete in three weight categories of 51, 60 and 75 Kilogramme.