By Ashrafuddin Pirzada
BARA: To mark the special person day, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sports and Culture department with the collaboration of the district administration arranged a sports gala at Besay sports ground in Bara subdivision in district Khyber.
Hundreds of spectators, officials, sports lovers, and members of parliament attended the opening ceremony held on Tuesday.
Member of the national assembly and PTI leader Muhammad Iqbal Afridi was the chief guest.
MPA Wilson Wazir, MPA Shafiq Khan Afridi, sports director of tribal districts Muhammad Nawaz, and officials of the sports department and Khyber administration also attended the colorful program.
Besides national anthems and folk songs, four special person teams also participated in
Tug of war and chairs game.
Several stalls of cultural foods and handicrafts were also set up which attracted visitors.
Speaking on the occasion, director of sports ex-Fata Muhammad Nawaz thanked organizers for conducting a colorful event. He said the aim of the event was to bring up disabled persons and realize that they have the same value in society as others.
MPA Shafiq Afridi said the Image of tribal areas had been negatively portrayed in the past. He said Imran Khan allocated social funds for poor and special persons in Ehsas Program.
“If we are provided opportunities we can give champions like Shahid Khan Afridi to Pakistan”, Shafiq said. He said they want to provide the right and up-to-date training and coaching facilities to special persons so that they could also players like Shahid Khan Afridi.
He said his government wants to empower special persons and enable them to live without depending on others.
He said special persons had been ignored in the past and their basic rights were violated. “Tribal people were deprived of the basic rights that pushed them into the dark age”, Shafiq said.
He said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led government was committed to providing social justice to everyone at their doorsteps.
PTI MNA Muhammad Iqbal Afridi said the govt was committed to providing the best possible facilities to special persons.
He said he would work to ensure the best schooling system for special work.
MNA Iqbal Afridi announces 20,000 for the winning tug-of-war team while rupees 10,000 for the runner-up.
