PESHAWAR: Peshawar District Physical Handicap T20 Cricket Tournament will commence from November 22, under the aegis of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Physically Handicap Cricket Association at Charsadda Cricket Stadium. This was stated by newly elected president of the Peshawar District Physically Handicap Association and Youth Minister for Special Persons in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Youth Assembly Muhammad Amar Khan while talking to APP here on Friday.
President Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Physically Handicap Cricket Association Khalid Aman and Secretary Syed Jaffar Shah, Secretary Peshawar District Amjad Khan were also present on the occasion.
Amar Khan disclosed that all arrangements in this connection have already been finalized to hold the event in befitting manners. He said that teams from Nowshera, Charsadda and Peshawar Districts would take part in the tournament.
He also thanked District Sports Officer Jamshed Baloch for ensuring all out support in holding the event in Charsadda Sports Complex. He said around 110 players would be provided accommodation there. The players, he said, would be fully facilitated during the event.
He said special persons are key part of our society and indulging them in healthy sports activities would somehow overcome their sense of deprivation in various sections of the society.
He said many places in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in particular and in the rest of the country in general have no access for the special persons as a result they are facing problems.
There are no ramps facilities for the wheel chair persons and other persons who are physically handicap could not access to the shopping males, school, colleges, universities, other buildings, streets, roads and above all public transport.
It is very difficult to come out and see lack of access for the special people in different bazaars, and other areas, lying inaccessible and inapproachable for the special persons, Muhammad Amar Khan said.
About the sports activities, he said: We are trying hard to form physically handicap (standing) cricket team and wheel chair cricket team for which we also sorted support of well off people for their contribution to the association. He said recently the association has form a cricket academy at Qayyum Sports Complex. He said services of two qualified PCB coaches have been hired. The academy would be open for all special persons, he concluded.
