Appreciating a “massive youth attendance at the launch of the ‘Kamyab Jawan Talent Hunt’ programme in Islamabad” earlier this week, Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday that the government was reforming the sports structure to Pakistan Pakistan a great sporting nation.

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“We are reforming our sports structure and making more sports grounds so we can make Pakistan a great sporting nation,” said the premier in his message on Twitter.

Massive youth attendance at Kamyab Jawan talent hunt programmme in Islamabad on Monday. pic.twitter.com/TfLu4VcxpC

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— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) December 8, 2021

On Monday, the premier had launched ‘Kamyab Jawan Sports Drive’ at Jinnah Stadium Sports Complex Islamabad.

In its first phase, 12 different games for males and 10 for females would be arranged across 25 regions under the talent hunt programme.

Addressing the inaugural event, PM Imran said through his 21 years of experience he could tell that why sports were essential for youth.

“When you learned to fight in the arenas of sports you learned to win and also learned to understand defeat,” he had said.

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The Kamyab Jawan Sports Drive was launched in collaboration with Kamyab Jawan Program and Higher Education Commission. The drive was part of four projects worth Rs4 billion started in the country to keep the youth engaged in extracurricular and sports activities.