Rebuild Karachi Conference, an initiative of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi chapter, hosted a moot with prominent sports personalities to reach a solution for prevailing issues of the sports sector in the megalopolis.

JI Karachi Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman, Olympian Islahuddin, former Pakistani cricket teams member Sadiq Mohammad, former skipper in the national cricket team Younis Khan, sports journalist Yahya Hussani, Karachi Tennis Association President Khalid Rehmani, boxer Ali Akbar Shah Qadri, former hockey player Mubashir Mukhtar and Dr Saqib Ansari took part in the panel discussion, titled “Issues and Solutions for Sports Department in Karachi,” held at a local hotel.

Rehman said that sports and health were deeply interlinked. “Hospitals seem overburdened when playgrounds wear deserted looks. Youngblood tends to negative activities in the absence of healthy opportunities,” he said.

He added that unfortunately, no political party had placed sports on its political agenda. Both the ruling and opposition parties should put sports, health and education on their political agendas, he remarked.

Islahuddin said that the murder of merit in sports institutions had brought the sports sector in the country to the prevailing condition. He stressed the need for introducing appropriate sports policies.

Hussani suggested several measures to revive the sports sector in the country while Rehmani talked about the impacts of sports activities on public health. Qadri shed light on the role of educational institutions in connection with sports activities.