In a first, girls ice hockey tournament held in Chitral | The Express Tribune
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CHITRAL: A girls' ice hockey tournament was organised for the first time in Pakistan in the "Parwak" of Tehsil Mastuj of Upper Chitral. The tournament was held to relieve the mental pressure of the people confined in their homes as the valley is currently in the grip of severe cold and to provide employment opportunities to the local people and attract tourists. A three-day ice hockey tournament was held on an ice surface at minus two degrees Celsius in which 11 matches were played where students from different educational institutions of Chitral participated. Muhammad Asif, the organiser of the event, while talking to The Express Tribune , said that the idea of this unique game is to promote children's sports. Read American bags season’s first markhor in Chitral He furthered that they have been working on children, girls’ sports in the Bonny Environmental Academy for two or three years, where students from the seventh grade to second year are ...