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      <title>Punjab to cut health budget to promote sports: minister</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Punjab Sports Minister Faisal Ayub Khokhar said on Friday that the government will reduce the health budget to pour more money into sports for the province.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Addressing a press conference in Lahore on Friday, Khokhar said he wants his ministry to be fully functional and to provide sports facilities to every child in the province.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He added that the province as currently allocating most funds for health while sports receive very little funds.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Khokhar added that the health budget in the province will be decreased in order to divert more funds for sports.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He claimed that Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has already promised the provision of funds.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The minister said that sports complexes like the ones in Lahore will be set up across the province. He also said that traditional games will be promoted across Punjab.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Khokhar also announced that Olympian Arshad Nadeem will be given a new javelin by the government.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>Punjab Sports Minister Faisal Ayub Khokhar said on Friday that the government will reduce the health budget to pour more money into sports for the province.</strong></p>
<p>Addressing a press conference in Lahore on Friday, Khokhar said he wants his ministry to be fully functional and to provide sports facilities to every child in the province.</p>
<p>He added that the province as currently allocating most funds for health while sports receive very little funds.</p>
<p>Khokhar added that the health budget in the province will be decreased in order to divert more funds for sports.</p>
<p>He claimed that Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has already promised the provision of funds.</p>
<p>The minister said that sports complexes like the ones in Lahore will be set up across the province. He also said that traditional games will be promoted across Punjab.</p>
<p>Khokhar also announced that Olympian Arshad Nadeem will be given a new javelin by the government.</p>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2024 13:59:16 +0500</pubDate>
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