Islamabad and KP Police Cricket teams share trophy after final washed out

Islamabad and KP Police Cricket teams share trophy after final washed out

ISLAMABAD: Crickets teams of Islamabad and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were declared joint champions of the Police Martyrs' Memorial Cricket tournament 2014 as the final match between both teams could not be held due to rain.

This tournament called `All Pakistan Jan Nisar T-20 Cricket Tournament’ was held from March 24 to March 28 and eight cricket teams including Islamabad Police, Frontier Constabulary, Balochistan Police, Punjab Police, Sindh Police, KPK Police, FIA and National Highways and Motorways Police participated in the tournament.

DIG (Headquarters) Khalid Khattak said that this tournament was held to remember those gallant cops who sacrificed their lives to protect the lives of others. He said the whole nation is proud of these brave sons of the soil and they would remain always alive in our heart.

DIG (Headquarters) said that Islamabad Police had organized such tournament in the past which was greatly supported. This event dedicated to the martyred cops would be made held in future too, he maintained.

He congratulated AIG (Establishment) Ashraf Zubair Siddiqui and his team including , SP CID Zubair Ahmed Sheikh and others over making arrangements for this tournament and organizing this event successfully. He also thanked president Islamabad region Cricket Association Shakeel Ahmed Shaikh for his cooperation.

He said that such activities will also remain continue in upcoming days so that policemen can also participate in the sports activities besides performing their professional duties.

In the end, DIG (Headquarters) distributed trophies and prizes among those players who showed good performance in the tournament. The Captains of both team also shared the trophy of the tournament.

PRO
Islamabad Police

28-03-2014