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Punjab Youth Festival
Punjab Youth Festival ( ur, پنجاب یوتھ فیسٹیول) is a sports festival held annually in Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, Pakistan. Chief Minister of Punjab, Pakistan, Chief Minister of the Punjab Shahbaz Sharif inaugurated it on October 20, 2012. The opening ceremony was held on that day in the National Hockey Stadium, Lahore, National Hockey Stadium, Lahore. During the ceremony, 42,813 students sang the National Anthem of Pakistan, National Anthem in what became a Guinness World Record (GWR) for the highest number of people to have ever sung a national anthem in a live gathering. The previous record had been held by India, in which fifteen thousand people had participated in an anthem singing. On 21 December 2013 member National Assembly Hamza Shahbaz Sharif and Provincial Minister for Sports & Youth Affairs Rana Mashhood Ahmed Khan unveiled the logo of Punjab Youth Festival 2014 at Gymnasium of Punjab Sports Board Lahore. References Further reading * * * Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Hockey Stadium, Lahore
National Hockey Stadium is a purpose-built field hockey stadium in Lahore, Pakistan. Located inside the Nishtar Park Sports Complex, it is the biggest Terrace (stadium), terrace field hockey stadium in the world, having a capacity of 45,000 spectators. The offices of Sports Board Punjab and Pakistan Hockey Federation are also located in the stadium compound. Tournaments hosted It hosted all matches of the 1990 Men's Hockey World Cup, where the hosts were defeated 3–1 by the Netherlands men's national field hockey team, Netherlands in the final. It has hosted many international matches and competitions, including the inaugural edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy, Champions Trophy tournament in 1978 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy, 1978, and further editions in 1988 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy, 1988, 1994 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy, 1994, 1998 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy, 1998 and 2004 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy, 2004. In January 2018, it hosted a two-match series b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |