LAHORE - Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Youth Affairs Muhammad Usman Dar has said that Lahore Qalandars management has been working well for welfare of youth as per vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan. 
According to information made available here on Tuesday, SAPM Usman Dar urged the youth to participate in the country’s biggest cricket talent-hunt initiative and prove their potential in the field. He said under the Kamyab Jawan Sports Drive, launched in collaboration with the Lahore Qalandars, cricket trials were conducted at the VIP Cricket Ground Sialkot to select talented players. 
Usman Dar thanked Lahore Qalandars Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Rana Atif and its entire management for supporting the Kamyab Jawan initiative. He said Lahore Qalandars conducted trials of 500,000 youth of Pakistan through which national heroes like Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf and Shaheen Afridi were produced. 
He said the Kamyab Jawan Sports Drive would be taken to South Punjab in the second phase. “The efforts are being made to make the players financially independent. We are designing a sports scholarship programme through which Prime Minister Imran Khan will give opportunities to the talented youth for financial handholding.” Prominent fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi, Lahore Qalandars CEO Atif Rana, former fast bowler and coach Lahore Qalandars Aqib Javed along with were also present.