ISLAMABAD - Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) Tuesday honored futsal teams of Pakistan, Brazil, Turkey and Nepal, which participated in the 1st International Futsal Cup 2018 held here recently.
Pakistan Soccer Futsal Federation chairman Malik Mehrban Ali and secretary Adnan Ali, Futsal Association Islamabad chairman Sheikh Abdul Waheed, ICCI president Sheikh Amir Waheed, ICCI sports committee chairman Nasir Chaudhry, former ICCI president ICCI Basir Daud, Shabbir Ahmed, Ms Nasira Ali, Mustafa Malik and Syed Haider Asad were also present at the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, ICCI president Sheikh Amir said many countries were generating billions of dollars of business activities by promoting sports events and stressed that government should focus on sports to give boost to business activities in the country.
He said sports activities enabled trade and industry to flourish in addition to creating employment and reducing poverty. He said that government should focus on providing better facilities for sports in the country that would ultimately lead to better promotion of business activities and strengthen the economy.
He lauded the role of Pakistan Soccer Futsal Federation and Futsal Association Islamabad for hosting the 1st International Futsal Cup 2018 in Pakistan and assured that the ICCI would fully support in such events in the country. Senior vice president M Naveed and vice president Nisar Ahmed Mirza said ICCI along with promoting business activities was also encouraging sport activities because sports were necessary for developing a healthy society.
They said that holding sports also promoted business activities and stressed that government should make strong efforts to facilitate promotion of sports in country.
Nasir Chaudhry said Pakistan has good potential for futsal and reaffirmed that ICCI sport committee would cooperate with Soccer Futsal Federation and Futsal Association Islamabad to promote futsal in the region.