LAHORE - The 57th National Table Tennis Championship got underway with a grand colourful opening ceremony at Nishtar Park Sports Complex Gymnasium Hall on Saturday. DG Sports Punjab Javed Chohan was the chief guest on this occasion. Over 200 table tennis players from 14 teams are participating in the championship being played from Dec 25 to 31, 2021. Secretary Pakistan Table Tennis Federation Ahmer Malik, President Punjab Table Tennis Association Irfan Ullah Khan, Chief Sports Consultant SBP Hafeez Bhatti were also present there. Talking to media, the DG SBP said Sports and Youth Affairs Department Punjab is fully supporting this event. “The promotion of sports culture across the province is our prime objective and that’s why we always extended every kind of assistance for the holding of multiple sports events in all parts of Punjab.” The Secretary PTTF said it’s the biggest ever national table tennis event and gave credit to the SBP for conducting it in a professional way.