Jahangir Khan aspires to improve sports facilities across Pakistan
Last updated on: 07 February,2019 09:50 pm
He asserted that improved facilities of sports could help produce talented sportsmen.
KARACHI: The legendary Jahangir Khan has stepped into the sports world to lift the glory of sports in Pakistan.
This time, he has entered into the ring not as a player but as a consultant to a sports infrastructure builder for installing sports facilities across the country and make Pakistan the ‘Sports Power House’ in collaboration with government and international bodies.
During the contract signing ceremony with TS Builders, he said that improved facilities of sports could help produce talented sportsmen.
“I believe this is the perfect partnership that will help me achieve my vision,” he said of the TS Builders that has built over 400 squash courts across Pakistan and abroad.
Moreover, it has installed artificial football, hockey fields and over 150 synthetic tennis courts.
Under the plan, infrastructures based upon international standard will be laid in urban and small cities.
Jahangir Khan holds the highest sportsman rank in Pakistan as he is the only athlete in the world who has achieved several milestones including World Amateur Championship at the age of 15, 10-time British Open Championship in succession (1982–1991), six-time World Open Champion, first player to win World Open Championships without dropping a game, playing the second longest match in the squash history - 2.46 hrs and the youngest ever World Open Champion at the age of 17.