Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium

Injecting newlife and enthusiasm into the virtually dormant sporting bodies, players and general public in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), the first ever government-sponsored Twenty-20 cricket tournament is all set to kick off here from November 10. This was announced by AJK minister for sports, youth and culture Mohammad Saleem Butt here after attending a meeting with representatives of local traders and civil society activists to make the ‘mega event’ a great success. The meeting was presided over by Prime Minister Chaudhry Abdul Majeed. “We have taken this tournament as achallenge and we will prove that there is talent as well as capacity in AJK to excel in all sports, cricket being on top of them,” said the exuberant minister from the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM). With 64 teams in the fray, the tournament is being played in Narul Cricket Stadium which was given a festive look in recent days by the sports ministry from its meagre resources.