LAHORE: Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP) with the collaboration of World Athletics (WA) is organizing its 1st Technical Officials Education and Certification System (TOECS) Level – I Course for Women at PSB Coaching Centre Lahore.
According to Muhammad Zafar, Secretary General AFP it is the 1st time in the history of Pakistan Athletics that we are conducting TOECS course exclusively for women technical officials. He further added that the duration of course is 05 days and it started on 18th March 2022.
Maj Gen (R) Muhammad Akram Sahi, HI(M), SI(M), President Athletics Federation of Pakistan / Vice President Asian Athletics Association distributed Certificates among the participants of course and appreciated the women who came from farflang area of Pakistan to attend the course.
The main purpose to organize the course was to increase the number of qualified women technical officials in the country and to enhance their knowledge / skills. Seventeen (17) women technical officials namely Shabana Khattak, Sadaf Siddiqui, Sumera Hussain, Shakila Rehman, Shagufta Akhtar Khan, Shabana Shaikh, Shabana Kousar, Sadia Sanaullah, Rahat Nawaz, Nasreen Fakhra, Maria Maratab, Mafia Parveen, Kaneez Sughra, Fozia Shaheen Mughal, Beenish Amin, Attia Maqbool and Abida Changezi from the Associations and Departments affiliated with AFP attended the Course.
World Athletics had approved Wing Commander (R) Pervaiz Saeed Mir as Lecturer to conduct this course. President of National Athletics Association of Technical Officials (NAATO) Mr. Tariq Mehmood Sidhu was nominated as Course Secretary whereas Mr. Khurshid Akhtar Butt performed as , Coordinator of the Course. The course will contribute a lot in the promotion of athletics at different levels and the qualified women technical officials will be eligible to attend TOECS Level – II course. They will have chance to perform duties in the National and International Athletics Competitions.
Seventeen (17) women technical officials namely Shabana Khattak, Sadaf Siddiqui, Sumera Hussain, Shakila Rehman, Shagufta Akhtar Khan, Shabana Shaikh, Shabana Kousar, Sadia Sanaullah, Rahat Nawaz, Nasreen Fakhra, Maria Maratab, Mafia Parveen, Kaneez Sughra, Fozia Shaheen Mughal, Beenish Amin, Attia Maqbool and Abida Changez from the Associations and Departments affiliated with AFP are attending this course.
He further said that World Athletics approved lecturer Wg Commander (R) Pervaiz Saeed Mir is conducting this course and President of National Athletics Association of Technical Officials(NAATO) Mr. Traiq Mehmood Sidhu is also performing duty as Course Secretary.
The course will contribute a lot in the promotion of athletics at different levels and the qualified women technical officials will be eligible to attend TOECS Level – II course. They will have chance to perform duties in the National and International Athletics Competitions.
