Mir Kalmati Inter-Educational Sports Festival 2026 opens in Gwadar with tableaux and football match

GWADAR: The Mir Kalmati Inter-Educational Sports Festival Gwadar 2026 has been formally inaugurated. It aims to develop the talents of the younger generation, promote sports and foster healthy and positive competition among educational institutions. Director Education Schools Muneer Ahmed Nodezai inaugurated the festival.

The festival, organised by the Mir Kalmati Inter-Educational Sports Festival Gwadar, has the full support of the Gwadar Education Department, the Private Schools Association Gwadar, the Gwadar Development Authority and other relevant bodies. The festival’s chairman, Mir Arshad Kalmati, attended the opening ceremony along with a large number of students, teachers and education officers from various government and private institutions.

Students made the ceremony memorable with colourful cultural and educational tableaux, a parade, a march past, tug-of-war contests and a special school scouting display. A thrilling Football match was also played between Gosri High School and New Town Grammar High School. Young players of both teams played well and won loud applause from spectators. Ghaffar Rehman and Ehsam Qazi provided the commentary.

Aim is to draw youth towards positive activities

Addressing the opening ceremony, Muneer Ahmed Nodezai and Mir Arshad Kalmati said the festival was not merely meant to hold sports contests. They said its aim was to draw the younger generation of Gwadar, especially Gen-Z, towards positive, healthy and constructive activities. They said that by promoting a strong sports culture at school level, young people were being given opportunities to show their abilities and make the country and the province proud at national and international level.

They said the sports grounds of Gwadar and Makran had produced talented and renowned players in the past too, who had made their mark at national level. They said the main aim of the present education and sports policy was to nurture this talent in time and make young people a valuable asset for the country and the nation.

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