Haris Ahmad
PESHAWAR, : Director Operation Syed Saqlain Shah Thursday clarified categorically that Rs. 1 Million was allocated for the Transgender Games only to facilitate them during the Transgender Sports Festival carried seven different Games.
Talking to media men, Syed Saqlain Shah said there is no truth in the news on social media that Rs. 2 million was allocated. He said all the winners and runners-up have been given Rs. 5000 each winner players of the team and individual and Rs. 3000 given to the runners-up of the team and individual events.
Despite the prize money, all the members of the transgender teams provided full kits including shoes and Rs. 1000 as daily allowance to all participants. He said the Festival was successfully organized but on social media, there was some wrong information about the Festival.
“We have taken the decision in full responsibility and on the directives of the Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and tried our best to facilitate them during the Festival,” Syed Saqlain Shah said.
He said the people concerned with the Transgender community, assured them that more than 250 transgender players would be turning up and the Directorate of Sports KP have made arrangements for the 250 plus but there were less in numbers.
He said, the decision have already been taken to hold the Transgender Festival at District and National levels and hopefully the transgender groups would be united on one platform to make our job easy for the future rather going for a negative propaganda. “We are ready to facilitate all the groups on an equal basis, “Syed Saqlain Shah.