The traditional games are wrestling, target shooting, tent pegging, folk dances, archery and javelin throwing. Football, volleyball and cricket are becoming very popular and are played both in rural and urban areas. The sports which are common in urban areas are table tennis and badminton. Also cards, kattar and kabaddy are common games.

The Social Welfare Department has a club with badminton, cards and tv facilities. There is a children’s park in Barkhan also, where sports are played like volleyball, cricket, football and kabbady.⁶⁶

Provincial government is most involved in sports development, followed by private enterprise, local government and NGOs. However, it should be noted that overall, interest and effort put in sports is very limited.

The people are not very much attracted towards sports. There are very few sports facilities available in the district. Sports are not very popular due to a variety of reasons. The indoor games are not played, because people prefer to watch dish TV and VCR. The outdoor games are not played very much because people are to busy with their work. Poverty is also a reason which prevents them to spare time for sports. Sports are mostly played by students who have spare time and for whom sports facilities are available in their educational institutions.

Due to resource constraints, government cannot spare much funds for the promotion of sports. The facilities for sports are also limited and only very few places/play grounds are available for sports. Government plans to construct a stadium at each district headquarters and start youth clubs at sub-division level. The promotion of sports will help the youth against their involvement in drug addiction and other anti-social activities.

Women have absolutely no involvement in any kind of sports activities. Probably there are some traditional household games, requiring limited physical activity.

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