ISLAMABAD: Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry has expressed that for the first time in the history of the country, e-sports will get the status of a regular sport in March 2021.
Taking to Twitter, Fawad Chaudhry wrote that a memorandum had been reached between the Pakistan Sports Board and the Pakistan Science Foundation.
پاکستان سپورٹس بورڈ اور پاکستان سائنس فاونڈیشن کے درمیان یادادشت طے پا گئ ہے جس کے بعد E-Sports کو باقاعدہ کھیل کا درجہ حاصل ہو گا، اگر آپ کو ویڈیو گیمز سے دلچسپی ہے تو تیار ہو جائیے اور نئے مواقع آپ کے منتظر ہیں۔
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) January 13, 2021
Chaudhry in his tweet wrote that e-sports would get the status of a regular sport after the memorandum would be finalized. “If you are interested in video games, get ready, new opportunities are waiting for you,” the minister maintained.
Earlier in an interview, the minister had said, “The video game industry is worth 90 billion dollars. There is an annual growth of 20% [for the video game industry] in Pakistan.” He further said, “The companies working in Pakistan are telling me that we have more jobs available than people.”
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When being asked whether the government would support gamers who qualify for international e-sports tournaments, the minister said that his ministry would surely support talented individuals who could earn a name for Pakistan.
