{"id":2590,"date":"2020-12-12T19:01:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-12T19:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=2590"},"modified":"2020-12-12T19:01:53","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T19:01:53","slug":"afridi-launches-kpl-as-ajk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-sports-news\/afridi-launches-kpl-as-ajk\/","title":{"rendered":"Afridi launches KPL as AJK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Chairman of Kashmir Committee Shehryar Khan Afridi Saturday launched the Kashmir Premier League (KPL) as the first premier cricket\u00a0tournament\u00a0of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The objective of the KPL is to initiate a series of cultural and sports events to raise the voice of the people of Jammu and Kashmir globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flanked by President Azad Jammu &amp; Kashmir Sardar Masood Khan, celebrated cricket icon Shahid Afridi who is also the brand ambassador for KPL, Azhar Mahmood, Chief Coach for KPL, President KPL Arif Malik and Shehzad Akhtar Chaudhry KPL CEO, Shehryar Afridi said that KPL would help put Kashmir on the World Sports Map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cKPL would put Kashmir on the World Sports Map. We will raise Kashmir on all forums world over. Kashmir Committee would do everything to preserve, project and promote Kashmiri identity and its culture. \u2018K\u2019 word is the buzz word now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said Kashmir Premier League has been approved by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), federal government and it has the support of the people of Kashmir and Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that Pakistani cricketers have become the identity of our country. He said that sports help bring people closer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe talent of Kashmiri youth will reach the world through this league. The youth of Kashmir have to show the world how much talent it possessed,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that after the launch of the KPL, its second edition would feature women KPL which would provide a chance to the girls of Kashmir to come forward and play cricket. 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