Technical officials for Commissioner Karachi Marathon meet

Published January 29, 2019
KARACHI: Technical officials of Commissioner Karachi Marathon are seen in a group photo during a meeting held at Director Gohar Raza’s residence on Monday.
KARACHI: Technical officials of Commissioner Karachi Marathon are seen in a group photo during a meeting held at Director Gohar Raza’s residence on Monday.

KARACHI: With the Commissioner Karachi Marathon all set to take place in the metropolis on Sunday, Feb 3, all arrangements for the race are swiftly being finalised by various organising committees and their respective members.

On Sunday, a high profile meeting of the technical delegates was held at the residence of Marathon’s Technical Director Gohar Raza.

Gohar briefed the technical officials about their duties and responsibilities towards the participants of respective age groups during the marathon and how they will coordinate with each other after every five kilometers of the race to maintain discipline and smooth progress.

No less than 75 technical officials will be supervising the race. The meeting was attended among others by Deputy Commissioner Syed Salahuddin Ahmed, one of the main organisers and sponsors Dr Farhan Essa, race coordinator Ghulam Mohammad, organizing head Khalid Shamsi and SOA’s Ahmed Rajput also spoke on the occasion.

Published in Dawn, January 29th, 2019

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