Peshawar Sports Complex Tartan Track: Inordinate Delays, Cost Increases, and the Silence of Directorate
Musarrat Ullah Jan – KikxNow , Digital Creator The tartan track at Peshawar Sports Complex has turned out to be the slowest, costliest, and mysterious construction in the province. It is a track where athletes learn patience instead of sprints, and by the time it's ready, the national games are over. And that's not all: KP Sports Directorate seems to have lost their microphones, so that nobody is saying a word. Here’s the story: athletes were told, “Give us one month, the tartan track will be ready, practice will happen, and medals will follow.” One month turned into two, two months into six, and finally, the national games took place in Karachi. KP athletes reached the venue only to realize that practice wasn’t necessary to compete. Result? A single bronze medal-a symbolic reminder that once upon a time, Peshawar had dreams of a tartan track. The most astonishing part? Foreign experts supervising the track are doing so online. Initially, two foreign specialists were to...