Qayyum Stadium
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| Full name | Qayum Stadium (official name) |
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| Location | Peshawar, Pakistan |
| Owner | Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Operator | Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Capacity | 15,000 |
| Surface | Grass |
| Opened | 19757 |
| Tenants | |
| Peshawar Football team Boxing club Athletics Peshawar Olympic Team Peshawar badminton Club Karaty Club Peshawar Club Ground |
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The Qayum Stadium, located in Peshawar, KPK, is one of the largest multi-use stadiums in Pakistan and the biggest in Peshawar. It is mostly used for football matches and is home to the Peshawar football club. It also hosts other domestic and international sporting events, such as the All Pakistan Inter-varsity Athletics Championship. The stadium holds 15,000 people and is within walking distance from peshawar sadar and the railway station.
Founded in 1975, the Qayyum Stadium (Q.S) selected the current MCG site in 1975 after previously playing at several grounds around the different parts of Peshawar. Since then it is used for multipurpose games.
The first grandstand at the Q.S was the original cricket club’ built in 1975, Another grandstand facing one way to the badminton club is football ground.
Cricket in Pakistan has a history of even before the creation of the country in 1947. The first ever international cricket match in what is Pakistan today was held in Karachi on November 22, 1935 between Sindhi and Australian cricket teams. The match was seen by 5,000 Karachiites. It was introduced by the British during their colonial rule of British India, which covered the area now known as Pakistan. Despite Field hockey being the national sport of Pakistan, cricket is the most popular sport in the country. Pakistan has produced many talented cricketers who have been among the best batsmen and bowlers in international cricket. There is a cricket academy working in qayyum stadium.
Qayyum stadium has his own cricket academy where youth came in large number.
World famous Japanese wrestler Muhammad Hussain Inoki and his team reached Qayyum Stadium Peshawar on Wednesday to participate in the Inoki’s Wrestling for Peace Festival. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Information Mian Iftikhar Hussain, Sports Minister Syed Aqil Shah and a large number of spectators warmly welcomed them. Chairperson Standing Committee for Sports, MPA Shagufta Malik, Secretary Sports, Syed Jamaluddin Shah, Secretary Information, Azmat Hanif Orakzai and Director General Sports Altaf Omerzai were also present. The guests were decorated with traditional Chitrali Caps and Shawls. Khattak Dance, Mehsud Dance, Para Gliding, Horse Dance and traditional games “Peto-Garam, Gulli Danda” and Kabaddi were played on the occasion. Addressing the ceremony as chief guest the Information Minister, Mian Iftikhar Hussain said through holding Inoki’s Wrestling for Peace Festival and four other national events in the Provincial Capital Peshawar, it has proved that the circumstances in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were fit for holding all types of games and the dwellers of this land were peace-loving and that they hated insurgency and militancy. Announcing the formal launching of the Inoki’s Wrestling for Peace Festival at Qayyum Stadium Peshawar, Mian Iftikhar Hussain said that through sports and other tourism related activities in the province, we want to convey the message of peace to the whole world. He said the peace-loving people of Pakhtunkhwa were not militants rather militancy had been imposed on them. Information Minister said all out efforts would be made for the successful holding of Bacha Khan International Wrestling for Peace Championship at Qayyum Stadium Peshawar from December 8 and 9, 2012 wherein teams from India, Sri Lanka, Balngladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan would participate. This bacha khan international wrestling was won by Pakistan
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