LAHORE – Punjab government on Tuesday shelved a plan to organise a women’s motorbike rally at the opening ceremony of PSL 2018 semi-final in Lahore for unknown reasons.
An official of Chief Minister’s Strategic Reforms Unit (SRU) confirmed that rally, which was set to be carried out by the Women on Wheels (WOW) today at Gaddafi Stadium before PSL match, has been cancelled, but declined to tell the reason.
Women-on-Wheels trainees had been invited to the PSL semi-final in efforts to promote women empowerment.
It appears that the first women bikers rally has been cancelled due to security as foreign players are also taking part in the game.
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The first elimination match will be played between Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators to make a place in the final.
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SRU Director General Salman Sufi on Monday said, “The trainees of the WOW campaign will be held at Lahore’s Qaddafi Stadium before the start of the first fixture”.
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“Six bikers will participate in the rally which aims to provide females with mobility as well as empower and help them reclaim public spaces,” he added.
Celebrities such as Jugnu Mohsin, Sohai Ali Abro, Mira Sethi and Juggun Kazim was to attend the bike rally.
Sufi had said they were thankful to the Pakistan Cricket Board for taking the commendable step of allowing WOW to hold a rally ahead of the match.
He had further said that as per the directives of the Punjab chief minister over 10,000 women across the province would have been trained to ride motorbikes and provided customised motorcycles at subsidised rates.
“Over 3,500 women in Lahore, Multan, Sargodha and Faisalabad have been given free motorcycle training,” Sufi added.
The date to apply to acquire a motorcycle on subsidised rates has been extended till April 25.
