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Pakistan to recognize esports as an official sport

Monday 18 January 2021 | 04:42 CET | News
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Pakistan's minister for science and technology Fawad Chaudhry has announced in a Twitter post that esports will be recognized as an official sport in Pakistan, SportsKeeda reports. "A memorandum has been signed between Pakistan Sports Body and Pakistan Science Foundation after which Esports will get regular sports status", Chaudhry said.

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