Balochistan CM Announces Job for Father of Young Chess Prodigy
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti met young chess prodigy Abdul Rehman and played a friendly game of chess with him, appreciating his exceptional talent and skills.
During the meeting, the chief minister praised Abdul Rehman’s intelligence and mastery of the game, presenting him with a certificate of appreciation and a cash prize.
It emerged during the interaction that the young chess player belongs to a financially disadvantaged family in Quetta and that his father is unemployed. Taking note of the family’s financial difficulties, Chief Minister Bugti announced that a job would be provided to the child’s father.
Speaking on the occasion, Mir Sarfraz Bugti said intellectual games such as chess help children and young people develop critical thinking, strategic planning, patience, tolerance and timely decision-making skills.
He said children in Balochistan possess exceptional abilities that can be brought to national and international attention through proper opportunities, encouragement and patronage.
The chief minister said the provincial government would extend all possible support to talented children to encourage them and help develop their abilities.
He reaffirmed that a lack of resources would not be allowed to stand in the way of the progress and success of any talented child in the province.
