Published in Samaa on July 22nd, 2021,
A gaming tournament will be held
Pakistan will hold a national e-sports event for the first time for which the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of Pakistan has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Garena and BIGO.
The MoU is for Free Fire mobile gaming tournament.
This is the first time Pakistan has recognized e-sports as a professional enterprise.
According to Fawad Chaudhary, 537 teams will be participating in the tournament. The total prize of the tournament is Rs10million.
The winning team will get a chance to compete in an tournament, the minister said.