Rugby 7s now a National Games sport
 Rugby 7s will be played in the Pakistan 31st National Games 

Rugby lovers all over Pakistan are celebrating the addition of rugby 7s in the 31st national games . After a lot of grass roots development work by the Pakistan Rugby union in spreading the game of rugby in all provinces and all major departments. rugby now is part of the national games. a great milestone for the development and spread  of rugby in the country. The

in the last 10 year the rugby playing populations has increased exponentially due to the efforts rugby was initially played by expats and a few locals . now has a playing population of more ever before made up of all local players who are actively playing  and is played in all areas of Pakistan from the beaches of Karachi to the small town of NWFP and fata, from the deserts of of southern Punjab to foothills of the margla mountains in the capital . junior rugby is also flourishing with new schools and universities entering PRU tournaments  and  starting there own rugby programs part every. The IOC descion to include rugby in the Olympics in 2016 also played a part in the acceptance of PRU bid to add rugby
 

The opening ceremony of the 31st National Games would be held here at Qayyum Sports Complex on March 25, 2010, The men's events are athletics, hockey, swimming, badminton, bodybuilding, boxing, basketball, cycling, football, golf, handball, judo, kabaddi, karate, taekwondo, shooting, squash, rugby 7s,  table tennis, volleyball, weightlifting, wrestling and wushu.
 

The women  will be takeing part in 11 different events like athletics, swimming, badminton, cycling, football, karate, taekwondo, shooting, table tennis and wushu.Women Swimming and Rifle Shooting (Men & Women) which will be held in Islamabad, all the other 20 events will take place in NWFP

even though women rugby is not part of the games Pakistan rugby union is also actively working on its women's rugby development program with women's rugby already started in some universities and schools in Punjab.Iran has a very good rugby program with its national womens team doing well in the Asian circuit and PRU is committed as part of its 4 year strategic plan to develop a full women's rugby program

the  National games closing ceremony would be held on March 31, 2010. Pakistan rugby union will be in charge of the rugby event providing the officiating and management personal.President of PRU Mr fawzi khaja Commented that " it is a great honor for PRU to have  rugby included as it will  mark the start of new pace of  rugby development in the country."