The Pakistan Golf Federation has endorsed a plan to build a new golf course and academy in Islamabad, the country’s capital city.

The course, and associated academy, are planned to be built on a 150 acre site leased from the Pakistani government’s Capital Development Authority, though it appears that a private developer willing to fund the project will have to be found. 

The Federation’s general meeting heard from Maj-Gen Tarik Saleem Malik that the project would set the pace for the development of golf in Pakistan, which currently has less that 20 courses.