Three-time former Olympic champions Pakistan is going through certainly one of its worst disaster with complete confusion prevailing over the functioning of Pakistan Hockey Federation.
For the reason that Pakistan Sports activities Board (PSB) had denotified all of the office-bearers of Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) on the expiry of their tenure, there was no readability about who’s operating the day-to-day affairs of the federation.
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On Saturday, the denotified President of the PHF, Brig (retd) Khalid Sajjad Khokar introduced the appointment of former worldwide, Saeed Khan as the brand new secretary-general instead of Asif Bajwa.
The federation turned a laughing inventory when Bajwa refused to go away his workplace and occupied the secretary-general’s seat on Monday and Tuesday, insisting he was nonetheless in cost.
Saeed Khan, who is predicated in Paris and was requested to take cost as secretary-general by Monday, has now been informed to remain put till additional directions.
To cap the comedy of errors, Khalid Sajjad Khokar on Tuesday left for Birmingham to attend the Commonwealth Video games as President of the PHF.
“These folks have turned our nationwide sport right into a ‘Tamasha’ and even the federal government is doing nothing,” former Olympian, Samiullah Khan lamented.
And in all this chaos, the Pakistan hockey squad has departed for Birmingham to participate within the Commonwealth Video games with little hopes of reaching the medal podium.
Former captain and Olympian, Manzoor ul Hasan stated issues have solely gone from dangerous to worse in Pakistan hockey as a result of the federal government has remained a silent spectator.
At current nobody is conscious whether or not Khokar is constitutionally and legally allowed to stay President or not as a result of the Pakistan Sports activities Board had denotified Khokar, Bajwa and a few others early this month because the PHF had not held its elections as per its structure in Might this 12 months.
However the PSB shocked everybody by then saying a four-member ad-hoc committee to carry elections of the PHF inside 30 days however the icing on the cake was that it appointed Khokar to move the committee.
Khokar, who has been President since 2013, has within the meantime refused to just accept the de-notification of the PSB and its appointment of a ad-hoc committee and claims he’s nonetheless President as constitutionally the PSB can’t intrude in hockey affairs.
“And in all this horrid state of affairs the PHF President has discovered time to fly to Birmingham,” Samiullah added.
The chaos deepened on Tuesday when earlier than leaving for Birmingham, Khokar issued one other order re-appointing a former celebrated participant, Manzoor junior as chief selector though simply two days again he had appointed one other celebrated identify, Kaleemullah for a similar submit.
Pakistan hockey did not qualify for subsequent 12 months’s World Cup in India after ending fifth within the Asia Cup which was held two months again. The PHF has not but made public an inquiry report into the debacle.
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