ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Sports Board’s (PSB) hesitance to issue a no-objection certificate (NOC) to the players and officials of the national tenpin bowling team put Pakistan’s participation in the upcoming Tenpin bowling World Cup in Australia in jeopardy.
President Pakistan Tenpin Bowling Federation (PTBF) Ijaz ur Rehman on Thursday claimed that the federation had written a letter to the PSB two weeks ago for the issuance of the NOC but they received no reply from the board.
“Pakistan’s team participation in the upcoming Tenpin Bowling World Cup is in doubt. PSB has still not given the NOC to the federation,” he said. “The federation wrote a letter to the Sports Board two weeks ago for the NOC,” he added.
The Tenpin bowling World Cup is scheduled to take place from November 3 to 23 in Queensland, Australia.
“Players from 120 countries will be featuring in the singles and team event of the World Cup,” Aijaz said.
Six members national team comprising Ahmer Saldera, Ijaz ur Rehman, Shabeer Laskar, Ali Suria, Amjed Mehmood and Muhammad Hussain Chattha were named by the PBTF to participate in the World Cup.
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LAHORE: The Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) has reportedly sidelined the national badminton team from the Pakistani contingent for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games 2022.
The President of the Pakistan Badminton Federation (PBF) Syed Wahaj Ali revealed that the four-member badminton squad, initially part of the contingent, has been removed by the PSB without an explanation.
“PSB failed to provide an explanation for the removal. This is a mistreatment of the players, and the federation lacks the resources to sponsor it,” Wahaj stated.
“Pakistan Badminton Federation will contact Pakistan Olympic Association about the issue,” he added.
Pakistan Olympian Mahoor Shahzad, on the other hand, also opined on the incident and termed it unfair.
“It’s quite unfair on the part of PSB to isolate the only sport at the very last moment when everything was finalized including visas and a training camp. Such gestures by PSB will have an adverse effect on growth and development of Pakistan badminton,” Mahoor wrote on her Instagram.
It is pertinent to mention here that the four-member badminton team was comprised of Mahoor, Ghazala Siddique, Murad Ali, and Irfan Saeed.
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LAHORE: The Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) has removed Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) president Khalid Sajjad Khokhar, secretary Asif Bajwa, and treasurer Muhammad Akhlaq from their positions.
The Director National Federation of PSB Syed Wahid issued the notification with the approval of DG Col (retd) Asif Zaman regarding the sacking of PHF officials.
According to the details, the PHF officials had completed their constitutional term on May 14, 2022, but could not hold elections, which led to PSB dismissing them.
It is important to note that PHF elections were held on May 15, 2018, which took place more than four years ago. President Khokhar, Secretary Shahbaz Ahmed Senior, and Treasurer Akhlaq were elected for four years in those elections.
In contrast, Asif Bajwa was proposed as the PHF secretary following Shahbaz Senior’s resignation in 2019.
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