ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Standing Committee on Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) chairman Nawab Sher Waseer has really helpful sending suggestions of the four-member committee on hockey affairs to the prime minister for remaining approval to streamline hockey affairs forward of the Asian Games.
Olympians Akhtar Rasool and Shahnaz Sheikh, who appeared earlier than the committee Wednesday, mentioned that they’d given their suggestions meant to enhance plight of hockey that has been in doldrums for the final seven years.
“We have finalised our recommendations last week (as written by The News) to the PSB which is in the final stages of making it formal,” Shahnaz Sheikh mentioned.
Nawab Sher mentioned that the matter ought to be despatched to the prime minister for remaining approval.
“All the recommendations should be forwarded to the PM for approval at the earliest.” Akhtar Rasool added that the yr 2023 is essential for the sport of hockey in some ways.
“If there are any hiccups then we will again be out of the Olympics. We have missed two Olympics in a row as we did not qualify under this regime which still is ruling the PHF. A third miss would be a telling blow. There is a need for a fresh beginning,” he mentioned.
PSB Director General Shoaib Khoso mentioned that the committee was shaped beneath the directives of the PM who can be the patron-in-chief of the PHF.
“We would send these recommendations to the PM for a decision.”
POA Secretary Mohammad Khalid Mehmood additionally appeared earlier than the committee and apprised the members that the POA audit report has been placed on a web site for everybody to see.
