PHF sacks former Olympian Naveed Alam

Author: Staff Report

LAHORE: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) on Thursday sacked its Director Game Development from the office on account of “sheer violation of discipline as well as for complaints against him from a number of district hockey associations.” Naveed, a former Olympian, had criticised the national federation for running the national game “on WhatsApp and for bringing the sport to the brink of disaster.” For his comments, the federation led by Kahlid Khokhar and secretary Shahbaz Ahmed decided to remove Alam from his position on the pretext that “poor work at the domestic level did not provide the national team suitable back up which ultimately cause disastrous in the Asian Games.” According to a PHF spokesperson, the federation had constituted an inquiry committee to probe the complaints, received from the district hockey associations across the length and breadth of the country. The committee will submit its report to the PHF president within 10 days.

Published in Daily Times, September 14th 2018.

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