Lahore: Under amazing burden afterward Pakistan hockey team’s seventh-place accomplishment at the London Olympics, custom jersey the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) on Monday approved to avert the criticism by claiming that Hockey India (HI) had arrive them to formalise a approved mutual hockey alternation custom letter amid the two countries.
“Yes, Hockey India wants us to accommodated them and finalise data for approved home and abroad mutual series,” Pakistan Hockey Federation secretary, Asif Bajwa told PTI.
Bajwa said he, forth with PHF admiral Qasim Zia, custom letters would appointment India next ages for this purpose. “The alternation may be resumed aboriginal next year but we are agog to accept India play in Pakistan aboriginal as it would advice in the awakening of all-embracing hockey in the country,” he added.
Asif Bajwa said he, forth with PHF admiral Qasim Zia, iron on patches would appointment India next ages for this purpose.
Hockey: PHF claims HI wants to finalise mutual series
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However, Zafarullah Khan, who has filed a address in the Supreme Court allurement for a complete analysis of the affidavit which led to the Pakistan contingent’s base achievement in the Olympics, custom vinyl letter said aboriginal the PHF admiral bare to acknowledgment for the abashment in London.
“Before traveling to India, they accept to be answerable to the nation for what they accept done to advance the action in the endure four years,” Khan said. Khan in his address has said that “nepotism, favouritism, iron on letters and numbers bribery has destroyed Pakistan’s accord in the Olympic games.
“Yes, I accept said this in my address because our sports arrangement is in anarchy because of corruption, bribery and favouritism, and we don’t even accept a able applicable sports action afterwards so abounding years.”
Pakistan, the sixth a lot of crawling nation in the apple with 180 actor people, iron on patch alternate abandoned handed from London admitting top hopes from the hockey team.
Its hockey aggregation alternate with a seventh-place accomplishment while its abandoned shooter, two sprinters and swimmers iron on numbers were agape out in the preliminaries. Pakistan has won 10 Olympic medals to date – eight of them in hockey. Their endure badge came at the 1992 Barcelona Games.
Khan alleged the abridgement of medals “shameful” and termed it a “national crisis” for which a administrative analysis was needed. “If there was any badge for bribery and allurement in the Olympics, [Pakistan] could accept won all three places,” he added.
Former Olympians Samiullah, Islahuddin, Shahnaz Sheikh, Qamar Zia, Qamar Ibrahim, Ayaz Mehmood, Rasheedul Hassan, Hasan Sardar Naved Alam, Mohammad Saqlain, etc., accept aswell alleged for the PHF admiral to abandon themselves or face a movement.