KARACHI: Pakistan’s disgruntled Olympians on Thursday night met with Sports Minister Aijaz Hussain Jakhrani to apprise him of the poor state of Pakistan hockey.
Islahuddin Siddiqui, one of the 12 Olympians who called on the minister, told ‘The News’ that the meeting went well and the Olympians put forward a series of suggestions for the betterment of the national game.
He said that the Olympians told him that Pakistan hockey has touched its nadir after the national team slipped to a humiliating last-place finish in the Hockey World Cup earlier this month in Delhi.
“We have told the minister that the people responsible for the pathetic performance should be sacked because that’s the only way to ensure that such results are not repeated in the future,” said Islah, the man who led Pakistan to a memorable title-winning triumph in the 1978 World Cup.
The Olympians who included Shahnaz Sheikh, Rasheed-ul-Hassan, Shahbaz Ahmed, Saeed Khan, Ayaz Mehmood, Qamar Zia, Qamar Ibrahim and Kamran Ashraf told Jakhrani that they were convinced that unless Asif Bajwa, the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) secretary, is removed there cannot be any improvement in the state of the national game.
Islah said that the minister told the Olympians that he would seriously consider suggestions made by them in the coming days.
“The minister has told us that he is going to meet a few more people and will take certain decisions related to Pakistan hockey within the next five to six days,” said Islah.
Source:http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=230099
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