Zia gets permission to file case

Zia gets permission to file case

The president of the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF), Qasim Zia, has been given permission by the Congress of the PHF to go ahead with filing a case of defamation. The president of the PHF has been wanting to file the case against 13 former Olympians who
had put up allegations against the PHF of being involved in human trafficking.

The 13 former Olympians of Pakistan had written a joint formal letter to the Prime Minister of Pakistan asking him to finish the PHF that is operating in the country presently. The Olympians stated that this should be done because the PHF was involved in
activities related to human trafficking.

The following joint statement was given by the 13 former Olympians: “The present PHF is also involved in human smuggling as an inquiry was conducted by sports committees of Senate/NA and expressed concerns over the issue.”

Interestingly, the letter was sent by the Olympians after the Pakistani team did not perform up to the mark in the Champions Trophy that was recently held in Auckland, New Zealand. The letter was not only sent to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, it was also
published in the newspaper by the Dawn.  

Asif Bajwa, who is the secretary of the Congress, expressed himself in the following manner on the issue at hand: “We will welcome any kind of criticism from the Olympians and other senior players about the performance of the federation and the national
team, but no one will be allowed to level human-trafficking allegations against the federation.”

Other things discussed in the meeting of the PHF Congress involved asking the PHF members to conduct more tournaments. Some of the Congress members specifically asked the tournaments to be conducted in regions from where they belonged.

However, there were some contradictory views that were prevalent in the meeting as well and some Congress members also expressed their disagreements with some of the policies of the PHF. A member of the PHF expressed his outrage by alleging against the PHF
that it pampers the Olympians by giving them significant salary and catering to their extravagant needs.

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Posted by Rabiya Maqbool on Dec 27 2011. Filed under Pakistan. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry