ISLAMABAD:
The Pakistan Sports activities Board (PSB) has formally initiated the scrutiny of hockey golf equipment to make sure that the forthcoming elections of the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) are carried out in a clear and credible method, strictly consistent with the PSB-PHF Structure, suggestions of the Nationwide Meeting Standing Committee on Inter-Provincial Coordination, and the mutually agreed election framework between PSB and PHF.
A PSB Spokesperson, whereas referring to sure media impressions and experiences, categorically clarified that PSB isn’t favouring any group, particular person, or faction within the ongoing scrutiny course of. The spokesperson said that the scrutiny is being carried out strictly on benefit, documentary proof and verification standards, and that any opposite impression is inaccurate and deceptive.
He emphasised that for the primary time in Pakistan’s hockey election historical past, such a structured, verifiable and clear scrutiny of golf equipment is being carried out which is unprecedented and is a direct consequence of the institutional reforms and transparency-driven governance measures launched by the present Director Common, PSB, Mr. Yasir Pirzada.
The Spokesperson additional said that PSB has initiated the scrutiny course of on the premise of the document/information of current golf equipment already submitted to the Standing Committee. The scrutiny is being carried out by means of a Committee comprising one PSB nominee (to be nominated district-wise) and one PHF nominee (which is Shahbaz Senior), supported by an outlined course of of knowledge submission, scrutiny, rectification and finalisation.
Through the preliminary screening, It has emerged {that a} whole of 1,156 golf equipment had been registered on the PHF web site portal, out of which, prima facie, 883 golf equipment are certified topic to bodily verification, having a minimal of 14 gamers inside the prescribed age bracket of 14 to 30 years. Whereas remaining 273 golf equipment are prima facie non-qualified attributable to having fewer than 14 gamers or gamers exterior the prescribed age limits. Along with this, PHF submitted an inventory of 85 districts within the Standing Committee that had been eligible to vote within the Congress, based mostly on the requirement of getting 5 or extra golf equipment as stipulated beneath the PHF Structure. Nonetheless, a comparability with the information accessible on the net membership registration portal reveals that, out of those 85 districts, 19 districts have fewer than 5 registered golf equipment which implies prima facie these 19 districts are ineligible to vote within the Congress. The spokesperson added that this growth itself displays the seriousness, impartiality and transparency of the scrutiny train
In continuation of the method, PSB will start bodily verification ranging from Islamabad/Rawalpindi, from Saturday, seventeenth January 2026 at Naseer Bunda Hockey Stadium, Islamabad.
After scrutiny, golf equipment recognized with deficiencies or discrepancies can be given an opportunity to file an objection/attraction, stopping malicious or politically motivated complaints and protecting the method disciplined and honest. Any unresolved objection/attraction can be determined by a Panel of Adjudicators, already notified by the PSB.
