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 performed 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 reviews, categorically clarified that PSB will not be favouring any group, particular person, or faction within the ongoing scrutiny course of. The spokesperson acknowledged that the scrutiny is being performed strictly on advantage, documentary proof and verification standards, and that any opposite impression is wrong 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 performed which is unprecedented and is a direct end result of the institutional reforms and transparency-driven governance measures launched by the present Director Basic, PSB, Mr. Yasir Pirzada.
The Spokesperson additional acknowledged that PSB has initiated the scrutiny course of on the premise of the document/knowledge of present golf equipment already submitted to the Standing Committee. The scrutiny is being performed 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 information submission, scrutiny, rectification and finalisation.
Through the preliminary screening, It has emerged {that a} complete 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 throughout the prescribed age bracket of 14 to 30 years. Whereas remaining 273 golf equipment are prima facie non-qualified on account of having fewer than 14 gamers or gamers exterior the prescribed age limits. Along with this, PHF submitted a listing 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 underneath the PHF Structure. Nevertheless, a comparability with the information obtainable on the net membership registration portal reveals that, out of those 85 districts, 19 districts have fewer than 5 registered golf equipment which suggests 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 will likely be given an opportunity to file an objection/enchantment, stopping malicious or politically motivated complaints and conserving the method disciplined and honest. Any unresolved objection/enchantment will likely be determined by a Panel of Adjudicators, already notified by the PSB.
