Financial aid for Pakistan hockey ahead of Champions Trophy in Chennai | Hockey News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) received a significant financial boost as the government allocated Rs 25 million to support the sports body. The financial aid ensures team’s participation in the upcoming Asian Champions Trophy, scheduled to be held in Chennai in August.
According to an official from the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB), the exceptional performance of the national junior team in the Asian Junior Cup held in Oman played a crucial role in securing the approval of funds.
The Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination, Ahsan Mazari has granted the release of funds.
“The funds will take care of the daily allowances to be paid to the junior team players and officials plus all the expenses to participate in the Asian Champions Trophy,” the official said.
He also confirmed that the outstanding salaries of Pakistan’s Dutch coach, Siegfried Aikman, will also be cleared soon.
Aikman left the coaching position with the Pakistan team and returned home after not being paid his salary for months.
Government funding and grants had dried up for the PHF in the last few years because of the dispute between the PSB and PHF over elections and constitutional issues.
The PSB and inter-provincial coordination ministry, which manages all sports and ties up with all national federations in Pakistan, had stopped funding over the re-election of Brig (retd) Khalid Sajjad Khokar for a third term, insisting there was no clause in the sports policy for a third term in any national federation.
But the PSB official said the minister had decided to make funds available to the PHF as matters were now being sorted out with the federation.
“There is also a feeling that hockey now needs financial injections to move forward and the performance in the junior cup has encouraged us all. The funding will ensure the players and coaches can focus on preparing for the Asian Champions Trophy without any financial problems.”
(With inputs from PTI)
According to an official from the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB), the exceptional performance of the national junior team in the Asian Junior Cup held in Oman played a crucial role in securing the approval of funds.
The Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination, Ahsan Mazari has granted the release of funds.
“The funds will take care of the daily allowances to be paid to the junior team players and officials plus all the expenses to participate in the Asian Champions Trophy,” the official said.
He also confirmed that the outstanding salaries of Pakistan’s Dutch coach, Siegfried Aikman, will also be cleared soon.
Aikman left the coaching position with the Pakistan team and returned home after not being paid his salary for months.
Government funding and grants had dried up for the PHF in the last few years because of the dispute between the PSB and PHF over elections and constitutional issues.
The PSB and inter-provincial coordination ministry, which manages all sports and ties up with all national federations in Pakistan, had stopped funding over the re-election of Brig (retd) Khalid Sajjad Khokar for a third term, insisting there was no clause in the sports policy for a third term in any national federation.
But the PSB official said the minister had decided to make funds available to the PHF as matters were now being sorted out with the federation.
“There is also a feeling that hockey now needs financial injections to move forward and the performance in the junior cup has encouraged us all. The funding will ensure the players and coaches can focus on preparing for the Asian Champions Trophy without any financial problems.”
(With inputs from PTI)
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