Pak. fails in sports due to politics: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan today said despite having massive talent, Pakistan was lagging behind the rest of the world in the field of sports owing to political interference, mismanagement and lack of facilities.
Chairing a meeting of Task Force on Sports here at the PM Office, he said the talent of youth in sports could be highlighted by providing facilities and competitive environment.
The meeting was attended by Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Fehmida Mirza, Defence Minister Pervez Khattak, Special Assistants Naeem ul Haq and Iftikhar Durrani, Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ihsan Mani and other officials.
The task force presented its report to the prime minister about reasons of decline in all fields of sports and recommendations for improving them.
The meeting reviewed the performance of all sports federations, including hockey, cricket, and squash, and decided to restructure existing sports boards.
It also decided to introduce a new organizational structure for the renaissance of sports to bring laurels to Pakistan at the international level.

 

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.