LAHORE: Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) president retired Brig Khalid Sajjad Khokhar on Saturday said all the matters with the Inter-provincial Coordination (IPC) Committee had been resolved amicably.

“I had a very good discussion with the federal IPC minister [Ehsan-ur-Rehman Mazari] and explained to him the situation in detail. All the issues have been resolved amicably,” Khokhar told Dawn on Saturday.

“It was a very good meeting [on Friday] and the minister was very kind to solve the matters amicably,” the PHF president added.

It may be mentioned here that in a sudden move on July 7, the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) had de-notified the PHF body citing the federation had failed to hold the elections due on May 14, 2022.

Subsequently, the PHF president wrote a letter to Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, who is also PHF patron-in-chief, to bring the entire situation into his notice. On Friday, a meeting with Federal IPC Minister Ehsan-ur-Rehman was held and the matter was resolved.

Asked if the PHF would now hold fresh elections, the PHF president said,”Of course, the elections are due and they will be held according to the PHF constitution.”

It may be mentioned here that the PSB in its order issued in October last year had instructed all the national sports federations not to hold their elections till the implementation of the revised National Sports Policy 2005.

During this period, the due date for the PHF elections (May 14, 2022) passed. Later on June 10, the PSB through another letter allowed all the federations to hold their elections keeping in view their respective tenures.

Published in Dawn, July 17th, 2022