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Pakistan’s participation in CWG, Asian Games doubtful | Pakistan’s participation in the forthcoming Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games is doubtful as it is yet to finalise the contingent for the two sporting events. The organisers of both the events have set June 30 as the
deadline for sending the list of players and officials, however, the sports ministry
has failed to finalise the contingent despite repeated appeals from the Pakistan
Olympic Association (POA). “Only couple of days are left before the expiry the
deadline and so far there has been no response from Pakistan ,” a Commonwealth
Games organising committee official said. The Commonwealth Games would is scheduled
to be held in New Delhi from October 3-14, while the Asian Games would be held
in Guangzhou, China from November 12 to 27. When enquired about the issue, POA
President Liutenant General (retired) Arif Hasan said that Pakistan Sports Board
( PSB ) have been reminded several times, but there has been no response yet.
“The only time the Ministry expressed its desire to hold such meeting was on June
23 when the Commonwealth Games baton was due to reach in Lahore and as the POA
president, my presence in Lahore was of immense importance. Leaving Lahore on
that day was almost impossible. The POA requested the Ministry to change the date
according to the Baton Relay arrival and departure. However, so far there has
been no response on these repeated requests,” The News quoted Hasan, as saying. |
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