KARACHI: Secretary Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Asif Bajwa said that he demanded from the Sports Minister to get approve from the Government of Pakistan an annual grant of Rs 7 million for the Federation.
During a press conference along with Federal Minister for Sports Najmuddin at the Hockey Club of Pakistan, Asif Bajwa said that the annual grant by the Pakistan Sports Board for the PHF has been raised from Rs 2.5 million to Rs 5 million.
He said that the Hockey Club of Pakistan is not being shifted any where and this issue would be resolved at government level.
Asif Bajwa told that a six-nation tournament in the name of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto would be held in the year 2009.
Federal Minister for Sports Najmuddin said on this occasion that the sports grounds in Karachi and Lahore would be got relieved from the illegal occupants.
He said that he had issued notices to all federations that those officials not willing to work make way to young people.
