The financial condition of Pakistan’s hockey players is not improving. The Pakistani Hockey Association has not only not paid the dues to the players but has also made a huge cut in their daily practice allowance. His training camp allowance has been reduced ahead of the FIH World Cup to be held in Netherlands and Belgium in August this year. Pakistan Hockey Federation has announced that players and officials of Pakistani team will now get an allowance of $110 per day on foreign tours. However, the players have complained that their training camp allowance has been reduced from $11 to $3.5 i.e. Rs 344 in Indian rupees.
Pakistani players are very angry
Pakistan on Thursday announced its 20-member squad for next month’s FIH Pro League matches in Belgium and England, but did not announce the name of the captain. Players are unhappy with this attitude of PHF. Shakeel Ammad Butt has been captaining Pakistan since the beginning of last year. A player, on the condition of anonymity, said, ‘PHF has announced that we will get a daily allowance of US$ 110 for foreign tours, including the World Cup qualifying tournament played in Egypt, but we will trust it only when we are given this money.’ The player alleged that PHF officials had made similar promises earlier also, but never fulfilled them.
Pakistan’s hockey players insulted
A Pakistani hockey player said, ‘Right now we just want to know whether it is true that they will give us only 1000 Pakistani rupees during practice. This money is an insult to the national players. Let us tell you that the third phase of FIH Pro League is to be held from 13 to 27 June, in which Pakistan will play against Belgium, Spain, England and India. After this Pakistan will participate in the FIH World Cup.
Pakistan team for FIH Pro League: goalkeeper– Waqar Ali, Ali Raza
Defender- Abu Bakar, Arbaaz Ahmed, Mohammad Abdullah, Sufyan Khan
midfielder– Nadeem Khan, Ammad Shakeel, Moin Shakeel, Hammad Anjum, Zakaria Hayat
Forward- Ghazanfar Ali, Mohammad Emmad, Rana Waleed, Afraz Khan, Rana Wahid, Abdur Rehman, Ahmed Nadeem, Arshad Liaquat, Hanan Shahid.
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