LAHORE: Though the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) announced names of players who will attend training camp for the Asian Games, it did not send passport numbers and photographs of the remaining 10 players to the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) to confirm their participation at the Asian Games.

The PHF had sent the passports numbers and photographs of 15 players on Tuesday and promised that the documents of the remaining 10 players would be sent to the POA on Wednesday, which was the last day of entry.

Meanwhile, the POA has written letters to the organisers of Asian Games and Youth Olympics to give it at least one more week for sending all the required information about the hockey squad.

POA president retired Lt Gen Arif Hasan told Dawn that the PHF had to take immediate steps if they are serious about participating at the Asian Games and Youth Olympics, which will be held in China this year.

“The last date for submitting names of probables with other details for the Youth Olympics was also April 30 which has expired, but the PHF did not send us a single name for this event, for which it has already qualified,” he said.

“We have also requested the organisers of the Youth Olympics to give POA one more week to submit entry of the Pakistan hockey team,” he said.

“If the PHF continues to work at a snail’s pace, the hockey team will not be able to participate

anywhere,” he said. —Mohammad Yaqoob