LAHORE: Recently de-notified Pakistan Hockey Federation president Brig. (retd.) Khalid Sajjad Khokhar has been named as one of the four members of a committee formed to run the federation’s affairs for the next 30 days.

The committee, formed by the Pakistan Sports Board, has been given the primary mandate to conduct the PHF’s elections which were due by May 14.

Earlier, the PSB had de-notified Khokhar and PHF secretary Asif Bajwa for their failure to meet the deadline which was given following a delay in the federation’s polls. Despite PSB’s action against the officials, no step has yet been taken towards the election process.

After receiving the de-notification letter, Khokhar had expressed his rejection toward’s PSB’s move and also met the Inter-provincial Coordi­nation minister Ehsan-ur-Rehman Mazari to apprise him about his stance. The incumbent PHF president was confident that the matters had been solved amicably before the PSB announced the formation of the committee.

According to sources, the top officials of the PHF believe PSB’s letters are interference in the affairs of the federation. However, none of them was ready to comment on the PSB’s latest move.

While Khokhar has been included in the four-member committee as a former PHF president, Nasir Ali — who also held the post once — along with ex Pakistan international Rehan Butt and senior coach Arshad Mehmood were named as the committee’s members.

Published in Dawn, July 23rd, 2022