ISLAMABAD: The Paki­stan Basketball Federation has become an active affiliated unit of the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) after the approval of PSB Board meeting, the PBBF anno­unced on Tuesday.

This affiliation is in line with the PSB Rules 2022, a PBBF spokesman said in a statement.

According to the spokesman, the decision to grant affiliation was taken during the 26th PSB Board meeting held under the chairmanship of Federal Minis­ter for Inter-provincial Coordination (IPC) Ehsan-ur-Rehman Mazari, who is also PSB president.

Under its president retired Brig Brigadier Moh­a­m­mad Iftikhar Mansoor and secretary general Khalid Bashir, the PBBF is playing an active role for promoting basketball in the country. The PBBF is also recognised by the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA), International Olympics Committee (IOC), Intern­ational Basketball Federa­tion (FIBA) and FIBA Asia.

Recently, the PBBF organised events for men and women and is planning to hold a series of tournaments next year as well.

After the approval and formally notified by PSB, the PBBF is the only representative organisation at the national and international levels that can take all kinds of measures for the development of basketball, the spokesman said.

He asked the departments and divisions to take prior permission from the PBBF to organise basketball competitions in the country.

Published in Dawn, December 21st, 2022