Pakistan players (yellow) in action at the first qualifying round of the World Volleyball Championship 2010. -Online picuture

ISLAMABAD The Pakistan Volleyball Federation (PVF) has asked the Federal Sports Ministry to provide the much-needed Rs29 million in funds to enable the federation to carry out its future plans of domestic and international commitments.

The chairman of the PVF Chaudhry Yaqoob, told Dawn on Wednesday `The federation is in dire need of the said amount otherwise there are grim chances for the development of the game.

`We have already won the first round of the qualifying round of the World Volleyball Championship 2010.` The PVF has recently won all the league matches of the first qualifying round of the World Volleyball Championship 2010, held at the Liauqat Gymnasium defeating Bangladesh, Maldives and Macau.

The Federal Sports Minister Aftab Shah Jilani, he said, had assured him for the assistance as he correlated the financial support with a good result of the first qualifying round of the World Volleyball Championship.

The national team, he asserted, had performed well in the recent international junior and senior events.

`The Pakistan volleyball squad has performed superbly,` he said.

The PVF has requested an amount of Rs17.93 million and Rs11.94 million respectively for fulfilling the international and national commitments.