ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: Former champion Jansher Khan’s hopes of coming in as national junior coach were dashed on Saturday by the Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF).

Jansher, who won almost everything the game had to offer in his heyday, was keen to take up coaching of the junior lot, but his proposal was rejected by the PSF’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Rawalpindi.

Insiders told Dawn that Jansher had submitted a porposal to the PSF some months ago in which he had expressed his desire to train the junior players. But his request was turned down for two main reasons.

Sources say that he wanted a salary higher than current coach Rehmat Khan, who is said to be drawing around Rs 100,000 a month. Besides, the players he planned to coach were already doing well.

Again, his idea of staging the camp in Pesahwar, was rejected by the AGM which felt that with Rehmat Khan doing a fine job, Jansher’s services were not required.