Asad elected Sindh weightlifting body chief

The elections of both the bodies were held under the supervision of election commission headed by Rana Khalid Hussain

March 05, 2023
— PSB

KARACHI: Lala Asadullah Khan Pathan was elected as president of Sindh Weightlifting Association while Major (retd) Raza Ali was elected as Karachi Weightlifting Association president.

According to a press release of the interim committee constituted by Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) the elections of both the bodies were held under the supervision of election commission headed by Rana Khalid Hussain, an advocate of Supreme Court of Pakistan, with Major (retd) Mohammad Sajjad Baig and Nadeem Asghar as members.

Office-bearers Sindh Weightlifting Association: Lala Asadullah Khan Pathan (president), Abdul Wahab Kaghzi (senior vice-president), Jibran Jawaid (vce-president), Javed Bashir (vice-president), Mohammad Amir (secretary), Abdul Rehman (associate secretary), Zahid Hussain Mirani (treasurer), ExCo: Uzma Waqar, Syed Shahab Uddin Shah, Ghaus Bakhsh, Ghulam Qadir, Shafiq Ali Bhutto,

Office-bearers Karachi Weightlifting Association: Major (retd) Raza Ali (president), Jibran Javed (senior vice-president), Zahid Hussain Mirani (vice-president).

PSB in dire straits due to lack of funds

The Ministry for Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) has forcefully taken up the matter of delay in releasing the third quarterly installment that resulted in depriving the Pakistan Sports Board’s (PSB) employees of their salaries.

In a letter addressed to the Finance Division, the IPC said that the PSB is in a difficult position due to lack of funds.

“In line with the budget release strategy of the Finance Division, a request for release of funds for third quarter was forwarded to the Finance Division. However, the funds have yet not been released,” the letter stated.

“Due to non-release of the funds, the PSB has not paid salaries to its 437 employees for the month of January. Resultantly they are facing financial hardships and are unable to arrange even food items for their families. This state of affairs has created restlessness among the employees and today the employees have gone into an open agitation and are currently on strike.

“The situation is alarming as now the PSB is unable to make any payment in respect of salaries, wages, utilities, contractual payments, etc.”

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