willing to give them their due right.”
The KPKHA secretary said that dummy team that is representing KPK in the championship has nothing to do with the province. “The team is a mixture of the players selected from other provinces.”
Zahir, who was also accompanied by players and their parents, said that they were planning to stage a protest because they will knock every door to get justice.Later Zahir blamed the PHF for withdrawing Rs240 million cash from the PHF’s kitty.
“I have got all the details of cash withdrawal which is a serious offense according to the PHF’s constitution. “No one is allowed to withdraw cash. The payment according to the constitution can only be withdrawn through cross-cheques. When the payment is more that Rs500,000, signatures of the PHF president are a must. I have also got the details where signatures of the PHF president are missing.”
Zahir added that on March 1, 2017 a cheque (00000501) worth Rs1.5 million was encashed from the PHF’s account and was submitted in an account of Askri Bank. Whose account is this? He gave details of almost 20 cheques with proofs which, he said, were withdrawn with a single signature and were encashed against the laid down PHF’s rules.
The KPK Hockey Association secretary challenged the PHF regarding the facts available with him.“I have got all the details of the PHF’s accounts. If I am wrong and there is any other story to what I have said the PHF has got all the right to take me to the court of law. In fact the case is already under proceedings in the Peshawar High Court where the PHF has yet to furnish details and are adopting delaying tactics.”
Our correspondent adds from Peshawar: The office-bearers of the KPKHA alleged financial mismanagement in the PHF and asked the Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to sack its president and secretary.
They also expressed their disappointment over the treatment meted out to the KPK teams in the Under-16 National Hockey Championship in Khairpur.Speaking at a press conference, KPKHA secretary Zahir Shah accused PHF secretary Shahbaz Ahmed Senior of misappropriating the federation’s funds.
He said the government provided Rs460 million funds to the PHF during the last two years, saying that Rs220 million were withdrawn without completing the necessary process.
He said Shahbaz withdrew over Rs3.3 million on October 7, 2017 and from another PHF account a close associate of Shahbaz had withdrew Rs235,500 on October 21, 2017. Showing the copies of the withdrawals to media, he claimed that he had proofs to prove his claims.
He said that over Rs116.5 million had been withdrawn from the PHF account in just five months from November 2016 to March 2017.He said the KPKHA had brought these anomalies into the notice of PHF but to no avail. He added that neither a meeting of the PHF Congress nor any provincial or district or Senior Hockey Championship was organised during the past two years.He also questioned the selection of the national team, saying that mismanagement and corruption were the major reasons behind decline of hockey in the country.