Pakistan mulls ban on sports teams' participation in India

[Malcolm Merlyn]

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KARACHI: Pakistan's sports minister Riaz Pirzada has said that consultations would be held with the relevant government ministries to consider imposing a complete ban on sports team from the country taking part in any event on Indian soil.

"We are considering taking such a step after the treatment meted out to the Pakistan junior hockey team by the Indian High Commission and the International Hockey Federation which is headed by an Indian," he told the media.

The FIH dropped Pakistan from the Junior World Cup which began on Thursday in Lucknow insisting it had failed to send in its confirmation by the given deadline and Malaysia has replaced the greenshirts.

The Pakistan Hockey Federation insists that it could not send confirmation to the FIH until the Indian High Commission had issued visas for the junior team.

 

The IHC didn't issue the visas and according to PHF secretary Shahbaz Ahmad, they are still holding onto the passports of the players and officials.

 

 

 

"What they did with our hockey team is totally uncalled for and nothing to do with sports," Pirzada said.

 

 

"It has caused our hockey lot of harm as the PHF had prepared a strong outfit for the World Cup," he added.

 

 

 

Pirzada said his ministry would soon consult the ministry of foreign affairs, Pakistan Sports Board, Pakistan Olympic Association and if required seek the advice of the Prime Minister before arriving at a final decision.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/Pakistan-mulls-ban-on-sports-teams-participation-in-India/articleshow/55877106.cms

[Malcolm Merlyn]

[Iconoclast]

Blocking visa's for a kids hockey team ... talk about sinking to an all new low.

[kosingh]

2 hours ago, Iconoclast said:

Blocking visa's for a kids hockey team ... talk about sinking to an all new low.

A new low? This is lower than shooting visiting teams?

Edited December 8, 2016 by kosingh

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Pakistan mulls ban on sports teams' participation in India

Nek kaam mein deri kyon?

 

Why only in India, Pakistan should declare they won't play us anywhere.

[sandeep]

Kuch bhi karne ka.  Pakistani ka ego hurt nahi karne ka.    

 

Looks like they are miffed about bureaucratic issues preventing the hockey participation.  This is a symptom of 2 countries having bad relations.

 

Case in point - http://www.dawn.com/news/1301105/govt-lifts-undeclared-ban-on-indian-cotton-imports  Now Pakistanis themselves are saying that its impossible to have cotton without any seeds in it from any  country, but Pak politician creating BS requirements.  Only to hurt his own country's business.  

 

Best for both countries if just get along and stop fighting - but who will bell the PakMil Cat?  

 

 

[narenpande1]

11 hours ago, Iconoclast said:

Blocking visa's for a kids hockey team ... talk about sinking to an all new low.

 

 

talk about..pot calling the kettle black. 

 

When you have UN sanctioned global monsters like Hafiz Saeed and Masood Azhar roaming freely in your country and killer of 300 Indians Dawood as special guest in your country, where does your shame go ?

 

You deserve to be isolated and treated like plague.