Federal Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination Dr Fehmida Mirza chaired the 24th Meeting of the Board of Pakistan Sports Board. The meeting took place in Islamabad at Ministry for Inter Provincial Coordination and last for over three hours. Minister welcomed the new members eminent lawyers Ahmed Pansota and Abid Zuberi and PTF President Saleem Saifullah to the board. Members held detailed deliberations with all the members as Minister steered the meeting in reaching unanimous decisions. Members appreciated the untiring efforts which Minister has put in drafting new Sport Policy and her role in getting FIFA issue resolved.
Implementation status of the decisions taken in last meeting was discussed.
Salim Saifullah expressed his gratitude for inclusion in the board and he thanked minister for her role in bringing international tennis back in the country after 12 years ban in the form of Davis Cup. He appreciated the sports policy and strengthening of Pakistan Sports Board.
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Board constituted a subcommittee with four members to implement the policy and to strengthen the regulatory framework Abid Zuberi, Ahmed Pansota, Saleem Saifullah and DG PSB Asif Zaman.
Board discussed the new organogram and approved it in principle and approved delegation of powers to the Executive Committee of the board.
Board approved the grant of Disparity Reduction Allowance 2022 @ 15% of Basic Pay to the PSB employees subject to the approval of Finance Ministry.
The board tasked the relevant officials to issue letters to the provincial governments to set up sports facilities at Universities, Schools, madrassas, jails and orphanages to set up sports facilities for the youth of the country and for uniformity of the policy across the federation.
In any other item, letter written by POA to IOC for maligning Pakistan government was regretted by the Board and the role of POA was discussed in detail and concern was raised on non-implementation of the decisions taken in the last board meeting.
Ahmed Pansota stressed the need for all the NSFs to set up women teams. Abid Zuberi said the new policy and a strong regulatory mechanism as per the best practices in the world are much needed.
Lastly, DG PSB Asif Zaman apprised the board about the engagement of the PSB with National Sports Federations and the camps held so far and the hiring of foreign coaches to prepare teams for international events.
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