Sports
April 30, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) has convened an emergent meeting of its General Council on May 3 as an overwhelming majority of the sports federations were taken by surprise by ‘The News’ story appeared on Thursday, revealing the government’s plan regarding formation of a commission to conduct federations’ elections in future.
The news, which spread like jungle fire, forced the POA to convene General Council’s meeting to consider, among other things, the threats to autonomy of national sports federations and its impact on future sports events.
The POA in a letter addressed to all the affiliated federations stated that an emergent virtual meeting through Zoom has been convened on May 3 under the chairmanship of POA president Lt Gen (r) Syed Arif Hasan.