rich 888 Pakistan Hockey In Tatters: Cash-Strapped PHF Owes Six Months Salary To Employees
rich 888 Pakistan Hockey In Tatters: Cash-Strapped PHF Owes Six Months Salary To Employees
Pakistan Hockey team at the FIH Hockey5s World Cup 2024 in Oman Photo: X/ @Aafaqahmad56 Pakistan Hockey team at the FIH Hockey5s World Cup 2024 in Oman Photo: X/ @Aafaqahmad56 
The never-ending ordeal of the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) continued as the cash-strapped national body has not paid its employees for the last six months. (More Hockey News)rich 888
According to details, all the employees of PHF at its headquarters in Lahore and the sub-office in Karachi are still waiting to get their salaries for the last six months.
Over 80 office and ground employees are said to be in dire straits as they have also not been getting any medical benefits for the last six months.
To make matters worse even the national senior players have neither been paid their contract salaries nor allowances for the last 4-5 months for even participating in the recent Olympic qualifiers in Oman.
A source aware of the developments said that Pakistan captain, Imad Shakeel Butt and some other players also clashed with the team management during the qualifiers over the issue of non-payment of their daily dues.
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The nadir is that no one knows who is to blame for this sorry situation in Pakistan hockey.
While the sacked former President Brig (retd) Khalid Sajjad Khokar blamed his predecessors and also his successor for the financial crunch, the source said it is a fact that the government has not only stopped giving funds to the PHF, its accounts have been suspended because of an ongoing inquiry into financial misappropriation of funds by the federation.
"Presently the PHF is said to owe around 80 million rupees in dues to its employeesrich 888, players, coaches and other clients," the source added.