Hockey: Islah asks PHF to support players featuring in WSH

KARACHI: Olympian Islahuddin Siddiqui suggested the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) to support the players participating in it the World Series of Hockey (WSH) being held in India.
Praising the organizers, he said that holding the WSH is a good way of popularising hockey in Asia,.
“I liked his idea very much and even phoned our federation president of the time about it. But the federation put it off for later,” he added.
The former Pakistan captain said that the hockey leagues was being played in India at a time when Asian morale in the game was going down.
Islahuddin said he had asked the present PHF officials to popularise the game like WSH in four years but they did not respond.
He said that our hockey players do not even have regular jobs. They have not been able to secure their future. “I ask the PHF on what basis are they threatening the seven players, opting to play in the WSH, of suspension?” Islah said.
Islah advised the PHF to support these boys instead of stopping them from taking part in the WSH.