PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi (centre) meets Pakistan hockey gamers in Lahore on February 19, 2026. — PCB
LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi on Thursday met the nationwide males’s hockey staff gamers and promised to handle their grievances over alleged mistreatment in the course of the Professional Hockey League, pledging full institutional help forward of the World Cup Qualifier in Egypt — whereas making clear he has no ambitions to guide the Pakistan Hockey Federation.
In a gathering held in Lahore, Mohsin Naqvi met members of the nationwide hockey staff, who knowledgeable him about disagreeable incidents they confronted in the course of the Professional Hockey League. He expressed remorse over the alleged mistreatment of gamers and guaranteed them of full institutional backing.
“We will accommodate hockey players in every possible way. We will extend complete cooperation to streamline hockey affairs,” Naqvi acknowledged.
The PCB Chairman directed officers to make rapid preparations for air tickets, enjoying kits and resort lodging for the staff forward of the upcoming World Cup Qualifier event in Egypt.
He additionally ordered {that a} coaching camp for the gamers be arrange from Friday, with directions that each one preparations be accomplished by Thursday night time.
Naqvi additional instructed that injured gamers be supplied rapid medical therapy below PCB supervision, urging the gamers to remain centered on their video games.
“You should focus only on the game. Pakistan’s honour comes first. We will not allow the country’s dignity to be compromised under any circumstances,” Naqvi advised Hockey gamers.
Through the assembly, Naqvi additionally distributed cheques of Rs1 million every to gamers after their runner-up end within the current nationwide hockey event, fulfilling an earlier announcement.
The gamers thanked the PCB chief for assembly them and for his help and encouragement throughout a difficult time.
“I am not becoming Hockey Federation President, but we will assist players till this turmoil ends,” Naqvi wrote on X, previously Twitter.
His clarification got here after Tariq Bugti formally stepped down as President of the PHF, dispatching his resignation to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif.
