Pakistani and Indian gamers in motion throughout 2024 males’s Junior Hockey Asia Cup closing on December 4, 2024. — Asian Hockey Federation
LAHORE: The Pakistan Sports activities Board (PSB) has barred the nation’s sports activities federations from committing to take part in any sports activities occasion in India.
“Keeping in view the prevailing security concerns, the PSB Board in its 34th meeting held on 23rd July 2025 has decided that no National Sports Federation (NSF) shall commit to participate in any sporting event in India without prior consultation,” reads the notification issued by the PSB.
It additional directed all of the NSFs to hunt clearance from the PSB earlier than contemplating participation in any occasion throughout the border.
The transfer got here amid heightened tensions between the 2 nations, which have typically spilled over into the sporting area.Â
The event follows authorities’s resolution to not ship the nationwide hockey group to India for the upcoming Males’s Asia Cup Hockey Event, citing escalating political tensions and severe safety issues for the gamers.
As per the sources, Pakistan has constantly upheld the precept of maintaining sports activities separate from politics.
Nevertheless, they declare that India has politicised the sporting area, making a hostile and unsafe setting, significantly for visiting Pakistani athletes.
It’s pertinent to say that the Males’s Hockey Asia Cup 2025 is scheduled to happen in Rajgir, India, from August 27 to September 7, 2025.
