Tussle between the Pakistan Hockey Federation and its players has intensified as the national body has not paid the players their salaries from the last six months.
Senior members of the Pakistan team are currently engaged in a clash with the management over their unpaid dues and medical allowances which have not been cleared even after participating in the Olympic qualifiers.
According to report in PTI, many of the employees of the hockey federation at its headquarters in Lahore and sub-office in Karachi are waiting for their salaries from past few months.
As many as 80 employees are said and ground workers have also not go their salaries for the last few month which has put them in dire straits. The national senior players have neither been paid their contract salaries no medical allowances which has forced them to raise their voice.
Pakistan skipper clashes with team management
Pakistan captain Imad Shakeel Butt along with some other senior players have also clashed with the team management over the non-payment of the salaries, which is their basic right. If reports are to be believed, the skipper also threatened that the team will stop playing any games if their dues are not cleared in time as it is getting difficult for them to manage their expenses.
While the sacked former President Khalid Sajjad Khokar has 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.