POA Playing Partisan Role, Secretary Pak Cycling Federation

Secretary, Pakistan Cycling Federation (PCF), Syed Azhar Shah alleged Thursday that Pakistan Olympic Association was playing a partisan role and using negative tactics to disrupt the smooth working of the PCF and is also making efforts to exclude cycling from the national games.

LAHORE, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 13th Dec, 2018 ) :Secretary, Pakistan Cycling Federation (PCF), Syed Azhar Shah alleged Thursday that Pakistan Olympic Association was playing a partisan role and using negative tactics to disrupt the smooth working of the PCF and is also making efforts to exclude cycling from the national games.

"POA was working against the interest of the Olympic charter and the PCF by taking such measures which are harmful for the cause of cycling in the country", he told media at a news conference here to highlight the salient features of the national cycling championship. Also present were President, Punjab Cycling Association and organizing secretary of the event, Moazzam Khan and Secretary, PCA, Shahzada Butt.

Secretary PCF claimed he had written a number of letters, time and again, to POA requesting it to safeguard the future of cycling in the country and to lend support to contribute in the overall development of the game but their all such positive gestures were rejected by the POA.

Highlighting POA's injustice being done to PCF, he said efforts are underway from the platform of the national Olympic committee to exclude cycling from the next national games.

"So much so POA had written a letter to the concerned quarters to stop the ongoing construction work on the cycling velodrome being built in Quetta", he said adding "We wrote a letter to POA on this issue but did not get any reply from it (POA)".

"In the given circumstances the future of cycling is in danger as POA is utilizing its energies by not recognizing our legitimate cycling federation with the affiliated with the international and Asian cycling bodies", said PCF Secretary.

Giving details of the national cycling championship, he said the prime cycling activity will go into action from December 15 and as many as fourteen teams including provinces and departments will take part.

"Alongside the men championship, women championship will also be organized", he said adding ",men and women riders will be seen in action during track and field events in the separate versions of the competition".

He said all the arrangements have been finalized to hold the competition in a befitting manner. "We have formed various committees for the smooth conduct of the men and women events", said PCF Secretary.