Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif has decided to sack the Pakistan Hockey Federation's (PHF) team management, including President Mir Tariq Bugti and Secretary General Rana Mujahid, following an inquiry into the mismanagement that plagued the national hockey team's tour of Australia.

 

According to reports, the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) inquiry committee completed its investigation in a single day and submitted its report to PSB Director General Yasir Pirzada, who had ordered the inquiry after reports of poor living conditions for players in Australia surfaced publicly. 

 

The committee comprised Chief Financial Officer Hasnat Ahmed as chairman, along with members Saeed Ahmed Chaudhry and Rana Nasrullah.

 

The inquiry centered on the team's troubled stay in Hobart, where the PHF arranged lodging for only seven days and housed players more than an hour and a half outside the city. 

 

Initial hotel bookings collapsed after the PHF failed to make payments, forcing management to arrange last-minute rooms through an online platform, with four to five players cramming into each room. 

 

The bookings did not even cover the full duration of the tour, and members of the local Pakistani community eventually stepped in to arrange alternative accommodation and meals for the squad.

 

Team captain Ammad Shakeel Butt on Tuesday spoke to the media at Lahore airport upon the squad's return, directing his anger squarely at the management.