Delaying of NoC harms preparations for Commonwealth Games

THERE IS growing concern in Boxing circles in Pakistan as it is being seen that the Interior Ministry is delaying the issuance of No-Objection Certificate (NoC) to the Sports Ministry regarding the visit of pugilists from abroad in the run up to the Commonwealth Games. The foreign teams are being invited to help the country's boxers prepare in a better way for the ensuing Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

To ensure that the boxers are in top shape, the Pakistan Boxing Federation is organising an international training camp at Pakistan Sports Complex. The camp began on August 15 but due to lack of clearance only boxers from Sri Lanka have reached Pakistan till now.

Sports ministrty spokesman, Faik Ali said that although that have written to the Ministry of Interior but they have received no response yet.

“We have Invited 8 teams for the ongoing joint training camp but only one team from siri-lanka has arrived in Pakistan for the preparation of Commonwealth games while rest of the teams will come after the issuance of NOC from Ministry of Interior”, he said.

Pakistan Boxing Federation has invited teams from Uganda, Central African Republic, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nigeria and Rwanda in the ongoing training camp.

Ali also mentioned that once no-objection certificate is received from Ministry of Interior, it will become the responsibility of the government to provide security to the visiting teams and the sports ministry will alseo be able to arrange for the logistics.

“We are waiting for their reply, so that we may start legal documentation for the foreign teams", the spokesman said
Meanwhile, sources in Pakistan Boxing Federation said that delay in NoC was due to negligence of certain officials and this was going to hit preparations for the Commonwealth Games.

“The main goal of conducting the joint boxing camp is to provide effectively competitive training in line with international standards to the promising pugilists of the country. This camp will continue till 24 September”, sources added.

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