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PBBF distances itself from illegal trials held for Dubai Basketball event
ISLAMABAD : By Nawaz Gohar
The Pakistan Basketball Federation has declared the trials held in Lahore for the Dubai Basketball Championship as illegal. Federation Secretary Khalid Bashir has urged the Pakistan Sports Board to take immediate action and prevent the team from going abroad.
Khalid Bashir stated that according to PSB regulations, any team must obtain an NOC to participate in international events, but certain individuals are deliberately trying to form illegal teams in the name of Pakistan and send them abroad.
This illegal team has no affiliation with the Pakistan Basketball Federation. In the past too, such attempts have been made to tarnish Pakistan’s name by forming illegal teams, he stated.
He said that the Pakistan Basketball Federation is affiliated with the PSB and the Pakistan Olympic Association, and therefore, it is their responsibility to send a team to any championship held abroad.
The trials held in Lahore for the Dubai Basketball Championship are completely illegal, and the FIA should not allow such a team to go abroad.