KARACHI: Twenty-three staff working within the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) have been disadvantaged of their salaries for 5 months and are dealing with difficulties in assembly the wants of their households in instances of such excessive inflation because the high-ranking PHF bigwigs are there haven’t paid consideration to in fixing their issues, The information Realized on Monday.
It’s only every week earlier than the month of Ramadan begins and PHF staff are in ache. They obtain monetary assist from their household and buddies. Majority of the 23 staff are paid lower than Rs50,000 and because of the torpid perspective of the PHF administration, they’re struggling.
The above-mentioned staff are based mostly at PHF workplaces in Karachi and Lahore.
Olympian Qamar Zia expressed concern over the problem and stated that these staff are the spine of Pakistan hockey, who deal with all of the affairs of the nationwide sport throughout the nation. “In the event that they weren’t paid on time, how would they work for the betterment of hockey,” he stated.
Qamar requested the PHF high-ups to resolve the problem earlier than Ramadan. The PHF has been dealing with a monetary disaster for years, however the state of affairs has not been as unhealthy as it’s now because of the energy battle between high officers.
The employees stated they’re compelled to borrow cash from relations to fulfill bills for meals, utility payments, transportation and home hire.