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  PESHAWAR:  The RFL 2 Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Championship concluded successfully at the Gymnasium Hall of the Pakistan Sports Board Coaching Centre, bringing together some of the country's top MMA fighters from all four provinces. A total of  22 bouts  were contested during the event, including  four professional  and  18 amateur  fights, showcasing Pakistan's growing talent in mixed martial arts. The professional card featured impressive performances from  Kashif Ali  and  Faheem Khan  of Passion Spartan Club, Rawalpindi,  Zeeshan Mehsud  of LDFC Lions Den Fighting Club, Dera Ismail Khan, and  Muhammad Mehdi  of Quetta, who displayed high-level skills and competitive spirit throughout the championship. The winners of the amateur contests were: ·          50kg:  Sanaullah Khan (Team Alpha Ronin, Peshawar) ·        ...

  Musarrat Ullah Jan, KikxNow , Digital Creator When the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa approved the KP Sports Policy 2018 , it was presented as a roadmap to transform the province's sporting landscape. The policy promised grassroots development, transparent governance, athlete welfare, modern infrastructure, private sector participation and institutional reforms. It directed all concerned departments to implement the policy "in letter and spirit." Nearly eight years later, however, a fundamental question deserves public attention. A comparison between the policy's commitments and the current situation raises serious questions about implementation, accountability and governance within the Directorate General of Sports. The policy clearly states that eligible provincial sports associations should receive annual Grant-in-Aid after fulfilling prescribed criteria. These grants were intended to support competitions, coaching camps and player development. The ke...

  Musarrat Ullah Jan, KikxNow , Digital Creator Over a month has passed since a comprehensive Right to Information (RTI) request was submitted to Islamia College University, Peshawar, seeking detailed records concerning its sports administration, coaching structure, financial management, infrastructure, and athletic performance. The university, however, has yet to provide the requested information or a formal explanation for the delay, raising serious concerns about transparency and accountability within the institution. The RTI application, submitted on June 19 under the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information Act, 2013, sought certified records covering the past ten years. This inclusive request included details of sports officers, coaches, and instructors, their qualifications, recruitment procedures, sports quota admissions, athlete achievements, annual sports budgets, expenditures, audit reports, procurement records, and decisions made by the university's governing bodies ...

  Musarrat Ullah Jan, KikxNow , Digital Creator PESHAWAR: More than one month after a comprehensive Right to Information (RTI) request was submitted under the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information Act, 2013, Islamia College University Peshawar has yet to provide the requested records relating to its sports administration, coaching structure, financial management, infrastructure, and athletic performance. The RTI application, submitted on June 19 , sought certified records covering the past ten years. The request included details of sports officers, coaches, trainers and instructors, their qualifications, recruitment procedures, advertisements for appointments, sports quota admissions, athlete performance, national and international achievements, annual sports budgets, expenditures, audit reports, procurement records, sports facilities, coaching academies, infrastructure maintenance, and decisions taken by the university's governing bodies regarding sports. According to th...

  Musarrat Ullah Jan , KikxNow , Digital Creator Every government office is expected to maintain certain records regardless of whether it performs efficiently or poorly. Among the most basic of these records is the stock register. It is not a luxury, nor is it an optional administrative exercise. It is the official document that tells the government what it owns, where those assets are located, who is responsible for them, and whether they still exist. Without a stock register, no department can honestly claim that it knows the status of public property under its control. Recent developments in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sports Directorate raise an uncomfortable question. If reports are accurate that the official sports hostel has been functioning for years without any stock register, then the issue is much bigger than poor record-keeping. It points towards a complete collapse of administrative discipline. The hostel is not a private guest house. It is a government facility est...

  Sports Directorate Hostel Allegedly Operated Without Any Stock Register, Raising Questions Over Public Assets Musarrat Ullah Jan , KikxNow , Digital Creator PESHAWAR: Serious administrative lapses have reportedly surfaced in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sports Directorate after it emerged that the official hostel has allegedly been operating for years without a proper stock register, leaving no documented record of government assets, room inventories, or equipment issued to players and officials. The issue came to light during a recent internal inspection when an official assigned by the Director General Sports asked the hostel superintendent to provide the stock register detailing hostel assets. According to sources, the superintendent responded that no such register existed and that the hostel had simply been handed over verbally by the previous official without any documented inventory. A stock register is considered one of the most basic administrative requirements in any g...

  Musarrat Ullah Jan, KikxNow , Digital Creator Every government institution has its own culture. In some offices, files move at a glacial pace. In others, meetings seem endless. And in many places, punctuality exists only on the office wall clock. But at the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sports Directorate, a new tradition has emerged: the biometric attendance machine. It is no ordinary machine. It does not recognize rank, years of service, personal connections, or recommendations. It asks for only one thing: a thumbprint. According to reports, employees were recently instructed that biometric attendance would become mandatory, with warnings that salaries could be affected for those who failed to comply. For some, that appeared to be the moment when personal freedom suddenly felt under threat. After all, a machine that simply says, "Please verify your attendance," does not sound particularly demanding. Yet in some government offices, that simple request can become more controve...

  Musarrat Ullah Jan , KikxNow , Digital Creator Recent photographs from an MMA event held at the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Directorate of Sports in Peshawar have sparked an important public discussion. The images appear to show children, reportedly as young as 10 years old, participating in MMA competitions. The photographs themselves do not prove that any laws or regulations were violated. However, they raise legitimate questions about child safety, event oversight, and whether internationally recognized youth MMA standards are being followed. This investigation is not intended to oppose Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). Rather, it seeks to examine whether young athletes in Pakistan are being provided with the same level of protection that is expected in international youth competitions. Mixed Martial Arts is one of the fastest-growing sports in the world, combining techniques from wrestling, boxing, kickboxing, judo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and other martial arts. Many countries encoura...

  Musarrat Ullah Jan , KikxNow , Digital Creator If there were ever a World Championship for "Going Back Unused," Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's sports budget would probably return with the gold medal. After all, not every budget gets the rare distinction of spending an entire financial year only to say, "Sorry, nobody used me," before heading back to the treasury. As soon as the news broke, an athlete looked down at his worn-out shoes. A coach dusted off a whistle he had been using for nearly twenty years. A district sports association began drafting yet another reminder letter. And somewhere, quietly, the budget packed its bags. The match had barely begun, but the funds had already walked back to the pavilion. According to official figures, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sports Department received an allocation of Rs800 million for the 2025-26 financial year . Of that amount, approximately Rs425.4 million was spent, Rs200 million was transferred to other budget heads t...