Revamping or Redundancy? Pakistan Sports Board's Urgent Letter Resurfaces After a Year

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A letter issued by the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) dated 27th May 2024, marked as "MOST URGENT", has once again come under the spotlight in April 2025, raising eyebrows across the sports community and government departments.

The letter, signed by Deputy Director General (Tech), Muhammad Shahid, was addressed to 21 top national institutions including PIA, WAPDA, HEC, Railways, FBR, Armed Forces, Civil Aviation, and major public banks. It directed these bodies to submit detailed information by 28th May 2024 on:

Year-wise budget allocations for sports

List of sports disciplines being revived by each department

Number of sportspersons employed, along with their names and job status (contractual or permanent)

The letter claimed these steps were in line with the Prime Minister’s vision for reviving sports in Pakistan and labeled the exercise as a critical move toward structural reform and promotion of sports.

But Why Is This Letter Back in 2025?

Nearly a year after its issuance, the letter is now being circulated again, which raises serious concerns about whether any real implementation took place — or whether the letter was simply a paper formality.

What makes this situation even more ironic is that many of the institutions addressed in the letter have already shut down their sports departments or stopped hiring sportspersons altogether. So what was the point of asking for such data?

The timing is also suspect. Why is a letter from May 2024 being taken seriously only now in April 2025?

If the goal was to assess and restructure sports governance in the country, why haven’t we seen any tangible progress in the past year? Are we just pushing papers and pretending reform is happening?

There seems to be no follow-up mechanism, no published reports, and no concrete steps taken based on the data supposedly collected.

The real question is this:

Can we really improve Pakistan's sports future by circulating letters — or do we need ground-level change, transparency, and accountability in our sports institutions?

Until that happens, such urgent letters may make noise but will not make a difference.

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