The Untouchable Wing of the Provincial Sports Directorate – Sports Destroyed, Billions Wasted, and Complete Silence

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Peshawar – The claims of promoting sports in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa exist only on paper. In reality, the “Works and Implementation Wing” of the Provincial Sports Directorate has become completely immune to accountability, policy, and transparency.

No policies are followed, no two-year planning exists – even though the Chief Secretary of KP recently announced that officials posted for over two years would be transferred. But this wing seems to be above such rules.Worse, there are no responses to public inquiries, as if this wing operates like a state within a state.

When RTI (Right to Information) requests are filed for basic public details, the response is: "This is not our job" – even though this wing operates under the Secretary of Sports.The question is: If it’s not their job, who is spending millions in public funds?

At Islamia College's historic hockey ground, the turf project supervised by this very wing is now in ruins. There is no water for the turf, civil work is substandard, and the wing refuses to respond – considering public accountability beneath their status.

Charsadda’s hockey ground is another disaster – poor materials used, uneven surface, failed drainage system, and zero oversight. RTI questions about it remain unanswered.

In Peshawar’s Lala Ayub Hockey Stadium, over 120 million rupees from public taxes were spent. Yet within just a year and a half, the sprinklers failed, the turf base deteriorated, and the water machines broke down.

A ridiculous Rs 9,000 was claimed for installing a single “hole,” which is now also unusable. The Pakistan Sports Board approached the Works Department for explanations, while even the Sports Directorate itself declared the ground substandard. Still, no action has been taken.

From January 7, 2025, to May 1, several RTI requests were filed, asking:

The current condition of hockey grounds

A list of completed sports complexes

Details of staff

BOQs, rate analyses, and financial approval records

To this day – no answers, no inquiries, no file movement.

Has the RTI law in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa become a joke?

This is not mere negligence — it is criminal mismanagement, gross incompetence, and likely corruption.

Where are the billions allocated in the name of sports going?

Why are all grounds crumbling, machines broken, and facilities missing?

 

#KP_SportsScandal  #HockeyGroundsNeglected  #RTI_Ignored  #TaxMoneyWasted  #SportsCorruption  #AccountabilityNow  #KhyberPakhtunkhwa  #KikxnowInvestigates  #StopLootInSports  #PublicFundsMisused  #JusticeForSports

 

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