Citizen Wants Lala Ayub Hockey Stadium Answered: Billions in Money, Water Bottles in Dispensers?

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Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – Peshawar-based senior sports journalist Musarrat Ullah Jan has officially exercised his constitutional right to information, requesting a complete record from the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) and Directorate of Sports Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on suspected irregularities in the installation, machinery, repair, and financial handling of the astro-turf at Lala Ayub Hockey Stadium. His request, under the "Right to Access to Information Act 2017," demands full disclosure on this public undertaking, calling for details on a number of key issues.

Jan has asked specifically for figures of the PKR 523.163 million project sanctioned in December 2017 with a precise itemization of the amount spent on the Lala Ayub Stadium in Peshawar. He further asks for the entire list of the machinery set up after the turf was installed, including sprinkler system and water pumps with the names of the purchasing companies and their prices.

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Problems with the turf shrinking and wrinkling first emerged in February 2023. Jan is currently inquiring about what was done about the complaints raised by him and is demanding the five-member inquiry committee report constituted by the PSB. A partial report, he has asked for reasons for the delay and for production of all files. The citizen is also requesting information on the money spent on machinery repairs, such as the names of the repairing firms, work orders, and invoices, so that the use of public funds can be traced.

Maybe the most shocking question asked in the application is if it is true that the turf of the stadium is watered every day by pouring plastic water bottles into the machine manually. If so, he wants to know if any action or investigation has been undertaken about this shocking practice. Jan has also asked if a dissenting note was dispatched to ex-DG Khalid Khan on this issue and asked for the note details and the action taken thereafter.

Additional requests are for details on when and under what sanction Lala Ayub Hockey Stadium was transferred to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sports Directorate, requesting records of such legal and administrative transfer. Lastly, Jan has requested details of the fences, fountains, and other equipment taken out from the stadium, asking for records of how many of these exist, and where they are now, particularly if these were transferred or auctioned.

"This is a public project constructed on national treasury funds," said Jan in his petition to PSB Islamabad and the Director Sports KP. "If taxpayers' funds are being used so opaque, it is the right of every citizen to seek an explanation." He added that a reply is legally required within 14 days, in case of which he will go to the Pakistan Information Commission.

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