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  Musarrat Ullah Jan , KikxNow Digital Creator Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s sports system is not collapsing overnight. It is eroding quietly through administrative negligence, opaque decision-making, and a pattern of selective silence. The most recent and troubling manifestation of this decay is the undocumented presence and participation of Afghan athletes and coaches across provincial sports complexes, district competitions, and even national-level events. This is not a xenophobic argument. It is a governance argument. The issue is not nationality. The issue is the absence of rules, records, and accountability. At the center of this institutional vacuum sits the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sports Directorate, which appears unable or unwilling to provide basic data: How many Afghan athletes are training in provincial facilities? How many are coaching? Who authorized their participation? Under what policy framework are they being accommodated? The Data Black Hole: Not an Oversight, a System...

  Musarrat Ullah Jan , Kikxnow , Digital Creator Have you ever wondered why sports in our province are floundering? It seems the same people have entrenched themselves in the system, and their connection to sports is as distant as the government’s connection to the public. These individuals hold positions as presidents, secretaries, joint secretaries, or members across almost every sports association, regardless of whether they have any real experience in that sport. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s 35 districts, one often finds a single individual dominating multiple sports. A person who once played basketball might also serve as secretary for netball, volleyball, tennis, table tennis, and athletics. The result is that one personality becomes central to nearly all sports operations. Martial arts provide a clear example. Although multiple disciplines exist, one “master” often takes responsibility for competitions and administration across all martial arts sports. The problem is that t...

  Musarrat Ullah Jan , Kikxnow , Digital Creator Have you ever wondered why sports in our province are floundering? It seems the same people have entrenched themselves in the system, and their connection to sports is as distant as the government’s connection to the public. These individuals hold positions as presidents, secretaries, joint secretaries, or members across almost every sports association, regardless of whether they have any real experience in that sport. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s 35 districts, one often finds a single individual dominating multiple sports. A person who once played basketball might also serve as secretary for netball, volleyball, tennis, table tennis, and athletics. The result is that one personality becomes central to nearly all sports operations. Martial arts provide a clear example. Although multiple disciplines exist, one “master” often takes responsibility for competitions and administration across all martial arts sports. The problem is that t...

  Musarrat Ullah Jan , Kikxnow, Digital Creator Since 2024, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sports Directorate has failed to respond to a Right to Information (RTI) request that raised serious questions about the province's cricket coaching framework. The RTI sought clarification on several critical points: the location of permanent coaches, the number of active cricket coaches, and the training these coaches have received through the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), including the specific courses they attended. Additional concerns were raised regarding Muazullah Khan Cricket Academy, questioning the background of its coaches—whether they played cricket at the national, provincial, or college level—and their qualifications to train young players. The Directorate has also not disclosed how many daily-wage staff are currently employed, leaving transparency in cricket coaching administration in KP under scrutiny. The continued withholding of this information has drawn criticism from lo...

  Musarrat Ullah Jan , Kikxnow, Digital Creator Charsadda — A request for financial and administrative records of Parang Sports Ground in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been pending since August 2025, exceeding the timeframe set under the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information Act 2013 . The request sought verified information for fiscal years 2023–24, 2024–25, and 2025–26 (to date), including details of ground usage, events, training camps, bookings, revenue, expenditures, and staff appointments and salaries. Specifically, the requested information included: ·          A monthly and event-wise list of all matches, competitions, training camps, and bookings ·          The type of sport for each event, team names, and the number of players ·          Copies of ground allotments, permits, and booking forms ·          De...

  Musarrat Ullah Jan , Kikxnow, Digital Creator Real development of hockey comes from clubs and grassroots, not from exhibition events The Army Chief Inter-Club Hockey Tournament has played a key role in reviving hockey at the grassroots level, according to Syed Zahir Shah, President of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Hockey Association and Vice President of the Pakistan Hockey Federation. Speaking in detail about hockey development in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, grassroots activities, the Army Chief Inter-Club Hockey Tournament, and recent criticism raised in the provincial assembly, he shared his views openly and at length. Syed Zahir Shah said that continuity and work at the grassroots level are the most important factors in the development of any sport, and recent hockey activities are a positive step in that direction. Talking about the Army Chief Inter-Club Hockey Tournament, he said its biggest strength is continuity. This is not a one-off or symbolic event. It was held last year and...

  Musarrat Ullah Jan ,KiKxNow , Digital Creator The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Sports Directorate claims that in 2018–19, it purchased two state-of-the-art table tennis robots from China, branded as YT, for a total cost of PKR 597,500. According to the Directorate, these machines have trained hundreds of athletes, contributing to gold medals and top positions in competitions such as the Inter Board, Federal Board, and the South Asian Championship in Quetta. They insist that the machines are in full working condition and actively support player development. However, the reality tells a very different story. Of the two machines, one is locked away in a room with a coach, effectively gathering dust, while the other lies unused on the ground in public view. Coaches report that operating these robots requires expensive balls—worth over PKR 100,000—which the Directorate has not provided due to budget constraints. Consequently, the machines were reportedly used only once before being aba...

  Musarrat Ullah Jan ,KiKxNow , Digital Creator If you thought sports offices existed to manage medals, trophies, and athlete development, think again. In Pakistan’s former tribal areas, now officially called the Merged Districts, the local Sports Directorate has apparently taken up a new “sport”: losing valuable sports equipment. And not just any loss—it’s a performance that deserves international attention. The story begins with a simple and well-intentioned plan. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) provided bicycles and archery equipment to the Directorate to promote cycling and sports among youth. The logic was straightforward: give children bikes, teach them sports, and perhaps identify future champions. But somewhere along the line, in what reads like a detective novel plot twist, the bicycles—and later, the archery kits—went missing. Initially, the Directorate claimed the bicycles had been handed over to a coach. Problem solved—or so they thought. But trans...

  Extraordinary Profits, Ordinary Silence, and a Very Pakistani Ending Musarrat Ullah Jan ,KiKxNow , Digital Creator In Pakistan, cricket is not just a sport. It is an emotion, an industry, and for some, a shortcut to believing they can win every game life throws at them. Unfortunately, the latest story coming out of cricket circles has nothing to do with cover drives or reverse swing. It is about crores of rupees, unbelievable profit promises, and a silence so loud it raises more questions than answers. According to sources, several former and current Pakistani cricketers have fallen victim to a large-scale alleged financial fraud. The amount involved runs into crores. The surprising part is not that a fraud happened. The surprising part is that no formal complaint has been filed anywhere. Not with the police, not with the FIA, not with NAB, and not even with the Pakistan Cricket Board. For a country where a dropped catch becomes a national debate, this level of quiet is rem...

  Musarrat Ullah Jan , KikxNow , Digital Creator In the merged tribal districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the official sports system exists largely on paper, and only for men. Thousands of male athletes are registered across Bajaur, Khyber, Mohmand, Kurram, Orakzai, North Waziristan, and South Waziristan. Women? Zero. Not a single female athlete appears in official records for 2020–21 and 2021–22. The data is stark: Bajaur has 204 clubs with 3,708 men, Khyber 346 clubs with 4,506 men, Mohmand 260 clubs with 3,016 men, Kurram 314 clubs with 3,706 men, Orakzai 172 clubs with 2,204 men, North Waziristan 264 clubs with 3,504 men, and South Waziristan 270 clubs with 3,464 men. Meanwhile, women are completely absent—erased from the system. This is not an oversight. It is a structural exclusion. Official documents exist to project the appearance of development, but they conceal the reality: there are no programs, no training, no clubs, and no pathways for female athletes. Women are red...