Pakistan’s second longest serving sports activities official, Lt General (retd) Arif Hasan has stepped down because the president of the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) after 19 years attributable to well being issues.

Hasan had succeeded Syed Wajid Ali Shah because the president of the Olympic physique in 2004 after the latter remained in energy for 26 years.

Hasan was in his fourth time period as president of the highly effective POA however has now despatched a letter to the chief council members submitting his resignation from January 1, 2024.

“Yes, I have sent my resignation as I am in the USA for medical treatment and other family matters for which I now need to spare time,” Hasan confirmed on phone.

Hasan remained an influential however polarizing determine in Pakistan sports activities regardless of makes an attempt by the state-run Pakistan Sports Board and authorities officers to oust him in the previous couple of years.

He even overcame an inside coup within the POA engineered by the PSB and managed to sideline a parallel group headed by one other robust retired army official.

Critics have typically dubbed Hasan’s tenure as a interval when Pakistan sports activities did not transfer ahead like in different Asian nations because the athletes didn’t present any progress in Asian or World occasions.

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