ISLAMABAD -

Karachi Port Trust (KPT) has refused to release Ali Akbar Shah Qadri for the 35th Value Cup National Boxing Championship which is set to commence at Wali Bahi ground, Sialkot from June 1.
Talking to The Nation on Thursday, Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF) secretary Akram Khan said: “Ali Akbar was appointed by the federation as technical delegate for the said event but surprisingly his parent department KPT has refused to accept the PBF request to send him for the tournament.”
Akram said the teams from Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, KPK, Islamabad, Navy, PAF and departments would reach Sialkot today (Friday) while Army team was already in Sialkot preparing for the prestigious event. “We are very disappointed that KPT is not cooperating with the federation. Chairman KPT Javed Hanif is known for his sports loving behavior and we had organized Youme Takbeer Boxing championship Green Hill Cup International Boxing championships in the past with the active help of KPT and Ali Akbar Qadri had contributed a great deal in all those events.
 Ali Akbar remained instrumental and was the manager of Pakistan boxing team which won the only gold medal in Manchester Commonwealth Games.
Akram blamed KPT manager sports Shah Naeem Zafar for his dubious role and termed him as anti-sports person, who was responsible for destroying KPT boxing team, which was the number 1 boxing team in country.
Akram has demanded of government and Ministry of Port and Shipping to remove this guy from service who is bringing bad name to the country and department by bringing politics into sports and immediately release Ali Akbar according to rules with full perks and privileges to perform technical delegate duties in the prestigious event.