Sports Bulletin Report
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Basketball Federation (PBBF) becomes an affiliated unit of Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) after the approval of PSB Board Meeting under the PSB Rules 2022.
The decision was taken in the 26th PSB meeting held under the chairmanship of the Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) and President PSB Ehsan ur Rehman Mazari. The activities of basketball in the country were also discussed in the meeting, which were taken place in the capital city Islamabad.
Under the leadership of its President, Brigadier (Retd) Mohammad Iftikhar Mansoor and Secretary General, Khalid Bashir, PBBF is playing a vital role for the promotion of basketball in the country, which is also affiliated with the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) recognised by IOC, International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and FIBA Asia.
PBBF staged men’s and women’s national events in the recent past and contemplating to organise back-to-back basketball tournaments in upcoming months.
A spokesman for PBBF said:
After the approval and formly notified by PSB, Pakistan Basketball Federation is the only representative organization at national and international levels, which has the authority to work for the development of basketball. Now, affiliated unites with PBBF including the departments and divisions must take permission from the federation to organize basketball competitions in the country.
It is pertinent to mention here that under the International Olympic Committee (IOC) agreement, the federal government and PSB recognized only those national sports federations which are affiliated with their world bodies.
