The tenure and retirement age of the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) office bearers were extended after crucial amendments made in the constitution.
A special meeting of the POA was convened in which the amendments were made to extend the tenure of the current management till 2024 Paris Olympics.
The retirement age of the office bearers was 70 years, but now it has been extended to to 75 years.
According to sources, a provision allows the association to hold its elections in the same year (till December 31st) when Olympics Games are held after four years.
The source added that the extension of the retirement age to 75 years is a violation of the article 3.3 of International Olympic Committee (IOC) which restricts the retirement age to 70 years.
Secretary General POA, Khalid Mehmood, confirmed: “Yes, we have extended the holding of elections till this year’s Olympics Games with the approval from the IOC while the retirement age of the office bearers has also been extended till 75 years.”
Critics have started to call this a violation of the law, as the guidelines don’t follow the one’s laid down by IOC.
budho ne hi to pakistan ka bera ghatak kiya hai ab yeh log deemak ki tarha khaty rahengy is idaary ko
The current president of POA (Lt Gen. (R) Syed Arif Hassan) assumed the office in 2004. Does this sound right for one person to hold a position for 20 years, the last 3 being illegal since Syed Arif turned 70 in Nov, 2020. He is 73 years old now. The above mentioned amendment has been made now for him to serve 2 more years. This country can’t produce one person competent enough to assume the President’s office of POA and replace the current president?