Islamabad
\nTennis star Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi has emerged as a strong contender for the post of president Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) in upcoming elections scheduled to be held on February 10.
\nFollowing the permission sought from the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA), sitting PTF President Salim Saifullah Khan has convened a meeting of the PTF Council on 10th February, 2024 to elect the president, secretary, and treasurer of the tennis federation for the next four-year term.
\nNominations will be received at the PTF office by 2nd February, meanwhile scrutiny of the candidates will be done by 5th February. Final list of the candidates will be issued by 7th February while the elections will be held on 10th February.
\n\u2018Aisam as PTF President could lead to problems\u2019
\nThe nomination of Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi as President of PTF will prove to be a case of conflict of interest, according to ex-Davis Cup captain, coach and former national champion Hameed-ul-Haq
\n\u201cIt seems nice that a tennis player could bring about a change in Pakistan\u2019s tennis, but in Aisam\u2019s case it may prove far from such an assumption,\u201d said Hameed while talking to The News.
\nHe added that Aisam has ACE academy to look after. Therefore, fulfilling the duties of president of the tennis federation would be problematic.
\n\u201cI am afraid that all the bugdet, resources and energy of PTF will possibly be diverted to his ACE academy,\u201d said Hameed.
\nHe said that Aisam always took an appearance fee of $3000 in each Davis Cup tie he participated along with business class tickets in case a tie was held abroad.
\nThus, he added, the PTF management had to spend almost half of its budget on Aisam every time.
\n\u201cIf under some circumstances he is elected the President, he will be presenting a budget to fill his own pockets in terms of appearance fee which will prove to be a big joke,\u201d said Hameed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Islamabad Tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi has emerged as a strong contender for the post of president Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) in upcoming elections scheduled to be held on February 10. Following the permission sought from the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA), sitting PTF President Salim Saifullah Khan has convened a meeting of the PTF Council on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383186,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-383169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n