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TOKYO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 17: Arshad Nadeem of Team Pakistan reacts during the Men's Javelin Throw Qualification connected time 5 of the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 astatine National Stadium connected September 17, 2025 successful Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)
The Pakistan Amateur Athletics Federation has imposed a beingness prohibition connected Salman Iqbal, the long-serving manager of apical jock Arshad Nadeem, for violating the constitution of the Punjab Athletics Association.
The ban, announced connected Sunday successful Lahore, prevents Iqbal from participating successful immoderate athletics activities, coaching, oregon holding bureau astatine immoderate level.The prohibition stems from violations related to elections held for the Punjab Athletics Association successful August, wherever Iqbal serves arsenic President. An enquiry committee formed successful mid-September recommended the prohibition connected October 10.
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The timing of the prohibition appears connected to Iqbal's caller effect to the Pakistan Sports Board regarding Nadeem's show astatine the World Athletics Championship successful Tokyo.
The PSB had sought explanations for Nadeem's mediocre showing and details astir his grooming and question expenses.Iqbal's effect revealed that the Pakistan Amateur Athletics Federation had distanced itself from Nadeem's activities implicit the past year. He besides disclosed that helium had to question fiscal assistance from a person to money Nadeem's grooming successful South Africa and rehabilitation pursuing a calf musculus injury.The enquiry committee's proposal came conscionable 1 time aft Iqbal's reply to the PSB was made public.
The federation's determination efficaciously ends Iqbal's engagement with Pakistan athletics astatine each levels.
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Do you enactment the Pakistan Amateur Athletics Federation's determination to enforce a beingness prohibition connected Salman Iqbal?
Yes, it's justified.No, it's excessively harsh.
The prohibition impacts 1 of Pakistan's astir experienced athletics coaches, who has been instrumental successful mentoring Arshad Nadeem. The determination raises questions astir the aboriginal of Nadeem's grooming and improvement program.The federation's enactment represents a important improvement successful Pakistan's athletics administration, affecting some the coaching operation and jock enactment system.
