By Zahid Farooq Malik
Sec General
Pakistan sports writer’s federation (PSWF)
Islamabad: This was perhaps a great success for Pakistan that in the first time in the history of the AIPS Pakistan, Pakistan sports, and Pakistani sports journalist was discuss in the Congress. Before i came here ANTALYA i sent the request that in these circumstances Pakistan , Pakistan sports and the problems which Pakistani sports journalists are facing must be on agenda, so they are very kind that that give us 10 minutes for the presentation and five minutes Q/a.
So in the first time Pakistan was on agenda. I give the presentation round about 20mintes and after that 15 minutes for Q/A. I brief them in my presentation , about the glories of the Pakistani athletes, success of our heroes , about hockey, cricket, squash, snooker, about janshir jhangir, azam khan hashim khan, about yousuf, and try to brief them all about Pakistan, the mega events, like cricket , hockey , squash world cups, and more events which Pakistan holds in past and near past,
About the boxing event, tour the Pakistan race,brief them the current situation and also try to tell them that Pakistan was in famous among the international community for the sports, now unfortunately we are known about terrorism ', i also brief them the problems which are facing Pakistani sports journalists about the accreditations, the visa problems and the communication gap between international media originations and the sports journalists.
A large number of the offices bearer of the IOC FIFA the London Olympics, the Singapore games and rest of international sports bodies were their and they happy and quit satisfy after the presentation. they assure that they will write positively. the Q/A was interesting after the Srilanken team attack and the Peshawar press club attack and other media person who was the targets of the terrorists was the main focus. And i am very much happy that in the history of the Pakistan i am very much succeeding to convince the international sports community.
They all promise that they will write positively and help Pakistan sports and the sports journalists in all cases. i also invite to the president and the secretary General of the AIPS and other officials of the AIPS to visit Pakistan which they accepted exceptionally.
