PSA inflicts security-fee condition on Pakistan for PSA tournaments.

Byline: Mohsin Ali

ISLAMABAD -- The Professional Squash Association (PSA) has inflicted another harsh condition on Pakistan for holding PSA tournaments in the country, as per information received from the sources on Wednesday.

The PSA has made it compulsory for the country to deposit security hefty amount for every PSA tournament. The association has also made it clear to the Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) that Pakistan will be allowed to hold only one PSA tournament without security fee, as the PSF will have to deposit hefty security fee to host every other PSA tournament. Besides this, the PSA has made it compulsory for every member country to sign a security certificate on given format.

These conditions sound very odd and highly disrespectful to home of champions. The PSA is not in a mood to let common sense prevail, as it is using all the tricks in their pockets and trying to create one after another hurdle in Pakistan's way by setting out of the world conditions before allocating PSA tournaments.

According to the sources, PSA CEO Alex Gough, who was a professional player before joining the PSA as CEO in 2008, is setting one after another condition and trying to fend off Pakistan from hosting PSA mega events instead of appreciating PSF's efforts and Pakistan, who had ruled the squash world for more than four decades.

The facts are that the country is completely safe for hosting all kinds of international tournaments of every sport, including cricket, tennis, hockey, kabbadi, badminton and squash. All the events, which are being held in the country, are getting huge success, as not a minor incident has occurred in the events so far. The PSA must understand that squash is played under highly conducive environment. Pakistan Air Force (PAF) and other law enforcement agencies provide fool proof security to each and every individual. All the major cities of the country, which host national and international tournaments, are completely secured.

The condition for depositing security fee is a highly unjust, unwanted and totally uncalled for provision set by the PSA specifically for Pakistan. If the PSA wants security money, then it must apply that condition across...