The New PSB.

The reconstitution of the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) was a long time coming. The old structure of the PSB was overstaffed, leading to little agreement of the board on anything. Thus, the past few years, there were not any meetings held by the board, since the possibility of getting the original 85 members in a room and having them vote in the majority for any decision seemed very low.

Now the members appointed to the PSB have been reduced to 11 - a much more efficient number. It will be headed by the minister of Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) as president, with the Secretary IPC to act as vice-president and the PSB Director-General (DG) who will also serve as both member and secretary. This 11-member board will take policy decisions on sports in the country.

The fact that the government is trimming the fat is good. Yet it seems doubtful that the reconstitution of the PSB will make any breakthroughs for the sports organisations included. Some of the decisions regarding the reconstitution are strange. The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) is not even represented on the board. Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) also needs to be handled with...