{"id":116149,"date":"2024-08-17T14:57:10","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T14:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/17\/former-hockey-stars-furious-after-pakistan-government-withdraws-invitations-for-arshad-nadeem-reception\/"},"modified":"2024-08-17T14:57:10","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T14:57:10","slug":"former-hockey-stars-furious-after-pakistan-government-withdraws-invitations-for-arshad-nadeem-reception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/17\/former-hockey-stars-furious-after-pakistan-government-withdraws-invitations-for-arshad-nadeem-reception\/","title":{"rendered":"Former hockey stars furious after Pakistan government withdraws invitations for Arshad Nadeem reception"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/resize.indiatvnews.com\/en\/centered\/newbucket\/1200_675\/2024\/08\/indiatv-2024-08-17t195603-1723904779.jpg?fit=1200,675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Former hockey stars furious after Pakistan government withdraws invitations for Arshad Nadeem reception\" title=\"Former hockey stars furious after Pakistan government withdraws invitations for Arshad Nadeem reception\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"atimgbign\" id=\"story-featured-image\" style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<figure class=\"artbigimg row\"><figcaption><span class=\"author\">Image Source : REUTERS<\/span> Pakistan athlete Arshad Nadeem in Mian Channu on August 11, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"artconfp\">The former hockey players hit out at the Pakistan government after their invitations for Arshad Nadeem&#8217;s reception with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif were revoked on Saturday, August 17. The Pakistani government hosted a gala dinner to honour Arshad Nadeem for his golden success in the recent Paris Olympics 2024 but the event was tainted\u00a0with a big controversy.\u00a0  <!-- \/8323530\/ITv_Desktop_VDO_1X1 -->\n  <\/p>\n<p>The former hockey star Rao Saleem Nazim alleged that he and some hockey stalwarts were invited to attend a gala at PM House. Rao said they received a confirmation email from the PM secretariat but the latter revoked those invitations at the last moment citing &#8216;the guest management&#8217; reason.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He slammed the government for not respecting former hockey stars who produced regular medals in the Olympic Games. Before Nadeem&#8217;s historic gold in 2024, Pakistan&#8217;s last Summer Olympic medal came in the 1992 Barcelona Games.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The PM House had sent invitations to several hockey stalwarts to attend the function and they all got emails confirming their invitations,&#8221;\u00a0Rao Saleem Nazim said. &#8220;But at the last moment many of us got a message from the PM secretariat that since they were finding it difficult to adjust the number of guests, the invitations had been withdrawn.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Is this how you show respect to players who have brought not one but several Olympic medals in hockey for the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Arshad Nadeem demands more focus on &#8216;women athletes&#8217;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe badly need facilities for our women and even men to acquire higher education in our area and nowadays young athletes need to be given the best facilities,\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More to follow&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async>\nfunction loadFacebookScript(){\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '529056027274737');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n}\nwindow.addEventListener('load', (event) => {\n\tsetTimeout(function(){\n        loadFacebookScript();\n\t}, 5000);\n});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/sports\/other\/former-hockey-players-furious-after-pakistan-government-withdraws-invitations-for-arshad-nadeem-reception-2024-08-17-947417\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Source : REUTERS Pakistan athlete Arshad Nadeem in Mian Channu on August 11, 2024 The former hockey players hit out at the Pakistan government after their invitations for Arshad Nadeem&#8217;s reception with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif were revoked on Saturday, August 17. 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